Norm Frauenheim
Read The Mask: Crawford intends to make a pound-for-pound statement against...
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Terence Crawford, not known for wearing his heart on his sleeve, wore it on his face instead. There it was on a...
Shuffle to change the collective face of the game is underway
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Boxing during the Pandemic will be remembered for more than postponements, life in a bubble and eroding wages. There’s risk, which means...
Pound-for-Pound Campaign: A couple of contenders hope to strengthen their claim...
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From presidential to pound-for-pound, it’s the political season. The first will conclude, hopefully, in a few days. Only relief will be unanimous...
Big audience the biggest winner in Lopez’ upset of Lomachenko
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There wasn’t a knockout. There wasn’t even a knockdown. The classic expected in this corner and few others did not happen. But...
Lomachenko-Lopez: Forget all the uncertainty, this one could be a real...
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It’s a fight for the times, or at least one that for a while has a chance to knock out all of...
The Comeback: Lopez-Lomachenko might be the beginning of one
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Teofimo Lopez calls it The Takeover. Promoter Bob Arum might have another description for it.
Call it The Comeback, or at the least the...
Hearn’s positive COVID test spreads more uncertainty during a Pandemic with...
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In the bubble, out of the bubble.
It doesn’t matter where you are these days. There’s not much protection from anything. If it’s...
Pay-Per-View in the Bubble? A Tough Sell
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It’s an intriguing weekend. Jermell and Jermall Charlo, maybe the most interesting brothers since the Klitschkos, are on one card, each in...
Pandemic knocks out boxing’s box-office dates
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Being a sports fan during the pandemic from hell isn’t easy. It’s more about what’s missing than what’s really there, somewhere in...
Big lawsuit, bigger questions in Canelo’s suit against De La Hoya...
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The lawsuit isn’t a surprise. It’s been looming, brewing for at least a year in the contempt Canelo Alvarez has for Oscar...
An Empty Bubble: Missing fans are a growing factor in a...
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It was a moment that summed up a pandemic. There was Jimmy Butler, a defining face of social-distancing as he stood all...
Ali’s Lesson: Sports and politics do mix
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Games don’t matter much, at least they haven’t throughout about a relentless pandemic. Only the platform does. The NBA took its game...
Weight or Wait: David Benavidez confronts one of boxing’s inevitable combos
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Wait?
Or weight?
For David Benavidez, they are two options that sound alike and are linked by what he does after losing his super-middleweight...
Back In Business: David Benavidez re-enters the work place for first...
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From college football to gyms, it often seems as if the world is going out of business these days. It’s the shutdown...
COVID to Comeback, Phase 2, offers some main-event anticipation
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The path from COVID to comeback isn’t exactly clear. During an era defined by masks and mixed messages, it can go just...
Maturing David Benavidez ready for return, ready to stay busy and...
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From height to reach, a tale of the tape is a reliable enough scale. But it doesn’t measure maturity. Growing up is a...
Mike Tyson-Roy Jones? Exhibition announced, but it is still a long...
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Go ahead, wear a mask, stay away from crowds, stay at home and maintain social distancing. That might be enough to keep...
No Opening Ceremonies during an Olympic year when masks mean more...
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The Olympics were supposed to start a week from now. On July 23, Opening Ceremonies were scheduled for the 2020 Games. Like...
Ivy League: Cancellation might have been the smart move
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Ivy League football has more followers today than it has in years. Nobody is exactly happy to be among that newfound crowd.
But...
Lots of hope invested in December date for Fury-Wilder 3
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The third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder fight was supposed to happen this month.
Early in the pandemic, the July 18 date at Las Vegas...
More Pandemonium? COVID-19 infections continue to haunt old routines
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It’s a pandemic. Pandemonium, too.
Chaos is everywhere, a symptom seemingly suffered by many who apparently have not been infected by a virus...
September Comeback? A possibility instead of the same old futility
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On the traditional calendar, September means change, summer turning into fall. But it means something more these days, at least it does...
Joshua-Fury: Fury already favored, but what are the odds of it...
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News of an agreement for two Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury fights next year was quickly followed by bookies installing Fury as a slight...
First Round: Top Rank launches its post-pandemic plan
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Top Rank is poised to hit the re-set button next week, mid-week, with live telecasts, the first in about three months, which...
Forbes 100: It’s a different list with an expensive warning
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The Forbes list used to belong to Floyd Mayweather Jr., who became better known for dominating the money ranks than the pound-for-pound...
Money or History: Pandemic pushes Canelo to the edge of a...
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Canelo Alvarez is fighting for history. At least, he was, pre-pandemic, last November in his light-heavyweight stoppage of Sergey Kovalev. But history,...
What Comeback? Mike Tyson has never left the stage
By Norm Frauenheim
In case you haven’t heard or seen, Mike Tyson is coming back. That’s news, of course. But it’s strange to call his...
Jimmy Glenn, Rest In Peace
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Mike Tyson wants to fight four-rounders. So, does Evander Holyfield. I’ll let you figure out where that leads. The public imagination is...
History is repeating itself, maybe boxing will too
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Nostalgia will survive the pandemic. So, too, will boxing, the world’s second-oldest profession.
A sure sign of boxing’s resiliency, its heartbeat, is in...
Missing the chaos, dreading the emptiness
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Big fight weeks are little bit like the seasons. They are on the calendar, a date to anticipate, celebrate and debate. Next...
