The Sweet Science Rankings: Week of May 1st, 2023 Only one change this week and it takes place at 105lbs where Erick Rosa enters his seventeenth...
In the build-up to Rocky Marciano’s first confrontation with Ezzard Charles, The Miami Herald cast an eye back to The Rock’s heartbreaking 1951 destruction of Joe Louis. In...
Always humble William Zepeda blasted out Panama’s Jaime Arboleda and then saluted Victor Ortiz who he replaced in the main event. But the night was stolen...
An SRO crowd is expected on Saturday, May 6, at a 50,000-seat domed stadium on the outskirts of Guadalajara. The attraction is native son Canelo Alvarez...
When Eric Greene took his seat at a ringside table at Sony Hall on April 27, fans in attendance could have been forgiven for thinking that...
LAS VEGAS-Las Vegas always looks different after a mega fight, like the day after a hurricane hits town. Gervonta “Tank” Davis left Ryan Garcia and the...
The Sweet Science Rankings: Week of April 24th, 2023 Changes this week at 130, 135 and 140lbs. 130: Joe Cordina claims the number one spot at...
There are very few boxing personalities who turn heads when they walk down the street or stop a room when they enter. I can think of...
It’s still in print. You can log on to Amazon right now and buy one for yourself, renamed, repackaged, all shiny and new. But I like...
As if there were any doubt, Gervonta “Tank” Davis proved once again last night that he is among the best fighters on the planet. Davis was...
LAS VEGAS-It was a slow burning fuse that saw Gervonta “Tank” Davis explode with an almost invisible blow to stop a dangerously quick Ryan Garcia to...
Tonight, in a sold-out Cardiff International Arena, Wales, a partisan crowd roared hometown boy Joe Cordina (now 16-0) to a well-deserved split decision against the brutal...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 234: Once-in-a-Generation Mega Fight: Tank Davis vs King Ry Garcia LAS VEGAS-In my 38 years covering prizefighting I’m calloused at mere hype jobs...
As the eyes of the boxing world shift to Las Vegas and the stirrings of the undercard for the Tank Davis-Ryan Garcia showdown this Saturday night,...
Igor Vysotsky competed in an era when Russian boxers, like their Cuban counterparts, were barricaded from turning pro. But as an amateur, Vysotsky’s accomplishments made him...
The Shigeoka brothers Yudai and Ginjiro have both delivered on the biggest nights of their careers in Tokyo, and as per last week’s preview, in impressive...
In a battle between two six-foot-six former Olympians in their late-30s, Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang, an 8/1 underdog in man-to-man betting, turned away previously undefeated Joe...
A crosstown battle between Los Angeles featherweights saw Omar Cande Trinidad finish strong in defeating Adan Ochoa by unanimous decision after eight rugged back and forth...
“Lionell ‘Lonnie B’ Thompson is a former professional boxer…” So reads the opening sentence of a blurb about him that popped up on the internet. Except...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 233: The Rocket Rise of Ryan Garcia Waiting in the Tuesday sunshine, atop a lush green Beverly Hills cliff, reporters of all shapes...
