Norm Frauenheim
Send In The Clowns: Kovalev blows out Mohammedi
LAS VEGAS – Sergey Kovalev is blunt and effective.
Mostly, he’s predictable.
If you want subtlety, pick another...
Phoenix lightweight Victor Castro scheduled for main event on Iron Boy...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Phoenix lightweight Victor Castro (15-0, 7 KOs) risks his unbeaten record Saturday against Mexican Angel Martinez (14-6-1, 10 KOs)...
A Kovalev smile means the Russian is ready to fight
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – It starts with a smile. It’s there because Sergey Kovalev genuinely enjoys what he does. Then again, so...
Opposite corner: Kovalev’s former trainer looks for ways to score an...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Imagine trying to demolish what you once designed. It sounds awkward and it probably is if you’re an architect...
International Language: Kovalev speaks one that everybody understands
By Norm Frauenheim-
Sergey Kovalev is new to English. It’s a second language for the light-heavyweight who grew up speaking Russian.
Occasionally he’ll ask manager...
Benavidez still hoping for Crawford fight
By Norm Frauenheim
Jose Benavidez Jr. would welcome a chance to fight emerging star Terence Crawford, who is expected to make his second appearance...
The Real Fight of the Century: Lawsuits multiply as Haymon and...
By Norm Frauenheim--
Lawsuits against Al Haymon aren’t surprising. More like inevitable. Haymon had to know they were coming. They’re just part of doing...
Seven Seconds: Bradley wins crazy decision in a fight stopped too...
CARSON, Calif. – Nothing is ever easy for Timothy Bradley.
Or predictable
In a career full of controversial decisions and...
Kovalev deflects talk about Ward, calls Stevenson a piece of bleep
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. – Light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev said he didn’t watch Andre Ward’s comeback victory over Paul Smith and instead concentrated...
Bradley back at StubHub and recalls “a war grounds”
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. – Timothy Bradley returns to a place that gave him headache. A career-defining victory, too.
This time, he...
Timothy Bradley flushes the anger
By Norm Frauenheim
Timothy Bradley doesn’t stay angry for too long. Maybe that’s because he’s a nice guy. Or maybe he just doesn’t have time...
Ward ready for a test drive, a look at his...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Andre Ward’s return from a 19-month layoff Saturday night comes at a time when he has to come back. Everybody’s prime...
Memo to Mayweather: LeBron James is the true definition of TBE
By Norm Frauenheim-
There’s a lot of talk about TBE this spring. It started with Floyd Mayweather Jr. It continues with LeBron James. But there’s...
Race To Be Next: Contenders battle to grab A-side power
By Norm Frauenheim-
A shuffle the top of the marquee begins to unfold, almost like a political campaign, in an inevitable transition put into motion...
Another title with another catch-weight is no title at all
By Norm Frauenheim
Amid the clutter of 17 weight classes and more acronyms than letters in the alphabet, there’s something else to hang in that...
Fans move on while Mayweather, Pacquiao sift through the cash and...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Nearly three weeks have passed since Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s decision over Manny Pacquiao in the Letdown of the Century and...
Iron Boy card set for Phoenix Saturday
PHOENIX – Iron Boy Promotions will stage a second card within eight days Saturday night at Celebrity Theatre.
Iron Boy, which helped...
Benavidez fulfills guarantee, stops Paez
By Norm Frauenheim (ringside)
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose Benavidez Jr. celebrated a birthday and a homecoming.
It was all part of the...
Benavidez, Paez make weight for a bout with some AZ history...
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose Benavidez Jr. and Jorge Paez Jr. made weight Thursday for a truTV super-lightweight title fight Friday...
Benavidez hopes to celebrate 23rd birthday with 23rd victory
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX, Ariz. – He turns 23 on Friday. Jose Benavidez Jr. approaches his birthday unbeaten, yet not unchallenged. His record...
Mayweather Speaks: Changes mind about a Pacquiao rematch
By Norm Frauenheim-
There are more tired excuses than reasonable explanations for what happened May 2 in the colossal failure to fulfill even a...
Easy Money: Mayweather scores a big decision over Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS -- It was supposed to be one for the books. It wasn’t. More like one for the banks.
...
Enthusiasm off the scale for Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – It was a carnival and a concert. It was chaotic. Demonstrators protesting domestic violence stood on one street...
What Rivalry? A common fight links Roach and Mayweather Sr.
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – There’s not a day, or even a few hours, when there isn’t a volley of insults between Floyd...
Pacquiao back at the bully-pulpit
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao is back at the bully pulpit like a saint among sinners. Boxing has never been...
$: It’s the symbol that means more to Mayweather than the...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Look into the 0 and you’re supposed to get a look into Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s soul.
...
David Benavidez wins in a first-round blitz
PHOENIX, Ariz. – David Benavidez is not a young man in a hurry.
It just looks like it.
...
Bet On History: Mayweather ups ante and pressure by saying he’s...
By Norm Frauenheim
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been more CEO than TBE from the moment he took the initiative and approached Manny Pacquiao at a...
David Benavidez, Jose’s brother, set for main event in Phoenix
PHOENIX, Ariz. – David Benavidez, the younger brother of WBA interim junior-welterweight champion Jose Benavidez Jr., is scheduled for a...
The Real Story: It’s in what Mayweather and Pacquiao aren’t saying
By Norm Frauenheim--
The curtain has come down on media day, a big-fight ritual that like so much in boxing is an interpretative art.
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