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Lomachenko still seeking a cutting-edge test for his artistry
By Norm Frauenheim-
There’s something singular about Vasiliy Lomachenko. That’s another way of saying there’s nobody else quite like him. His unique skillset is often...
Lomachenko and Crolla are not El Paso club pros, and it’s too bad
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Los Angeles once-defeated Ukrainian lightweight titlist Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko will successfully defend his title against Britain’s Anthony Crolla on ESPN+...
Empty Frame: Fight is on to be Face of the Game
By Norm Frauenheim-
It can be scarred. It can be friendly. Scary, too. Sometimes, it’s a booking photo.
It’s the face of the game.
It’s...
A partially pandering attempt to reach a new readership via KingRy
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in the mainevent of a Golden Boy-promoted and DAZN-broadcasted card from Indio, Calif., undefeated American lightweight Ryan “KingRy” Garcia (2.3m followers,...
Who’s Talking? If it’s Spence-Crawford, everybody is
By Norm Frauenheim-
Bob Arum threw a rhetorical combo this week, intriguing because of the timing and significant because it further heightened talk about a...
The Truth will set you expensive: Spence edges Crawford at Purses Collide
By Bart Barry-
“It is a laborious madness and an impoverishing one, the madness of composing vast books - setting out in five hundred pages...
Pound-for-pound, Spence-Crawford is at the undisputed top of this wish list
By Norm Frauenheim-
It was a disappointing fight. A significant one, too.
Within the ropes, there’s really not much to say about Errol Spence Jr.’s...
All else failed, lead with your chin
By Bart Barry-
ARLINGTON, Texas - Saturday in the middle of AT&T Stadium in the middle of the DFW metroplex welterweight titlist Errol Spence beat...
FOLLOW SPENCE – GARCIA LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Errol Spence Jr. defends the IBF Welterweight title against Mikey Garcia in a battle of undefeated stars. The action...
Tale of tape favors Spence, but crowd chants for Mikey Garcia
By Norm Frauenheim-
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Home is where the chants are.
At least, that’s what Mikey Garcia hoped he was hearing Friday at AT&T...
Fighting Family: It’s David Benavidez’ turn in comeback bout back for redemption
By Norm Frauenheim-
ARLINGTON, Tex. – It’s been a journey that has taken a father and his sons from Phoenix to southern California to Omaha...
Angry Winds: Spence says Garcia could be facing “a one-sided massacre”
By Norm Frauenheim
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Errol Spence Jr.’s poker face and impassive eyes reveal nothing. His body language says nothing. But there was a...
Oh the controversy: Shawn “Fox Sports” Porter decisions Yordenis Ugas
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Carson, Calif., American welterweight titlist “Showtime” Shawn Porter decisioned Cuban Yordenis Ugas by controversial splitdecision scores in an uncontroversially dull...
FOLLOW PORTER – UGAS LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Shawn Porter defends the WBC Welterweight title against Yordenis Ugas. The action kicks off at 8 PM with two...
On & Off The Scale: Spence has the odds and pounds; Garcia has the...
By Norm Frauennheim-
It’s not exactly David-versus-Goliath, but it might feel like it to Mikey Garcia when confronted by Goliath-like odds stacked against him in...
Preview of Spence-Garcia, part 1 (of one)
By Bart Barry-
Soon undefeated welterweight Texan titlist Errol Spence will defend his IBF belt against undefeated lightweight Californian titlist Mikey Garcia at AT&T (formerly...
Wilder-Fury: Interim bouts are real risk to a rematch
By Norm Frauenheim-
Interim can mean just about anything. Interim is a way station, or a stop to nowhere, or a euphemism for forget-about-it. In...
Flunking the Tijuana exam
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on DAZN in a prizefight between formerly good lightweights matched 15 pounds and nearly so many years past their primes Mexican...
Furious talk about Tyson’s Fury deal is taking the dormant out of a dead...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Tyson Fury’s surprising deal with ESPN and Bob Arum’s Top Rank as co-promoter is generating further talk about a division that not...
Joshua’s American debut in June just one piece in an undisputed gamble for all...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Anthony Joshua’s American debut on June 1 was formally announced this week, 55 years after the Beatles landed at JFK in February...
Reign of indiscriminate blows
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - Outside the coffeeshop where this effort happens Nature is entirely mixed-up, leafless branches beside trees suddenly in bloom beside...
Andrew Cancio in a better league: DAZN delivers
By Bart Barry
Saturday in California on a surprisingly rich card of mostly anonymous fighters (outside the Golden State anyway) DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions...
FOLLOW RAMIREZ – ZEPEDA LIVE
Follow all the action as Jose Ramirez defends the WBC Super Lightweight Title against Jose Zepeda. The action kicks off at 7 PM ET...
FOLLOW DAVIS – RUIZ LIVE
Follow all the action as Gervonta Davis defends the WBA Super Featherweight title against Hugo Ruiz. The action kicks off at 10 PM ET...
Comebacks a way of life for Ray Beltran
By Norm Frauenheim-
Comebacks, always perilous and often controversial, help separate the good from the bad in a notoriously unpredictable craft. It just wouldn’t be...
Krusher’s mean regression to the mean
By Bart Barry-
Saturday or Sunday on ESPN+ Russian Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev decisioned Colombian Eleider “Storm” Alvarez in Texas to reclaim one of the titles...
FOLLOW ALVAREZ – KOVALEV 2 LIVE
Follow all the action as Eleider Alvarez tries to retain the WBO Light Heavyweight title against the man he won the belt from in...
First Impact: Oscar Valdez Jr. back with new trainer, repaired jaw and a plan...
By Norm Frauneheim-
“Everybody has a plan until you get hit.”
-- Mike Tyson
A sensible quote from a dysfunctional life in a violent business has...
FOLLOW MUNGUIA – INOUE LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Jaime Munguia defends the WBO Junior Middleweight title against Takeshi Inoue. The action starts at 7 PM ET /...
Welcome Back Mat: Welterweight restoration starts with Pacquiao and continues with Thurman
By Norm Frauenheim-
Call it the Welcome Back Division. At least, that what it is in mid-to-late January as the welterweights shake out who’s real....
