Canelo’s many options leave Benavidez with only frustration
By Norm Frauenheim-
Canelo Alvarez has options. David Benavidez has only frustration.
Canelo’s future has become a multiple-choice game. He was thinking about cruiserweight. Then, there...
Upper Cut Promotions Brings Live Professional Boxing Back to Sacramento with “Super Boxing Battles”...
By Mario Ortega Jr.-
ROSEVILLE, CA – Long established Sacramento area promoter Nasser Niavaroni’s Upper Cut Promotions will open its 2022 campaign this coming Friday,...
FOLLOW SMITH JR. – GEFFRARD LIVE
Follow all the action as Joe Smith Jr. defends the WBO Light Heavyweight Title against Steve Geffrard. The action begins at 10 PM ET...
Terence Crawford steps into the legal ring
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a lawsuit that probably shouldn’t surprise anybody. Its inevitability was evident throughout an awkward news conference a couple of months ago.
Bob...
A New Year starts a lot like the old one
By Norn Frauenheim-
Year-enders, 2021 awards and 2022 projections, were notable for one traditional category that was mostly overlooked, if not missing altogether.
There wasn’t a...
2022’s Opening Bell: A look at what could be waiting
By Norm Frauenheim-
Predictions, like glass jaws, are fragile. Hangovers from a New Year’s Eve party last longer.
The best resolution: Resolve to never make another...
Postponement Pandemic: Goodbye and good riddance to 2021, but first a look back
By Norm Fraienheim-
Another year ends the same way the last one did. Good riddance. At least, the approaching New Year can’t be postponed. It...
FOLLOW BETERBIEV – BROWNE LIVE
Follow all the action as Artur Beterbiev defends the IBF/WBC Light Heavyweight Titles against Marcus Browne.
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Olympic boxing fights to get off the endangered list
By Norm Frauenheim-
Olympic boxing is about to become what it has been known for making.
History.
At least, it sounds as if it’s closer to Olympic...
FOLLOW DONAIRE – GABALLO LIVE
Follow all the action as Nonito Donaire defends the WBC Bantamweight title against Reymart Gaballo
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12 ROUNDS...
Lomachenko looks at defeat and sees a comeback
By Norm Frauenheim-
With apologies to Floyd Mayweather Jr., Andre Ward and few others, defeat is a little bit like a scar. It’s hard to...
FOLLOW DAVIS – CRUZ LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Gervonta Davis defends the WBA Lightweight title against undefeated Isaac Cruz. The fights begin at 8 PM ET /...
FOLLOW HANEY – DIAZ JR. LIVE
Follow all the action as Devin Haney takes on Joseph Diaz Jr. for the WBC Lightweight title. The action begins at 8 PM ET...
Delusional: George Kambosos said it all
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s appropriate that the lightweight division and much of boxing have been turned upside-down, which is another way of saying...
Crawford back in the debate, but Canelo still has all the leverage
By Norm Frauenheim-
Terence Crawford put the debate back into the pound-for-pound campaign. But there’s no argument about pay-per-view. Canelo Alvarez owns it. Almost monopolizes...
FOLLOW CRAWFORD – PORTER LIVE
Follow all the action as Terence Crawford Defends the WBO Welterweight title against two-time champion Shawn Porter.
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Crawford-Porter: Could close on the scale mean close on the cards?
By Norm Frauenheim -
LAS VEGAS – Only two ounces separated them on the scale. That amounts to a couple of AA batteries, or...
Brothers-In-Arms: Crawford, Porter face each other in a fight between old friends
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Friends aren’t supposed to fight each other. But Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter are about to in a fight...
Benavidez-Davis Weigh-in: Benavidez one pound heavier than division limit
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX – It was a pound that won’t matter Saturday, but it left questions that could have a heavy influence on David...
Fearlessly Familiar: Jose Benavidez Jr. sounds the same just days before comeback
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX – More than three years, 37 months and counting, have come, gone and almost been forgotten since Jose Benavidez Jr....
FOLLOW CANELO – PLANT LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant battle it out from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The Round by Round...
Canelo-Plant: On the popularity scale, Canelo wins the weigh-in
BY Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – It was part weigh-in. Part popularity contest.
Caleb Plant made the weight and – from the sound of it –...
Canelo-Plant: Expect another step forward in Canelo’s ever evolving business plan
By Norm Frauenheim -
Canelo Alvarez moves forward, forever forward. In the ring. Out of it, too.
In a twist to an old line, his...
Teenager No More: David Benavidez grown up and coming home
By Norm Frauenheim-
David Benavidez comes home in three weeks for his first fight in front of Phoenix friends and neighbors in about six-and-half years.
He’s...
FOLLOW NAVARRETE – GONZALEZ LIVE
Follow all the action as Emanuel Navarrete defends the WBO Featherweight title against Joet Gonzalez. The fights start at 11:30 PM ET with...
Beauty and the Brawl: Fury-Wilder a classic about winning, losing and growing up
By Norm Frauenheim-
Classics never end. Look it up. They are timeless by definition. So, too, is Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder.
A sure sign of it is...
Meet The Press: Crawford, Porter talk about friendship, legacy and their welterweight showdown
LAS VEGAS – It’ a fight between friends. It’s a fight for legacy. It’s a fight for all seasons. And all the right reasons.
Finally,...
FOLLOW FURY – WILDER 3 LIVE
Follow all the action as Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder meet in their trilogy fight for the WBC Heavyweight Title
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On The Scale: Tyson Fury 277 pounds, Deontay Wilder 238
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Tyson Fury stepped onto the official scale four pounds heavier for his third fight Saturday night with Deontay Wilder...
Wilder-Fury 3: Wilder talks about change, but can he deliver one?
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Deontay Wilder, a man with many more personalities than punches, once talked about legal homicide. Now, he’s talking about...
