Avila Perspective, Chap. 93: Best of Prizefighting Boxing powers are suggesting a return could be imminent but minus the clatter and chatter of a live audience....
Few could battle in the pocket like Paulie Ayala the Texan from “Cow Town” U.S.A. His pit bull mentality and ability to apply pressure to the...
Roger Mayweather, who held world titles at 130 and 140 pounds, died today (Tuesday, March 17) at his home in Las Vegas. The record books say...
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...