Stylish Devin Haney couldn’t get the knockout against former champion Yuri Gamboa but showed off superior fighting skills in retaining the WBC lightweight title and winning...
Cuban Stalwarts Ortiz and Sanchez Dominate on a Fast Card in L.A. Two Cuban heavyweights, one a rising contender and the other a former two-time world...
Deontay Wilder’s Lame Excuse Gets No Brownie Points for Originality Deontay Wilder had 43 pro fights under his belt before he suffered his first pro loss....
BOOK REVIEW by THOMAS HAUSER — James Patterson is one of the world’s bestselling authors and a brand unto himself. He has written or co-authored more...
Mid-week shows are becoming more common in boxing as impatient promoters clear up a backlog of postponed fights without waiting for the lockout to be lifted....
Avila Perspective, Chap 112: Devin Haney and More Now that two major sports have ended their seasons only prizefighting and American football remain. Last week we...
Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin is the latest prominent athlete to test positive for the coronavirus. Povetkin’s rematch with Dillian Whyte, scheduled for Nov. 21, has been...
Boxing Exhibitions: Side Show, New Angle, or Something Else? Maybe it started with Floyd Mayweather Jr’s TKO over brash MMA star Conor McGregor in 2017. The...
HITS and MISSES: Halloween Weekend Edition It was an absurdly busy weekend in boxing, so let’s get right to all the action. Here are boxing’s biggest...
The Top Ten Light Flyweights of the Decade: 2010-2019 Light-flyweight was the most challenging division in this series by distance. The top three are split by...