It was like a duel between two Old West gunslingers as Paulie Ayala a little-known Texas southpaw stood poised to greet New Mexico’s Johnny Tapia, the...
In a wide range of degrees and intensity, Johnny Tapia and Edwin Valero were two of boxing’s wildest characters. Each former champion died far younger than...
If someone is wildly passionate about boxing and has followed it for years, he or she just might be an aficionado; that is, an enthusiast, addict,...
THREE PUNCH COMBO – With the attention of the boxing world riveted on the big heavyweight title fight in Los Angeles, several fights last week went...
Veteran boxing publicist John Beyrooty was inducted into the West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame last week. This particular hall of fame is the third boxing...
Favorite fighter, favorite fight, and favorite round - This survey asks respondents to name the boxer -- living or dead -- that had the most charisma.
Super flies only date back to the days of VCRs in the 1980s. But from the beginning, the 115-pound limit division has delivered pound for pound...
CANASTOTA, N.Y. – Boxers, and their individual life stories, are often as unique as fingerprints. If that wasn’t already obvious, the paths taken by Marco Antonio...
EVANDER, BARRERA, TAPIA CANASTOTA-BOUND — You say the outcome of last month’s Presidential election was a stunner? That the pollsters and pundits all (most, anyway) had...