Avila Perspective Chap. 56: Pacquiao – Thurman Notes and More Once upon a time the name Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao struck fear in the boxing world as...
Pacquiao vs. Thurman: A Case Study on Two Types of Atrophy Manny Pacquiao’s historic welterweight showdown against WBA titleholder Keith Thurman on July 20 is a...
The Battle of Wits Between Roach and Birmingham May Decide PacMan vs. Thurman It is the boxers who are the center of attention, of course, and...
The great Sugar Ray Leonard, he of the five retirements from boxing that didn’t stick, was musing about the reasons why aging boxers of all levels...
Most professional boxers, for whatever reason, have nicknames. With as unadorned a given name as Mike Lee, you might think that the guy who on July...
BEVERLY HILLS-Rain and grey skies filled the Southern California landscape on Wednesday as Manny Pacquiao and fellow warriors met the media. Now 40 years old, Pacquiao...
Like it or not, Errol Spence has Terence Crawford right where he wants him. Certainly that would be a much harder thing to do inside a...
It was easy. Ridiculously easy. And, just maybe, too much so for the winner’s own good in some ways. On the one hand, IBF welterweight champion...
There is a familiar saying, the originator of which no one seems to know, that holds that good and big always beats good and small. And...
The weather was unseasonably chilly for Southern California which may have depressed attendance at the Dignity Health Sports Park, a venue designed primarily for soccer, but...