Norm Frauenheim
Rematch or retirement? Ward keeps all options on the table
By Norm Frauenheim
Andre Ward has talked retirement not just once, but at least twice, since his controversial victory over Sergey Kovalev. It sounds like...
Mourning a tough year and hoping for a better one
By Norm Frauenheim-
One year ends and another begins in a couple of days amid regrets and grief from the last 12 months and a...
No Lie: No polygraph needed to ban boxing in Russia
By Norm Frauenheim--
Alexander Povetkin and everybody in his camp were scheduled to undergo a polygraph this week, according to promoter Andrei Ryabinksy, who in...
From common to special, the fight never ends for Bernard Hopkins
By Norm Frauenheim-
Shtick is often strategy and sometimes dangerous. Bernard Hopkins knows that, perhaps better than anybody. He’s been using it like a survival...
Busy Saturday and two big questions precede 2017
By Norm Frauenheim-
The end is near for another forgettable year, memorable mostly for fights that didn’t happen and a controversy still raging over the...
Just say no to more talk of Mayweather-McGregor
By Norm Frauenheim-
Talk, talk and more talk about Floyd Mayweather Jr.-versus-Conor McGregor continue to light up social media these days with no end...
From The East To The Beast: Lomachenko might be the best
By Norm Frauenheim-
The evolution of boxing’s surprising new generation – fighters from the old Soviet Union – continues Saturday with Vasyl Lomachenko, who many...
Ward wins narrow decision in dramatic victory over Kovalev
LAS VEGAS -- Andre Ward delivered. He got stung by punches early. He was down early, on all fours and only canvas looking back...
Kovalev-Ward: Fighting for a classic and an audience
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – On the scale, there was no difference. Not even a fraction of an ounce separated the two. It was...
Andre Ward never forgets the lessons from losses long ago
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Andre Ward has done nothing but win for as long as just about anybody can remember. In fact, it’s...
Ward-Kovalev: Different roads lead to the same place
By Norm Frauenheim-
Only the records are similar, almost identical. Unbeaten on one resume. Unbeaten on the other. But that’s where the similarities end.
...
Senator Champ: Pacquiao takes WBO title from Vargas
LAS VEGAS--Governments across the world are filled with senators who address themselves as honorable. But there's only one who can call himself champ. Meet...
Motivational Chip? Vargas might have one in quest to upset Pacquiao
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There was enough room on Jessie Vargas’ shoulder for a world title belt when he faced Manny Pacquiao in...
Oscar Valdez Jr. poised for the next step in his plan...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There’s fusion in cooking, music and sometimes fighters. The best of them are often a product of attaining that...
Pacquiao says he has given away half of his boxing income
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Two-hundred-and-fifty million dollars mean all kinds of things. A quick check with Google will deliver a list of hedge...
A Senator’s Fight: Pacquiao hopes to add Champ to his political...
By Norm Frauenheim-
They call him Senator these days. The hope is that they can call him Senator Champ in about 10 days. Manny Pacquiao...
Requiem for a Great White Hope
By Norm Fraueneheim-
The third Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton debate, the only fight worth watching throughout a barren October full of cancelled and postponed bouts, was...
Opening Salvo: WBC takes first step in PED fight
By Norm Frauenheim-
The World Boxing Council’s rankings, once considered a joke, emerged this week with potential to be a serious weapon in the long...
Olympic investigation is worthy of a Conlan encore
By Norm Frauenheim--
One obscene gesture continues to sum up the state of Olympic boxing.
No matter what the amateur acronym does in the wake of...
Fourth Quarter Fury: End of the year and back to the...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing enters the year’s fourth quarter looking to make the kind of defining comeback that happens when it is at its dramatic...
PPV report might knock Canelo off the A-side
By Norm Frauenheim
So who is the A-side now?
In a not-so-surprising report, Canelo Alvarez’ crown as the reigning pay-per-view king got knocked sideways, if not...
Oscar Valdez Jr. to make first title defense in Vegas instead...
The championship belt is probably not going anywhere, but Oscar Valdez Jr., figures to retain it in Las Vegas instead of Tucson.
Valdez’ first defense...
Waiting Game: Time is the only scale that matters in talk...
By Norm Frauenheim-
In the political season, Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez are acting a lot like candidates.
Maybe, that’s because they have been campaigning longer...
Roman Gonzalez extends his pound-for-pound reign with a fourth title in...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Roman Gonzalez came to honor Alexis Arguello. He also came to get what eluded his late mentor.
Mission accomplished.
Gonzalez further cemented his...
Alone On The P4P Pedestal: Roman Gonzalez fights for a mentor...
By Norm Frauenheim-
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – He wrapped himself in the blue-and-white Nicaraguan flag before and after stepping on the scale. Roman Gonzalez, a man...
Small weight, small purses: Going up the pay scale a long...
By Norm Frauenheim--
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Roman Gonzalez is rapidly moving up the scale in weight, skipping seamlessly from belt to belt like a flat...
No Ordinary Smith: Promoter Frank Warren promises extraordinary upset of Canelo
By Norm Frauenheim-
He appears to be a mere prop in Canelo Alvarez’ long-term design on creating a legend that still awaits a defining moment,...
Phoenix featherweight Carlos Castro fights to stay unbeaten Saturday
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Phoenix featherweight Carlos Castro fights to stay unbeaten Saturday night at Celebrity Theatre against Jorge Diaz Jr. of New Brunswick, N.J.
...
Jose Benavidez Jr. injured in Phoenix shooting
By Norm Frauenheim--
PHOENIX – Former junior-welterweight champion Jose Benavidez Jr. is recovering from injuries suffered when he was shot in west Phoenix.
The injuries are...
The Obscene Truth: Gesture sums up Olympic boxing
By Norm Frauenheim-
Roy Jones Jr.’s nightmare continues. He and boxing are subjected to it every four years for the last 28 years. It never...
What retirement? Pacquiao decides on Vargas and hopes for Mayweather
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s hard to know what to make of Manny Pacquiao’s decision to fight Jessie Vargas on November 5, other than to say...
Juan Diaz wins another comeback bout, hopes for shot at fifth...
TUCSON – Juan Diaz remembers when he was younger. When he was busy. Real busy.
He was known as much for a whirlwind pace...
Still Dreaming: Valdez back in Tucson with one dream fulfilled and...
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON -- One journey has ended and another has just begun for Oscar Valdez Jr., who returns Saturday to his boyhood roots...
Brothers In Arms: David Benavidez hopes to push family record to...
By Norm Frauenheim-
They are brothers who have sparred former champs, current champs, emerging champs and sometimes each other.
For David Benavidez and Jose Benavidez Jr.,...
Featherweights: A sign the business will go from bust back to...
By Norm Frauenheim-
A compelling clash between Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton Saturday in Brooklyn one week after Oscar Valdez Jr.’s ongoing emergence is...
