- by Norm Frauenheim on 13 March 2010
No knockout for Pacquiao, but Cowboys Stadium scores one instead
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach promised a stoppage. Pacquiao couldn’t deliver. He didn’t have to. The building did it for him.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 13 March 2010
Clottey’s comedy corner turns weigh-in into laugh-in
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey tried to play it straight when they were asked to pose. The stare-down is supposed to be serious stuff. One blink signals fear. But Pacquiao and Clottey laughed like kids at play. They couldn’t stop laughing.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 12 March 2010
Margarito in Texas with a plan and a familiar denial
GRAPEVINE, Tex. – Antonio Margarito had hoped to fight Saturday night in Texas. He won’t. But he did show up Thursday night at the official hotel for the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight Saturday night and talked about his comeback in Mexico, his hopes for a fight in the United States and said again that he [...]
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 11 March 2010
Pacquiao-Clottey is all about location, location, location
ARLINGTON, Tex. – It’s all about the building. Cowboys Stadium is the main event. It sits there, below a flight path to a Dallas-Fort Worth runway, rising toward the Texas sky like a giant tent. It’s the big top, a technical marvel that sometimes sounds as if it could be a ride at Disney World.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 4 March 2010
Political game is the wrong ring for Pacquiao to prove he is special
It’s hard to know when Manny Pacquiao got interested in politics. Maybe, it happened at about the time he added a right to his left. It’s also hard to understand why. But Pacquiao is serious, even after he lost by a reported 37,000-to-38,000 votes in his last and only run in 2007 for an anonymous [...]
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 25 February 2010
He’s not Mayweather, but Joshua Clottey might be good enough
Timing and circumstances haven’t been kind to Joshua Clottey. He isn’t Floyd Mayweather, Jr., the welterweight everybody wanted to see against Manny Pacquiao on March 13.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 19 February 2010
If Margarito wants a license, he needs to show up and explain himself
Anybody seen Antonio Margarito lately? Anybody heard from him? There have been more Tiger Woods sightings during the last three months than there have been of Margarito in more than a year. Margarito has vanished, almost as if he’s in hiding.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 11 February 2010
More anguish for Carbajal as his inmate brother threatens to evict their mom
Michael Carbajal, who was always willing to fight anybody for as long as it took, is now in a fight he could never have imagined, few would ever believe and yet continues like a haunting nightmare.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 4 February 2010
Whew, Mayweather signs to fight Mosley, but angst still there
Anxiety gave way to relief Wednesday when it was announced that Floyd Mayweather, Jr., had finally signed for a May 1 fight with Shane Mosley, whose promotional point man, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, sounded as though the wait for Mayweather’s signature was a little bit like anticipating a dental appointment.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 30 January 2010
Shumenov wins WBA Light Heavyweight crown on controverisal decision over Campillo
LAS VEGAS – Beibut Shumenov, a lawyer in Kazakhstan, had a plan. Gabriel Campillo, a boxer from a country known best for fighting bulls, had the power. Put them together and you might have a good light-heavyweight. As it is, Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson don’t have much to worry about.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 29 January 2010
MAYWEATHER – MOSLEY IS ON!!!
LAS VEGAS — Shane Mosley has signed to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 1 at the MGM Grand, Mosley attorney Judd Burstein said Friday night while sitting at ringside after Beibut Shumenov took the World Boxing Association’s light-heavyweight title with a split decision over Gabriel Campillo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 28 January 2010
A corner has always been where Kevin Barry’s heart and home are
It’s not exactly a comeback. Kevin Barry never really left. Home has always been in a corner, no matter how obscure. It’s just that the lights are beginning to brighten again for Barry at a post that has cornered a special place in his heart.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 21 January 2010
Shaq’s good idea could be a slam-dunk for boxing if it fights for Berto
Shaquille O’Neal has a good idea and now boxing needs a few good men to do what Kobe Bryant and LeBron James won’t. Fight for Haiti.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 14 January 2010
Consistency about blood testing looms as a mandatory for Mayweather
There’s been plenty of speculation about whom Floyd Mayweather Jr. could or should fight in the wake of abortive talks for a showdown with Manny Pacquiao, yet no talk about whether Mayweather will continue to demand Olympic-style blood-testing.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 7 January 2010
After the Pacquiao-Mayweather talks fail, boxing looks for survival and sees Viloria
Relief might be best thing about the apparent end Wednesday of the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather negotiations. Maybe, we won’t have to hear about them, any of them, for at least a while.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 1 January 2010
Here’s one resolution for a New Year: Pacquiao-Mayweather before 2011
“When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.”
