Norm Frauenheim
Arum rips MGM Grand for Mayweather-Maidana posters during Pacquiao-Bradley week
By Norm Frauenheim--
LAS VEGAS – A rematch Saturday marked mostly by polite exchanges between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley suddenly got a shot...
Farewell? Not Bernard Hopkins, who always says hello to a challenge
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A couple days after 40-year-old New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter began a long goodbye to baseball with the first stop in...
Respect? Bradley starts by looking at himself
By Norm Frauenheim
Just when Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr., most of the NFL, NBA and major-league baseball have us convinced that disrespect...
Poet and The Pac Man: Dylan’s visit with Pacquaio brings back...
By Norm Frauenheim
It's not everyday that Bob Dylan just drops by. But there he was last week at the Wild Card Gym to...
Danny Garcia has his own plan
By Norm Frauenheim
Danny Garcia might be the only fighter not trying to elbow his way toward the front of the line that leads to...
Canelo gets the victory and the boos
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez got the victory. Got the boos, too
Alvarez won the fight, but failed to win back many of his disaffected...
Mayweather draws a crowd at any time and against anybody
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. was an hour late Saturday for his own news conference. But a crowd stuck around,...
Test Time: Canelo’s faces questions and Angulo in his first bout...
By Norm Frauenheim
Canelo Alvarez hears the question more often than he saw Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s shoulder roll, roll and roll on a long,...
Tough Sell: Mayweather will have an easier time beating Maidana
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s biggest challenge on May 3 won’t come from Marcos Maidana. Not even Maidana’s heavy-handed power has much of a chance...
Going To The Polls: Chavez Jr., Canelo are back and confident...
The first two Saturdays in March are a window that will provide a look at whether two heavily-hyped fighters, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr....
History 101: Kathy Duva remembers what she doesn’t want Kovalev to...
Sergey Kovalev’s projected path to the top of the light-heavyweight division is at a stage in a well-worn process that is necessary, yet...
Only one winner in the Khan-Maidana poll
Polls can be as reliable as scorecards. About as scientific, too. That’s why it’s hard to know what to make of Floyd Mayweather...
One More Time: Pacquiao-Bradley rematch inevitable
Rematches can be predictable remakes, or tiresome redundancies, or just unnecessary. But Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley is none of the above. It had to...
Ali comparison to Sherman’s rant is just more trash talk
Richard Sherman’s controversial interview with Erin Andrews after Seattle’s NFL playoff victory over San Francisco is being interpreted and analyzed more often than...
Stars Needed: Mikey Garcia makes the short list
The best in a new and diverse generation is about to make its claim on future stardom with a wave of new accents...
Trash Talk? Mayweather’s timing says something else
Never-ending speculation about Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao is boxing's version of Groundhog Day, the 1993 film starring Bill Murray as a weatherman trapped...
The 2014 Story of the Year: Pacquiao’s next move
A crystal ball is just another glass chin, which is one way of saying New Year predictions have no chance. They're fun,...
A 2013 Ballot: Nominees for the good, bad, sad and the...
A look-back at 2013 with a nomination, one for every month in the calendar:
Fight of...
2013 Fighter of the Year: It’s a collective
A look back at any year starts with Fighter of the Year. But the 2013 ballot includes an argument against just...
The Problem: For Broner, it turned out to be Maidana
SAN ANTONIO – Adrien Broner calls himself The Problem because he thought he’d never have one. Marcos Maidana proved just how wrong he was.
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Ariza, Garcia surprised at news that Rios tested positive
SAN ANTONIO – Brandon Rios’ strength-and-conditioning coach Alex Ariza was surprised at a ringtv.com report Friday that Rios tested positive for a...
Always On Stage: Broner’s fast-moving act also makes him target
SAN ANTONIO – Adrien Broner just wants a little love. Mostly, he loves a stage and that’s where he asked for some...
Winning While Losing: Zab Judah wins maturity in an 18-year fight
Boxing has no time for late bloomers. Old guys, yeah. But the late bloomer is either forgotten, or dismissed for squandering talent,...
Taxing Situation: There’s one in every corner for Pacquaio
There’s terrible irony in news that the Philippines has frozen Manny Pacquiao’s financial assets and placed a lien on the Filipino Congressman’s home...
Pacquiao still boxing’s ambassador before a bout to determine whether he’s...
While waiting to see if Brandon Rios’ first few punches will show Manny Pacquiao to be a shot fighter, it was nice to...
Setting 2014’s Table: Andre Ward gets his turn
It’s your turn, Andre Ward.
Ward’s comeback Saturday night in Ontario, Calif., against Edwin Rodriquez (HBO 10 p.m. ET/PT) is...
Loaded Agenda: Everybody has one on Top Rank card full of...
Affirmation and reclamation are on a loaded card Saturday night that is intriguing on several levels. There’s much to prove for Mikey Garcia,...
Pacquiao is larger than life, but Rios is the bigger guy
Manny Pacquiao’s larger-than-life persona is intact despite last year’s long fall to the canvas in a stunning reminder that nothing lasts forever....
Grandma’s Corner: Kathy Garcia manages the good fight–If nothing is going...
Google doesn’t know who the Italian was. It doesn’t say how old the proverb is. But I could only think that its wisdom...
Scary Legend: Alvarado says Ward-Gatti stands alone
It’s probably just a scheduling coincidence, but the suggestion is there Saturday night in HBO’s decision to air its beautifully-done Legendary Nights: The...
Bradley’s split decision leaves only debate and uncertainty for him, Marquez...
LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley promised to be like the government. He wasn’t, thank goodness. There was no shutdown. There was only more...
Nothing Heavy: Bradley, Marquez lighter than 147-pound limit in uneventful weigh-in
LAS VEGAS – The Juan Manuel Marquez-Timothy Bradley fight Saturday night is hard to predict. The weigh-in wasn’t.
Marquez and...
Grace Under Pressure: Bradley faces calculated test from Marquez
Timothy Bradley’s story, called a journey by some, can be summed up best by a poignant sight amid the outrage in the wake of...
It’s Unanimous: Judges are losing on the public scorecard
Nobody pays to see judges at ringside with scorecard in one hand and pencil in the other. But it’s the judges, not the...
Fighting to grow up: For Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., it’s the...
Put a pair of boxing gloves on Peter Pan and you’ve got Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. A man-child, emphasis on the child.
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