Richie Sandoval, who won the WBA and lineal bantamweight title in one of the biggest upsets of the 1980s and then, not quite two years later,...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 284: Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, and Much More Argue all you want about the appeal of other sports, only boxing grabs fans on...
Oscar De La Hoya sat with a satisfied look inside his glittering building on Wilshire Boulevard, unveiling plans to stage a welterweight showdown between southpaw contenders...
Watching Alexis Rocha and Blair Cobbs slug it out in Los Angeles last weekend brought back burning memories of similar feuds of the past from the...
Close the book. And it’s a thick one on Filipino superstar Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. When Pacquiao first arrived in the late 90s it wasn’t with great...
Former world junior middleweight champion Oscar “Shotgun” Albarado passed away on Feb. 17 at age 72 in a nursing home in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas....
Avila Perspective, Chap. 126: Viva Puerto Rico, Claressa Shields, Canelo and More In the age of Covid-19 fights get canceled and re-arranged and that’s found here...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Looking Back 50 Years, Terence Crawford and More Fifty years ago this month, the most alluring fight was a clash between two...
Peter Mathebula wasn’t a great fighter. He suffered nine losses during his 45-bout career. He was stopped five times. But Mathebula, who died yesterday (Jan. 18)...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 79: Boxing 101 (Part One) In a dusty room in a loft-style apartment in Montebello began my adventure into the world of prizefighting...