No Crawford-Spence, No Surprise
By Norm Frauenheim-
The outrage is predictable. Inevitable. Boxing loves its misery and more was delivered Thursday with news that Terence Crawford won’t be fighting...
Deontay Wilder: Is he the same guy after Fury?
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s a comeback connected to a birthday.
Deontay Wilder turns 37 a week after his comeback Saturday night against former sparring...
Testing, Testing, Testing: Benn-Eubank just another failure
By Norm Frauenheim
The furor is familiar. So is the futility.
Nothing like a positive drug test to generate big headlines, especially in boxing at a...
Wilder-Helenius: Another example of what’s wrong with pay-per-view
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s hard to know what to make of reported pay-per-view numbers, especially during a streaming era when numbers are misrepresented or not...
Different Numbers, Same Trend: Canelo’s box-office appeal is shrinking
By Norm Frauenheim -
It was thoroughly forgettable. Thoroughly predictable, too.
Nothing that happened within the ropes during Canelo Alvarez’ decision over Gennadiy Golovkin in...
FOLLOW CANELO – GOLOVKIN 3 LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as it happens as Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin get it on for the third time at T-Mobile Arena in...
Canelo-GGG 3: Weights, promises made
By Norm Frauenheim -
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin kept their cool under a hot desert sun Friday afternoon at a staged...
Greatness? Canelo has one definition, Benavidez has another
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez says he’s happy to be back on what he calls the path to greatness, a destination that...
Pressure Builds: Canelo’s words could put more punch into GGG trilogy
By Norm Frauenheim-
Canelo Alvarez is fighting for Mexicans, but not against Mexicans.
That, at least, was the message he intended this week during a media...
Oleksandr Usyk: The only grown-up in the heavyweight division
By Norm Frauenheim-
Tyson Fury is a little bit like an ex-American president. He stays in the headlines.
Fury has been there, loud and profane, throughout...
FOLLOW USYK – JOSHUA 2 LIVE!!
Follow all the action as Oleksandr Usyk defends the IBF/WBA/WBO Heavyweight titles against two-time champion Anthony Joshua in a rematch. The card kicks off...
Usyk-Joshua 2: No ordinary conflict
By Norm Frauenheim -
Boxing and war are often confused, especially in the media. Great fights are called wars. Great fighters are warriors. It’s...
Kris Lopez: Righting His Wrongs
By Mario Ortega Jr.-
The sport of boxing has been known for providing second chances. Troubled youth headed down the wrong path turns their angst...
Show Must Go On: There’s never been retirement in Tyson Fury’s act
By Norm Frauenheim -
Tyson Fury, lineal heavyweight champion and undisputed populist, is back. Correct that. He never left. He’s still at the proverbial...
Jones Looks to Impress in Home State Return Tonight
By Mario Ortega Jr.-
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – Undefeated middleweight prospect Amari Jones likely has his seventh straight knockout on his mind as he heads into...
Crawford-Spence: Waiting on a homerun deal
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s been a summer about comebacks, which is another way of saying that it’s been mostly forgettable.
Maybe, the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua rematch...
Garcia-Benavidez: A couple of formers in a fight to be current
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a fight without all the belts and whistles. That’s what makes it interesting. There’s no confusion about what’s at stake in...
Benavidez-Garcia: Benavidez counters, says he doesn’t see “anything special” in Garcia
By Norm Frauenheim-
Jose Benavidez Jr. was something of a prodigy. He was a 16-year-old national champion, the youngest ever in a Golden Gloves’ history...
A statue sets the stage for Wilder comeback
By Norm Frauenheim-
There’s life after the statue for Deontay Wilder, whose comeback plans are beginning to fall into place within just a couple of...
Back To The Jab: Jose Benavidez Jr. in fight to restore an identity
By Norm Frauenheim-
He’s a brother. He’s a dad. Jose Benavidez Jr. is a lot of things. These days, however, he’s a fighter in a...
Bam, Jesse Rodriguez’ sudden impact makes talk about a Naoya Inoue fight inevitable
By Norm Frauenheim-
Jesse Rodriguez storms into the headlines and pound-for-pound talk in about the time it takes to say his nickname.
Bam, he’s there.
His sudden...
Usyk-Joshua 2: Joshua still in a fight to re-discover the fighter he was against...
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a rematch full of role reversals. But one thing hasn’t changed.
The same question is there about Anthony Joshua, the underdog this...
Retirement talk just another feint from Tyson Fury
By Norm Frauenheim-
Tyson Fury is talking again. That, of course, would be news only if he had gone silent for, say, longer than a...
Future Four: Benavidez, Ennis, Haney and Stevenson
By Norm frauenheim-
There are a couple of finishers, both forged by a relentless dynamic hard to counter, almost impossible to elude.
Then, there are a...
FOLLOW INOUE – DONAIRE 2 LIVE!!
Follow all the action as Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire battle for the WBA/WBC/IBF Bantamweight titles in a rematch of the 2019 Fight of...
Pound-for-Pound: There’s a vacancy at the top of the debate
By Norm Frauenheim -
The shuffle continues. It never really ceases, mostly because the pound-for-pound game is only about opinion. It’s noisier than it...
FOLLOW DAVIS – ROMERO LIVE FROM RINGSIDE!!
Follow all of the action as Gervonta Davis defends his WBA Lightweight title against Rolando Romero. The action begins at 7 PM ET...
Fantasy Meets Reality: Talk about Benavidez-Canelo isn’t going anywhere
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s a fantasy.
That, at least, is how David Benavidez’ promoter described talk about any chance at a fight with Canelo...
FOLLOW BENAVIDEZ – LEMIEUX LIVE!!
Follow all the action as David Benavidez meets David Lemieux for the WBC Interim Super Middleweight Title. The action begins at 10 PM ET...
Benavidez-Lemieux: Scale is no challenge for Benavidez this time
By Norm Frauenheim-
GLENDALE, Ariz. – It’s the only place he’s ever lost.
But the scale is no longer David Benavidez’ biggest challenge.
Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs),...
