Boxing News Columns
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Gnawing, helpless monotony: David “The Destroyer” Lopez (1977-2017)
By Bart Barry-
Thursday night Mexican middleweight contender David “The Destroyer” Lopez and his son were attacked in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Lopez’s hometown, while driving...
Argue the decision, but there’s no argument about Pacquiao’s future
By Norm Frauenheim-
A contentious blame game in the wake – and we do mean wake – of Manny Pacquiao’s controversial loss to Jeff Horn...
A Funny Thing Happened in Australia
By Jimmy Tobin-
Welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn met at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday night in a fight broadcast by ESPN; a...
Welcome new boxing fans from ESPN!
By Bart Barry-
Hi new boxing fans! We’re excited to have you!
By “new” of course I mean “smart” and “knowledgeable” and even “surprisingly...
FOLLOW PACQUIAO – HORN LIVE !!!
Follow all the action as Manny Pacquiao defends the WBO Welterweight title against undefeated Jeff Horn in fornt of over 55,000 fans at Suncorp...
FOLLOW EASTER – SHAFIKOV LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Robert Easter, Jr. defends the IBF Lightweight title against mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov. The action begins at 9 PM...
Down Under: Pacquiao goes to another continent and back to old business model
By Norm Frauenheim-
From Pac Man to The Honorable, it’s been one wild, wonderful ride. Sometimes wacky, too, but that’s boxing, the only place Manny...
ESPN party: Everyone back in the Pacquiao pool
By Bart Barry-
Saturday or Sunday somewhere in Australia, Manny Pacquiao will fight an Australian welterweight named Jeff “The Hornet” Horn in a match televised...
Mayweather-McGregor: Different names in a familiar circus with $$$ in the center ring
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing loves freak shows. Always has. Always will. They get people talking. They fuel outrage, argument, insults and jokes. They also make...
Get Fighted: Ward Works Over Kovalev
By Jimmy Tobin-
Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev got the opportunity he wanted Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Seething from...
Andre Ward, a fighter, finishes Sergey Kovalev, the bogeyman
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Mandalay Bay, in a rematch barely anticipated for being unpromoted, American Andre Ward defended his light heavyweight championship by stopping...
WardKovalev2: Even on the scale, but different in almost every other way
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – A day after tension at a news conference was off the scale, Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev weighed in...
Ward-Kovalev2: Kovalev lets his black hat do all the talking
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There’s not much left to say, so Sergey Kovalev probably said it best by not saying much at all.
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Ward-Kovalev 2: Less interesting this time round
By Bart Barry-
Saturday brings a rematch of 2016’s most-anticipated match, Andre Ward versus Sergey Kovalev, in Las Vegas, on HBO pay-per-view, and it may...
Ward-Kovalev: Lots to like in a sequel between fighters who dislike each other
By Norm Frauenheim--
One is portrayed as scary and angry, yet Sergey Kovalev has a keen sense of humor with an engaging ability to...
Star In The Making: Teofimo Lopez Shines Since Turning Pro
By Kyle Kinder-
Four bouts prior to Terence Crawford’s thorough dissection of Felix Diaz on May 20th, Teofimo Lopez III performed a celebratory backflip inside...
Stevenson, Pascal, and Bullets Both Spare and Spent
By Jimmy Tobin-
There was an infomercial of sorts at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Saturday night. In a rematch undesirable and undesired, Adonis...
The untrustworthy compass
By Bart Barry-
A large portion of my thoughts in the last few months has gone to the consequences of a psychological compass that does...
FOLLOW STEVENSON – FONFARA LIVE!!
Follow all the action as Adonis Stevenson defends the WBC Light Heavyweight championship in a rematch with Andrzej Fonfara. The action begins at 9...
Mikey Garcia-Adrien Broner: Easy to make, tough to pick
By Norm Frauenheim-
They are dangerous men moving in opposite directions. It was inevitable perhaps that their paths would cross in a fight with no...
Errol Spence bends then breaks Kell Brook
By Jimmy Tobin-
American welterweight Errol “The Truth” Spence beat England’s Kell “Special K” Brook into submission before 27,000 or so of Brook’s supporters at...
Errol Spence makes a proper job of it
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Sheffield undefeated Texas welterweight Errol Spence beat Sheffield’s own Kell Brook to a knee from which Brook did not rise...
GGG-Canelo: Where it goes could be a Texas-sized controversy
By Norm Frauenheim-
Then, there were two. Options for the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez fight appear to be Las Vegas or Dallas. Sounds simple enough. Just...
Brook, Sheffield, Await “The Truth”
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night, undefeated American, Errol “The Truth’ Spence, meets the UK’s, Kell “Special K” Brook at the Bramall Lane Football Ground in...
Terence Crawford: The thrill is gone
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Madison Square Garden, Nebraska junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford beat Dominican Felix Diaz by corner stoppage after 10 rounds in...
FOLLOW CRAWFORD – DIAZ LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Terence Crawford defends the WBC / WBO Super Lightweight world titles against former Olympic Gold Medal winner Felix Diaz...
The Fighting Pride Of Newark
By Kyle Kinder-
The seeds of boxing were planted in Newark in the 1880s. Roughly thirty years later they took root when blue-collar immigrants from...
Patient Diego De La Hoya wins at a whirlwind pace
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON – He has a famous name. He has fast feet. And faster hands. Patience isn’t the first thing anybody sees in...
With Apologies to Felix Diaz
By Jimmy Tobin-
This Saturday, undefeated American, Terence Crawford, meets Dominican, Felix Diaz, in a fight that is likely to only confirm junior welterweight supremacy....
Crawford & Russell vs. Chavez Jr.
By Bart Barry-
Saturday the world’s best junior welterweight, Nebraska’s Terence Crawford, will fight on HBO at Madison Square Garden against a 33-year-old Dominican named...
