Boxing, like all sports, is more fun to watch when the viewer has a rooting interest. That interest can spring from a variety of factors. Some...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 272: Super Lightweights – Teofimo Lopez, Tito Mercado and More One of the best fighters ever, Aaron Pryor, was a super lightweight....
The Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, was built to house college football games, notably the post-season game that shares the name of the stadium. In 1982...
Avila Perspective, Chap, 263: Regis Prograis and Devin Haney target San Francisco Back in the 60s San Francisco was home to Flower Children, free love and...
If you ask former sportswriter Steve Marantz when was boxing’s Golden Age, he’s quick with a response. His answer just so happens to coincide with the...
Two of the most avoided super lightweights in the last 40 years, Jose “Chon” Zepeda and Regis Prograis cross paths. One a strong, intense athlete reared...
COVID-19, the global pandemic that never seems to go away entirely, doggedly living on as various strains have emerged, has emphasized the need to prioritize mental...
British Boxing Writer Tris Dixon Has Authored a Long-Overdue Book “Terrific beatings taken on the head reduced some of the old boxers to a state of...
Gervonta “Tank” Davis Forged the TSS 2020 Knockout of the Year Uppercuts are exciting. Uppercuts end fights. That’s probably what Buster Douglas had in mind when...
A TSS CLASSIC: Bill Shoemaker was born to ride thoroughbred race horses. Pablo Picasso to paint. Tony Bennett to sing. Marlon Brando to act. John Schulian to write. Schulian has written for six newspapers including the Washington...