Norm Frauenheim
Jack Johnson Pardon: When boxing and politics collide, be sure to...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Politics and boxing, like former business partners Donald Trump and Don King, often play by the same rules. Only one really matters....
GGG-Canelo: Back at the table for same rematch but probably a...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Canelo Alvarez’ enrollment this week in VADA, voluntary drug testing, represents relief for a nervous business still counting on big bucks from...
Lomachenko-Linares: First shot in looming pound-for-pound debate
By Norm Frauenheim-
Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jorge Linares Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden is an opportunity to reset the table on a year that began...
GGG delivers a thank you and a powerful message with swift...
CARSON, Calif. – It was a quick thank you. Gennady Golovkin delivered it efficiently, precisely and exactly as promised.
Vanes Martirosyan never had a...
Weight and Wait: GGG exactly at 160 pounds as the talk...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LOS ANGELES – Gennady Golovkin smiled. Said thanks. He might have kissed a few babies, too.
The middleweight, best known for his...
Going the distance with a changing GGG can be a deadly...
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. -- Going the distance with Gennady Golovkin is a dead end.
That, at least, is big part of the sales...
GGG-Canelo II? Still the only fight that makes sense and...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez are linked only by mutual contempt, genuine in tone and intensifying in the wake of the May...
The real test of Canelo’s words awaits him
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez insists he is clean. Now, he has a chance to prove it.
The Nevada Athletic Commission gave...
Canelo suspension cut to six months, GGG rematch possible in September
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS -- Canelo Alvarez agreed to a six-month suspension and the Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously approved that agreement Wednesday, opening the...
Mayweather still a media master in Faustian bargain that leads him...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is as good at staying in the news as he was at staying a top the pound-for debate.
Evidence of...
Hearing of the Year: Canelo’s appearance before Nevada Commission is getting...
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s not a promising year when the most anticipated moment is a hearing instead of an opening bell.
For now, however, that’s what...
Canelo controversy opens another door for Joshua
By Norm Frauenheim-
Anthony Joshua can strengthen, if not secure, his claim on being the face of a tribal game Saturday against Joseph Parker because...
Heavyweight Restoration: Rebuilding continues with Joshua-Parker
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a good time to be a heavyweight. At least, it appears to be. The old flagship division is beginning to resurface...
Fighting On: Oscar Valdez’ career-defining victory puts him into a battle...
By Norm Frauenheim-
For 48 minutes, Oscar Valdez Jr. showed more courage than you’ll see in a career. Six days later, I can only...
Braveheart: Oscar Valdez battles through broken jaw for dramatic decision over...
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. – It was a brutal fight. Not even hours of rain could wash away the evidence on damp canvas. Long...
Quigg misses weight, throwing turmoil into featherweight fight with Oscar Valdez
By Norm Farauenheim-
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – If you think it never rains in Southern California and Scott Quigg never misses weight, think again.
Quigg...
Film Critic: Film on Oscar Valdez Jr.’s last win is lesson...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LOS ANGELES – Oscar Valdez Jr. has watched the video repeatedly. But not to celebrate, even though he got off the deck...
Eddie Hearn optimistic about a Joshua-Wilder fight in 2018
By Norm Frauenheim-
LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn is confident a Joshua-Deontay Wilder fight for the undisputed heavyweight title can happen in...
Many Fronts: Ortiz just one fight in Wilder’s multi-dimensional campaign
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder, whose powerful right hand is often called his single dimension in the ring, is fighting a multi-dimensional campaign on both...
Putting some punch back into the neighborhood: Carlos Castro wins old-school...
PHOENIX – An old neighborhood got some of its punch back Saturday night.
Carlos Castro and Alexis “Beaver” Santiago put it there with a...
Canelo-GGG: Same address, better fight set for the rematch
By Norm Frauenheim-
Location, location, location. It’s no surprise that the real estate won’t change for the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin rematch. The middleweights will pick...
Beltran: A famed trainer introduced the fighter and he’s been fighting...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Emanuel Steward’s impact on boxing endures long after the famed trainer died. He’s been gone for more than five years now. Yet...
Roy Jones the Senior looks back and sees an all-time Junior
By Norm Frauenheim-
Roy Jones, a lot more of a Senior than a Junior these days, walks away and hopefully stays away after what he...
The G.O.A.T: The original is still the only one
By Norm Frauenheim-
Amid all of the hyperventilating, over-eating and hyperbole preceding the annual Super Bowl spectacle, there’s now another reason for indigestion:
The G.O.A.T. debate.
The...
Showtime announces schedule with lots of promise and one big question
By Norm Frauenheim-
It didn’t exactly resemble the NFL’s release of its annual schedule. Then again, nothing remotely resembles boxing.
Still, Showtime tried to put...
Place and Possibilities: Spence hopes to win both with a big...
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a fight about possibilities, one to measure where Errol Spence Jr. belongs and another about generating some real buzz for bigger...
David Benavidez promises to knock out the doubts
By Norm Frauenheim-
He’s a prospect and a champion. It’s hard to be both. Perhaps, impossible. But that’s the dilemma for David Benavidez as he...
Twelve predictions for every page in a new calendar
By Norm Frauenheim-
Finally, a new calendar with all of the renewed optimism and good humor that goes with it. Twelve predictions, one for every...
Happy New Year? Four reasons to hope for one
By Norm Frauenheim-
A promising year ends, but the promise will go as stale as cheap champagne if fights we talked about in 2017 don’t...
Forget The Rest: 2017 will be remembered for Joshua-Klitschko
By Norm Fruenheim-
It’s been a year full of lots of things.
Full of it, perhaps, if 2017 will be remembered for the spectacle-over-substance display of...
On the Move: Crawford’s jump takes him up scale and to...
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a move up, on the scale and to the top of the ballot.
Terence Crawford’s bid to own next year opens with...
Lomachenko, Rigondeaux to test each other and the state of the...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing loves comebacks and it looks as if a business always reported to be dying might be poised to make another one.
...
Gold Road: This time it’s for money instead of medals
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s historical for the continuum that Vasily Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux represent. Four gold, two each, at four Olympics over 12...
End of the Beginning: A New Year looms amid promising signs...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Three notable fights over nearly five-and-a-half weeks between now and a New Year are the end of what might be another beginning.
...
Goodbye doesn’t sound like a temporary gesture from Cotto
By Norm Frauenheim-
His face is the portrait of a fighter. It’s a mix of stoicism and toughness. There’s an unblinking gaze that says he...
