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Into the tension
By Bart Barry--
Arrived too early in their dressing rooms, to satisfy broadcaster’s schedules, and bored, the main event guys do anything to calm themselves:...
Just Say Nyet: Wilder’s biggest victory would be a boycott of Russia
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder, an emerging champion and a compelling personality, wants to make history. Maybe, he should just make a statement, instead.
Wilder is...
Tabiti fighting to get into cruiserweight title mix on ShoBox
By Norm Frauenheim-
Andrew Tabiti, a Floyd Mayweather Sr, trained fighter, hopes to take some of the snoozer out of cruiser against Keith Tapia Friday...
Theater of the fully expected
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas lineal middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez wrung Amir “King” Khan’s neck with a single and...
FOLLOW CANELO – KHAN LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Canelo Alvarez defends the Middleweight title against Amir Khan. The action begins at 9 PM ET / 6 PM...
FOLLOW CROLLA – BARROSO LIVE
Follow all the action as Anthony Crolla defends the WBA Lightweight title against undefeated Ismael Barroso. The action kicks off at 2:30 PM ET...
Right Place, Right Time: Canelo needs the right performance against Khan
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez stood on a stage, beneath threatening skies and surrounded by weathered, scarred and aging faces of fighters...
Memo to GGG: Trainer says Canelo is 2 to 3 fights from facing a...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez is not a middleweight now and probably won’t be one until sometime next year.
That, at least, was...
Fakes and Feints: Just another day of boxing and politics
By Norm Frauenheim--
LAS VEGAS – Donald Trump and Oscar De La Hoya are accusing each other of cheating and lying. There’s nothing to the...
Khan lands first good blow with punch line directed at Trump
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Amir Khan might be a big underdog against Canelo Alvarez Saturday, but he won the news conference Wednesday.
Khan...
Canelo, Khan and a battle to become the middleweight champion we deserve
By Bart Barry-
Saturday Mexican super middleweight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will defend the lineal middleweight championship of the world, not to be confused with the...
FOLLOW JACK – BUTE LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Badou Jack defends the WBC Super Middleweight title against former world champion Lucian Bute. The action begins at 10 PM...
GGG: It’s the acronym that figures to dominate the week before Canelo-Khan
By Norm Frauenheim
By now, all the arguments have been stated and re-stated. We’ll hear them again, ad nauseam, next week in the final days...
Column without end, part 14
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 13, please click here.
SAN ANTONIO - Thursday evening in this city’s irreplaceable McNay Art Museum, as part of...
FOLLOW GOLOVKIN – WADE LIVE
Follow all the action as world Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin defends his titles against undefeated Dominic Wade. The action begins at 10 PM ET...
FOLLOW DONAIRE – BEDAK LIVE
Follow all the action as it happens when WBO Jr. Featherweight champion Nonito Donaire defends his title against Zsolt Bedak. The action begins at...
GGG and Canelo have other fights, but all the talk is about them fighting...
By Norm Frauenheim--
If boxing mimics politics – as it so often does, Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez are still in the primary season.
It...
Donaire set for PPV fight in Philippines in quest to recapture 2012
By Norm Fraunheim-
Nonito Donaire remembers 2012 as though it is history about to repeat itself.
Donaire fights for the first time in 2016 Saturday...
Errol Spence: A good fighter with much potential
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Barclay’s Center in a PBC match televised by NBC, Texas welterweight southpaw Errol Spence stitchripped New York’s Chris Algieri. ...
Trump doesn’t have a wall big enough to separate the American from the Mexican...
By Norm Frauenheim
Bob Arum ripped Donald Trump. Mocked him, too, from a bully pulpit on a stage for what the promoter called the No...
Goodbye till the next time, Manny
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at MGM Grand in the first retirement match of his career and second rematch with California’s Timothy Bradley, Filipino welterweight Manny...
No upsets at the weigh-in, but Bradley promises to score one in the fight...
By Norm Fraueheim-
LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley stepped onto the scale and gestured as if to say there wouldn’t be any surprises
There weren’t.
...
Politics and Boxing: Pacquiao gets endorsement from a rival who really will punch him
By Norm Frauwnheim
LAS VEGAS – At a time when politics appear to be imitating boxing or vice-versa, there was an endorsement Wednesday for a...
Pacquiao-Bradley 3: The first last match
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at MGM Grand in a fight for the vacant WBO International (better than domestic, less than world) Welterweight belt Filipino Manny...
Distractions are a sign that the old Pacquiao might be back
By Norm Frauenheim-
There was a time when Manny Pacquiao was known for distractions as much as his power. It’s hard to tell whether that...
Tuneup II: Ward controls Barrera
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Oakland former undisputed super middleweight champion and current number-one ranked contender for the HBO light heavyweight championship Andre Ward completely...
Andre Ward begins another chapter in trying to turn Olympic gold into PPV gold
By Norm Frauenheim-
Nearly twelve years have come and gone since Andre Ward won America’s last Olympic gold medal in boxing, yet there’s a sense...
Beibut Shumenov targeting Lebedev-Ramirez cruiserweight Unification title fight winner
LAS VEGAS (March 22, 2016) - World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim Cruiserweight World champion Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs) is targeting the May 21st...
Crumbling infrastructure, Mile High Mike, The Baby Bull, and Izzy
By Bart Barry-
HOUSTON - In the good times there was a lameness to this city that didn’t make the brochures; places closed early, nothing...
Differences: Bradley vows they will add up to a win without doubts in Pacquiao...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Timothy Bradley, a genuine personality in a business often defined by a feint, has a chance to eliminate any questions about an...
Nostalgia touring Houston
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Arena Theatre in Houston, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz and “Mile High” Mike Alvarado will return to prizefighting on an UniMás...
At The Crossroads: Benavidez looking at ways to re-ignite career
By Norm Frauenheim
Jose Benavidez Jr. is considering several options, including a move up in weight, in an attempt to re-ignite a career that has...
How HBO’s statement helps explain Donald Trump’s popularity
By Bart Barry
Wednesday HBO released a statement about Manny Pacquiao’s weeks-old statement about the prizefighter’s interpretation of the Bible’s anticipation of the current LGBTQ...
Planting Time: How about a Canelo-GGG guarantee next to that olive tree?
By Norm Frauenheim-
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman says an olive tree will be planted amid the neon surrounding Las Vegas’ new T-Mobile...
JULIAN WILLIAMS VS. MARCELLO MATANO FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
BETHLEHEM, PA. (March 3, 2016) - Undefeated top contender Julian "J-Rock" Williams and Italy's Marcello Matano went face-to-face for the first time Thursday at...
