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FOLLOW UFC 202 (DIAZ – MCGREGOR 2) LIVE ROUND BY ROUND
Follow all the action live as Nate Diaz takes on Conor McGregor in one of the most anticipated rematches in sports History. The action...
The Obscene Truth: Gesture sums up Olympic boxing
By Norm Frauenheim-
Roy Jones Jr.’s nightmare continues. He and boxing are subjected to it every four years for the last 28 years. It never...
ROD SALKA-WILBERTH LOPEZ HEADLINES WFC 57 PROFESSIONAL BOXING IN PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – August 18, 2016 – World Fighting Championships returns to Meadows Racetrack & Casino on Saturday, August 27, with a...
Liner notes from the song “A Confrontation with Larger Mammals at Central Library
By Bart Barry-
My new friend Sammy and I became friends at a coffeehouse in the Pearl Brewery complex because of our socks or fate....
What retirement? Pacquiao decides on Vargas and hopes for Mayweather
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s hard to know what to make of Manny Pacquiao’s decision to fight Jessie Vargas on November 5, other than to say...
Unbeaten Welterweight Contender Jamal James Battles Cuban Olympian Yordenis Ugas in Premier Boxing Champions...
VERONA, NY (August 10, 2016) - Unbeaten welterweight contender Jamal James (20-0, 9 KOs) is set to take on Olympic bronze medalist Yordenis Ugas...
An end to Andre Ward press releases
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Oakland light heavyweight Andre Ward decisioned a Colombian named Alexander Brand on HBO by scores predictable as they were lopsided....
Still Dreaming: Valdez back in Tucson with one dream fulfilled and many more to...
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON -- One journey has ended and another has just begun for Oscar Valdez Jr., who returns Saturday to his boyhood roots...
Brothers In Arms: David Benavidez hopes to push family record to 41-0
By Norm Frauenheim-
They are brothers who have sparred former champs, current champs, emerging champs and sometimes each other.
For David Benavidez and Jose Benavidez Jr.,...
Enormous gloves: Frampton decisions Santa Cruz
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Brooklyn a fight for the WBA’s “Super World” featherweight title saw Northern Ireland super bantamweight Carl “The Jackal” Frampton decision...
FOLLOW SANTA CRUZ – FRAMPTON LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
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12 Rounds--WBA Featherweight title--Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KO's) vs Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KO's)
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Round 1:Left from...
FOLLOW STEVENSON – WILLIAMS LIVE
Follow all the action as Adonis Stevenson defends the WBC Light Heavyweight title against hard punching Thomas Williams. The action begins at 9 PM...
Featherweights: A sign the business will go from bust back to boom
By Norm Frauenheim-
A compelling clash between Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton Saturday in Brooklyn one week after Oscar Valdez Jr.’s ongoing emergence is...
Terence Crawford may be special, but that sure wasn’t
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at a half-full MGM Grand Garden Arena undefeated American junior welterweight Terence “Bud” Crawford dully decisioned Ukrainian Viktor “The Iceman” Postol...
FOLLOW CRAWFORD – POSTOL LIVE
Follow all the action as Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol fight in a WBC/WBO Super Lightweight unification bout. The action, from the MGM Grand...
Crawford, Postol fight to unify title in a fractured business
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – It’s a unification fight in a contentious game as divided as ever.
Terence Crawford or Viktor Postol will walk...
Arum looks at Oscar Valdez Jr. and foresees another legend
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – From Salvador Sanchez to Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales, the history of Mexican featherweights reads like royalty. Is...
ShoBox poised to celebrate 15-year anniversary
By Norm Frauenheim-
Adam Lopez, a former Phoenix super-bantamweight now of San Antonio, hopes to celebrate 15 years of ShoBox with a victory of his...
Deontay “1.7x” Wilder
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham the reigning Alabama and PBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder discouraged California’s Chris Arreola...
FOLLOW WILDER – ARREOLA LIVE
Follow all the action live as Deontay Wilder defends the WBC Heavyweight title against Chris aArreola. The action begins at 8 PM with a...
Lipinets stops Castillo in 7
Sergey Lipinets scored a 7th round stoppage over Walter Castillo in a junior welterweight bout in Tunica,
Mississippi.
Lipinets landed a hard right that hurt...
A Postol victory over Crawford could force Freddie Roach into an awkward corner
By Norm Frauenheim
A Viktor Postol victory over Terence Crawford could lead to a Postol-Manny Pacquiao fight and force trainer Freddie Roach to choose between...
Two-Time World Champion Paulie Malignaggi Puts Brooklyn’s World Championship Belt on the Line Against...
BROOKLYN (July 13, 2016) - Former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi is set to defend Brooklyn's World Championship Belt in a 10-round welterweight showdown...
Who the hell is Isaac Chilemba and why’s he on HBO (again)?
By Bart Barry-
Sometime soon - or conceivably as you read this - light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev will beat up a South African...
Juarez stops Pagara in 8
Cesar Juarez stopped previously undefeated Albert Pagara in round eight of their scheduled 12-round super bantamweight bout at the San Mateo Event Center in...
Kovalev finds unfamiliar changes in a familiar place
By Norm Frauenheim-
Sergey Kovalev returns to Russia on July 11 for his first fight in nearly five years with titles and an emerging celebrity...
Things to do on Independence Day weekend instead of writing a boxing column
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - There’s a coffeehouse and bar concept called Halcyon in the south-downtown part of this city called Southtown and what...
Happy 50th: Mike Tyson celebrates birthday few thought he’d ever see
By Norm Frauenheim
The birthday was a long shot. Few guessed it would ever happen. Mike Tyson is 50. Buster Douglas probably faced smaller odds...
Good if not quite timeless: One Time decisions Showtime
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Brooklyn, Florida welterweight Keith “One Time” Thurman hit Ohio’s “Showtime” Shawn Porter many many times and all over though not...
Price decisions Thomas
In the final seconds of round three, Karl landed a big left hook that sent Solis to the canvas.
In a battle of previously undefeated...
