Shuffle to change the collective face of the game is underway
By Norm Frauenheim--
Boxing during the Pandemic will be remembered for more than postponements, life in a bubble and eroding wages. There’s risk, which means...
Too much: Three favorites in two weeks
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in England in a heavyweight match broadcast by DAZN, Ukrainian cruiserweight prodigy Oleksandr Usyk worked alongside London’s Dereck Chisora to show...
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Follow All the action as Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz battle for the WBA Junior Lightweight and Lightweight World Titles. The card begins...
Pound-for-Pound Campaign: A couple of contenders hope to strengthen their claim in a re-ignited...
By Norm Frauenheim--
From presidential to pound-for-pound, it’s the political season. The first will conclude, hopefully, in a few days. Only relief will be unanimous...
Returned to Chocolatito City, and it feels so right
By Bart Barry-
Friday in Mexico City in the co-main and main event of a DAZN card Nicaraguan Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez defended his WBA super...
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Follow all the action LIVE as Khabib Nurmagomedov defends the UFC Lightweight Title against Justin Gaethje
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Big audience the biggest winner in Lopez’ upset of Lomachenko
By Norm Frauenheim-
There wasn’t a knockout. There wasn’t even a knockdown. The classic expected in this corner and few others did not happen. But...
Teofimo Lopez takes over
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in The Bubble in the long-anticipated mainevent of a long ESPN card Brooklyn’s Teofimo Lopez conclusively decisioned Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko to...
FOLLOW LOMACHENKO – LOPEZ LIVE!!!
Follow live as Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez get it on for FOUR Lightweight titles in the most anticipated fight of 2020. The action...
Lomachenko-Lopez: Forget all the uncertainty, this one could be a real classic
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a fight for the times, or at least one that for a while has a chance to knock out all of...
The most-anticipated prizefight on our calendar
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN in The Bubble Ukrainian lightweight world champion Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko makes a title-unification match with Teofimo “El Brooklyn” Lopez...
The Comeback: Lopez-Lomachenko might be the beginning of one
By Norm Frauenheim-
Teofimo Lopez calls it The Takeover. Promoter Bob Arum might have another description for it.
Call it The Comeback, or at the least the...
Proper matchmaking on a proper platform
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN+ California’s Jose Zepeda and Belarus’ Ivan Baranchyk made a junior welterweight nontitle fight that should prove the year’s best. ...
Hearn’s positive COVID test spreads more uncertainty during a Pandemic with no end
By Norm Frauenheim-
In the bubble, out of the bubble.
It doesn’t matter where you are these days. There’s not much protection from anything. If it’s...
Well-rested writing
By Bart Barry-
Saturday afternoon, Central Time, Scotland’s Josh “The Tartan Tornado” Taylor broke in half undefeated Thai super lightweight Apinun Khongsong with a round...
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Follow all the action from one of the biggest cards of the year as FIVE World title fights will be contested that will be...
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Follow all the action as Josh Taylor defends the IBF/WBA Junior Welterweight titles against Apinun Khongsong in London.
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Pay-Per-View in the Bubble? A Tough Sell
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s an intriguing weekend. Jermell and Jermall Charlo, maybe the most interesting brothers since the Klitschkos, are on one card, each in...
Saturday on Showtime in a super welterweight match
By Bart Barry-
Florida’s Erickson Lubin decisioned Cleveland’s Terrell Gausha by unanimous scores nobody cared to contest. The prizefight’s quality, and the year’s economic developments,...
Pandemic knocks out boxing’s box-office dates
By Norm Frauenheim-
Being a sports fan during the pandemic from hell isn’t easy. It’s more about what’s missing than what’s really there, somewhere in...
Proper $5.99/month fare
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN+ oncedefeated Lithuanian welterweight Egidijus Kavaliauskas made a decisive and violent recovery of his mainevent match with Canada’s oncedefeated Mikael...
Big lawsuit, bigger questions in Canelo’s suit against De La Hoya and DAZN
By Norm Frauenheim-
The lawsuit isn’t a surprise. It’s been looming, brewing for at least a year in the contempt Canelo Alvarez has for Oscar...
“Real eyes real-ize”
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Friday evening at quittin’ time came the first COVID-19 emergency notification in more than a month, and this time,...
An Empty Bubble: Missing fans are a growing factor in a socially-distanced season
By Norm Frauenheim-
It was a moment that summed up a pandemic. There was Jimmy Butler, a defining face of social-distancing as he stood all...
Trying to care: Ramirez decisions Postol on ESPN+
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN+ in Las Vegas undefeated American junior welterweight titlist Jose Ramirez went 12 successful rounds with Ukrainian technician Viktor Postol...
Ali’s Lesson: Sports and politics do mix
By Norm Frauenheim-
Games don’t matter much, at least they haven’t throughout about a relentless pandemic. Only the platform does. The NBA took its game...
Porter, Povetkin, Smith, Roomba
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in three mainevents that miraculously did not conflict and more miraculously concluded before midnight ESPN’s Joe Smith beat the fight out...
Weight or Wait: David Benavidez confronts one of boxing’s inevitable combos
By Norm Frauenheim-
Wait?
Or weight?
For David Benavidez, they are two options that sound alike and are linked by what he does after losing his super-middleweight...
David Benavidez: The thrill is going
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on Showtime undefeated former super middleweight titlist David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez stopped Colombian ironchin Roamer Alexis Angulo with 10 rounds...
Back In Business: David Benavidez re-enters the work place for first time in about...
By Norm Frauenheim-
From college football to gyms, it often seems as if the world is going out of business these days. It’s the shutdown...
