Avila Perspective, Chap 112: Devin Haney and More Now that two major sports have ended their seasons only prizefighting and American football remain. Last week we...
HITS and MISSES: Halloween Weekend Edition It was an absurdly busy weekend in boxing, so let’s get right to all the action. Here are boxing’s biggest...
A night of knockouts in San Antonio ended with the most brutal knockout of them all when Gervonta “Tank” Davis sent Leo Santa Cruz to dreamland...
Avila Perspective, Chap 111: Munguia, Tank and The Monster Here come some more hardcore fights. As the end of the year approaches contracts must be honored....
Diego Armando Magdaleno, the son of a former semi-pro soccer player, was named for Argentine soccer star Diego Armando Maradona. But Diego’s father Jesus is hardly...
WBA “super” 130-pound champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis, short (5’5½”), short-armed (a 67½-inch reach) and powerful, has been described by some as a miniature Mike Tyson, which...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Fury’s Next Opponent, Lomachenko Redux and More It wasn’t long ago that Bob Arum was talking about potting Fury-Wilder III at Las...
It has been interesting to see how transient fighters are when they inhabit the smaller divisions. Up at cruiserweight, fighters spent on average 50% of the...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 99: Errol Spence and More Let’s start Friday with a bang. WBC welterweight titlist Errol Spence Jr. has agreed to face ex-champ Danny...
The featherweight division of the last decade lacked focus, personified in its failure to produce a single legitimate champion. There are beltholders aplenty but no lineal...