Canelo-GGG III: Odds and Ends It’s Mexican Independence Day Weekend and I am in Las Vegas so this must be boxing. Indeed, for most of the...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 203: Canelo-GGG 3 and More Prizefighting in the middleweight division is best described as ferocious throughout boxing history from Bob Fitzsimmons to Harry...
Tomorrow, Sept. 15, marks the 117th anniversary of the first big fight in Goldfield, Nevada. No, we’re not talking about the first fight between Joe Gans...
Elite Trainer Jesse Reid Has Schooled Some of Boxing’s Most Mercurial Champions In olden days, the boxing coach of an athletic club was invariably called a...
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t a boxing fan. But she did something that no other British monarch ever did. She bestowed knighthood on a professional boxer. Now,...
NFL running backs Adrian Peterson and Le’Veon Bell face off Saturday night in the co-main event of Social Gloves 2 You see it at virtually every...
Yokasta Valle Wins a Second Belt in Costa Rica; Shields vs Marshall Postponed Last night’s 104-pound unification fight in Costa Rica between local fan favorite Yokasta...
Shields vs Marshall Tops a Blockbuster Week for Women It’s the Year of Women prizefighting and this week is dominated by several top female world champions...
On January 6, 1971, Earnie Shavers, a well-touted heavyweight prospect from Warren, Ohio, fought Lee Estes at the Silver Slipper in Las Vegas. Shavers’ team on...
LOS ANGELES-Swilled in gentlemanly conduct Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz was stymied by Luis “King Kong” Ortiz’s manners more than his blows but used his early knockdowns...