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Cornerman’s Craft: Carpenter Robles showing he knows how to build champs
By Norm Frauenheim
CARSON, Calif. – An old union card is little bit like a driver’s license for Manny Robles. It’s how he identifies himself.
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Joshua-Klitschko, Showtime-HBO: A touch of mediation
By Bart Barry
The biggest prizefight since Froch-Groves II, as measured by ticketsales (an idea at once novel and ancient), is nearly upon us, but...
All Bets Off: Canelo-Chavez Jr. is generating a surprising buzz
By Norm Frauenheim
From day to day, it’s a fight that grows more interesting. It began with a bet that was sealed by a handshake...
Hi-Tech’s Competition and Critics Need an Upgrade
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night, at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Ukrainian super featherweight Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko stopped New Jersey’s Jason “El...
Traction controlled: Lomachenko cruises to another victory
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Maryland, Ukrainian Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko, super featherweight champion of HBO, beat New Jersey’s Jason Soto to a corner stoppage at...
Follow Lomachenko – Sosa Live
Follow all the action as Vasyl Lomachenko defends the WBO Junior Lightweight title against Jason Sosa. The action begins at 10 PM ET with...
Memories: Boxing spins the Golden Oldies in search of a golden future
By Norm Frauenheim
There are more great anniversaries than great fights these days.
The latest is the 30-year anniversary of Sugar Ray Leonard’s controversial decision over...
Performing pre-performance pain: Chambers, Schwarzenegger, Vazquez, et al
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - Saturday at this city’s fantastic Luna Music Bar & Lounge a talented blues singer from Houston named Annika Chambers,...
Pound-for-Pound: There’s a vacancy at the top of this debate
By Norm Frauenheim-
Pound-for-pound, it might be the most overrated argument in the debate business. Who is No. 1? Who’s No. 2? Who cares? Most...
Struggling to 1,000 words by watching Golovkin-Jacobs with the volume off, etc
By Bart Barry-
--- Photo Credit : Chris Farina - K2 Promotions
SAN ANTONIO - So goes a Sunday afternoon at Brown...
FOLLOW LINARES – CROLLA II LIVE
Follow all the action as Jorge Linares and Anthony Crolla fight in a rematch of their terrific fight that took place last September. The...
Mayweather-McGregor: A license to make money, but not history
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s beginning to look as if Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor are just a few dancing bears away from reaching an...
Chocolatito catches up to defeat
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez lost a majority decision to an unheralded if not entirely overlooked Thai fighter...
A humbling
By Bart Barry-
Saturday the Chocolatito Era concluded when Nicaraguan Roman Gonzalez got narrowly and perhaps unfairly split-decisioned by Thailand’s Wisaksil “Srisaket Sor Rungvisai” Wangek...
FOLLOW GOLOVKIN – JACOBS LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action LIVE from Madison Square Garden as Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs square of the world Middleweight championship. There will be...
Hoops or PPV: It’s a tough sell for GGG-Jacobs
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a many-sided fight, loaded with intrigue and potential for explosive surprises at just about every level. But will Gennady Golovkin-Danny Jacobs...
Chocolatito debuts against Thailand’s debut conqueror
By Bart Barry
Saturday at Madison Square Garden on the undercard of HBO’s pay-per-view match for the unified middleweight championship of the world, the world’s...
No, No: Boxing biz moves on despite combo that didn’t happen
By Norm Frauenheim-
A couple of things didn’t happen during the last week, neither one much of a surprise and yet both significant for a...
No, Please, One Time Was Enough
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night at Barclay's Center in Brooklyn New York, Keith “One Time” Thurman won a split decision over Danny “Swift” Garcia adding...
Keith Thurman: Captain of the junior varsity
By Bart Barry
Saturday welterweight Keith “One Time” Thurman majority-decisioned Danny “Swift” Garcia to become the undefeated, undisputed, unified champion of the PBC. The...
FOLLOW THURMAN – GARCIA LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action LIVE from Ringside as undefeated welterweight champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia get it on in a much anticipated bout...
Back To The Future: Leonard Sees It In Thurman-Garcia
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing loves history. It remembers, yet it can’t repeat. Not yet, anyway. I’m not sure it has to. These days, just a...
Bronze bombing heavyweight titles, undefeated records and knockout percentages by Bart Barry
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala., Alabamian Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder dropped California’s Gerald Washington in round 5 then went nuts...
FOLLOW WILDER – WASHINGTON LIVE
Follow all the action as WBC Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder defends his title against Gerald Washington. The action begins at 8 PM with an...
Canelo, Chavez Jr. shake hands, but don’t bet on it
By Norm Frauenheim-
Okay, we’ve all seen it. Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. shook hands on a bet that begs another wager.
Real?
Phony?
Promotional show?
Odds...
Broner Isn’t the Problem Anymore
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night, at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati Ohio, Adrien “The Problem” Broner won a split decision over Adrian “El Tigre” Granados,...
Say what you will about Broner, but . . .
By Bart Barry
Saturday on Twitter @ShowtimeBoxing American bronerweight silver titlist Adrien Broner decisioned Adrian Granados by majority scores at Cintas Center in Broner’s hometown...
FOLLOW BRONER – GRANADOS LIVE
Follow all the action as former 4-division world champion Adrien Broner takes on Adrian Granados in a welterweight bout. The action starts at 9...
Business might force Lomachenko to move up the scale
By Norm Frauenehim
Pound-for-pound recognition comes with a lot credentials. But it doesn’t pay the bills. In fact, it often makes a good payday harder...
What the hell just happened in Oklahoma?
By Bart Barry-
Friday at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla., in a match televised by ShoBox between Russian-Oklahoman super lightweight Ivan “The Beast” Baranchyk...
