Norm Frauenheim
All Business: Benavidez gets the nod instead of Wilder in Usyk’s...
By Norm Frauenheim
Deontay Wilder’s date with Jai Opetaia on the Dec. 11 Tyson-Fury-Anthony Joshua card in Wales is official, confirmed this week by Dana...
Alarm? What alarm?
By Norm Frauenheim
It was a boxing news conference without some of the usual trash talk and chest thumping.
An impassive Canelo Alvarez stared straight ahead,...
Back To The Beginning: Benavidez homecoming announced
By Norm Frauenheim
The beginning was ignited more than four years ago.
The echoes are still there.
David Benavidez’ December 5 return to where it started at...
Anton fights to be ranked, wins one-sided decision
By Norm Frauenheim
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Joshua Anton had more energy. More power. More patience.
There was more of most everything and perhaps just enough to...
Towering Face-off: Fundora pushes old ritual to new heights
By Norm Frauenheim
The face-off, boxing’s staged ritual, is supposed to be nose-to-nose, eye-to-eye for as long as the fighters can hold a stare without...
De La Hoya back with Vergil Ortiz, plans for him to...
By Norm Frauenheim
Oscar De La Hoya and Vergil Ortiz start over with plans for Ortiz to come back against a fighter with a known...
Fury-Joshua: Peace reigns, but for how long?
By Norm Frauenheim
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are taking the finality out of Finally, the simple declarative promotional tag for their scheduled fight Dec....
Finally, Joshua-Fury is announced
By Norm Frauenheim
A fight a decade past its prime was announced Thursday with one word.
Finally.
Truth is, that’s almost redundant. Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury was a...
Pitbull scores sixth-round KO in messy fight
SAN DIEGO — It was dogged.
Mostly, it was dirty, Call it a dog fight, but even that’s wrong, an insult to dogs everywhere.The good...
Jesus Ramos off Saturday card because of suspected food poisoning
By Norm Frauenheim
SAN DIEGO -- Jesus Ramos' bid to take the interim out of his middleweight title is suddenly on hold because of suspected food...
Benavidez plans for cruiserweight, but still has not eliminated 175-pound possibility
By Norm Frauenheim
SAN DIEGO — A return to light heavyweight is still an option for David Benavidez, despite plans to unify and defend titles...
Big Stakes: Garcia-Lopez looms if Garcia beats Benn
By Norm Frauenheim
Skillset, a word straight out of a hardware store, is an old-school way of describing what a fighter possesses in terms of speed,...
Bivol-Smith agree, leaving questions for Benavidez and Beterbiev
By Norm Frauenheim
Light-heavyweight champion Dimitry Bivol agreed to a mandatory against Callum Smith, a move that leaves questions about what’s next for Artur Beterbiev...
Lopez Decisions Romero; Wins WBA Welterweight Title
LAS VEGAS -- The pressure was on Teofimo Lopez. It came from all sides. It was there, on both sides of the ropes. It...
Romero lets silence do all the talking in title defense against...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS -- If silence speaks volumes, Rolly Romero said a lot Friday.
He said nothing.
In what proved to be the deafening final punctuation...
Teofimo-Romero: A boxing news conference breaks out
By Norm Frauenheim
A boxing news conference without theatrics is a little bit like a dead battery in a high-end sports car. It's not going anywhere.
Teofimo...
Lopez-Romero: Teofimo says DAZN deal starts with “The Takeover”
By Norm Frauenheim
Teofimo Lopez is coming off a one-sided loss with a rich new deal that coincides with a move upscale and a primetime...
Benavidez-Opetaia: More than just talk?
By Norm Frauenheim
In a shuffle between the only two cruiserweights anybody knows, David Benavidez and Jai Opetaia changed opponents like pawns on a chess...
Zepeda scores unanimous decision, wins lightweight title
LAS VEGAS -- There were only a couple of draws and lots of controversy for Lamont Roach Jr. last year
This year, there's only a...
Confident Lamont Roach says he can win “any way he wants...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS — A draw creates inevitable controversy and often doubt, but none of that was apparent in bold confidence expressed by...
Lamont Roach looking to knockout a double draw
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS — Bear Bryant, who is to college football what Elvis is to rock-and roll, once said a tie is like...
Center Stage: Spence-Tszyu in a fight for answers on a busy...
By Norm Frauenheim
Boxing, often said to be on the fringe, will be there and just about everywhere else this weekend with fights across the...
Fight For Relevance: Spence says Tszyu doesn’t “matter”
By Norm Frauenheim
Errol Spence Jr. arrived in Sydney to a friendly welcome this week despite mounting hostility before opening bell against Tim Tszyu, who...
State of the Game: Boxing’s day of dueling news
By Norm Frauenheim
In a rare show of unity in boxing’s balkanized state, an alliance of promoters and a streaming service staged a news conference,...
Errol Spence a virtual no-show in build-up for Tszyu
By Norm Frauenheim
Errol Spence Jr., unseen in the ring since his devastating loss to Terence Crawford nearly three years ago, goes Down Under in...
Deepening doubts about Mayweather-Pacquiao encore
By Norm Frauenheim
Manny Pacquiao versus-Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Did anyone really want to see it all over again?
Didn’t think so.
The good news is that it...
Save Joshua-Fury from going the way of the London Bridge
By Norm Frauenheim
Speculation continues to circulate that the long-awaited Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight, projected for November, will land in the United States instead of...
Bam Rodriguez Knocks Out Vargas in 6 to Vapture Bantamweight tit.
By Norm Frauenheim
GLENDALE, Ariz. Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez added a third division title with his sixth round knockout of Antonio Vargas Saturday, yet his career...
Bam Rodriguez replaces belts with a new challenge
By Norm Frauenheim
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has formally said goodbye to superfly, all in a quest for the challenges he hopes will...
Bam Rodriguez replaces belts with a new challenge
By Norm Frauenheim
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has formally said goodbye to superfly, all in a quest for the challenges he hopes will...
Statement Season: Bivol delivers, Bam is next
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s beginning to feel as though boxing has entered a statement season, as in delivering one.
Dmitry Bivol delivered last Saturday, beating an...
Bivol-Eifert: Benavidez seeks new answers, hears old questions
By Norm Frauenheim
It looks as if hints to David Benavidez’ immediate future will play out Saturday with light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol’s comeback from back surgery against...
On Any Scale: No risk too big for Benavidez
By Norm Frauenheim
David Benavidez has gone upscale and now looks down scale, all in search of belts that add up to undisputed.
On any scale,...
Bam Rodriguez back to where it all started
By Norm Frauenheim
Home can be just about anywhere, especially if it only includes a couple of stools and is surrounded by ropes.
What can go...
David Benavidez’ fight is just beginning
By Norm Frauenheim
David Benavidez’ rocket-ride to stardom with a beatdown of Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez makes him a consensus top five pound-for-pound contender and the...
