Norm Frauenheim
Back in the Debate: Ward’s skillful snub of the WBC re-ignites...
Andre Ward kept himself in the pound-for-pound debate with smarts evident all over again this week when he trashed the World Boxing Council...
Mayweather’s spot on top of money list hinges on a projection
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s No.1 spot on another list of highest-paid athletes is attached to a key word: Projected.
Sports Illustrated projects Mayweather to...
Canelo scores biggest win in Mayweather’s decision over Guerrero
Canelo Alvarez emerges as the biggest winner from Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s predictable and perhaps necessary victory over Robert Guerrero. Argue you all you...
Five More: Mayweather wins opening salvo in Showtime deal that points...
LAS VEGAS – It wasn’t exactly easy money. More like seed money.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. planted what he hopes will blossom into five
more Showtime fights...
No More Rehearsals: Mayweather-Guerrero fight to say it all
LAS VEGAS – It was a weigh-in noteworthy for what didn’t happen. Ruben Guerrero behaved himself. Sort of.
Expectations...
Awkward Neutrality: Manager Espinoza has both fighters, but no options to...
LAS VEGAS – Frank Espinoza isn’t from Switzerland, but the manager might wish he was in the Alpine nation known for neutrality Saturday night...
Sergio Martinez: Middleweight champ an undisputed celebrity in Argentina
In city where almost every other street seems to be named Peron or Evita, promoter Lou DiBella saw a middleweight’s name on...
Mayweather-Guerrero: A fight for grown-ups
LAS VEGAS –Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Robert Guerrero played a lot of roles on back-to-back days facing small mobs armed with cameras, cell phones,...
Jackie Robinson’s story is incomplete without a Jack Johnson pardon
Release this weekend of the film 42, Jackie Robinson’s story, is just another reason to wonder why Jack Johnson hasn’t been pardoned.
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From Carbajal to Zou Shiming: Light on the scale, heavy on...
Bob Arum is relying on a little guy, Zou Shiming, this weekend in Macau where money beckons and China’s untapped market awaits. It’s bold....
Alvarado goes from brawler to boxer in upset of Rios
LAS VEGAS – Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado promised more of the same. Sorry, Alvarado didn’t fulfill his end of the agreement. He couldn’t....
Bradley says he’s fine after undergoing concussion tests in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley on Friday said physicians told him he was fine after undergoing tests for a possible concussion at the Cleveland...
All In A Brawl: Rios and Alvarado make weight and have...
LAS VEGAS – Boxing is Brandon Rios’ playground. Show him a ring. Take him to a weigh-in. Doesn’t matter. He’s like a kid at...
Rios-Alvarado: More resumption than rematch
Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II Saturday night at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay might be more of a continuation than it is a rematch. At least,...
Mares and Donaire are the biggest losers in HBO’s no to...
It’s hard to imagine how many more times the deck chairs on the Titanic can be re-arranged, but boxing did it ad nauseam...
The Right Corner: Freddie Roach still occupies it
Losses are as inevitable as scars. If you don’t have some of both, you probably haven’t done much. Or learned much. Freddie Roach, fulltime...
Crazy Comeback: Bradley looking for a win that won’t turn him...
Nothing on Tim Bradley’s resume says his March 16 fight against Ruslan Provodnikov in Carson, Calif., should be called a comeback. He’s...
Canelo-gram: Canelo sends message to Mayweather that he’s a star in...
Opponents are like employees to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He talks as if he hires and fires them in his role as boxer, promoter,...
Money or History: Mayweather’s Showtime deal will define him
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s jump Tuesday from HBO to Showtime and parent network CBS is a move that will reveal whether he’s more about money...
Camera Clause: Mora will fight Jesus Gonzales, but only on TV
Los Angeles middleweight Sergio Mora has agreed to fight Jesus Gonzales on April 19 in Phoenix, Gonzales’ hometown, but only if the bout is...
Life as art: Tyson’s best role is himself in Law &...
Makeup hid the facial tattoo, but there’s no disguise for Mike Tyson.
Never will be.
Tyson’s guest appearance Wednesday night...
PED: Performance Enhancing Dangers for a sport that already has too...
Yuriorkis Gamboa’s name in a Miami New Times story this week about an anti-aging clinic that allegedly supplied performance enhancers isn’t exactly a surprise....
The Good Fight: Jacobs beats cancer, calls out bullies and obesity
Billy Lyell might have a better chance than bullies and obesity.
Danny Jacobs will fight them all in an ongoing battle that...
Arum’s old words say it all for days defined by Armstrong...
First, Lance Armstrong. Now, Manti Te'o.
The hoax is in, or at least it has become America's favorite pastime.
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Name Game: Broner plans to beat them without knowing them
Adrien Broner calls himself The Problem. He had one Thursday. He couldn’t remember his opponent’s name. Or, at least, he chose not to, perhaps...
New Year, new hopes start with Golovkin-Rosado
An encore of a year loaded with explosive signs of renewal might be a tall order, but chances of one in 2013...
Thirteen things to look for in 2013
A New Year begins like the old year. Slowly. But every year between the ropes offers surprises that in 2012 created late momentum...
2012: Ten reasons to remember it
How will 2012 be remembered? For a single punch from Juan Manuel Marquez that ended the Manny Pacquiao era? For questions about performance-enhancing...
Donaire’s personal accountability offers a way out of the PED swamp
Personal accountability is the only way out of the deepening PED swamp. Nonito Donaire understands that. Few do.
Donaire was...
Pacquiao talks about a fifth fight with Marquez after a sure...
LAS VEGAS – An era came crashing down, face first. Jinkee Pacquiao cried. Her husband couldn’t. Manny Pacquiao was unconscious. After the smelling...
