Through the passage of a quarter century, Tris Dixon has been at various times an amateur boxer, trainer, editor and writer. And for all this, it’s...
When ‘The Beast’ Ruled Boxing in Tampa A week from Sunday, the fifty-fifth Super Bowl will be played in Tampa, Florida. At various times, the city...
Many count Castillo vs. Corrales (2005) as their favorite. Fans of an earlier generation were partial to Graziano vs. Zale (1947), Pep vs. Saddler (1949), DeMarco...
Most boxing careers reflect a variation of a bell-shaped curve. The downward slope on the right-hand side indicates the decline of the fighter in question. Sometimes,...
The decade of the 1970’s was a great one for boxing and the Southern California scene was especially a hotbed. Throw a dart and you’d come...
Don Fraser’s entire career in boxing was spent in Southern California, but his influence extended far beyond his domain. This is reflected in the fact that...
WBO Title-holder Emanuel Navarrete Defends at Banc of California Stadium LOS ANGELES-World champions are gathering at a busy street corner of Los Angeles that has been...
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Honoring Hopkins, Goossen, Chacon and Others When people think of Nevada they mostly envision Las Vegas. But the elongated “Silver State”...
Crosstown rivalries were the bedrock for prizefighting in Los Angeles and always have been for more than a century. Norwalk’s Javier Molina (17-2, 8 KOs) meets...
It was the biggest Los Angeles fight in decades when Oscar “The Golden Boy” De La Hoya agreed to meet Sugar Shane Mosley for not only...