In professional boxing, fights can be rank-ordered as generic fights, big fights, bigger fights, mega-fights, and spectacles. The first fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier...
Yoka TKO 12 Djeko in France: Claressa Pitches a Shutout on Ladies Day in Flint March 8 is International Women’s Day which is actually a formal...
Brandon Adams Bursts Bohachuk’s Bubble in Puerto Rico Ring City USA, a new promotional entity, debuted on Nov. 19, 2020 with a show staged in the...
It’s one thing to get to the top, but it’s something else entirely to remain there for more than half a century. Jerry Izenberg, longtime sports...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 126: Viva Puerto Rico, Claressa Shields, Canelo and More In the age of Covid-19 fights get canceled and re-arranged and that’s found here...
Boxing will heat up big-time in May. Canelo Alvarez will defend his WBC 168-pound title on May 8 against Billy Joe Saunders. Two weeks later, WBC/WBO...
Jack Dempsey, who has been matched by Jack Goodfriend to fight at the Hippodrome Monday, May 31 is expected to arrive from Reno within a day...
Canelo Alvarez’s rout of grossly overmatched Avni Yildirim has once again cast a harsh light on the “mandatory challenger” gambit employed by the sport’s world sanctioning...
Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez dismissed Avni Yildirim like a bothersome fly to retain the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles by technical knockout in a mandatory...
New Zealand heavyweights Joseph Parker and Junior Fa met four times as amateurs and each man won twice. On Saturday night in Auckland, they met for...