Avila Perspective, Chap 138: The Journey of Jose Carlos Ramirez Unification has a certain solid ring to it. Undisputed sounds even better. Jose Carlos Ramirez (26-0,...
Yesterday, May 16, it was widely reported that all the roadblocks to the eagerly-anticipated heavyweight unification showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury had been removed...
A Philosophy Professor and a Boxing Coach, Gordon Marino Wears Dissimilar Hats Academia and scholarship are prim and proper and generally take place in ivy-covered brick...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 129: Remembering Rod Hunt and More Fight News We lost another one in the boxing world. Rodney Cruz Hunt, 53, passed recently from...
Tim Tszyu is a chip off the old block. His father Kostya Tszyu had a Hall of Fame career and Tim appears headed in the same...
Test your knowledge of boxing history in this 15-question multiple-choice trivia quiz. Get 12 or more right and go to the head of the class. To...
It’s one thing to get to the top, but it’s something else entirely to remain there for more than half a century. Jerry Izenberg, longtime sports...
Boxing will heat up big-time in May. Canelo Alvarez will defend his WBC 168-pound title on May 8 against Billy Joe Saunders. Two weeks later, WBC/WBO...
The big buzz this week in boxing was the enormous fee ponied up by the video-sharing, social-networking service Triller to lasso Teofimo Lopez’s lightweight title defense...
Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) defends the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday Feb. 27, at...