Avila Perspective, Chap. 292: Route 66 and Great Fights at Mandalay Bay A familiar feeling of energy races through me like extra-caffeinated coffee whenever I drive...
The Agony of Defeat Bad decisions are as much a part of boxing as enswell, but reactions from the losers vary widely. The look on Roberto...
Famed but understated and beloved by all who met him, Ricardo Jimenez passed away this recent weekend. Jimenez, 64, began as a journalist and worked for...
It was like a duel between two Old West gunslingers as Paulie Ayala a little-known Texas southpaw stood poised to greet New Mexico’s Johnny Tapia, the...
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...
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...
If someone is wildly passionate about boxing and has followed it for years, he or she just might be an aficionado; that is, an enthusiast, addict,...