ANAHEIM, Calif.-Southern California’s Ryan Garcia stands poised and calm much like an astronaut atop a billion-dollar rocket headed for outwardly destinations. It’s countdown time. A remarkably...
Under gray skies and very cool temperatures Ryan Garcia arrived with his father and a couple of others at the Westside Boxing Gym on Monday. Waiting...
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...
Eloy Perez had 27 pro fights and lost only one. That came in his final bout when he challenged Adrien Broner for the WBO world super...
Terence Crawford is Bob Arum’s Yuletide Gift to New York Throughout history, boxing promoters have shunned the weeks before Christmas. The conventional wisdom is that the...
Tales from L.A. One of the best welterweight title clashes in recent years took place as Errol Spence Jr. connected with a single sidewinder left cross...
The Avila Perspective, Chap 66: Can Spence-Porter equal De La Hoya-Mosley? LOS ANGELES-Nearly 20 years ago one of the best welterweight world title fights and pay-per-view...
PART ONE OF A TWO-PART STORY — Las Vegas boxing trainer Clarence “Bones” Adams (pictured working the mitts with Amir Khan) has something in common with...
Good Night, Sweet Pea Bishop James E. Jones Jr.’s booming baritone was rising up through the rafters at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. He was...
Pernell Whitaker was, by most accounts, the best defensive fighter since Willie Pep, maybe even better. His ability to stay in the pocket and make frustrated...