The Heavyweight Scene The heavily hyped welterweight showdown between Errol Spence Jr and Shawn Porter at the L.A. Staples Center was as good as advertised. It...
LOS ANGELES-Sometimes long shots pay off but not this time, as heavily favored IBF welterweight titlist Errol Spence Jr. eked out a victory over Shawn Porter...
The Fifty Greatest Flyweights of All Time: Part Two 40-31 In Part One we talked about Brian Viloria and his momentous confrontation with Juan Francisco Estrada. ...
Japanese sensation Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire clash on Nov. 7 in suburban Tokyo at the Saitama Super Arena in the bantamweight finals of the World...
The Avila Perspective, Chap 66: Can Spence-Porter equal De La Hoya-Mosley? LOS ANGELES-Nearly 20 years ago one of the best welterweight world title fights and pay-per-view...
Groundswell Builds to Send the Late Dan Goossen Into the Boxing Hall of Fame In New Orleans, some funerals are never a cause for tearful mourning....
On Saturday, two Southern California prizefighters with similar journeys finally intersect when Riverside’s Josesito “Riverside Rocky” Lopez (36-8, 19 KOs) clashes with John “The Gladiator” Molina...
Earlier this month, 365 boxers from 78 countries gathered in Ekaterinburg, Russia for the 2019 AIBA men’s world championships. Prior to 2016, this annual event was...
McFarland & Company publishes books about boxing on a regular basis. Some of them are solid works that contribute to the historical record of the sport....
As a boxing journalist since 2010, I’ve gathered my fair share of quotes. Some of them were as forgettable as yesterday’s fake news while others are...
When he was a 22-year-old kid embarking on a boxing journey that might have ended almost as quickly as it began, J Russell Peltz – with...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — This coming week the eyes of the boxing world are on the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the big welterweight title...
Anthony Dirrell, who risks his WBC 168-pound world title against former title-holder David Benavidez this Saturday, Sept. 28, is one of the last of a dying...
Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions was in Bakersfield, California tonight with a 14-bout card featuring veterans Peter Quillin and Alfredo Angulo in the main go. The...
The Fifty Greatest Flyweights of All Time: Part One 50-41 Research on the greatest heavyweights of all time was easy. Fire up YouTube or Dailymotion, watch...
ONTARIO, Calif.-Lightweight contender Petr Petrov shred through veteran Dedrick Bell’s defense with ease to win by knockout on Friday evening. Petrov (41-6-2, 22 KOs) of Russia...
Looking Ahead to Canelo-Kovalev, Looking Back at Robinson-Maxim Will boxing history repeat itself again? In modern era prizefighting it is almost unheard of for a reigning...
Rivaling fight cards in Los Angeles and Las Vegas last weekend still managed to attract more than 7,000 fans in each location. Tyson Fury, the lineal...
There sometimes can be a thin line separating child abuse and a demanding parent’s version of tough love. Twenty years or so ago, the way Kenny...
LOS ANGELES – About 113 years ago a historic heavyweight world title fight took place near Union Station, the location where Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Sergey...
