Norm Frauenheim
GGG is back for another duel in a bid to reassert...
By Norm Frauenheim-
The whispers are hard to ignore. Gennadiy Golovkin has surely heard them. He’s changed, they say. A different guy, they say.
But the...
Spence wins split decision over Porter in a unanimous crowd-pleaser
By Norm Frauenheim-
LOS ANGELES -- Only the judges disagreed.
There was no debate about the drama that began early and lasted throughout 12 rounds Saturday...
Porter will need more than a microphone to beat a bigger...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Shawn Porter is good with a microphone. He uses it to analyze. He uses it to comment. Predict and argue, too. He...
Canelo moves up the scale and away from GGG, but DAZN...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Canelo Alvarez says and does whatever he wants these days. Money buys that kind of power and Canelo has plenty.
It’s hard to...
Staying Busy: Navarrete punches renewed meaning into an old concept
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Emanuel Navarrete
Is restoring an old-school definition to a term that has long been part of the boxing glossary.
Busy is...
Joshua’s Journey: Search for a road win takes him to Saudi...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Anthony Joshua is unbeaten at home in the UK. He’s winless on the road.
It’s hard to know whether his record serves as...
Dormant Debate: Lomachenko promises to re-awaken pound-for-pound talk
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a debate looking for a few good arguments. For the last few months, there haven’t been any. The pound-for-pound title is...
Remembering John McCain: Boxing Senator is gone, but Ali Act is...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Sunday represents a sad anniversary. John McCain, statesman and soldier, died a year ago on August 25 on his Arizona ranch, about 100...
Canelo-Golden Boy: Fight with Sergey Kovalev would mean more to fans...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Trouble between Canelo Alvarez and Golden Boy Promotions isn’t exactly a surprise. Seeds and signs of discontent have been circulating for at...
On Alert: Death and serious injury heightens concern for fighters’ safety
Two deaths within a few days in late July are part of a dangerous trend for fighters, whose safety was addressed with a sense...
Death And The Ring: Two fighters die in long week that...
By Norm Fraueheim-
Boxing has been called life in a shot glass. From tragedy to triumph, it’s all there all at once, 180-proof. It...
Pacquiao-Thurman: Compelling bout has some legends buzzing
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There were three legends and one who wants to be one. They were there to talk about a legend and...
Many-sided Thurman in the role of a lifetime in his fight...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Keith Thurman has lots to say, more than enough for Manny Pacquiao to pick and choose whatever he might need for just...
Pacquiao-Thurman: A title fight and battle to regain identity
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a fight hard to pick, mostly because Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman are welterweights fighting to recreate themselves or perhaps re-discover...
Fury-Wilder II: Fury is already winning the preliminary rounds
By Norm Frauenheim-
Reviews continue, days after Tyson Fury sang his way to a second-round stoppage over an unknown German in what was more of...
No Fury Necessary: Instead, Tyson Fury promises a show and delivers...
LAS VEGAS -- It began with Tyson Fury walking down the hallway toward the ring looking ominous. He was dressed, all...
Weigh-in Show: Tyson Fury goes to the scale twice, first for...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Show Tyson Fury an empty stage and it won’t stay empty for long. He’ll fill it, all 6-foot-9 of...
Tyson Fury back at a work on one plan that emerged...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – He is named for a fighter who these days is remembered for some wisdom about how vulnerable a plan...
GGG: No matter how you spell it, Golovkin re-enters the ring...
By Norm Frauenheim-
The name is little bit different. The corner is a lot different. Whether the differences add up to a reinvented fighter are...
Andy Ruiz Jr. makes history with stunning upset of Joshua
NEW YORK – History and hype. The first was made by Andy Ruiz Jr., the first heavyweight champion of Mexican descent. The second was...
Heavyweight Blues: Joshua hopes to knock them out in a place...
By Norm Frauenheim-
The heavyweights, bigger than life in fact and fiction, are hard to judge. That’s another way of saying nothing much at all has...
Dangerous Equation: A Pacquiao victory over Thurman puts the 40-year-old Senator...
By Norm Fraunheim-
He’s been Pac-Man and Congressman. Honorific titles and belted ones are all part of his resume. He been called just about everything,...
Wilder and Wilder: Deontay’s threats to Breazeale hard to hear, hard...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder has more words than punches.
At last check, the words are rocking the social-media landscape. Wilder has been all over...
Rematches more of the same for Berchelt and Navarrete
TUCSON –The card was dubbed Twice As Nice. Nice for the Winner. Nightmarish for the losers.
Miguel Berchelt and Emanuel Navarrete picked up where the...
Rematch Test: Berchelt’s rising star depends on how he does in...
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON – Miguel Berchelt has heard all of the talk. It has him fighting pound-for-pound contender Vasiliy Lomachenko one day. It has...
Royal Rematch: Isaac Dogboe in fight to restore a lost crown
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON – Isaac Dogboe, whose African ancestry is at the root of his Royal Storm nickname, is learning kings don’t last long....
Canelo tightens monopoly on middleweight crown with decision over Jacobs
LAS VEGAS -- It’s all about business. Canelo’s business, which these days is beginning to look a little bit like a monopoly of the...
Canelo-Jacobs: Finally, some buzz gets shoved into the fight
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – A fight in need of a buzz suddenly got some.
Daniel Jacobs literally shoved some buzz into the proceedings...
History Lesson: It’s all part of a process for the student...
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LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez likes to talk about history. But don’t look for the kind forever carved in ancient marble. Canelo’s...
Jacobs back in Vegas for a possible Fight of Year after...
By Norm Frauenhenim-
Daniel Jacobs is back in Las Vegas to fight for the first time in nearly a decade. Vegas has changed. But the...
Pay-Per-View Proof: Terence Crawford tests his popularity versus Amir Khan in...
By Norm Frauenheim-
In a quick-moving debate, it’s Terence Crawford’s turn to do what Vasiliy Lomachenko did last week. Guess here is that Crawford will...
Lomachenko still seeking a cutting-edge test for his artistry
By Norm Frauenheim-
There’s something singular about Vasiliy Lomachenko. That’s another way of saying there’s nobody else quite like him. His unique skillset is often...
Empty Frame: Fight is on to be Face of the Game
By Norm Frauenheim-
It can be scarred. It can be friendly. Scary, too. Sometimes, it’s a booking photo.
It’s the face of the game.
It’s...
Who’s Talking? If it’s Spence-Crawford, everybody is
By Norm Frauenheim-
Bob Arum threw a rhetorical combo this week, intriguing because of the timing and significant because it further heightened talk about a...
Pound-for-pound, Spence-Crawford is at the undisputed top of this wish list
By Norm Frauenheim-
It was a disappointing fight. A significant one, too.
Within the ropes, there’s really not much to say about Errol Spence Jr.’s...
