Avila Perspective, Chap. 296: Canelo vs Berlanga and More Never underestimate the Mexico versus Puerto Rico rivalry. Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of Mexico...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 291: Vergil Ortiz and Serhii Bohachuk Hate Decisions These dudes don’t like judges. In a combined 46 pro fights involving Serhii Bohachuk and...
The third week of March usually finds Top Rank at Madison Square Garden with a show designed to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. This year, for various...
Taking on the task of documenting the lives of Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, Wilfredo Gomez and Hector Camacho in book form was daunting, but Christian Giudice,...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 135: Danny Roman and Super Bantamweights Perform in L.A. The super bantamweight division was virtually unknown by most fans of prizefighting for the...
The Internet has changed sportswriting, particularly when it comes to writing about boxing. Very few newspapers or magazines now have a writer on staff who understands...
Southern California loads up with multiple fight cards this weekend. It’s Puerto Rico versus Mexico when Luis Feliciano (12-0, 8 KOs) meets Genaro Gamez (9-0, 6...
“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...
Rocky Lockridge, a former world super featherweight champion who participated in a slew of memorable bouts in the 1980s, has reportedly died at age 60. The...
Long have Japanese prizefighters dominated in the super featherweight division (aka junior lightweight) division. Whatever it’s called, the 130-pound division has been a stronghold for Japan.