– John Barrymore
- by Norm Frauenheim on 24 December 2009
Money, not blood, will still lead to a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight
Chances of no trouble in negotiations for the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight were about as good as Santa landing on your roof Thursday night. It just wasn’t going to happen, although talks had gone so smoothly that I had begun to wonder whether my roof was big enough for a sleigh and team [...]
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 17 December 2009
Pavlik finally has a chance to silence the “derelicts”
Shadow boxing took on new meaning, a malicious twist, for Kelly Pavlik during the last year. In the shadows, there were rumors, as poisonous to his reputation as an infection was to his left hand.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 10 December 2009
Pacquiao-Mayweather creates a busy fight to stay in line
Behind Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., there’s a long line of everybody else fighting for a chance to cash in on a rich renewal expected after March 13 when and wherever their welterweight bout is supposed to generate business big enough to be a stimulus package.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 5 December 2009
Paul Williams wants to be feared instead of avoided
Paul Williams isn’t playing dodge ball, although a lot of potential business partners do seem to duck, dodge and scatter in search of a lesser threat when confronted by hands as dangerous as any wrecking ball at any weight between 147 and 168 pounds.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 27 November 2009
Pacquiao should be in hunt for Sportsman of the Year
Critical acclaim for Manny Pacquiao after his stoppage a couple of weeks ago of stubborn Miguel Cotto included a moment in the post-fight news conference that defined the Filipino’s ongoing emergence and pointed toward recognition that he has yet to achieve.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 19 November 2009
Pacquiao and Mayweather need to make it 50-50 for a fair share at some history they couldn’t buy
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are lucky.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 15 November 2009
Mosley is back to business against Berto
LAS VEGAS – Oscar De La Hoya likes to say at that all roads lead to Sugar Shane Mosley.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 13 November 2009
It’s time to hear from Margarito
LAS VEGAS – It is impossible to escape questions about Antonio Margarito. Miguel Cotto hears them and dismisses them. Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach hears them and thinks he knows the answer. The only one not heard from is Margarito himself.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 13 November 2009
Chavez Jr. has inherited expectations
LAS VEGAS – He’s the son, Junior. But there are dividends in that relationship only if dad is an old-school monarch or Wall Street oligarch. For Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the inheritance is a burden, a trust fund for a nation that worshipped the father and expects the son to be just like [...]
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 11 November 2009
Pacquiao, Cotto take the bad out of boxing
LAS VEGAS – It was a news conference, which only means not a whole lot happened. Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto talked Wednesday like diplomats after accepting keys to the city from the only politician with a title, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 5 November 2009
Roach talks, but Cotto says he isn’t listening
Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach is talking. But Miguel Cotto isn’t listening. At least, Cotto says he isn’t.
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 29 October 2009
Pacquiao to test credentials for crossover stardom
Muhammad Ali had it. Ken Norton did not. Sugar Ray Leonard had it. Thomas Hearns did not. Mike Tyson had it. Lennox Lewis did not. Oscar De La Hoya had it. Pernell Whitaker did not. Manny Pacquiao?
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 22 October 2009
If Cotto beat adversity, he can upset Pacquiao
Adversity’s face, bloodied and often beaten, provides the best look at fighters who are great, those who are trying to be and those who never will be. Unbeaten only means untested. Miguel Cotto is staring straight into that scarred face as he prepares for Manny Pacquiao in this year’s most intriguing fight, also the biggest [...]
Read more- by Norm Frauenheim on 17 October 2009
Only a Jirov-Toney reunion is a sure thing
One day, there might be a rematch. On Saturday however, there was only a reunion between old rivals who have turned into even older friends.
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