Many years ago, this reporter overhead ring announcer Chuck Hull gushing over a young boxer who was fairly new to the professional game. “This kid,” he...
Two Candidates for the Greatest Fight Card in Boxing History Saturday’s fight card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, topped by the rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry...
Twelve years ago tomorrow, on Nov. 24, 2012, Hector Camacho was officially declared dead. He was effectively dead before then, having suffered a heart attack in...
Life comes at you fast. It seems like only yesterday that I stood in a crowd of rubberneckers gawking at the artificial volcano that fronted the...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 283: Canelo and Munguia Battle for Mexico and More Fight News Prepare for Mexican war. Guadalajara’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) fights...
Emanuel Navarrete successfully defended his WBO 130-pound world title tonight with a hard-earned unanimous decision over Oscar Valdez in an all-Mexican barnburner on the Arizona desert....
Avila Perspective, Chap. 246: Undefeated Welterweight Kings, Seniesa and More When Terence Crawford meets Errol Spence Jr. in the prize ring in Las Vegas it marks...
This past Saturday, Oct. 29, 4,586 turned out at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden to witness the return of Vasiliy Lomachenko. Meanwhile, 2,417 miles...
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...