The 1980s brought two new sanctioning bodies into boxing. The IBF, founded in 1983, and the WBO (1988) came along to challenge the established organizations. More...
Collecting “Rookie” Cards of Boxing’s Biggest Stars: A Guide for Investors It might be hard to believe in this brave new world of fan-less live sports,...
Don King promoted a fight card on January 29 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. But the more significant story is what happened...
Prizefighting actually dipped underground for the past nine months with professional boxers training illegally in darkened gyms behind shuttered windows and locked doors. It still remains...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 120: Boxing’s Best Pound for Pound When Saul “Canelo” Alvarez first stepped into a prize ring in the USA in 2008 it never...
It was the last big-fight weekend in the United States, so there were plenty of HITS and MISSES to consider this time around. The boxing world...
HITS and MISSES: AJ’s Mandatory Destruction of Kubrat Pulev and More It was another big weekend in boxing. While most of the world was glued to...
In front of actual fans the real Anthony Joshua showed up and uppercut his way to victory by knockout over Bulgaria’s Kubrat Kulev on Saturday. “I...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 117: Anthony Joshua, Shakur and More Here’s the tall and the short of it. A large bloke with numerous heavyweight title belts fights...
In a fight that was a lot closer than most folks expected, Oleksandr Usyk overcame Dereck Chisora, winning a unanimous decision on scores of 117-111, 115-113,...