It seems all along that Norm Frauenheim was destined to become a boxing writer. Two critical elements were at play that led the 75-year-old scribe to...
Kenny Adams will be formally enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum in Canastota, New York, next month. It is a long overdue...
Eric Griffin passed away a week ago Saturday (Oct. 7) at age 55 at a hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. Griffin was no great shakes as a...
Bob Arum Perseveres as Many of His Old Stomping Grounds Bite the Dust Someone once said that the only constant in life is change. That goes...
In boxing, more than any other sport, feel-good-stories are prone to turn rancid. The Michael Carbajal story is a prime example. In 1988, the city of...
On this day twenty-eight years ago, mighty-mites Michael Carbajal and Humberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez engaged in a fight for the ages at the Las Vegas Hilton. It...
The convention area of the Las Vegas Hilton – the hotel is now called the Westgate – harbored some of the greatest fights of the 20th...
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...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — There is just something magical about a longshot overcoming seemingly unsurmountable odds to accomplish a major feat in boxing such as winning...
On March 13, 1993, two exceptionally talented and courageous light flyweights, Michael “Little Hands of Stone” Carbajal and Humberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez