When the mighty Roman Gonzalez departed the 112lb division in 2016 he vacated the title and broke the longest remaining lineage in the sport. In a...
Avila Perspective, Chap 218: Looking for Mr. Good Year WBA super flyweight titlist Joshua Franco travels to Japan and meets WBO titlist Kazuto Ioka on Saturday...
The noted boxing trainer Ismael Salas has been on quite a ride since leaving his native Cuba in 1989. In the 30-plus years since he left...
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...
It goes without saying that many of the most ballyhooed fights in boxing history have been duds. The April 30 match between 35-year-old Irishwoman Katie Taylor...
Although optimists estimate that the unification fight between American world champions Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. will happen next year, others, with a more somber...
On Thursday, Oct. 20, ESPN’s Mike Coppinger broke the news that David Avanesyan would be Terence Crawford’s next opponent. Five days later, Adrien Broner announced that...
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...
Boxing, baseball, college football and horse racing once ruled the American sports landscape. Of course, that was in the 1940s and 1950s when men wore suits...
After a career-long 19 months away from the ring, Danny “Swift” Garcia marked his victorious return in a new weight class with misty eyes that were...