Tomoki Kameda, Japan’s “Little Mexican,” and the Glory Days of Japanese Boxing This is a golden era for Japanese boxing. Japanese fighters own all the meaningful...
No riot this time. Floyd Mayweather brought his extravaganza to Mexico City and filled up the stands with two exhibitions and an abundance of Mexican-style fights...
Even when Floyd “Money” Mayweather was a youngster his reputation as a superb boxer was known. Back in the 1990s he was gathering interest from promoters...
Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario, two former world title-holders whose careers had hit the skids, locked horns tonight in a middleweight match-up in Plant City, Florida....
At the dawn of 2019, IBF junior middleweight champion Jarrett “Swift” Hurd was widely considered the best 154-pound boxer on the planet. Hailing from the D.C....
France’s highly-ranked Christian Mbilli bludgeoned his way to victory by unanimous decision over Ukraine’s Sergiy Derevyanchenko in a clash between two of the sport’s top super...
Mikaela Mayer seeks to become a world title-holder in a third weight class when she challenges WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan in the featured bout in...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 292: Route 66 and Great Fights at Mandalay Bay A familiar feeling of energy races through me like extra-caffeinated coffee whenever I drive...
Uzbekistan, a central Asian country of about 36 million people, formerly part of the Soviet Union, has supplanted Cuba as the dominant force in amateur boxing....
LAS VEGAS-Vergil Ortiz Jr. survived two flash knockdowns and a savage bloody slugfest to emerge the winner by majority decision over Ukraine’s Serhii Bohachuk on Saturday....
Results and Recaps from Albuquerque where Angelo Leo Starched ‘Venado’ Lopez Fighting in his hometown for the first time in nine years, Angelo Leo scored a...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 291: Vergil Ortiz and Serhii Bohachuk Hate Decisions These dudes don’t like judges. In a combined 46 pro fights involving Serhii Bohachuk and...
The 2015 bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas stands as the richest prizefight in history by a...
The Hauser Report: Riyadh Season Comes to America On August 3, at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, Terence Crawford made a muted statement, eking out a...
The Knockout by Andy Clarke (published by Aurum) is a thoughtful book that encourages readers to think more deeply about boxing’s most violent spectacle, described by...
A Hollywood crowd saw Terence “Bud” Crawford slowly whittle away the strength of WBA super welterweight titlist Israil Madrimov and gain late momentum to win by...
Heavyweight Action from LA: Miller and Ruiz fight to a Draw; Bakole Shocks Anderson It was Riyadh Season at LA’s 22,000-seat major league soccer stadium tonight...
Led by boxing’s impressive Terence Crawford, a sports promotion called Riyadh Season is dipping its toes into America. Welcome to L.A. Considered my many the top...
A Massive Upset in Detroit Evokes Memories of Eugene “Silent” Hairston On the face of it, last Saturday’s super lightweight contest in Detroit between Shohjahon Ergashev...
Claressa Shields accomplished a rare distinction tonight in Detroit. She won world titles in two different weight classes inside the same fight. At stake in her...
