TEMECULA, CA.-In a fight that seemed much closer, Southern California’s Arnold Barboza won the battle of the unbeaten super lightweights over Puerto Rico’s Danielito Zorrilla by...
Floyd Mayweather’s Money During his June 12 induction speech at the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Floyd Mayweather Jr. asserted that thanks to his smart business...
R.I.P. Jerry Pellegrini, Last Vestige of a Golden Era of Boxing in New Orleans The showdown that the boxing world is most anxious to see, Errol...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 194: Garcia-Fortuna, Barboza-Zorrilla and More Every star in prizefighting has experienced the day of reckoning when they either pass or fail. That day...
There are eight active boxers who have won titles in four weight classes. Two of the eight – Kazuto Ioka and Donnie Nietes – squared off...
The Dreaded Subdural Hematoma In 2016, I wrote an article for TSS titled, “Concussion: Now It’s Boxing’s Turn.” In the article, published on Aug. 16, I...
SHOWTIME was at the Alamodome in San Antonio tonight with a card headlined by Mark Magsayo’s first defense of the WBC world featherweight title he won...
Two grizzled heavyweights, Kubrat Pulev, 41, and Derek Chisora, 38, renewed acquaintances today in London. A shade more than six full years had passed since their...
Believe it or not, the heavyweight division belongs to European prizefighters. Britain’s perennial foe Derek Chisora (32-12, 23 KOs) meets Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev (29-2, 14 KOs)...
As a young boy growing up in Italy, Guido Vianello’s first sport was tennis. His parents own and manage one of Rome’s leading tennis academies. But...
Boxing fans in Australia are still buzzing over Jai Opetaia’s gritty, title-winning effort on Saturday, July 2. Opetaia overcome significant adversity to wrest the IBF and...
We’re going way back, but there was a time when the Fourth of July was a big day for boxing in the U.S. The high-water mark,...
The annual ESPY Awards are a celebration of sports and the role that they play in American society. Jim Valvano, who was dying of cancer, energized...
In a stay-busy, shake-off-the-rust fight, Joe Joyce returned to the ring after an absence of almost one full year and stopped Christian Hammer in the fourth...
In a bloody, see-saw battle in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia, youth prevailed as 27-year-old Sydney southpaw Jai Opetaia held on to wrest the IBF cruiserweight title from...
Twenty-two years ago, two talented Southern California fighters baptized the Staples Center sports arena for prizefighting with a performance hard to top. Can Ryan Garcia equal...
This week marked the 25th anniversary of one of the most infamous fights in boxing history. On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson was disqualified at the...
It is probable that one must go all the way back to the mighty Dick Tiger to find a fighter who courted the British public with...
It’s been a month of accolades for longtime boxing scribe Bernard Fernandez, a regular contributor to these pages. On Sunday, June 12, he was formally inducted...
Boxing and the Splendor of Cuban Sports: An Interview with Author Tim Wendel Cuba is an island nation of roughly 11.4 million inhabitants and while sugar...
