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Halfway Through 2018: Half-empty, Half-full
By Norm Frauenheim-
Half-empty, half-full is the best way to sum up a year stumbling toward the midpoint of a 12-month run that began amid...
The Truth is . . .
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - Almost exactly 300 miles north of here Saturday welterweight titlist Errol “The Truth” Spencer strolled through an overmatched Mexican...
FOLLOW SPENCE – OCAMPO LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Errol Spence Jr. defends the IBF Welterweight championship against fellow undefeated Carlos Ocampo. The action kicks off at 9...
From Table to Ring: GGG, Canelo a big step closer to opening bell
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There’s a long-held theory that negotiations are part of any fight. It’s a little early to pick a winner...
Parse and Punish: On Terence Crawford
By Jimmy Tobin-
It’s the smile, the mischief in it. There’s self-satisfaction there too, irrepressible, mocking. And something more sinister at work. A pleasure in...
Terence Crawford is wonderful
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN+ Nebraska’s Terence Crawford won his first welterweight title the right way. He beat to relenting titlist Jeff Horn,...
FOLLOW CRAWFORD – HORN LIVE!!!
Follow all the action live as Jeff Horn defends the WBO Welterweight Title against 3-division world champion Terence Crawford. The action kicks off at...
FOLLOW FURY – SEFERI; FLANAGAN – HOOKER LIVE
Follow all the action as former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury makes his return after almost 3 years out of the ring when he...
Scale Games: Horn makes weight on third try for title fight versus Crawford
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Surprises came early for Jeff Horn. There was one on the scale Friday, more than 24 hours before the...
Crawford tells Horn not to confuse him with Pacquiao
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Despite mounting doubts about his reflexes, speed and durability, there’s still plenty of power in Manny Pacquiao’s name. Celebrity...
Things to do this Saturday
By Bart Barry-
Three fights happen across nine timezones Saturday in a crescendo of sorts before boxing’s summer ritual ends much of our fun. Going...
GGG-Canelo: The Time Is Now
By Norm Frauenheim-
Stalled negotiations for a Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin rematch are diverting attention and headlines away from two intriguing fights – Abner Mares-Leo Santa...
Mashing it up with my new app
By Bart Barry-
I was up before dawn Friday morning to begin the day for 20 minutes before I remembered I was up to watch...
Jack Johnson Pardon: When boxing and politics collide, be sure to protect yourself at...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Politics and boxing, like former business partners Donald Trump and Don King, often play by the same rules. Only one really matters....
Who I was cheering for, and why?
By Bart Barry-
One doesn’t know when the urge to experimentalism will strike but one learns indulge it until he learns not to (many efforts...
FOLLOW STEVENSON – JACK LIVE
Follow all the action as Adonis Stevenson defends the WBC Light Heavyweight title against Badou Jack. The action begins around 11 PM ET /...
FOLLOW RUSSELL JR. – DIAZ JR. LIVE
Follow all the action as Gary Russell Jr. defends the WBC Featherweight title against Joseph Diaz, Jr in a battle of former U.S Olympians. ...
FOLLOW SELBY – WARRINGTON LIVE
Follow all the action as Lee Selby defends the IBF Featherweight title against Josh Warrington from Leeds, England. The action kicks off at 5...
GGG-Canelo: Back at the table for same rematch but probably a different deal
By Norm Frauenheim-
Canelo Alvarez’ enrollment this week in VADA, voluntary drug testing, represents relief for a nervous business still counting on big bucks from...
The Lesson of The Master
By Jimmy Tobin-
When Ukranian Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko entered the ring at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night he did so as a nearly -1400...
Vasyl Lomachenko: A one-punch indictment, a 10-punch justification
By Bart Barry-
Ukrainian prizefighter Vasyl Lomachenko and his promoter Top Rank accomplished something pretty extraordinary Saturday when Lomachenko stopped lightweight champion Jorge Linares with...
FOLLOW LINARES – LOMACHENKO LIVE FROM RINGSIDE!!
Follow all the action from ringside at Madison Square Garden as Jorge Linares defends the WBA Lightweight title against 2 division world champion and...
Lomachenko-Linares: First shot in looming pound-for-pound debate
By Norm Frauenheim-
Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jorge Linares Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden is an opportunity to reset the table on a year that began...
Column 676
Bart Barry-
A genuine pursuit of greatness is not exasperating. It may be breathtaking or ridiculous or sobering or exhilarating, but it may not...
FOLLOW GOLOVKIN – MARTIROSYAN LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as world Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin depends his title against Vanes Martirosyan. The action kicks off at 11 PM ET...
FOLLOW BELLEW – HAYE 2 LIVE!!!
Follow All the action as former world champions, Tony Bellew and David Haye meet in a heavyweight rematch. The show begins at 1 PM...
Weight and Wait: GGG exactly at 160 pounds as the talk about Canelo continues
By Norm Frauenheim-
LOS ANGELES – Gennady Golovkin smiled. Said thanks. He might have kissed a few babies, too.
The middleweight, best known for his...
Going the distance with a changing GGG can be a deadly destination
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. -- Going the distance with Gennady Golovkin is a dead end.
That, at least, is big part of the sales...
An infomercial for an infomercial for a . . .
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on an HBO telecast from Brooklyn middleweight mandatory challenger Danny “Miracle Man” Jacobs dropped and decisioned Polish junior middleweight Maciej “Certainly...
FOLLOW MAGDALENO – DOGBOE LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action ringside from The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia as Jessie Magdaleno defends the WBO Super Bantamweight title against Isaac Dogboe. The...
