Norm Frauenheim
In Canelo, De La Hoya can get a glimpse at where...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Oscar De La Hoya often talks about Canelo Alvarez as though he is looking at himself, or maybe at what he had...
Lara fighting for his version of The Dream against Canelo
By Norm Frauenheim-
Erislandy Lara, a Cuban defector, calls himself The American Dream. Nothing new about the nickname.
David Reid, a...
Feud Fallout: Falling pay-per-view numbers are a sign of the times
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It's a season of declining expectations. Miguel Cotto's dramatic victory over Sergio Martinez represents the third straight time that pay-per-view numbers...
A Look Beyond The Feud: Russell and Lomachenko might provide a...
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Much has been attached to the Golden Boy Promotions card Saturday night at the SubHub Center in Carson, Calif.
Too...
Forbes or Future? Mayweather’s money wins one debate and starts another
By Norm Frauenheim
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s top spot on the Forbes' latest edition of the world's highest-paid athletes is a counter to the tired...
Hall of Fame induction just the opening bell for the biggest...
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Oscar De La Hoya's induction to the International Boxing Hall of Fame Sunday a few days after the tumult of Richard...
Business Sense: Froch-Groves at Wembley is a lesson to feuding promoters...
By Norm Frauenheim
London’s Wembley Stadium will be the stage Saturday for what figures to be a terrific rematch in the second edition...
Cotto’s ring skill is still his best social skill in fight...
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Sergio Martinez probably won’t ever invite Miguel Cotto to a backyard barbecue. Martinez talks as if he just doesn’t like Cotto....
Back to the Future: Arum’s return to The Forum takes him...
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Boxing returns to a place Saturday that helped re-define the business in a way that allowed it to move beyond the Sugar...
Options? Chavez Jr. running on empty
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There are losers aplenty in the wake of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Gennady Golovkin possibility headed to never-never land, right...
Mayweather escapes with a majority decision over Maidana
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LAS VEGAS – It was supposed to be easy. It wasn’t.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. got the victory that oddsmakers,...
De La Hoya: Nobody is going to fire Richard Schaefer
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Oscar De La Hoya, founder of Golden Boy Promotions, said he is fighting for his company and that...
UPDATE–Glovegate breaks out in controversy before Mayweather-Maidana
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LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. complained about the lack of padding at the knuckles of Marcos Maidana’s gloves in a...
What Distractions? Glovegate breaks out in controversy before Mayweather-Maidana
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. complained about the lack of padding at the knuckles of Marcos Maidana’s gloves in a...
Schaefer gets some B-Hop support in his rift with De La...
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LAS VEGAS – The Golden Boy Promotions divide between CEO Richard Schaefer and founder Oscar De La Hoya appeared to widen...
The Show: The news-conference stage belonged to Mayweather
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LAS VEGAS – Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza called Floyd Mayweather Jr. “a show” and Mayweather proved him right throughout a news conference...
No promises, but does Mayweather’s ‘A’ game mean a KO?
By Norm Frauenheim-
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said repeatedly during the promotional push to his May 3 bout with Marcos Maidana that nobody has...
Lots of noise, but one fan said it all about the...
By Norm Frauenheim
During a noisy week when the shouting got louder and the insults grew more insulting, there was a moment of relief...
It’s Unanimous: Pacquiao gets back what he lost with a decision...
LAS VEGAS – It wasn’t everything Manny Pacquiao promised. But it was enough, more than enough to put his Filipino presidential ambitions...
No Villains: On any scale, Bradley and Pacquiao make for a...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – It’s a fight without a villain. Timothy Bradley tried to play the role Friday at the weigh-in for...
Compassion a double-edged dilemma for Pacquiao
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LAS VEGAS – A compassionate Manny Pacquiao can’t win. That’s the popular theory, anyway. Pacquiao Freddie Roach introduced it. Media...
Arum rips MGM Grand for Mayweather-Maidana posters during Pacquiao-Bradley week
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LAS VEGAS – A rematch Saturday marked mostly by polite exchanges between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley suddenly got a shot...
Farewell? Not Bernard Hopkins, who always says hello to a challenge
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A couple days after 40-year-old New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter began a long goodbye to baseball with the first stop in...
Respect? Bradley starts by looking at himself
By Norm Frauenheim
Just when Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr., most of the NFL, NBA and major-league baseball have us convinced that disrespect...
Poet and The Pac Man: Dylan’s visit with Pacquaio brings back...
By Norm Frauenheim
It's not everyday that Bob Dylan just drops by. But there he was last week at the Wild Card Gym to...
Danny Garcia has his own plan
By Norm Frauenheim
Danny Garcia might be the only fighter not trying to elbow his way toward the front of the line that leads to...
Canelo gets the victory and the boos
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez got the victory. Got the boos, too
Alvarez won the fight, but failed to win back many of his disaffected...
Mayweather draws a crowd at any time and against anybody
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. was an hour late Saturday for his own news conference. But a crowd stuck around,...
Test Time: Canelo’s faces questions and Angulo in his first bout...
By Norm Frauenheim
Canelo Alvarez hears the question more often than he saw Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s shoulder roll, roll and roll on a long,...
Tough Sell: Mayweather will have an easier time beating Maidana
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s biggest challenge on May 3 won’t come from Marcos Maidana. Not even Maidana’s heavy-handed power has much of a chance...
