Boxing News Columns
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De La Hoya says fans know the difference between what’s real and what’s not
By Norm Frauenheim-
Oscar De La Hoya isn’t losing any sleep worrying about whether the potential pay-per-view audience for Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin on Sept. 16...
Back to the Future: Carbajal in Vegas for Hall of Fame induction
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Michael Carbajal is back in the city where his fame began.
Carbajal, who got up from two knockdowns for...
Rerun Season on ESPN
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night at The Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko tormented Miguel “The Scorpion” Marriaga to a corner stoppage at...
High technology, low fidelity
by Bart Barry-
Saturday Ukrainian super featherweight titlist Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko defeated Colombian featherweight Miguel Marriaga after seven rounds when Marriaga’s corner decided not to...
Righteous Retirement: Wladimir Klitschko picks the right time to say goodbye
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s time for a change and he knew it. As always, Wladmir Klitschko did the right thing.
That’s how he’ll be remembered in...
No Alarms and No Surprises: Garcia Cruises Past Broner
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night, at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York, Mikey Garcia dealt Adrien “The Problem” Broner a wide and comprehensive 12-round defeat...
No problem: Garcia decisions Broner
By Bart Barry--
Saturday in Brooklyn a junior welterweight special attraction broadcast by Showtime saw California’s Mikey Garcia decision Cincinnati's Adrien Broner by three fair...
FOLLOW BRONER – GARCIA LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action LIVE from Ringside at Barclays Center when Adrien Broner meets Mikey Garcia in a 140-lb showdown. The action begins at...
Ali hopes victory will get him back into title mix
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Brooklyn welterweight Sadam Ali hopes to fight his way back into title contention Saturday against well-traveled Johan Perez in...
Broner sees no Maidana in Mikey Garcia
By Norm Frauenheim-
Adrien Broner looks at Mikey Garcia and says he see no hints of his past. There’s nothing in Garcia that looks, or...
Another interview with the boxing writer by the boxing writer
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: Eleven months ago we asked Bart Barry to interview himself about the state of the craft. On Tuesday Bart...
Adrien Bleep: Broner a changed fighter with a familiar promise
By Norm Frauenheim-
They’re promising a new and improved Adrien Broner on July 29 against Mikey Garcia, but Broner is promising what he has always...
The good on B.A.D., and the innovative
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Inglewood, Calif., Mexican Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt defended his super featherweight title against former titlist Takashi Miura in a good...
Hide The Kids: Mayweather-McGregor tour is an X-rated ride
By Norm Frauenheim-
Other than to say it was hard to watch, it was hard to know what to make of the first three stops...
Gnawing, helpless monotony: David “The Destroyer” Lopez (1977-2017)
By Bart Barry-
Thursday night Mexican middleweight contender David “The Destroyer” Lopez and his son were attacked in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Lopez’s hometown, while driving...
Argue the decision, but there’s no argument about Pacquiao’s future
By Norm Frauenheim-
A contentious blame game in the wake – and we do mean wake – of Manny Pacquiao’s controversial loss to Jeff Horn...
A Funny Thing Happened in Australia
By Jimmy Tobin-
Welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn met at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday night in a fight broadcast by ESPN; a...
Welcome new boxing fans from ESPN!
By Bart Barry-
Hi new boxing fans! We’re excited to have you!
By “new” of course I mean “smart” and “knowledgeable” and even “surprisingly...
FOLLOW PACQUIAO – HORN LIVE !!!
Follow all the action as Manny Pacquiao defends the WBO Welterweight title against undefeated Jeff Horn in fornt of over 55,000 fans at Suncorp...
FOLLOW EASTER – SHAFIKOV LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Robert Easter, Jr. defends the IBF Lightweight title against mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov. The action begins at 9 PM...
Down Under: Pacquiao goes to another continent and back to old business model
By Norm Frauenheim-
From Pac Man to The Honorable, it’s been one wild, wonderful ride. Sometimes wacky, too, but that’s boxing, the only place Manny...
ESPN party: Everyone back in the Pacquiao pool
By Bart Barry-
Saturday or Sunday somewhere in Australia, Manny Pacquiao will fight an Australian welterweight named Jeff “The Hornet” Horn in a match televised...
Mayweather-McGregor: Different names in a familiar circus with $$$ in the center ring
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing loves freak shows. Always has. Always will. They get people talking. They fuel outrage, argument, insults and jokes. They also make...
Get Fighted: Ward Works Over Kovalev
By Jimmy Tobin-
Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev got the opportunity he wanted Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Seething from...
Andre Ward, a fighter, finishes Sergey Kovalev, the bogeyman
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Mandalay Bay, in a rematch barely anticipated for being unpromoted, American Andre Ward defended his light heavyweight championship by stopping...
WardKovalev2: Even on the scale, but different in almost every other way
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – A day after tension at a news conference was off the scale, Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev weighed in...
Ward-Kovalev2: Kovalev lets his black hat do all the talking
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There’s not much left to say, so Sergey Kovalev probably said it best by not saying much at all.
...
Ward-Kovalev 2: Less interesting this time round
By Bart Barry-
Saturday brings a rematch of 2016’s most-anticipated match, Andre Ward versus Sergey Kovalev, in Las Vegas, on HBO pay-per-view, and it may...
Ward-Kovalev: Lots to like in a sequel between fighters who dislike each other
By Norm Frauenheim--
One is portrayed as scary and angry, yet Sergey Kovalev has a keen sense of humor with an engaging ability to...
Star In The Making: Teofimo Lopez Shines Since Turning Pro
By Kyle Kinder-
Four bouts prior to Terence Crawford’s thorough dissection of Felix Diaz on May 20th, Teofimo Lopez III performed a celebratory backflip inside...
Stevenson, Pascal, and Bullets Both Spare and Spent
By Jimmy Tobin-
There was an infomercial of sorts at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Saturday night. In a rematch undesirable and undesired, Adonis...
The untrustworthy compass
By Bart Barry-
A large portion of my thoughts in the last few months has gone to the consequences of a psychological compass that does...
FOLLOW STEVENSON – FONFARA LIVE!!
Follow all the action as Adonis Stevenson defends the WBC Light Heavyweight championship in a rematch with Andrzej Fonfara. The action begins at 9...
Mikey Garcia-Adrien Broner: Easy to make, tough to pick
By Norm Frauenheim-
They are dangerous men moving in opposite directions. It was inevitable perhaps that their paths would cross in a fight with no...
Errol Spence bends then breaks Kell Brook
By Jimmy Tobin-
American welterweight Errol “The Truth” Spence beat England’s Kell “Special K” Brook into submission before 27,000 or so of Brook’s supporters at...
