David A. Avila
297 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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BOXING: Golovkin shows what prizefighters are all about
What?s the difference between prizefighting and boxing? Prizefighter Gennady ?GGG? Golovkin showed boxer Willie Monroe Jr. that difference in front of more than 12,000 rabid fans at The Forum. Boxing is technical,…
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AVILA RINGSIDE: GGG and Chocolatito Wow Large Crowd with Impressive KOs
INGLEWOOD, Ca.-Middleweight champion Gennady ?GGG? Golovkin showed he?s the best above 140 pounds and Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez showed he?s the best below that weight as both scored sizzling knockouts in their respective…
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Prizefighting vs. Boxing: Canelo and Kirkland Show the Difference
One week after the ?Dud of the Century,? an under-rated and less heralded showdown between Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez and James ?Mandingo Warrior? Kirkland in Houston erased the bad memories of the Floyd…
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Floyd and Pacman Start the Rumble in L.A.
Downtown Los Angeles trembled a bit, but it wasn?t an earthquake. Floyd ?Money? Mayweather and Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao arrived in suits, entourage and strolled through a red carpet to meet with more…
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L.A. Journey: Destination Wild Card
Most fight writers visit the Wild Card Boxing club in Hollywood regularly, but I just did my first visit in more than three years. Not that I have anything against Freddie Roach…
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Welterweight Crush: Is This Best Welterweight Group of All Time?
A logjam of talent exists in the welterweight division today. It?s simply the most talent-rich division in all of boxing. The most comparable welterweight division in recent times was probably in the…
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Bam Bam Ready for All Welterweights
Brandon ?Bam Bam? Rios slugged his way to the welterweight sweepstakes with his knockout victory last weekend. With his career hanging in the balance like the Sword of Damocles, the Oxnard prizefighter…
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Herrera has answered the call
Mauricio ?El Maestro? Herrera had only $20 dollars in his wallet, bills to pay and seemingly no one interested in his fighting talent. His contract with a promotion company had lapsed and…
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Avila’s Final Pound For Pound List For 2014
With only one more big fight card remaining, here?s my final Pound for Pound list for 2014. Only Timothy Bradley has business to attend in a couple of weeks in Las Vegas.…
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Popular ‘GGG’ earns style points
Gennady ?GGG? Golovkin descends from his Big Bear Lake training headquarters to defend his WBA and IBO middleweight titles against Mexico?s Marco Antonio Rubio this weekend. The promotion has been labeled ?Mexican…
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Golden Boy positions itself for coming battles
Oscar De La Hoya smiled as he spoke to the press recently about his intentions of mending the large rift between his company and a rival boxing giant. ?I met Bob Arum…
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BOXING: Maybe Mayweather-Pacquiao?
The final stage is set for the culmination of Floyd ?Money? Mayweather?s journey toward an undefeated career and all its laurels. Mayweather endured a brutal two-fight war against Argentina?s Marcos Maidana in…
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Defensive Wizard Floyd Mayweather?s Final Stretch
Back in the 90s during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, there were two U.S. amateur boxers that stood apart from the rest: Fernando Vargas and Floyd Mayweather. Vargas and Mayweather both stepped…
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Get Ready For Busy Ending for Boxing Year 2014
High Gear for Boxing Boxing actually slipped into a rapidly high gear last week with Austin Trout and company leading a massive 12-bout fight card at Pechanga Casino. It reminded me of…
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BOXING: Picking the best, pound for pound
Most of boxing?s best fighters, pound for pound, took to the ring in the past year, and a number of changes took place in the rankings. Here they are: 1. Floyd Mayweather…
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Return of Inglewood Forum and Juan Manuel Marquez
A feverish month of marquee prizefights that began with Manny Pacquiao will finally end this Saturday with Juan Manuel Marquez. What a fitting end. Master boxer Marquez (55-7-1, 40 Kos) faces Denver?s…
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Floyd Mayweather Figures Out Argentina?s Marcos Maidana Late In Fight
LAS VEGAS-Floyd ?Money? Mayweather sweated out a close victory over the rugged fighting Argentine Marcos ?Chino? Maidana by majority decision on Saturday. A rematch may be in store. Few expected the fight…
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BOXING: Maidana and Mayweather face off Saturday
Argentina?s Marcos Maidana has carefully followed the long career of boxing?s widely recognized best, Floyd Mayweather. And he dreams of the rewards for being the first to beat him. ?I would be…
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Tim Bradley Remains the Rodney Dangerfield of Boxing
Tim ?Desert Storm? Bradley may be the one of the few undefeated prizefighters that could truly be called the Rodney Dangerfield of boxing. Think of it. Since 2004, when Bradley entered the…
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Boxing’s biggest names face off in coming weeks
Heavyweight Dominic Breazeale leads an avalanche of top boxers headed this way when he fights in Indio this week. Some of the biggest names in the sport will be in action within…