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Mayweather’s low PPV number is a sign that retirement is the only option.
By Norm Frauenheim-
Reports of low pay-per-view sales for the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Andre Berto fight are more predictable than Mayweather’s victory.
Berto,...
Good riddance, Floyd
By Bart Barry
Saturday at MGM Grand Garden Arena, American Floyd Mayweather decisioned American Andre Berto in a historically awful match Mayweather promised will be...
FOLLOW MAYWEATHER – BERTO ROUND BY ROUND
Follow all the action as Floyd Mayweather fights in his final fight of his career against Andre Berto. The action kicks off at 6:30...
IV report injects controversy into Mayweather-Berto
By Norm Frauenheim-
Reports of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s intravenous injection for possible dehydration on the day before his victory over Manny Pacquiao is clouding his...
Mayweather-Berto: Nobody cares
By Bart Barry--
Just in time for Mexican Independence Day weekend comes a showdown to warm cada corazon mexicano: Floyd Mayweather, an American from Michigan,...
A reason to think Mayweather is serious about retirement
By Norm Frauenheim--
Floyd Mayweather Jr, likes to gamble. If the winning tickets he posts are any indication, he’s pretty good at it, too....
Violent middlings: Santa Cruz decisions Mares
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN in a PBC main event that happened at Staples Center, Leo Santa Cruz decisioned Abner Mares. The fight was...
FOLLOW SANTA CRUZ – MARES LIVE!!
Follow all the action as Featherweights Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares engage in long awaited 12-round bout for the WBA Featherweight Super Championship....
Back To The Future: Mares promises to be himself in a city he calls...
By Norm Frauenheim-
It starts with the look. Leo Santa Cruz has a generous smile that moms love. Abner Mares has the uncompromising eyes...
Column without end, part 11
By Bart Barry
Editor’s note: For part 10, please click here.
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BOGOTA, Colombia - This Andean city hasn’t Medellin’s organization or courtesy but a more amiable...
Benavidez back at work, hopes for fight in November or December
By Norm Frauenheim--
Jose Benavidez Jr., the WBA’s interim junior welterweight champion, is back at work, hoping to fight one more time this year.
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Shopping List: From August to November, boxing is a buyer’s market
By Norm Frauenheim-
The table is set. From late August to November, from late summer to late fall, there’s a boxing schedule worth celebrating.
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Column without end, part 10
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part nine, please click here.
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These columns are written to spiral outwards from their centers organically as possible, structures from...
Hate the Fight? Berto bout is just more money in Mayweather’s business plan
By Norm Frauenheim-
Floyd Mayweather Jr., whose real legacy is money, hears the anger from media and fans unhappy at his decision to fight Andre...
Brooklyn’s magic castle awash in swift tides or so Rosie said
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Brooklyn, Philadelphia welterweight Danny “Swift” Garcia laid waste to the remnants of Brooklyn’s Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi in a PBC...
FOLLOW GARCIA – MALIGNAGGI LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action LIVE from Barclays Center as former world champions Danny Garcia and and Paulie Malignaggi get it on in a 12-round...
Kovalev emerging as the potential cornerstone to a Four Kings sequel
By Norm Fraiebheim--
Sergey Kovalev’s stoppage of Nadjib Mohammedi last Saturday in Las Vegas marked a six-year anniversary of his first fight in North America....
The disappointment of BJ Flores
By Bart Barry-
“Potential remains potent if unused.” - James Wood, “Late Bloom”
Saturday in a small theater at Palms Casino in Las Vegas, in a...
A Kovalev smile means the Russian is ready to fight
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – It starts with a smile. It’s there because Sergey Kovalev genuinely enjoys what he does. Then again, so...
Opposite corner: Kovalev’s former trainer looks for ways to score an upset
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Imagine trying to demolish what you once designed. It sounds awkward and it probably is if you’re an architect...
Greatness willed: A farewell to Carl Froch
By Bart Barry-
Last week British super middleweight Carl “The Cobra” Froch announced his retirement, ending an unusually fine contemporary prizefighting career on an unusually...
International Language: Kovalev speaks one that everybody understands
By Norm Frauenheim-
Sergey Kovalev is new to English. It’s a second language for the light-heavyweight who grew up speaking Russian.
Occasionally he’ll ask manager...
Luis Collazo: PBC Employee of the Month
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at a local coffee shop I watched the PBC main event I’d already covered five days before it happened (I was...
FOLLOW THURMAN – COLLAZO LIVE
Follow all the action as Keith Thurman defends the WBA Welterweight title against Luis Collazo. The action kicks off at 9 PM Eastern...
Benavidez still hoping for Crawford fight
By Norm Frauenheim
Jose Benavidez Jr. would welcome a chance to fight emerging star Terence Crawford, who is expected to make his second appearance...
Bad, yes, but probably not bad enough: Thurman stops Collazo in 11
By Bart Barry
TAMPA, Fla. - Saturday in University of South Florida’s acclaimed Sundome, Florida welterweight Keith “One Time” Thurman stopped Brooklyn’s Luis Collazo in...
The Real Fight of the Century: Lawsuits multiply as Haymon and the game enter...
By Norm Frauenheim--
Lawsuits against Al Haymon aren’t surprising. More like inevitable. Haymon had to know they were coming. They’re just part of doing...
Delayed meritocracy: Kings of the Mic and Timothy Bradley
By Bart Barry-
DALLAS - Four miles southeast of this city’s downtown center stands Gexa Energy Pavilion, a 20,000-seat outdoor amphitheater whose stage Friday hosted...
Kovalev deflects talk about Ward, calls Stevenson a piece of bleep
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. – Light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev said he didn’t watch Andre Ward’s comeback victory over Paul Smith and instead concentrated...
Bradley back at StubHub and recalls “a war grounds”
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. – Timothy Bradley returns to a place that gave him headache. A career-defining victory, too.
This time, he...
