Avila David A.

David A. Avila was raised in East Los Angeles and comes from a boxing family that includes his father who fought several times at the Olympic Auditorium during the 1950s. His great grandfather was Battling Ortega and fought numerous world champions from 1916 to 1928. Avila formerly wrote for the L.A. Times and has a weekly column for the Riverside Press-Enterprise, La Prensa, Unidos and Excelsior newspapers. He is the West Coast editor for TheSweescience.com and has written for the popular web site since 2005. Avila has long been one of the few boxing writers that has covered women’s boxing since the 1990s and remains a strong proponent for female prizefighting. He is the new editor of ThePrizefighters.com a site devoted to highlighting women in the fight circles.
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Skye Nicolson vs Tiara Brown in Australia

World Title Fights Nicolson vs Brown , Johnson vs Hughes and More News   By David A. Avila After several years of verbal war Australia’s

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Is Claressa Shields Unbeatable?

Claressa Shields, Layla McCarter and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila If you win titles from middleweight to heavyweight like Claressa Shields,

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Claressa Shields Powers Way Past Danielle Perkins

Claressa Shields Powers Way to Undisputed Heavyweight Championship   By David A. Avila Claressa Shields blasted her way to the undisputed heavyweight championship and nearly

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