Avila Perspective, Chap 152: Oscar and Oscar and More There’s a saying in the entertainment business “the show must go on.” That seems to apply in...
On the weekend when most boxing fans around the world most likely saw the last championship level performance of a living legend, Manny Pacquaio, thousands of fight...
“Felix has a sparkling personality, a flashy fighting style, and he’s good. He’s also f-a-s-t.” The quote is from Thomas Hauser who wrote those words in...
The late heavyweight Mitch Rose could not translate his Golden Gloves amateur skills to the pro ranks. He retired with an underwhelming 2-11-1 mark, but he...
It isn’t exactly a news flash that most fight fans are mesmerized by power-punchers, maybe even more than usual if a particular knockout artist has demonstrated...
Henry “Hennery” Peck, popularly known as Peck’s Bad Boy, is a fictional character created by George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916). “Peck’s Bad Boy” has been defined as one...
Boxing comes full blast in the ides of March. Saturday in particular begins in Europe with a light heavyweight world title match between Artur Beterbiev and...
A Halloween-Inspired Homage to Bernard Hopkins A TSS CLASSIC — It is that time of year. The late-October autumn air on the East Coast is crisp...
Oscar De La Hoya is Plotting a Comeback at Age 47 “Boxers are like bank burglars; we are compelled to return to the scene of our...
Beware Fearless Freddie Some fighters launch and sustain long winning streaks; others engage long losing streaks. Some, like Mexican cult legend Quirino Garcia (40-28-4) and the...