Norm Frauenheim
Olympic-style drug testing sounds good, but can it last?
To say that Olympic-style drug testing is the right thing to do is the equivalent of a beauty-pageant contestant saying she believes in world...
No knockout for Pacquiao, but Cowboys Stadium scores one instead
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach promised a stoppage. Pacquiao couldn’t deliver. He didn’t have to. The building did it for him.
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Clottey’s comedy corner turns weigh-in into laugh-in
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey tried to play it straight when they were asked to pose. The stare-down is supposed to...
Margarito in Texas with a plan and a familiar denial
GRAPEVINE, Tex. – Antonio Margarito had hoped to fight Saturday night in Texas. He won’t. But he did show up Thursday night at...
Pacquiao-Clottey is all about location, location, location
ARLINGTON, Tex. – It’s all about the building. Cowboys Stadium is the main event. It sits there, below a flight path to a...
Political game is the wrong ring for Pacquiao to prove he...
It’s hard to know when Manny Pacquiao got interested in politics. Maybe, it happened at about the time he added a right to...
He’s not Mayweather, but Joshua Clottey might be good enough
Timing and circumstances haven’t been kind to Joshua Clottey. He isn’t Floyd Mayweather, Jr., the welterweight everybody wanted to see against Manny Pacquiao on...
If Margarito wants a license, he needs to show up and...
Anybody seen Antonio Margarito lately? Anybody heard from him? There have been more Tiger Woods sightings during the last three months than there...
More anguish for Carbajal as his inmate brother threatens to evict...
Michael Carbajal, who was always willing to fight anybody for as long as it took, is now in a fight he could never have...
Whew, Mayweather signs to fight Mosley, but angst still there
Anxiety gave way to relief Wednesday when it was announced that Floyd Mayweather, Jr., had finally signed for a May 1 fight with Shane...
Shumenov wins WBA Light Heavyweight crown on controverisal decision over Campillo
LAS VEGAS – Beibut Shumenov, a lawyer in Kazakhstan, had a plan. Gabriel Campillo, a boxer from a country known best for fighting...
MAYWEATHER – MOSLEY IS ON!!!
LAS VEGAS -- Shane Mosley has signed to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 1 at the MGM Grand, Mosley attorney Judd Burstein said...
A corner has always been where Kevin Barry’s heart and home...
It’s not exactly a comeback. Kevin Barry never really left. Home has always been in a corner, no matter how obscure. It’s just that...
Shaq’s good idea could be a slam-dunk for boxing if it...
Shaquille O’Neal has a good idea and now boxing needs a few good men to do what Kobe Bryant and LeBron James won’t. Fight...
Consistency about blood testing looms as a mandatory for Mayweather
There’s been plenty of speculation about whom Floyd Mayweather Jr. could or should fight in the wake of abortive talks for a showdown with...
After the Pacquiao-Mayweather talks fail, boxing looks for survival and...
Relief might be best thing about the apparent end Wednesday of the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather negotiations. Maybe, we won’t have to hear about them,...
Here’s one resolution for a New Year: Pacquiao-Mayweather before 2011
“When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.”
-- John Barrymore
The late...
