Norm Frauenheim
Who’s lying? Mayweather and Ortiz exchange words before they plan to...
LAS VEGAS – The news conference Wednesday included a meal and two mouthfuls of a lot more from Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Victor Ortiz....
For everything you want to know, just look at Mayweather’s 0
There are almost as many interpretations of the zero on the losing side of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s ledger as there are victories in the...
Victor Ortiz is many things, but insecure isn’t one of them
He’s either a surfer who happens to fight or a fighter who happens to be a surfer, snowboarder, golfer and tri-athlete. I have...
Atlas is good behind the microphone, but better in a corner
Conference calls are a necessary task, perhaps, which also means they are often stuck between ho-hum and hum-drum on the interest meter. But then...
A known ref is a bad ref, but where was Agbeko...
Referees know they have done a good job if nobody remembers their name. Poor Russell Mora. Mora lost his anonymity and gained some infamy...
AZ casino says no more Bare-Knuckle boxing, but Commission Association is...
The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation told the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) that it will not host another Bare-Knuckle fight promoted by FelKO, which...
Bare-knuckle bout in Arizona stirs up opposition as promoter promises enhanced...
Promoters for a bare-knuckle fight featuring former cruiserweight contender Bobby Gunn Friday night at a casino on Native American land near Phoenix are promising...
Pavlik’s fight to get back on top starts with the battle...
Distractions are an ally or an annoyance or a dirty word. Manny Pacquiao can’t get enough of them. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. sneers at them,...
Khan’s body shot gets an argument and victory over Judah
LAS VEGAS – It was a career on the borderline. Zab Judah always walked it. Amir Khan knocked him off of it Saturday night...
Hopkins talks Calzaghe rematch, but is Joe listening?
LAS VEGAS – Bernard Hopkins tried to stir up some interest Saturday in a rematch with Joe Calzaghe by mentioning the possibility...
Predictable weigh-in precedes unpredictable Khan-Judah fight
LAS VEGAS – The scale might as well have been a stage. The weigh-in played out as though it had been...
Last Chance: Judah promises he’ll knock out the past and Amir...
Zab Judah speaks like a preacher these days. He has to believe, even if few in the gambling congregation do anymore. The proverbial...
Keeping score: New Jersey suspensions are timely, but a word or...
If it isn’t the biggest upset in many years, New Jersey’s suspension of the three scorekeepers in the decision given to Paul Williams and...
Jesus Gonzales’ return to the scene of his lone loss is...
PHOENIX – There was blood this time instead of tears.
Bloody sweet.
Phoenix super-middleweight Jesus Gonzales tasted victory Friday night...
Gonzales’ foe fails to make weight, takes himself out of contention...
PHOENIX – Mexican super-middleweight Francisco Sierra can’t win the North American Boxing Federation’s 168-pound title against Jesus Gonzales of Phoenix in an...
Gonzales fighting to reclaim the promise that an Ernie had
PHOENIX – Jesus Gonzales wears a Fifties’ style hat that is everywhere these days. Old-school is new-century chic. Everybody has a...
Shuffle means new foe, bigger risk for Jesus Gonzales
PHOENIX – A taller opponent and a potentially bigger risk confronts Phoenix super-middleweight Jesus Gonzales, who faces Francisco Sierra of Mexico...
There’s plenty of opportunity in Haye’s trashing of Klitschko
For years, Wladimir Klitschko has been the solitary chess master against a field full of guys who should be playing checkers. He’s been...
Alexander hopes to use lessons in a fight to recreate The...
Hype, inevitable as it is dangerous, accompanies Devon Alexander into the ring Saturday against Lucas Mattysse as ally or enemy.
Alexander (21-1,...
Real questions loom as Alvarez moves beyond the red hair and...
Introductions were fun, yet cosmetic. Saul Alvarez knows that.
“People won’t follow you just because of the red hair,’’ said Alvarez, the red-headed Pied Piper...
Benavidez a knockout in his Phoenix homecoming
PHOENIX -- The right wrist was hurting. The left knuckle was bruised. The fight was painful. But the homecoming was sweet. Jose Benavidez Jr....
Benavidez ready for Alarcon tonight in Phoenix
PHOENIX -- Junior-welterweight prospect Jose Benavidez Jr. looked at the scale and saw a familiar number Friday at the formal weigh-in for his...
Coming home: Benavidez confident he can
PHOENIX – It’s a line as old as a jab. It’s about going home. It says that you can’t. But Jose Benavidez, Jr., can...
Ortiz means more $$ for Money Mayweather, but don’t bet on...
Floyd Mayweather Jr.-versus-Victor Ortiz: Tune-up or tease?
The tune-up, of course, is a widely-held interpretation of Mayweather’s Twitter-delivered announcement that he’ll fight...
Benavidez gets an opponent for hometown debut
PHOENIX – Phoenix junior-welterweight prospect Jose Benavidez Jr. learned Wednesday that he is scheduled to fight well-traveled Corey Alarcon Saturday night...
In trying to create some of his own history, Chavez, Jr.,...
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., says he wants to create his own history, which means he will try to re-write a chapter as old as...
Froch’s genuine confidence targets two: Glen Johnson, then Andre Ward
Confidence, too often a bully’s mask or manufactured by insecurity, can sometimes be genuine. Thanks, Carl Froch. From Froch, it sounds like the real...
Healthy dose of defiance has always been the key ingredient in...
Bernard Hopkins’ diet apparently has never included a single potato chip or one of George Foreman’s cheeseburgers. Meanwhile, Jean Pascal sounds as if he...
In the Mosley aftermath, Pacquiao-Marquez would be a tough sell
Fight fans, an endangered species, will applaud if Golden Boy Promotions does not match Top Rank’s offer to Juan Manuel Marquez,...
Boos for Mosley as Pacquiao makes it look easy in a...
LAS VEGAS – For Manny Pacquiao, there is only more waiting and more speculating about Floyd Mayweather, Jr. For Shane Mosley, there are boos.
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