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Fury-Ngannou: Exhibition full of possibilities
By Norm Frauenheim -
Tyson Fury-Francis Ngannou defies description. Fight or fraud? Fish or foul? It depends on who’s doing the marketing and/or the mocking.
Sift...
Showtime’s exit leaves questions
By Norm Frauenheim -
Showtime was at ringside before Canelo Alvarez was born, yet its imminent exit from boxing isn’t much of a surprise....
Lizette Lopez: A Season with the TCL
By Mario Ortega Jr.
Earlier this year, a new team boxing concept was launched that hoped to bring non-stop action from bell to bell. Team...
Benavidez-Andrade: Lots on the plate for Thanksgiving weekend fight
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s a Thanksgiving weekend fight, a main event between David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade and a Holiday date projected to...
Middleweight is the right place, right time for emerging Elijah Garcia
By Norm Frauenheim -
Other than heavyweight and perhaps welterweight, there’s no division that has had a bigger impact on boxing than middleweight. The...
Canelo Redefined? Against Charlo, an undisputed answer awaits
By Norm Frauenheim -
LAS VEGAS – It was only a show, but a big audience saw plenty.
Canelo Alvarez promises he’s back and –...
Ramos-Lubin: Emerging Ramos hopes to “dominate’
By Norm Frauenheim -
LAS VEGAS – Process and patience, routine and roadwork are at the beginning of any young fighter’s career. Jesus Ramos...
Elijah Garcia ready to graduate to another level
By Norm Frauenheim -
LAS VEGAS – Rounds in the gym are done.
Thursday, it was time for rounds – and more rounds -- with...
Canelo at the crossroads
By Norm Frauenheim -
LAS VEGAS – It’s a fight at the crossroads.
Canelo’s crossroads.
Where it’ll take him is just about anybody’s guess. There’s right....
What decline? Canelo has never been down
Depending on the pundit doing the autopsy, Canelo Alvarez is – or isn’t -- in decline.
It’s a story line that has become Canelo’s motivation...
Forget, Forgettable: Canelo says he never does, Charlo says he never will be
By Norm Frauenheim -
Microphones become megaphones. Humble turns to hype. If noise is a way to measure a fight, Canelo Alvarez-Jermell Charlo is...
VIDEO: Joey Dawejko vs Colby Madison 2 Weigh-in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_C3UvQTyfw
Canelo-Charlo: Canelo favored, but doubts persist
By Norm Frauenheim -
History has always motivated Canelo Alvarez. He fights to make some. Now, it looks as if he’s fighting not to...
A-to-Z: Benavidez, Ramos and Garcia at cutting edge of emerging market
By Norm Frauenheim -
Arizona’s early identity was once defined by a Chamber of Commerce kind of acronym – the five Cs - that stood...
Usyk to fight Dubois, but Fury is on his mind
By Norm Frauenheim -
Oleksandr Usyk is going into a fight against Daniel Dubois while talking about Tyson Fury.
If that sounds confusing, it is.
Then...
Canelo switches up, agrees with his critics
By Norm Frauenheim -
Canelo Alvarez has always had a testy relationship with critics. The super-middleweight champion, who has a mean counter in the...
Summer Heat 2023 Weights and Quotes from Uncasville, CT
UNCASVILLE, CT - Summer Heat 2023 nearly boiled over today after all of the fighters successfully made weight at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Only a handful of tickets...
Navarrete-Valdez: Too tough to call for Morales and Barrera
By Norm Frauenheim
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Emanuel Navarrete-Oscar Valdez Jr. fight is a tough call, so tough that neither Marco Antonio Barrera nor Erik...
THE BATTLE FOR PHOENIX, THE RISE OF 2 FIGHTERS
By: David Galaviz
Glendale, AZ —Locally-known fighters, both from Phoenix, have been on a collision course. The build up has been heating up over time....
Valdez-Navarrete: A fight to turn forgettable into memorable
By Norm Frauenheim -
TEMPE, Ariz. -- – Oscar Valdez Jr. looked to his right. Looked to his left.
He was surrounded by the history...
Torres Set to Defend Home Turf on Saturday
By Mario Ortega Jr.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA -- Local favorite junior middleweight Ruben Torres returns to his hometown for the second time this year on Saturday...
Crawford, Spence rewrite old formula for PPV success
By Norm Frauenheim -
Risk & Reward was the message on Terence Crawford’s T-shirt at a weigh-in last Friday.
Then, it was subtle.
Nearly a week...
FOLLOW SPENCE – CRAWFORD LIVE FROM T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS
Follow all the action as Errol Spence Jr. takes on Terence Crawford for the Undisputed Welterweight Title. NO BROWSER REFESEH NEEDED. THE...
Crawford-Spence: A handshake before the hostility
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – They are dangerous men. They’re engaged in what Mike Tyson once called the hurt business. But on the eve of hostility,...
Crawford-Spence: Trash talk gets ugly
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Just when it sounded as if not much more could be said about Terence Crawford-versus-Errol Spence Jr., more was.
A...
Spence-Crawford: Biggest scrap in “the strap season”
By Norm Frauenheim -
Errol Spence calls it the strap season. Maybe, it is. Suddenly, title belts count for something more than just another...
Crawford-Spence: Unlikely partners in business for bucks and blood
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s an unlikely partnership in an unforgiving business for blood and bucks. Maybe some legacy, too. Mostly, it’s still a...
Let The Chef Cook
By Alex Seccia -
After becoming the first fighter to be signed to Boots Promotions and previously making his debut in March 2023, Ismal...
FOLLOW ENNIS – VILLA LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Jaron Ennis defends the IBF Interim Welterweight Title against Roiman Villa
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Crawford-Spence: Dramatic differences add up to a fight too close to call
By Norm Frauenheim -
Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr, a fascinating fight embedded in the public imagination for years, is generating lots of ideas about...
