Angry Winds: Spence says Garcia could be facing “a one-sided massacre”
By Norm Frauenheim
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Errol Spence Jr.’s poker face and impassive eyes reveal nothing. His body language says nothing. But there was a...
Oh the controversy: Shawn “Fox Sports” Porter decisions Yordenis Ugas
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Carson, Calif., American welterweight titlist “Showtime” Shawn Porter decisioned Cuban Yordenis Ugas by controversial splitdecision scores in an uncontroversially dull...
FOLLOW PORTER – UGAS LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Shawn Porter defends the WBC Welterweight title against Yordenis Ugas. The action kicks off at 8 PM with two...
On & Off The Scale: Spence has the odds and pounds; Garcia has the...
By Norm Frauennheim-
It’s not exactly David-versus-Goliath, but it might feel like it to Mikey Garcia when confronted by Goliath-like odds stacked against him in...
Preview of Spence-Garcia, part 1 (of one)
By Bart Barry-
Soon undefeated welterweight Texan titlist Errol Spence will defend his IBF belt against undefeated lightweight Californian titlist Mikey Garcia at AT&T (formerly...
Wilder-Fury: Interim bouts are real risk to a rematch
By Norm Frauenheim-
Interim can mean just about anything. Interim is a way station, or a stop to nowhere, or a euphemism for forget-about-it. In...
Flunking the Tijuana exam
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on DAZN in a prizefight between formerly good lightweights matched 15 pounds and nearly so many years past their primes Mexican...
Furious talk about Tyson’s Fury deal is taking the dormant out of a dead...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Tyson Fury’s surprising deal with ESPN and Bob Arum’s Top Rank as co-promoter is generating further talk about a division that not...
Joshua’s American debut in June just one piece in an undisputed gamble for all...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Anthony Joshua’s American debut on June 1 was formally announced this week, 55 years after the Beatles landed at JFK in February...
Reign of indiscriminate blows
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - Outside the coffeeshop where this effort happens Nature is entirely mixed-up, leafless branches beside trees suddenly in bloom beside...
Andrew Cancio in a better league: DAZN delivers
By Bart Barry
Saturday in California on a surprisingly rich card of mostly anonymous fighters (outside the Golden State anyway) DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions...
FOLLOW RAMIREZ – ZEPEDA LIVE
Follow all the action as Jose Ramirez defends the WBC Super Lightweight Title against Jose Zepeda. The action kicks off at 7 PM ET...
FOLLOW DAVIS – RUIZ LIVE
Follow all the action as Gervonta Davis defends the WBA Super Featherweight title against Hugo Ruiz. The action kicks off at 10 PM ET...
Comebacks a way of life for Ray Beltran
By Norm Frauenheim-
Comebacks, always perilous and often controversial, help separate the good from the bad in a notoriously unpredictable craft. It just wouldn’t be...
Krusher’s mean regression to the mean
By Bart Barry-
Saturday or Sunday on ESPN+ Russian Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev decisioned Colombian Eleider “Storm” Alvarez in Texas to reclaim one of the titles...
FOLLOW ALVAREZ – KOVALEV 2 LIVE
Follow all the action as Eleider Alvarez tries to retain the WBO Light Heavyweight title against the man he won the belt from in...
First Impact: Oscar Valdez Jr. back with new trainer, repaired jaw and a plan...
By Norm Frauneheim-
“Everybody has a plan until you get hit.”
-- Mike Tyson
A sensible quote from a dysfunctional life in a violent business has...
FOLLOW MUNGUIA – INOUE LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Jaime Munguia defends the WBO Junior Middleweight title against Takeshi Inoue. The action starts at 7 PM ET /...
Welcome Back Mat: Welterweight restoration starts with Pacquiao and continues with Thurman
By Norm Frauenheim-
Call it the Welcome Back Division. At least, that what it is in mid-to-late January as the welterweights shake out who’s real....
Swindle, young man, swindle!
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on a Showtime pay-per-view broadcast for the gullible and nostalgic Filipino great Manny Pacquiao decisioned American mediocre Adrien Broner by unanimous...
FOLLOW PACQUIAO – BRONER LIVE!!!!
Follow all the action LIVE AS IT HAPPENS when Manny Pacquiao defends the WBA Welterweight Title against Adrien Broner. The action begins at 9...
Pacquiao’s enduring smile still gives him the last word
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – The smile never changes. It was there, forever young, all over again Friday as Manny Pacquiao looked into Adrien...
Hatin’ on AB
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on Showtime Pay-Per-View Filipino senator Manny Pacquiao looks to avenge his 2015 loss to Floyd Mayweather by shoving his left fist...
Modest Manny: Pacquiao back in America with his quiet confidence still intact
By Norm Frauenheim-
Manny Pacquiao is back in America amid a mix of inevitable questions faced by any boxer about to fight for the first...
2018 Corpus cumbia, part 2
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 1, please click here.
Local politicians say San Antonio is the fastest growing city in the country, which may...
A few picks for a New Year
By Norm Frauenheim-
Predictions are like punches. Some land. Many miss. Some are wild. A few are silly. Some are feints. Some are cheap. A...
2018 Corpus cumbia, part 1
By Bart Barry-
2017’s end-of-year romp, a mosaicked effort about Chocolatito’s abrupt plunge from boxing’s apex, brought an examination of conscience that lauded what salutary...
One vote, One Fight: Fury-Wilder is Fight of the Year in 2018’s most significant...
By Norm Frauenheim-
It was preceded by great expectations. But it began amid disappointment, delay and controversy. Another year ends and new one is about...
Jermell, Jermall and a problem of timing
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Brooklyn on Fox, in the debut of a new business model by which the PBC receives money for presenting its...
FOLLOW CHARLO – KOROBOV; CHARLO – HARRISON LIVE
Follow all the action as Jermall Charlo defends the WBC Interim Middleweight title against Matt Korobov. The action starts at 8 PM ET /...
