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Statement Season: Bivol delivers, Bam is next
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s beginning to feel as though boxing has entered a statement season, as in delivering one.
Dmitry Bivol delivered last Saturday, beating an...
Bivol-Eifert: Benavidez seeks new answers, hears old questions
By Norm Frauenheim
It looks as if hints to David Benavidez’ immediate future will play out Saturday with light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol’s comeback from back surgery against...
Bam Rodriguez back to where it all started
By Norm Frauenheim
Home can be just about anywhere, especially if it only includes a couple of stools and is surrounded by ropes.
What can go...
Benavidez celebrates Cinco de Mayo, knocks out Zurdo
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS --David Benavidez promised dominance. He promised to seize a Cinco de May torch that has belonged to Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar De La...
Naoya Inoue Decisions Nakatani
Naoya Inoue retained the Undisputed Super Bantamweight Title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Junto Nakatani in front of over 55,000 fans at the...
Benavidez commanding the stage in a bid to prove he can command another weight...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – David Benavidez is bigger than ever, both on the scale and the stage.
He commands a room with energy and...
Is Mayweather-Pacquiao 2 real? The ticket sales are
By Norm Frauenheim
Floyd Mayweather cast doubt last Saturday on whether his September 19 sequel with Manny Pacquiao will be documented as a real fight...
Fundora Stops Thurman in 6; Retains Super Welterweight Title
Sebastian Fundora stopped former unified world champion Keith Thurman in round six to retain to the WBC Super Welterweight title at the MGM Grand...
Thurman promises he can make history, bring down Fundora
By Norm Frauenheim
Keith Thurman promises history. A lot of people think he already is.
There’s a challenge in that, one that offers Thurman the motivation...
Navarrete back, facing a reborn future and double-edged decision
By Norm Frauenheim
Reborn Emanuel Navarrete fought his way back from the edge of retirement and now looks at a restored future that starts with...
Moving On Up: Benavidez weighing in on his many options
By Norm Frauenheim
David Benavidez, once branded as a weight bully, now looks up-and-down the scale and sees only options.
Bullies are sometimes hostages, too, trapped...
Navarrete busts up Nunez, wins unified title
By Norm Frauenheim
GLENDALE, Ariz. --The blood poured into a right eye. A swelling bruise began to close the left eye. Only the end was...
Navarrete-Nunez: A passport to Mexican fame
By Norm Frauenheim
GLENDALE, Ariz. – For a while, the only thing separating Emanuel Navarrete and Eduardo Nunez was a valid passport. Now, even that’s...
Boring To Brilliant: A New Year starts with Shakur Stevenson
By Norm Frauenheim
Shakur Stevenson’s sudden transformation from boring to brilliant isn’t exactly a surprise.
The potential, sometimes suffocated by bouts of immaturity, has always been...
Shakur Stevenson Decision Teofimo Lopez to Become Four-Division Champion
NEW YORK, NY--Shakur Stevenson won the WBO Junior Welterweight title with a master class 12-round unanimous decision over Teofimo Lopez before a record crowd...
Trash talk sets the stage for Lopez-Stevenson showdown
By Norm Frauenheim
Teofimo Lopez arrived looking more like a preacher than a prizefighter. He wore a half-coat and reading glasses, carefully balanced at the...
Ringmaster: Ryan Garcia back on stage
By Norm Frauenheim
The props and plots were all there. So was Ryan Garcia.
Garcia, ever the showman, delivered Thursday with a gag bag full of...
San Francisco May Host First World Heavyweight Title Fight in Over 71 Years
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – New disruptor in the boxing space, Ed Pereira, CEO of iVisit Boxing (iVB for short) officially announced on Friday a...
Taking Flight: David Benavidez back in PHX and ready to jump into his prime
By Norm Frauenheim -
David Benavidez wore a polished symbol of the Phoenix logo around his neck a few days ago in a long-awaited...
Dalton Smith Knocks Out Matias to Win WBC Super Lightweight Title
In what is an early clubhouse leader for Fight of the Year, Dalton Smith won the WBC Super Lightweight title with a sixth round...
Talking Points: Bam-Inoue becomes one
By Norm Frauenheim
Marinate, a promotional euphemism for momentum, is either another tiring tease, or an early way to test public interest, or a little...
New Year: Looking back and ahead
By Norm Frauenheim
A year ends and another begins, leaving memories, controversies, brilliance, buffoonery, outrage, the usual suspects and lessons never heeded.
Ignore the lessons, and...
Alternate Path: WBC creates one for Canelo
By Norm Frauenheim
The echoes from last week’s noisy Terence Crawford-World Boxing Council feud include lots of talk about what’s next for an always contentious...
Roach and Cruz Fight To Spirited Draw
Lamont Roach Jr. and Isaac Cruz fought to a 12-round majority draw in a tough fight for the WBC Interim Super Lightweight title at...
WBC strips belt, Crawford counters
By Norm Frauenheim
Boxing, unruly and unrepentant, is erupting all over again with Terence Crawford’s shotgun-like blast of insults in a social-media counter to the...
David Benavidez wants to put his face on a vacant day
By Norm Frauenheim
David Benavidez, who made more news after the Anthony Yarde fight than he did during it, is seizing the day.
Canelo’s day.
In a...
Quiet Man: Bam Rodriguez, a dad with more to fight for
By Norm Frauenheim
Jesse Rodriguez stands out for what he doesn’t do in a business otherwise full of gasbags and so-called influencers who pontificate more...
Victor Conte’s influence impossible to ignore
By Norm Frauenheim
From the batter’s box to the finish line to the ring, there’s been a lot of good, bad and ugly over the...
Pacquiao-Mayweather 2 won’t rewrite history
By Norm Frauenheim
Only boxing is killing boxing. It’s an old line, yet
relevant as ever this week with news of talk about a Floyd Mayweather-Manny...
Mayer Decisions Spencer to Become Unified 154 lb. Champion
Mikaela Mayer won the WBA/WBC/WBO super welterweight titles with a 10-round unanimous decision over Mary Spencer at Montreal Casino in Montreal, Canada.
Mayer was the...
