Joe Smith Jr. and a triumphant tiring
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN in an entertaining and honest title fight at an Oklahoma casino New York light heavyweight Joe Smith Jr. majority-decisioned...
FOLLOW SMITH JR.- VLASOV LIVE
Follow all the action as Joe Smith Jr. takes on Maxim Vlasov for the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight title. The action kicks off at...
Still On The Job: Joe Smith gets second shot at first title
By Norm Frauenheim-
He’s the Common Man with a common name. There are 4,791 people named Joe Smith, according to a web site that keeps...
The redemption enviable
By Bart Barry-
Saturday afternoon on ESPN+ in a match from Dubai junior lightweight titlist Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring beat-up Northern Ireland’s Carl “The Jackal”...
Location, Location, Location: Shopping for new ring real estate
By Norm Frauenheim-
History is easy to advertise. It’s harder to make. But some history is part of the promise attached to what otherwise would...
Dillian Whyte is a class act
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on DAZN in a heavyweight rematch for an interim title London’s Dillian “The Body Snatcher” Whyte snatched the remainder of Russian...
Tyson-Holyfield 3? Yes, no, only Tyson knows
By Norm Frauenheim-
Mike Tyson isn’t back in the news. He never left. He’s there this week with a swift succession of contradictory headlines that...
Y’all ain’t booing Mighty Mo no more
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Fort Worth undefeated welterweight prospect Vergil Ortiz made an entertaining match with fellow Texan and former 140-pound titlist Maurice “Mighty...
Benavidez makes weight and statement, but is Canelo watching or listening?
By Norm Frauenheim-
On a couple of scales, David Benavidez has been hard at work. He’s turned up the volume. And he made weight. Both...
What we were looking for
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in a DAZN mainevent that went-off 90 minutes too late at American Airlines Center, in a match for The Ring super...
FOLLOW ESTRADA – CHOCOLATITO 2 LIVE
Follow all the action as Juan Francisco Estrada takes on Roman Gonzalez in a much anticipated rematch for the WBA/WBC Super Flyweight titles. The...
More Than A Little History: Gonzalez, Estrada have a chance at some on a...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Saturday is an anniversary. The calendar repeats itself. Maybe, history will too.
Roman Gonzalez and Juan Francisco Estrada meet in a fight featuring...
A fight that matters is all that matters
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on DAZN in maskless Dallas a match genuinely anticipated by our sport’s genuine aficionados happens for The Ring’s 115-pound championship. Mexican...
Waiting for May: Boxing hopes to get back to business as usual in a...
By Norm Frauenheim-
May is a month projected to be the new beginning, a comeback from business in a bubble.
First, Canelo Alvarez in a fight...
Modelo nuevo de Canelo
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on DAZN super middleweight champion and world’s best prizefighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez went through WBC mandatory challenger Avni “Turkey Wolf” Yildirim...
FOLLOW CANELO – YILDIRIM LIVE!!
Follow all of the action as Canelo Alvarez defends the WBA/WBC Super Middleweight titles against Avni Yildirim. The action kicks off at 7 PM...
From Oscar Valdez to Canelo: A learning corner
By Norm Frauenheim-
Oscar Valdez was motivated by a chance to shut mouths. He did that, including this one. But his compelling stoppage of Miguel...
Oscar, Eddy and the power of powerful questions
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Las Vegas undefeated Mexican Oscar Valdez dropped Mexican titlist Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt, The Ring’s number one super featherweight, thrice...
FOLLOW BERCHELT – VALDEZ LIVE
Follow all the action as Miguel Berchelt defends the WBC Super featherweight title against former Featherweight champion Oscar Valdez. the action starts at 10...
Harm’s Way: Oscar Valdez is back in a familiar place against Miguel Berchelt
By Norm Frauenheim-
Harm’s way is often the only way for Oscar Valdez. He has survived there. Prevailed there. Instinct has taken him there in...
Jo Jo can went went
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on DAZN in a non-title match, the fighting pride of Tajikistan, undefeated super featherweight Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov, settled for a majority draw...
FOLLOW DIAZ – RAKHIMOV LIVE
Follow all the action as Joseph Diaz takes on Shavkat Rakhimov in an IBF Jr. Lightweight Title bout. (Diaz lost the belt on the...
Jabs: Taking one or two is fundamental to a May comeback
By Norm Frauenheim-
The lines are getting longer and maybe the wait is getting shorter. If that sounds like a contradiction, welcome to a fine...
In lieu of boxing: An account of getting the second Coronavirus vaccine
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – We’ve got Covid back under control here, partially, and if we hold the line while vaccinations take their effect...
Plant-Benavidez: A real chance to make it happen?
By Norm Frauenheim-
During days when there’s more talk about fights that don’t get made instead of those that do, promoter Eddie Hearn has an...
What’s unrewarding: Caleb Plant defends some title
By Bart Barry -
Saturday in Los Angeles in a match broadcast by FOX PBC relocated Tennessean Caleb “Sweethands” Plant decisioned Minnesota’s Caleb Truax...
FOLLOW PLANT – TRUAX LIVE!!
Follow all the action as Caleb Plant defends the IBF Super Middleweight title against former champion Caleb Truax. The action begins at 8 PM...
Mandatory: Only the fans are
By Norm Frauenheim-
Mandatory means order, command. Do it or else. But it could mean just about anything in today’s boxing dictionary, which is another...
Texas’s Omar Juarez Sets Sight On Making History, Eyes Big 2021 First
By Kyle Kinder-
When Brownsville and boxing are mentioned in the same sentence, the name Mike Tyson usually emerges from someone’s mouth. And if it...
Not in Dallas, not in a pandemic
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Covid cases here last week were about 35-percent higher than during the peak of the summer awfulness, bad enough...
