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...
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...
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...
Tributes are pouring in for Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker who was killed last night (Sunday, July14) after being struck by a car while walking across a...
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,...
Otis Pimpleton is a fixture at the Mayweather Boxing Club but you won’t find him there this week. He’s in Riga, Latvia, 10 time zones away,...
During the late 80s and early 90s whenever the name Buddy McGirt was mentioned it conjured up images of East Coast boxing. “I’m all East Coast...
For the past few weeks, boxing fans have been led to believe that the rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder was ever so-close to being...
“Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse” is a 1950s mantra often, and wrongly, attributed to actor James Dean, star of Rebel Without a...
At its core, its essence, the sport of boxing is relatively simple. In a nutshell it comes down to hitting your opponent and not getting hit....