The presumption, echoed by ESPN boxing commentator Bernardo Osuna, was that tonight’s bout at Wembley Arena in London between Artur Beterbiev and Anthony Yarde would be...
It’s now official. The twice-postponed “grudge match” between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury will come to fruition on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Riyadh in the Kingdom...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 223: A Lively Weekend in SoCal with Three Fight Cards in Two Days Big money prizefighting returns to the Los Angeles area with...
Russian Artur Beterbiev, triple champion of the 175-pound division, is the only current world champion who, thanks to the enormous power he wields in his fists,...
Boxing Odds and Ends: A New Foe for Broner and an Intriguing Heavyweight Match-up BLK Prime’s inaugural venture went off without a hitch. An announced crowd...
American Fighter David Benavidez has been in constant pursuit of an opportunity to face Canelo Álvarez and, until now, it has been an unrealizable dream. For...
With the recent confirmation by promoter Bob Arum, boxing fans will have a high-stakes duel to watch on May 20th when American Devin Haney, the undisputed...
Don King, once the most powerful boxing promoter in the world and now a pale imitation of his former self, presented an 8-fight card tonight at...
Liverpool middleweight Liam “Beefy” Smith, thought to be in the twilight of his career at age 34, produced arguably the best win of his long career...
In a prize ring more suited for midget wrestling, David “Dynamite” Stevens needed nearly all eight scheduled rounds to knock out Sean “Silky” Hemphill in a...
Jermaine Franklin and Otto Wallin have identical records (21-1, 14 KOs) and share the same promoter. Various reports say that Franklin (pictured) will command an $800,000...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 221: ‘El Maestro’ and More Boxing News and Notes Not by chance, I recently encountered the retired fighter known as “El Maestro” in...
Yesterday (Monday, Jan. 16) it came to light that the match between Adrien Broner and Ivan Redkach, scheduled for Feb. 25 in Atlanta, was in jeopardy....
Brit Anthony Yarde has a monumental task ahead of him on January 28th at the OVO Arena in London when he faces the very strong and...
With the decision of Japanese fighter Naoya Inoue to leave the bantamweight division along with the four titles that made him the undisputed king of 118...
Efe Ajagba and Jonnie Rice Bring Home the Money at Turning Stone The temperature dipped into the low teens tonight in frigid Verona, New York, but...
The passage of time does not forgive any human being. And no matter how much we fight, there is no magic formula that allows us to...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 220: Top Rank Boxing in New York and More Adam “BluNose” Lopez co-headlines a fight card in New York this weekend. But not...
After five months of waiting, Englishman Leigh Wood (26-2, 16 KOs) and Mexican Mauricio Lara (25-2-1, 18 KOs) will finally collide for the WBA featherweight belt...
Gerrie Coetzee’s conquest of defending world heavyweight champion Michael Dokes on Sept. 9, 1983, was one of the biggest upsets of the 1980s. Coetzee had failed...
