Norm Frauenheim
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.
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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.
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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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Eye Of The Storm: Mayweather is cool and calm as Pacquiao...
By Norm Frauenheim--
LAS VEGAS -- On a day when powerful winds kicked up clouds of dust that obscured The Strip’s skyline like a...
Forget Redemption: Garcia-Peterson is about recognition
By Norm Frauenheim-
Danny Garcia and Lamont Peterson are quick to say they aren’t fighting for redemption Saturday night at Barclays in Brooklyn.
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Provodnikov-Matthysse: A Corrales-Castillo sequel?
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s a fight that really doesn’t need much in the way of explanation or analysis. Strip away all of the subtlety and...
Adonis Answer: Stevenson fights to ignore the Kovalev question
By Norm Frauenheim--
It’s the question Adonis Stevenson can’t shake. It’s there when he wakes up and sits down for breakfast. It’s there when he...
Junior to Senior: Only a grown-up Chavez can win this fight
By Norm Frauenheim--
Boxing was never meant to be the family business. Fathers fight so their sons don’t have to. That sounds like a...
On The Stage: Mayweather-Pacquiao a fight between different personalities
By Norm Frauenheim--
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao stood side-by-side in what was the third time they have ever been seen within a...
50-year-old Bronco Billy Wright continues heavyweight quest
FORT MCDOWELL, Ariz. – Bronco Billy Wright is a late bloomer. He has to be.
Wright (46-4, 37 KOs) is a 50-year-old...
Prime Time: Thurman wins decision in an NBC thriller
LAS VEGAS – Blood, guts, skill and will made for a powerful mix. It was a shot of prime...
Bet on the Future: Haymon, NBC go back to an old...
By Norm Frauenheim--
Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) begins Saturday on NBC in prime time amid anticipation and some skepticism. It’s risky. It’s...
Lightweight Victor Castro steals show from a heavyweight mess
PHOENIX – It was a heavyweight main event. But a lightweight stole the show.
Victor Castro, an emerging Phoenix prospect, displayed poise...
Clueless: Kovalev has heard from the best, yet Pascal still talks...
By Norm Frauenheim--
Jean Pascal is called quick for hands that can put punches together in rapid succession. He’s called quick for graceful feet...
Charles Martin, Victor Castro set for featured bouts in Phoenix
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Unbeaten American heavyweight Charles Martin (19-0, 17 KOs) faces Raphael Zumbano Love (35-9-1, 28 KOs) of Brazil Saturday night Celebrity Theatre...
Back To The Future: Douglas-Tyson an escape from today
By Norm Frauenheim-
A week-long celebration of the 25-year anniversary of Buster Douglas’ upset of Mike Tyson is a revealing look at where boxing...
Back in the USA: Klitschko return is real instead of rumor
By Norm Frauenheim -
Wladimir Klitschko’s return to America coincides with talks that are holding a sport hostage all over again. The heavyweight’s...
Mayweather-Pacquiao Summit: Talk elevates chances at the fight to a new...
By Norm Frauenheim
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao went one-on-one in an old-school way almost forgotten by all the methods offered by social...
Benavidez goes back to work, hopes for a shot at Jessie...
Phoenix junior welterweight Jose Benavidez Jr., who won the WBC’s interim junior-welterweight title in a controversial decision over Mauricio Herrera on Dec. 13,...
Pacquiao-Mayweather talks continue, but what’s left to say?
By Norm Frauenheim--
It’s hard to recall when there wasn’t talk about Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado are about to...
Wilder scores a surprising decision for a heavyweight belt
LAS VEGAS – A lot was promised. Return to Glory, the ads said. The glory will have to wait. But there was a...
No Cotto-Canelo: May 2 fight is off the table
By Norm Frauenheim--
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez still plans to fight on May 2, but it looks as if he won’t be fighting...
Wilder and Stiverne in a fight to prove there’s still life...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – The heavyweights undergo more study than a species near extinction. That means everybody has a theory or maybe...
King of the Podium: Don King back in his element at...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS -- At times, it was bizarre. At times, downright goofy. It was also long-winded, sometimes dull. Yet, it was also...
GGG Rx: Golovkin is the relief to boxing’s never-never land
By Norm Frauenheim--
Gennady Golovkin’s stop in Los Angeles Wednesday at the end of an international tour for his Feb. 21 bout with Martin Murray...
A few wishes for a New Year
By Norm Frauenheim-
The New Year gets a quick start, which is another way of saying there’s an early chance to forget about...
A forgettable 2014 ends amid hopes for a better year
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s a year that will be remembered for what didn’t happen. There was still no Manny Pacquaio-Floyd Mayweather Jr., despite the...
