A masterful storyteller, Lance Pugmire spent nearly two decades covering sports for the Los Angeles Times. He is the most-recent recipient of the prestigious Nat Fleischer...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 240: Welterweights Crawford and Spence, plus Regis Prograis BEVERLY HILLS, CA.-It’s only fitting that an epic welterweight clash be triggered at the historic...
ONTARIO, Calif.-Former world titlists Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa and Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo both hunger to return to world championship status and eagerly await their confrontation. Power...
Down Memory Lane with Renowned LA Sports Columnist Bill Dwyre Whether it’s the NBA Finals, Super Bowl, World Series, college football’s biggest games, college basketball’s Final...
ProBox TV, a fledgling promotional group co-founded by former world champions Roy Jones Jr, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Paulie Malignaggi, has found a home for their...
Manny Pacquiao began his ring career in relative obscurity fighting at 106 pounds as a flyweight, but became a global sensation and arguably one of the...
Twenty-two years ago, two talented Southern California fighters baptized the Staples Center sports arena for prizefighting with a performance hard to top. Can Ryan Garcia equal...
In the battle between knockout punchers, Gervonta “Tank” Davis caught Rolly Romero walking into a counter left-sleeper special and kept his WBA lightweight title by knockout...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 159: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Caleb Plant? LAS VEGAS-After nearly four decades of motoring through the Mojave Desert toward Las Vegas like Antonio...
Hand Greg Bishop an assignment and he’s going to be equally comfortable writing about the NFL, MLB, college basketball, the Olympics or boxing. Bishop began covering...