Norm Frauenheim
Memo to Mayweather: LeBron James is the true definition of TBE
By Norm Frauenheim-
There’s a lot of talk about TBE this spring. It started with Floyd Mayweather Jr. It continues with LeBron James. But there’s...
Race To Be Next: Contenders battle to grab A-side power
By Norm Frauenheim-
A shuffle the top of the marquee begins to unfold, almost like a political campaign, in an inevitable transition put into motion...
Another title with another catch-weight is no title at all
By Norm Frauenheim
Amid the clutter of 17 weight classes and more acronyms than letters in the alphabet, there’s something else to hang in that...
Fans move on while Mayweather, Pacquiao sift through the cash and...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Nearly three weeks have passed since Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s decision over Manny Pacquiao in the Letdown of the Century and...
Iron Boy card set for Phoenix Saturday
PHOENIX – Iron Boy Promotions will stage a second card within eight days Saturday night at Celebrity Theatre.
Iron Boy, which helped...
Benavidez fulfills guarantee, stops Paez
By Norm Frauenheim (ringside)
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose Benavidez Jr. celebrated a birthday and a homecoming.
It was all part of the...
Benavidez, Paez make weight for a bout with some AZ history...
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose Benavidez Jr. and Jorge Paez Jr. made weight Thursday for a truTV super-lightweight title fight Friday...
Benavidez hopes to celebrate 23rd birthday with 23rd victory
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX, Ariz. – He turns 23 on Friday. Jose Benavidez Jr. approaches his birthday unbeaten, yet not unchallenged. His record...
Mayweather Speaks: Changes mind about a Pacquiao rematch
By Norm Frauenheim-
There are more tired excuses than reasonable explanations for what happened May 2 in the colossal failure to fulfill even a...
Easy Money: Mayweather scores a big decision over Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS -- It was supposed to be one for the books. It wasn’t. More like one for the banks.
...
Enthusiasm off the scale for Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – It was a carnival and a concert. It was chaotic. Demonstrators protesting domestic violence stood on one street...
What Rivalry? A common fight links Roach and Mayweather Sr.
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – There’s not a day, or even a few hours, when there isn’t a volley of insults between Floyd...
Pacquiao back at the bully-pulpit
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao is back at the bully pulpit like a saint among sinners. Boxing has never been...
$: It’s the symbol that means more to Mayweather than the...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Look into the 0 and you’re supposed to get a look into Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s soul.
...
David Benavidez wins in a first-round blitz
PHOENIX, Ariz. – David Benavidez is not a young man in a hurry.
It just looks like it.
...
Bet On History: Mayweather ups ante and pressure by saying he’s...
By Norm Frauenheim
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been more CEO than TBE from the moment he took the initiative and approached Manny Pacquiao at a...
David Benavidez, Jose’s brother, set for main event in Phoenix
PHOENIX, Ariz. – David Benavidez, the younger brother of WBA interim junior-welterweight champion Jose Benavidez Jr., is scheduled for a...
The Real Story: It’s in what Mayweather and Pacquiao aren’t saying
By Norm Frauenheim--
The curtain has come down on media day, a big-fight ritual that like so much in boxing is an interpretative art.
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Eye Of The Storm: Mayweather is cool and calm as Pacquiao...
By Norm Frauenheim--
LAS VEGAS -- On a day when powerful winds kicked up clouds of dust that obscured The Strip’s skyline like a...
Forget Redemption: Garcia-Peterson is about recognition
By Norm Frauenheim-
Danny Garcia and Lamont Peterson are quick to say they aren’t fighting for redemption Saturday night at Barclays in Brooklyn.
...
Provodnikov-Matthysse: A Corrales-Castillo sequel?
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s a fight that really doesn’t need much in the way of explanation or analysis. Strip away all of the subtlety and...
Adonis Answer: Stevenson fights to ignore the Kovalev question
By Norm Frauenheim--
It’s the question Adonis Stevenson can’t shake. It’s there when he wakes up and sits down for breakfast. It’s there when he...
Junior to Senior: Only a grown-up Chavez can win this fight
By Norm Frauenheim--
Boxing was never meant to be the family business. Fathers fight so their sons don’t have to. That sounds like a...
On The Stage: Mayweather-Pacquiao a fight between different personalities
By Norm Frauenheim--
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao stood side-by-side in what was the third time they have ever been seen within a...
50-year-old Bronco Billy Wright continues heavyweight quest
FORT MCDOWELL, Ariz. – Bronco Billy Wright is a late bloomer. He has to be.
Wright (46-4, 37 KOs) is a 50-year-old...
Prime Time: Thurman wins decision in an NBC thriller
LAS VEGAS – Blood, guts, skill and will made for a powerful mix. It was a shot of prime...
Bet on the Future: Haymon, NBC go back to an old...
By Norm Frauenheim--
Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) begins Saturday on NBC in prime time amid anticipation and some skepticism. It’s risky. It’s...
Lightweight Victor Castro steals show from a heavyweight mess
PHOENIX – It was a heavyweight main event. But a lightweight stole the show.
Victor Castro, an emerging Phoenix prospect, displayed poise...
Clueless: Kovalev has heard from the best, yet Pascal still talks...
By Norm Frauenheim--
Jean Pascal is called quick for hands that can put punches together in rapid succession. He’s called quick for graceful feet...
Charles Martin, Victor Castro set for featured bouts in Phoenix
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Unbeaten American heavyweight Charles Martin (19-0, 17 KOs) faces Raphael Zumbano Love (35-9-1, 28 KOs) of Brazil Saturday night Celebrity Theatre...
Back To The Future: Douglas-Tyson an escape from today
By Norm Frauenheim-
A week-long celebration of the 25-year anniversary of Buster Douglas’ upset of Mike Tyson is a revealing look at where boxing...
Back in the USA: Klitschko return is real instead of rumor
By Norm Frauenheim -
Wladimir Klitschko’s return to America coincides with talks that are holding a sport hostage all over again. The heavyweight’s...
Mayweather-Pacquiao Summit: Talk elevates chances at the fight to a new...
By Norm Frauenheim
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao went one-on-one in an old-school way almost forgotten by all the methods offered by social...
Benavidez goes back to work, hopes for a shot at Jessie...
Phoenix junior welterweight Jose Benavidez Jr., who won the WBC’s interim junior-welterweight title in a controversial decision over Mauricio Herrera on Dec. 13,...
Pacquiao-Mayweather talks continue, but what’s left to say?
By Norm Frauenheim--
It’s hard to recall when there wasn’t talk about Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado are about to...
