In a Tribute Wedded to Memorial Day, Boxing Writer David Avila Pays Homage to Absent Friends Memorial Day. In honor of those who served in the...
Ryan O’Neal passed away last week at a hospital in Santa Monica, California, at age 82. During the 1970s, O’Neal was one of the most well-known...
“I didn’t have the skills to be a world champion, but thanks to Eddie I accomplished that dream. There wasn’t a trainer in the world that...
At their monthly meeting on Wednesday, the Nevada State Athletic commission voted to cease disciplining boxers and MMA fighters who test positive for marijuana. The agency...
Former world junior middleweight champion Oscar “Shotgun” Albarado passed away on Feb. 17 at age 72 in a nursing home in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas....
The Grim Reaper appeared on the boxing scene on the very first day of what would be a grim year, taking the life of former long-reigning...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 98: Prizefighters are Hungry to Fight Hunger. That’s what boxing is all about. It’s time to eat. While athletes in other pro sports...
Uncrowned World Champion Series: Armando ‘The Man’ Muniz Belts, belts, everybody has a belt. Until the 1980s there were only two world title belts in each...
Hedgemon Lewis, who came up short in three stabs at the world welterweight title but won the New York version of this diadem, died on Sunday,...
The passing of Jose Napoles last Friday (Aug. 16) caused hardly a ripple in the English-speaking world. This says something about the current state of boxing...