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“Detract from what?”: Charlo Derails Williams
By Jimmy Tobin--
Saturday night, at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, California, Jermall Charlo defended his sliver of the super welterweight championship by...
Victory laps and laps: Crawford closes questionful Molina
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Omaha junior welterweight Nebraskan Terence “Bud” Crawford (29-0) spiralsnuffed Californian John Molina (29-6) in the eighth round of their match...
Busy Saturday and two big questions precede 2017
By Norm Frauenheim-
The end is near for another forgettable year, memorable mostly for fights that didn’t happen and a controversy still raging over the...
An honest prizefight: Gassiev decisions Lebedev in Moscow
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Moscow Russian cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev lost his title by split decision to Russian Murat Gassiev by scores that were...
Valdivia decisions Garcia
Danny Valdivia remained undefeated with a 8-round unanimous decision over Aaron Garica in a super welterweight bout.
In round two, Valdivia dropped Garcia with a...
Just say no to more talk of Mayweather-McGregor
By Norm Frauenheim-
Talk, talk and more talk about Floyd Mayweather Jr.-versus-Conor McGregor continue to light up social media these days with no end...
Better than never (if barely): On Vasyl Lomachenko-Nicholas Walters
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night, at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, junior lightweight, Vasyl Lomachenko, made a quitter of Nicholas Walters in one of the...
Oopsie doopsie
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Las Vegas the runnerup for 2016’s most-anticipated fight featured undefeated Jamaican Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters getting stripped bare in a...
FOLLOW LOMACHENKO – WALTERS LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Vasyl Lomachenko defends the WBO Super Featherweight title against Nicholas Walters. The action begins at 10:35 ET / 5:35...
From The East To The Beast: Lomachenko might be the best
By Norm Frauenheim-
The evolution of boxing’s surprising new generation – fighters from the old Soviet Union – continues Saturday with Vasyl Lomachenko, who many...
At least the respect was deserved: On Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, light heavyweights Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward provided a proper prizefight for...
A triumph of sorts: Ward decisions Kovalev barely or not at all
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas undefeated American light heavyweight Andre “SOG” Ward decisioned unanimously and narrowly undefeated Russian Sergey “Krusher”...
FOLLOW KOVALEV – WARD LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Sergey Kovalev defends the IBF/WBA/WBO Light Heavyweight championships against fellow undefeated Andre Ward. The action kicks off at 9...
Kovalev-Ward: Fighting for a classic and an audience
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – On the scale, there was no difference. Not even a fraction of an ounce separated the two. It was...
Andre Ward never forgets the lessons from losses long ago
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Andre Ward has done nothing but win for as long as just about anybody can remember. In fact, it’s...
Ward, Kovalev and the enchanting unknown
By Bart Barry--
Here’s what’s going to happen Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on HBO pay-per-view: American Andre “SOG” Ward will fight Russian...
Ward-Kovalev: Different roads lead to the same place
By Norm Frauenheim-
Only the records are similar, almost identical. Unbeaten on one resume. Unbeaten on the other. But that’s where the similarities end.
...
Playing out the Pacquiao hand
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on UNLV’s campus or thereabouts Filipino senator Manny Pacquiao unanimously decisioned American welterweight titlist Jessie Vargas in a good match that...
Motivational Chip? Vargas might have one in quest to upset Pacquiao
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There was enough room on Jessie Vargas’ shoulder for a world title belt when he faced Manny Pacquiao in...
Oscar Valdez Jr. poised for the next step in his plan to be a...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There’s fusion in cooking, music and sometimes fighters. The best of them are often a product of attaining that...
Pacquiao says he has given away half of his boxing income
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Two-hundred-and-fifty million dollars mean all kinds of things. A quick check with Google will deliver a list of hedge...
Boxing: Bernard Hopkins Farewell Fight
Bernard Hopkins is scheduled to step into the ring one final time on December 17th. The 51-year-old boxing legend will face Joe Smith Jr....
Manny Pacquiao: Overstaying the welcome
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Filipino former world champion and current senator Manny Pacquiao matches himself with American...
A Senator’s Fight: Pacquiao hopes to add Champ to his political title
By Norm Frauenheim-
They call him Senator these days. The hope is that they can call him Senator Champ in about 10 days. Manny Pacquiao...
Chocolatito City, part 5
By Bart Barry-
In Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2014, Roman Gonzalez became the second Nicaraguan prizefighter to become a three-division world champion, putting him deservedly...
Requiem for a Great White Hope
By Norm Fraueneheim-
The third Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton debate, the only fight worth watching throughout a barren October full of cancelled and postponed bouts, was...
Chocolatito City, part 4
BY Bart Barry-
Roman Gonzalez made the sixth and final defense of his light flyweight title on Nov. 17, 2012, at Los Angeles’ Sports Arena...
Opening Salvo: WBC takes first step in PED fight
By Norm Frauenheim-
The World Boxing Council’s rankings, once considered a joke, emerged this week with potential to be a serious weapon in the long...
Chocolatito City, part 3
By Bart Barry-
Round the time of Roman Gonzalez’s 28th prizefight - a March 19, 2011 decision defense of his second world title in a...
Olympic investigation is worthy of a Conlan encore
By Norm Frauenheim--
One obscene gesture continues to sum up the state of Olympic boxing.
No matter what the amateur acronym does in the wake of...
