Norm Frauenheim
Politics and Boxing: Pacquiao gets endorsement from a rival who really...
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...
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...
Andre Ward begins another chapter in trying to turn Olympic 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...
Roy Jones Jr. has predictable victory and an unpredictable future
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX – About his status as an all-time great, there are no doubts. About his future, there are plenty.
Roy Jones Jr.,...
Differences: Bradley vows they will add up to a win without...
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...
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...
Planting Time: How about a Canelo-GGG guarantee next to that olive...
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...
The Lundy List? Terence Crawford motivated to join a much...
By Norm Frauenheim-
A pound-for-pound debate without a mention of Terence Crawford isn’t much of a conversation. At least, he doesn’t think so. Does Crawford...
Jessie Magdaleno stays unbeaten in renewed pursuit of a world title
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX – Jessie Magdaleno jumped onto the ring post and gestured at his waist as if to say he needs a belt.
A...
The It Factor: For Felix Verdejo, it means a title shot
By Norm Frauenheim-
A blueprint of the next great fighter would look a lot like Felix Verdejo. Fast hands, agile feet, power and a...
Solo Boxeo, ShoBox to feature AZ fighters
By Norm Frauenheim
A busy stretch for Arizona boxing continues this weekend with appearances on Showtime’s ShoBox in Atlantic City Friday and on UniMas’...
GGG’s waiting game has gone on too long
By Norm Frauenheim-
Gennady Golovkin is the pound for-pound champion in waiting. Emphasis on the waiting.
No telling when that wait will end. But it got...
Surprise, Surprise: Canelo-Khan might include many
The Canelo Alvarez -Amir Khan bout on May 7 has been cheered, booed, hyped, ridiculed, praised and trashed in the days since Oscar De...
Pascal hits Kovalev with an accusation as old as boxing
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing’s ugly history repeated itself, warts and all, with Jean Pascal calling Sergey Kovalev a racist in the final news...
Baby Steps: Jarrell Miller takes a big one
TUCSON -- Sometimes, even babies have to grow up.
Jarrell Miller, who calls himself Big Baby, began to gain some grown-up experience Friday...
Farewell or Fight On? Pacquiao discovers that it’s hard to say...
By Norm Frauenheim-
There is no good way to say goodbye to boxing. Manny Pacquiao is trying to. At campaign stops in New York and...
Miller says he’s the Big future in the heavyweight division
By Norm Frauenheim
He calls himself Big Baby. But don’t let the nickname fool you. This baby doesn’t cry. Jerrell Miller only boasts.
...
Happy Birthday: In a week full of legendary ones, the heavyweights...
By Norm Frauenheim
Six days after George Foreman’s birthday, four days after Joe Frazier’s birthday and the day before Muhammad Ali’s birthday, the...
Post Klitschko: Crowd gathers in Fury aftermath
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s hard to know whether the search for the next great heavyweight will ever end. Generation after generation, from baby boomer...
Howard Davis Jr.: Boxing loses the friendly face of a bygone...
By Norm Frauenheim
A difficult year got a lot tougher in its final week. Howard Davis Jr. died.
Davis’ death Wednesday after...
Money, money, money: $igns of an empty 2015
By Norm Frauenheim
Bankers, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, a handful of promoters and network executives can celebrate a year about to enter the...
Possibilities: Nicholas Walters just another one as Top Rank moves into...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Top Rank’s December agenda has been about finding new stars, resurrecting a couple of old ones and creating business possibilities in...
Valdez storms into world-title contention with third-round stoppage
TUCSON, Ariz. – Oscar Valdez came to his boyhood home looking for a victory that would prove he belongs.
Mission accomplished.
...
Benavidez to pay Brazilian foe $2,000 for missing weight
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON, Ariz. – Jose Benavidez Jr. agreed to pay unknown Brazilian Sidney Siqueira $2,000 Friday after he was more than four...
Back to the Roots: Oscar Valdez goes home before moving on...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Oscar Valdez, one of the brightest reasons to be optimistic about boxing’s prospects in 2016, re-introduces himself Saturday to Tucson, a city...
AZ Triple: Abel Ramos’ ShoBox bout makes him one of three...
By Norm Frauenheim-
In another sign of Arizona’s rebounding market, Phoenix welterweight Abel Ramos is one of three fighters from the state who will...
Welcome to the A-Side: Canelo has the perks and a lesson...
By Norm Frauenheim
Canelo Alvarez showed he learned a lot from Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a painful loss that, among other things, taught him how...
Canelo wins one-sided decision over Cotto
LAS VEGAS -Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto promised a lot. Expected a lot. One promise was fulfilled. Alvarez delivered on a vow to himself...
Ramirez wins uneventful decision in bout that ends with a Tim...
LAS VEGAS – It was mandatory performance for a mandatory shot at a title. That’s another way of saying Gilberto Ramirez did what...
Hear The Buzz: It was off the scale for Cotto-Canelo
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Measuring interest in a fight isn’t exactly a science. It’s more a haphazard adventure. Either a so-called buzz...
