As the temperature continued to cool across most of the United States during the first full weekend in November, the boxing schedule kept heating up. The...
Golden Boy Promotions, the company founded by Oscar De La Hoya, brought Saul “Canelo” Alvarez into the fold in January of 2010. At the time, Alvarez...
Avila Perspective, Chap 112: Devin Haney and More Now that two major sports have ended their seasons only prizefighting and American football remain. Last week we...
“—C’mon!” said Teofimo Lopez with two seconds left in the 12th round. It was a Brooklyn thing to say on a Brooklyn-type Saturday night, and Lopez...
Seinfeld ran nine seasons on NBC. One of the most memorable episodes was the “Bubble Boy” episode that ran in Season Four (1992). The Bubble Boy...
In a story first broken by Mike Coppinger of the Athletic, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez — boxing’s biggest draw and the consensus #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the...
Oscar De La Hoya is Plotting a Comeback at Age 47 “Boxers are like bank burglars; we are compelled to return to the scene of our...
“Nicaragua is a poor country and boxers have to eat,” said promoter Rosendo Alvarez by way of justification for the 8-fight card that he presented last...
Several years ago, Saul “Neno” Rodriguez was tabbed best new prospect by British journalists and was involved in a tug of war between rival boxing promotion...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 86: Heavyweight Impact, Thompson Boxing and More Any time Yanks fight Brits, expect a battle of epic proportions, but when you add rival...