LAS VEGAS-Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez powered through IBF champion Caleb Plant after unraveling the fleet fighter’s layers of defense to become the first ever four-belt super...
Steve Lott, who was an occasional roommate of Mike Tyson during Tyson’s amateur and early pro days and then an important cog of Team Tyson through...
LAS VEGAS-WBO titlist Mikaela Mayer just might be the best super featherweight, forget about the others, as the American champion pounded out a unanimous decision against...
On the night of October 21 at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia, Hall of Fame boxing promoter J. Russell Peltz signed copies of his new...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 159: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Caleb Plant? LAS VEGAS-After nearly four decades of motoring through the Mojave Desert toward Las Vegas like Antonio...
In olden days, many boxers were drawn from the ranks of newsboys. The newsboy boxer was a staple of so-called smokers during the early decades of...
The Roles Have Changed for Caleb Plant Who Isn’t Intimidated by Canelo Alvarez It seems highly unlikely, almost impossible even, for anyone to see certain parallels...
The Hauser Report: Boxing Through Young Eyes My uncle died in early-October. As per his request, he was cremated and the family converged in New York...
Smashing performances by Jose Zepeda and Jaron “Boots” Ennis were attention-grabbers on the final weekend of October. Zepeda blasted out Josue Vargas at the Hulu Theater...
Hand Greg Bishop an assignment and he’s going to be equally comfortable writing about the NFL, MLB, college basketball, the Olympics or boxing. Bishop began covering...
Las Vegas — SHOWTIME was at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas tonight with an entertaining seven-fight card that served the dual purpose of providing the network...
Amid pomp, fanfare and a crowded British arena Chantelle Cameron captured a unanimous decision victory against America’s Mary McGee to add the IBF super lightweight title...
Boxing Judge John Stewart’s Career Scorecard Worthy of Commendation The announcement came without fanfare. There was no laudatory tribute in his local newspaper, no testimonial dinner,...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 158: Title Troubles and Title Clashes and More About 10 years ago, an attempt to form a sanctioning organization void of politics and...
Claressa Shields, the self-proclaimed GOAT of women’s boxing, is 89-2 in combat sports. Her first setback came in May of 2012 when she lost a 4-round...
Thomas Hauser is the Pierce Egan of our generation. Two centuries ago, Egan chronicled the goings-on in the world of prizefighting in a series of articles....
Shakur Stevenson’s Star Turn Gets No Media Coverage in Atlanta For that part of the sports world that takes notice of boxing, Shakur Stevenson announced himself...
Former world featherweight title-holder Shakur Stevenson turned in his career-best performance tonight at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta while wresting the WBO 130-pound world title...
Undefeated welterweight Harold Calderon remained unbeaten despite strange tactics by late replacement Luis Florez that forced a premature end of the fight due to a disqualification...
On Sept. 9, 1978, a Bayonne, New Jersey brawler who was billed as Rocky Estafire when he was first starting out, stopped slick Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts...
