Norm Frauenheim
Back In The USA: Kovalev hopes to put a Russian thanks...
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s hard to know what Sergey Kovalev knows about Thanksgiving, a uniquely American holiday. But he fights a couple days after Turkey...
Soto Karass knocked through the ropes, but not ready to say...
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON, Ariz. – It was a tough way to say goodbye, so tough that Jesus Soto Karass might want to try it...
Let’s Get Ready To Negotiate: Joshua-Wilder on the table with back-to-back...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Nobody needs to announce “let’s get ready to negotiate’’ before Saturday’s Carlos Takam-Anthony Joshua fight in the UK and the Bermane Stiverne-Deontay...
Hall Of Fame voting: Morales, Vitali Klitschko at the top of...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Erik Morales and Vitali Klitschko are at the head of the 2017 class on the ballot for inductions to the International Boxing...
Nothing junior about 154 anymore
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s one of those hyphenated divisions once lost amid the proliferation of them. Call it light, Call it junior. But don’t call...
Heavyweights still the Ho-Hum division
By Norm Frauenheim-
Wladimir Klitschko retired only two months ago. I’m already starting to miss him.
The more the heavyweights change, the more they stay the...
Re-energized pound for-pound debate full of possibilities
By Norm Frauenheim-
Andre Ward’s surprising retirement, Roman Gonzalez’ sad defeat and the scorecard controversy still brewing over the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez draw is re-energizing...
Wild Ride: Valdez wins tough decision
TUCSON, Ariz. – Oscar Valdez Jr. wanted to please a crowd that had traveled from his birthplace in Mexico and to the U.S. city...
Second Home: Oscar Valdez Jr. back in Tucson with another promise
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON, Ariz. – Oscar Valdez Jr. is at home, his second home, with a promise as a priority.
In his last trip...
Controversy wins all over again in GGG-Canelo draw
LAS VEGAS – The business wanted a party. Wanted to celebrate. But all it can do today is to try to explain away another...
CaneloGolovkin: The Buzz Is Back
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Finally, a fight with a buzz.
It was there, loud and clear, Friday in a way that could be...
CaneloGolovkin: One loss, many lessons could be a key difference
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez has something Gennady Golovkin doesn’t want: A loss.
In a time and place when unbeaten often means...
Canelo-GGG: Saying little, promising a lot
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There’s not much left to say, not that Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez have ever had a whole lot...
All In The Family: Another Benavidez fighting to become youngest ever
By Norm Frauenheim-
David Benavidez wants to do what his older brother has already done. To wit: Make a little history. As a noteworthy accomplishment,...
Two fights, two very different legacies
By Norm Frauenheim-
The canvas and ropes will be the same. So will the arena. Only a couple of ounces will separate the gloves. Two...
More fight than farce as Mayweather stops McGregor
LAS VEGAS – In the end, only the spectacle was memorable. The fight was forgettable. Yet in the end, it was indeed a fight...
Cheers for McGregor, boos and most of the bucks for Mayweather
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS –The beat went on -- and on -- Friday in the parade to an event that looks and sounds more...
Mayweather-McGregor: Lots of money, lots of questions, few answers
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – The Strip is kind of the ultimate fantasy camp. Only the hangovers are real. Everything else is about it...
Chaos Eclipse: Crawford-Indongo a rare moment when boxing’s bodies will align
By Norm Frauenheim-
Unity and boxing are an unlikely complement. Link them in the same sentence and you’ve got something that looks, feels and sounds...
Hall Of Friendship: Nevada Hall turns old infamy into famous friends
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Memories, laughs and even a few tears were there. But there was no bitterness. No punches either. The fifth...
De La Hoya says fans know the difference between what’s real...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Oscar De La Hoya isn’t losing any sleep worrying about whether the potential pay-per-view audience for Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin on Sept. 16...
Back to the Future: Carbajal in Vegas for Hall of Fame...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Michael Carbajal is back in the city where his fame began.
Carbajal, who got up from two knockdowns for...
Righteous Retirement: Wladimir Klitschko picks the right time to say goodbye
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s time for a change and he knew it. As always, Wladmir Klitschko did the right thing.
That’s how he’ll be remembered in...
Sadam Ali wins difficult decision
TUCSON, Ariz. – If Sadam Ali was searching for ways to get better, he found plenty of them.
Ali wasn’t happy with a unanimous...
Ali hopes victory will get him back into title mix
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Brooklyn welterweight Sadam Ali hopes to fight his way back into title contention Saturday against well-traveled Johan Perez in...
Broner sees no Maidana in Mikey Garcia
By Norm Frauenheim-
Adrien Broner looks at Mikey Garcia and says he see no hints of his past. There’s nothing in Garcia that looks, or...
Adrien Bleep: Broner a changed fighter with a familiar promise
By Norm Frauenheim-
They’re promising a new and improved Adrien Broner on July 29 against Mikey Garcia, but Broner is promising what he has always...
Hide The Kids: Mayweather-McGregor tour is an X-rated ride
By Norm Frauenheim-
Other than to say it was hard to watch, it was hard to know what to make of the first three stops...
Argue the decision, but there’s no argument about Pacquiao’s future
By Norm Frauenheim-
A contentious blame game in the wake – and we do mean wake – of Manny Pacquiao’s controversial loss to Jeff Horn...
Down Under: Pacquiao goes to another continent and back to old...
By Norm Frauenheim-
From Pac Man to The Honorable, it’s been one wild, wonderful ride. Sometimes wacky, too, but that’s boxing, the only place Manny...
BJ Flores takes another heavyweight step with “solid” victory
PHOENIX – BJ Flores continued to test his heavyweight potential Saturday night with a victory that the television analyst then judged with the objectivity...
Mayweather-McGregor: Different names in a familiar circus with $$$ in the...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing loves freak shows. Always has. Always will. They get people talking. They fuel outrage, argument, insults and jokes. They also make...
BJ Flores set for another heavyweight test Saturday night in Phoenix
By Norm Fruenheim
BJ Flores will continue to test himself at heavyweight Saturday night at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix.
Flores (33-3-1, 21 KOs), a former...
Ward delivers clean right hand for a stoppage of Kovalev, but...
LAS VEGAS – One righteous right was the beginning of an end to the fight. But there was no end to the controversy. It...
WardKovalev2: Even on the scale, but different in almost every other...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – A day after tension at a news conference was off the scale, Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev weighed in...
