154lbs had a fascinating decade. The first generation that came through with Saul Alvarez and Miguel Cotto soon made way for a younger generation made up...
A Message from Teddy Atlas to his Countrymen regarding COVID-19 The other day, I had wanted to tell this fighter, my favorite fighter of all time,...
The Internet has changed sportswriting, particularly when it comes to writing about boxing. Very few newspapers or magazines now have a writer on staff who understands...
“Nicaragua is a poor country and boxers have to eat,” said promoter Rosendo Alvarez by way of justification for the 8-fight card that he presented last...
There’s something special about attending an important boxing match where one of the principals is a British fighter with a large fan base. The crowd will...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 93: Best of Prizefighting Boxing powers are suggesting a return could be imminent but minus the clatter and chatter of a live audience....
The Silver Slipper gambling saloon opened in 1950. Unlike its neighbors on the dusty highway that came to be called the Las Vegas Strip, it was...
Test your knowledge of boxing history in our latest TSS trivia quiz. There are 20 multiple-choice questions, each worth five points. A score of “60” or...
Sometimes the loser of an athletic competition performs so far above his level of expectation that he is credited with a moral victory. Twenty-nine years ago...
Most boxing careers reflect a variation of a bell-shaped curve. The downward slope on the right-hand side indicates the decline of the fighter in question. Sometimes,...