Norm Frauenheim
Oleksandr Usyk: The only grown-up in the heavyweight division
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Tyson Fury is a little bit like an ex-American president. He stays in the headlines.
Fury has been there, loud and profane, throughout...
Show Must Go On: There’s never been retirement in Tyson Fury’s...
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Tyson Fury, lineal heavyweight champion and undisputed populist, is back. Correct that. He never left. He’s still at the proverbial...
Crawford-Spence: Waiting on a homerun deal
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It’s been a summer about comebacks, which is another way of saying that it’s been mostly forgettable.
Maybe, the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua rematch...
Garcia-Benavidez: A couple of formers in a fight to be current
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It’s a fight without all the belts and whistles. That’s what makes it interesting. There’s no confusion about what’s at stake in...
Benavidez-Garcia: Benavidez counters, says he doesn’t see “anything special” in Garcia
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Jose Benavidez Jr. was something of a prodigy. He was a 16-year-old national champion, the youngest ever in a Golden Gloves’ history...
A statue sets the stage for Wilder comeback
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There’s life after the statue for Deontay Wilder, whose comeback plans are beginning to fall into place within just a couple of...
Back To The Jab: Jose Benavidez Jr. in fight to restore...
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He’s a brother. He’s a dad. Jose Benavidez Jr. is a lot of things. These days, however, he’s a fighter in a...
Bam, Jesse Rodriguez’ sudden impact makes talk about a Naoya Inoue...
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Jesse Rodriguez storms into the headlines and pound-for-pound talk in about the time it takes to say his nickname.
Bam, he’s there.
His sudden...
Usyk-Joshua 2: Joshua still in a fight to re-discover the fighter...
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It’s a rematch full of role reversals. But one thing hasn’t changed.
The same question is there about Anthony Joshua, the underdog this...
Retirement talk just another feint from Tyson Fury
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Tyson Fury is talking again. That, of course, would be news only if he had gone silent for, say, longer than a...
Pound-for-Pound: There’s a vacancy at the top of the debate
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The shuffle continues. It never really ceases, mostly because the pound-for-pound game is only about opinion. It’s noisier than it...
Fantasy Meets Reality: Talk about Benavidez-Canelo isn’t going anywhere
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It’s a fantasy.
That, at least, is how David Benavidez’ promoter described talk about any chance at a fight with Canelo...
David Benavidez blows out Lemieux
GLENDALE, Ariz. --David Benavidez was looking for a challenge. He didn’t get one. David Lemieux never had a chance.
Benavidez continued to show why he...
Benavidez-Lemieux: Scale is no challenge for Benavidez this time
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – It’s the only place he’s ever lost.
But the scale is no longer David Benavidez’ biggest challenge.
Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs),...
Benavidez-Lemieux: Old Canelo questions can’t silence the motivation in a toddler’s...
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – For a few seconds, there was more to David Benavidez’ future than questions about Canelo Alvarez.
There was his son,...
Canelo talks about history, but now he has a real chance...
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Canelo Alvarez has an opportunity. That sounds crazy, especially in the immediate aftermath of his loss to Dmitry Bivol. The wounds are...
Bivol upsets Canelo in a stunner
LAS VEGAS --Canelo Alvarez said he was facing a challenge. He wasn’t kidding. He just didn’t know just how much of a challenge it...
Weigh-in: Canelo 174.4 pounds, Bivol 174.6
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LAS VEGAS -- Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol made weight while a sweating crowd lost some Friday at a weigh-in under hot...
Canelo’s wish list grows, but it still doesn’t include David Benavidez
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LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez is moving up scale. Saturday it’s a bid for a light-heavyweight title held by Dmitry...
No rivals: Canelo on top and figures to stay there for...
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LAS VEGAS – It’s blood sport. It’s show biz, too. Canelo Alvarez does both in a career that includes risk...
Shakur Stevenson scores dominant decision over Valdez
LAS VEGAS -- Shakur Stevenson wondered how good he was.
He can quit wondering.
He’s good, pound-for-pound good. Pay-per-view good is still a question. But the...
Stevenson-Valdez: Odds against Valdez, but fans are with him at weigh-in
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LAS VEGAS – The odds aren’t with Oscar Valdez Jr. But the crowd might be.
Valdez, a 7-to-1 underdog Saturday night against Shakur...
Underdog: Oscar Valdez still in the role in tough test against...
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It’s easy to underestimate Oscar Valdez Jr. Easier, too, to pick against him. But he probably wouldn’t want it any other way....
Ominous Kinahan questions crash the Fury-Whyte party
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It’s a UK day to celebrate a Saint, Saint George, a long-forgotten Crusader. Not too many Saints in boxing. Not many Crusaders...
Spence-Ugas: A KO would say that Spence is all the way...
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Errol Spence Jr. guarantees victory. But he wants more. He wants a knockout. He wants to be the fighter he was. More...
Big Drama? It’s up to GGG to prove he can still...
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The odds suggest that Gennadiy Golovkin is in Japan to celebrate a birthday. He’ll blow out 40 candles Friday. Then, he’ll blow out Ryota Murata.
It’s not...
Kambosos-Haney: Trash talk sounds the same on any continent
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Melbourne and Los Angeles are separated by 18 time-zones and 7,932 miles. You can get on a plane in Melbourne and arrive...
Klitschko’s Ukraine campaign continues to stalk Dmitry Bivol
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There were swimmers, gymnasts and skiers standing alongside Vladimir Putin in support of his war against the Ukraine last week...
Looking For Logic: Maybe Showtime’s new schedule will find some
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It’s a busy schedule. Ambitious, too.
Showtime announced nine cards over five months on a spring-to-summer series that includes 21 unbeaten fighters,...
Dmitry Bivol: He’s a prize fighter caught in the middle of...
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Dmitry Bivol doesn’t look like collateral damage. Not yet, anyway. But the controversy, if not the possibility, is there. Wladimir Klitschko made...
Canelo’s application of the Mayweather formula eliminates Benavidez
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The deal is done, all nine figures of it, without any chance that Canelo Alvarez will face David Benavidez over...
Scottish Homecoming: Josh Taylor ready to go upscale
By Norm Frauenheim-
Josh Taylor has always hoped a castle would be in his future. He likes history. Mostly, he likes making some.
The castle will...
Big numbers still add up to no Canelo for David Benavidez
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It looks as if Canelo Alvarez has more deals on the bargaining table these days than he has clubs in...
Great Stakes: Shakur Stevenson and Oscar Valdez make it official
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It’s never been much of a secret. It could be a great fight. Now, it’s official. Shakur Stevenson-versus-Oscar Valdez Jr. is going...
Keith Thurman wins unanimous decision
LAS VEGAS – Keith Thurman calls it the beginning of another campaign, a second fight in an attempt to reclaim the welterweight perch he...
