LOS ANGELES-Mexico’s Gilberto Ramirez belted his way into the light heavyweight division with body shots in shoving gatekeeper Sullivan Barrera aside on a sweltering warm Friday...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 143: A Look-Ahead at Friday’s Mammoth L.A. Fight Card Two world title fights and the introduction of undefeated super middleweight Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez...
Finding the next big thing may seem as easy as finding a Chris Colbert. It’s not easy. Brooklyn’s Colbert (15-0, 6 KOs) tangles with Tug Nyambayar...
Professional boxers need to stay active for two reasons: (1) They have a short window to achieve their goals and leave the sport well-off financially, and...
A glut of top shelf championship fights is causing promoters to cram. Big time revenue earners Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez take their last...
SHOWTIME Boxing returned to Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino tonight for a five-fight card with no fans in attendance. The main go of the TV tripleheader was...
LOS ANGELES-It was homecoming for WBO and WBA super featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko and his adopted Southern California fans were eager with anticipation for his...
One of the wizards of boxing Vasyl Lomachenko leads a trio of the best fighters on the planet headlining separate events this weekend. The other two...
It has long been axiomatic in boxing that the last attribute any aging fighter loses is his punching power. As Exhibit A, see George Foreman, but...
Every time it rains in L.A. I think about the Doors song “Riders in the Storm.” On Sunday a brief window of dryness blanketed as I...