Norm Frauenheim
Benavidez-Morrell: David-versus-David, a stage setter in a February twin bill
By Norm Frauenheim
Benavidez-Morrell, David-versus-David, is intriguing on several levels in a fight primarily significant because it’s a new year’s first real stage-setter for a...
More Questions: Teofimo Lopez’ latest move hard to figure
By Norm Frauenheim
A New Year started out a lot like the old one with news this week that suggests 2025 will be more idle...
Good, Bad and the Stupid: A look back and a hopeful...
By Norm Frauenheim
Say goodbye to the good, bad and the stupid. 2024 was a lot like so many other years on boxing’s roller-coaster ride...
Oleksandr Usyk: A warrior fighting with a purpose bigger than himself
By Norm Frauenheim
Legacy is this generation’s tired cliche. Actually, it’s more than just that. It’s silly, a refrain repeated by fighters more idle than...
Usyk2Fury: Repeat or rewrite?
By Norm Frauenheim
Oleksandr Usyk, never a man of many words, has had even fewer this week, just days before a sequel that has all...
Jaime Munguia makes plans for a New Year by staying busy
By Norm Frauenheim
Busy is a vanishing fundamental in boxing these days, although likable Jaime Munguia continues to practice the old-school art-form this week with...
Navarrete overpowers Oscar Valdez all over again
Phoenix, AZ - A tip of the black hat to Emanuel Navarrete, still El Vaquero.
Still the The Victor.
Navarrete’s power proved to be too much...
Navarrete-Valdez 2: Fans buzzing, hoping for more of a rematch than...
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX — On the scale Friday, they were almost even. On the scorecards a year-and-a-half ago, they were close. On any scale,...
A Picasso for Naoya Inoue?
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX — Plans for Naoya Inoue’s return to the United States next spring already include a possible opponent.
Mexican David Picasso, an artistic...
Next Up? Rafael Espinoza fighting for possible shot a Valdez-Navarrete winner
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX — Rafael Espinoza is in line for a possible shot at the Oscar Valdez-Emanuel Navarrete junior-lightweight winner if he beats Robeisy...
Black Hat: Navarrete ready to prove it still fits
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX — Emanuel Navarrete arrived at a news conference without his trademark. The black cowboy hat wasn’t there. For years, it has...
Oscar Valdez in a tough fight to turn a rematch into...
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s rematch with a chance at becoming a rivalry.
Emanuel Navarrete-Oscar Valdez 2 on Dec. 7 in Phoenix was never envisioned after Navarrete...
Benavidez-Morrell: Something real after the carnival
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It’s the first significant fight in a New Year. That’s mere coincidence, but it’s also appropriate.
David Benavidez-versus-David Morrell on February...
Tyson-Paul: Netflix is the sure winner in an exhibition full of...
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Mike Tyson has been making a fool out of himself and just about everybody around him for decades. Maybe, he’ll...
Two Kings: Boots and Bam, a bet on the future
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Matchroom is calling it Two Kings, which is a couple of face cards from Four Kings, George Kimball’s terrific book about a...
New Deal: Boxing hopes for one as Bam Rodriguez embarks on...
By Norm Frauenheim
He’s a little guy about to embark on a second chapter, also a significant one with the potential to be the...
Usyk-Fury 2: Fury promises nothing drastic, just more focus
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On the career map, redemption is a risky stop. Retirement is right around the corner. So, too, is a rematch.
It...
Common Sense? There is none in acronym’s threat to strip Beterbiev
By Norm Frauenheim
An old line is as current as ever this week because of the acronyms, which continue to prove that the only thing...
Artur Beterbiev lets his perfect record speak for itself
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Power and perfection define Artur Beterbiev. Truth is, that’s about all we really know about him. The two elements are...
Only one way for Haney to fight the court of public...
By Norm Frauenheim
Devin Haney finds himself in two courts.
A court of law.
And the court of public opinion.
Where you won’t find him — at least...
David Benavidez: Talk swirls about who’s next for the newly-minted light-heavyweight
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David Benavidez, who continues to search for an opponent for his second light-heavyweight fight, is interested in David Morrell amid...
Jaime Munguia opens second chapter to a promising career with KO...
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Knockout is the first word in the second chapter to Jamie Munguia’s career.
It sums up what he hopes to do.
It defines...
Roof To Canvas: Joey Dawejko poised to test unbeaten Richard Torrez...
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GLENDALE, Ariz — Roofs came at a lot of angles. Joey Dawejko has walked them all and never fallen off...
Brass Band: Munguia gets a noisy introduction to a new stage...
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jaime Munguia, a quiet man in a noisy business, brought a brass band with him.
It marched onto...
Munguia calls Canelo “disrespectful”
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX -- Jaime Munguia, quiet and polite, respects Canelo Alvarez.
But he doesn't respect what Canelo said last week.
In interviews throughout the week before Canelo's...
No Knockout: Canelo goes the distance, scores decision over Berlanga
By Norm Frauenheim (Ringside)
LAS VEGAS --On the scorecards, there was no upset.
But in the court of public opinion, there was a big one.
From...
Canelo-Berlanga: Canelo promises business-like stoppage
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LAS VEGAS — Edgar Berlanga stepped off a scale on a hot afternoon and shouted a line that could be...
Trevor McCumby back for tough test against Caleb Plant
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LAS VEGAS — He’s unbeaten.
Mostly unknown, too.
Trevor McCumby’s circuitous route in boxing started with the unlimited promise that is attached...
Forgettable victory, bold plans for Naoya Inoue
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Naoya Inoue, tireless and talented, emerges from a victory that was mostly predictable, yet still notable for what it means...
Staying Busy: Naoya Inoue poised to make another pound-for-pound statement
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In a political season, Naoya Inoue’s campaign for supremacy in the pound-for-pound race is gaining momentum for a reason that...
Canelo still the Face of the Power Game
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Canelo Alvarez isn’t going to strengthen his position in the pound-for-pound debate, no matter what he does against Edgar Berlanga...
Devin Haney signals he’s ready to re-enter the ring
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Devin Haney says he’s ready to come back, re-enter the ring in a year that continues to unfold amid surprises,...
Canelo-versus-The Prince: A fight to become the Face of Boxing
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Canelo Álvarez, who often acts like a Prince, and Turki Alalshikh, who is one, are engaged in a contentious face-off, emphasis...
Crawford wins a decision, but not the debate
By Norm Frauenheim
LOS ANGELES -- Terence Crawford won the fight. But he didn’t beat his critics.
Crawford’s place in the pound-for-pound debate and indeed history...
Crawford looks at Madrimov with eyes full of more than mere...
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LOS ANGELES — It was a ceremonial weigh-in, which is another way of saying it was phony. But there was...
