Norm Frauenheim
Rios-Alvarado: More resumption than rematch
Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II Saturday night at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay might be more of a continuation than it is a rematch. At least,...
Mares and Donaire are the biggest losers in HBO’s no to...
It’s hard to imagine how many more times the deck chairs on the Titanic can be re-arranged, but boxing did it ad nauseam...
The Right Corner: Freddie Roach still occupies it
Losses are as inevitable as scars. If you don’t have some of both, you probably haven’t done much. Or learned much. Freddie Roach, fulltime...
Crazy Comeback: Bradley looking for a win that won’t turn him...
Nothing on Tim Bradley’s resume says his March 16 fight against Ruslan Provodnikov in Carson, Calif., should be called a comeback. He’s...
Canelo-gram: Canelo sends message to Mayweather that he’s a star in...
Opponents are like employees to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He talks as if he hires and fires them in his role as boxer, promoter,...
Money or History: Mayweather’s Showtime deal will define him
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s jump Tuesday from HBO to Showtime and parent network CBS is a move that will reveal whether he’s more about money...
Camera Clause: Mora will fight Jesus Gonzales, but only on TV
Los Angeles middleweight Sergio Mora has agreed to fight Jesus Gonzales on April 19 in Phoenix, Gonzales’ hometown, but only if the bout is...
Life as art: Tyson’s best role is himself in Law &...
Makeup hid the facial tattoo, but there’s no disguise for Mike Tyson.
Never will be.
Tyson’s guest appearance Wednesday night...
PED: Performance Enhancing Dangers for a sport that already has too...
Yuriorkis Gamboa’s name in a Miami New Times story this week about an anti-aging clinic that allegedly supplied performance enhancers isn’t exactly a surprise....
The Good Fight: Jacobs beats cancer, calls out bullies and obesity
Billy Lyell might have a better chance than bullies and obesity.
Danny Jacobs will fight them all in an ongoing battle that...
Arum’s old words say it all for days defined by Armstrong...
First, Lance Armstrong. Now, Manti Te'o.
The hoax is in, or at least it has become America's favorite pastime.
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Name Game: Broner plans to beat them without knowing them
Adrien Broner calls himself The Problem. He had one Thursday. He couldn’t remember his opponent’s name. Or, at least, he chose not to, perhaps...
New Year, new hopes start with Golovkin-Rosado
An encore of a year loaded with explosive signs of renewal might be a tall order, but chances of one in 2013...
Thirteen things to look for in 2013
A New Year begins like the old year. Slowly. But every year between the ropes offers surprises that in 2012 created late momentum...
2012: Ten reasons to remember it
How will 2012 be remembered? For a single punch from Juan Manuel Marquez that ended the Manny Pacquiao era? For questions about performance-enhancing...
Donaire’s personal accountability offers a way out of the PED swamp
Personal accountability is the only way out of the deepening PED swamp. Nonito Donaire understands that. Few do.
Donaire was...
Pacquiao talks about a fifth fight with Marquez after a sure...
LAS VEGAS – An era came crashing down, face first. Jinkee Pacquiao cried. Her husband couldn’t. Manny Pacquiao was unconscious. After the smelling...
No Worries: Pacquiao says he already has felt the kind of...
LAS VEGAS – Evidence of Juan Manuel Marquez’ new found power is circulating like an ominous preview in video of his brutal stoppage of...
Beltran gets up from first-round knockdown for a decision over Kim
LAS VEGAS – Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns sat at ringside. Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach worked a corner. It was a...
Roach smiling at Pacquiao’s chances for a decisive win over Marquez
LAS VEGAS – Distractions and Manny Pacquiao have been inseparable for at least a year. But it’s beginning to look as if he...
Benavidez withdraws from ESPN2 card
LAS VEGAS -- Jose Benavidez Jr., unbeaten at junior-welterweight, withdrew from a scheduled bout Thursday night at The Mirage, because of concerns about further...
Tyson gets ready for a road show with talk about who...
Mike Tyson talked Monday about life in the ring, life on the stage and about how surprised he is to be alive at all.
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Cotto’s role is a model for an end to the promotional...
Just when there seems to be no solution for the Top Rank-Golden Boy feud that has sent boxing past the fistic cliff and into...
Money May not be there, but Pacquiao plans for Marquez and...
One loss, perhaps a single punch, might be all that separates Manny Pacquiao from a full-time political career.
If – and...
History due for a repeat in Viloria-Marquez
Two little guys, who could step on a scale together and weigh nearly 25 pounds less than Wladimir Klitschko, are getting some heavyweight...
Mares scores unanimous decision and asks for Donaire all over again
LOS ANGELES – It was one fight full of many styles. From slick to awkward and lots of good, bad and unlikely in...
Elusive tasks: Mares faces Moreno amid talk about Donaire
A sure sign of Abner Mares’ emerging stardom is a mixed blessing. Mares is one of those fighters mentioned in a bout that hasn’t...
Steward’s genius still alive for Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko’s best friend won’t be there. Emanuel Steward is gone. But Steward’s genius is still around. It never dies.
In...
Freedom fits Angulo like an old pair of shoes
There are all kinds of symbols on the road to freedom. Some are as grand as the Statue of Liberty. Some are as...
Emanuel Steward: He’s gone, but his voice will always be in...
There’s an empty corner in boxing’s battered soul today. There’s always a couple. But none looks quite so large and profoundly sad as the...
Holyfield celebrates a birthday and a place on one list of...
Happy Birthday, Evander Holyfield.
A couple of lifetimes have been jammed into your half-century of heavyweight titles, improbable comebacks, surprises and...
Donaire stops Nishioka, but can’t stop the boos
CARSON, Calif. – Surgery isn’t pretty. But sometimes it’s necessary.
It was Saturday night for Nonito Donaire in a well-crafted,...
Growing Up: Benavidez gets serious by getting rid of an expensive...
CARSON, Calif. – If maturity is measured in knowing what to keep and what to shed, there is some good news in Jose Benavidez...
Donaire finished with experiments and ready to re-empower himself
Boxing’s equivalent of lighting in a bottle was captured by Nonito Donaire nearly two years ago when he knocked out accomplished...
Rios looks at Alvarado and sees a chance at a Ward-Gatti...
The nickname is Bam Bam. Bold and Bolder might be more appropriate for Brandon Rios, who isn’t afraid of promises or punishment.
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