Mike Tyson-Roy Jones? Exhibition announced, but it is still a long way to an...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Go ahead, wear a mask, stay away from crowds, stay at home and maintain social distancing. That might be enough to keep...
Chaucer, Brown, The Marquez and a lil’ Yori Boy
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – No reprieve. The grim numbers grow grimmer each evening as a fine local publication, RivardReport, sends its weeknightly communique...
No Opening Ceremonies during an Olympic year when masks mean more than medals
By Norm Frauenheim-
The Olympics were supposed to start a week from now. On July 23, Opening Ceremonies were scheduled for the 2020 Games. Like...
Observing the glow
By Bart Barry-
Last week while reading The Wind in the Reeds by Wendell Pierce, I reflected on what it was about Pierce’s character, The...
Ivy League: Cancellation might have been the smart move
By Norm Frauenheim-
Ivy League football has more followers today than it has in years. Nobody is exactly happy to be among that newfound crowd.
But...
The lost immersion
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Friday the emergency alert came on everyone’s cell round noon local time and read “punishable by a fine of...
Lots of hope invested in December date for Fury-Wilder 3
By Norm Frauenheim-
The third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder fight was supposed to happen this month.
Early in the pandemic, the July 18 date at Las Vegas...
Silly boxing / Serious events
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Saturday the emergency alert came on everyone’s cell at 7:00 PM local time and read STAY HOME, a first...
More Pandemonium? COVID-19 infections continue to haunt old routines
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a pandemic. Pandemonium, too.
Chaos is everywhere, a symptom seemingly suffered by many who apparently have not been infected by a virus...
FOLLOW MOLONEY – FRANCO LIVE
Follow all the action as Andrew Moloney defends the WBA Super Flyweight title against Joshua Franco. The three-fight undercard begins at 8 PM ET...
Joy in a book well-constructed
By Bart Barry-
Tuesday marked the publication date of Toronto writer Jimmy Tobin’s Killed in Brazil? The mysterious death of Arturo “Thunder” Gatti (Hamilcar Publications,...
September Comeback? A possibility instead of the same old futility
By Norm Frauenheim-
On the traditional calendar, September means change, summer turning into fall. But it means something more these days, at least it does...
And a lunatic shall lead us
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Saturday I went for a drive in a random direction and learned a bit more about the spread of...
Joshua-Fury: Fury already favored, but what are the odds of it ever happening?
By Norm Frauenheim-
News of an agreement for two Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury fights next year was quickly followed by bookies installing Fury as a slight...
Tuesday’s tentative Return
By Bart Barry-
Tuesday evening on ESPN undefeated American featherweight titlist “Fearless” Shakur Stevenson will make a 10-round match with Puerto Rico’s oncedefeated Felix Caraballo...
FOLLOW UFC 250 LIVE
Follow all the action as it happens as Amanda Nunes defends the UFC Featherweight title against Felicia Spencer. Two big bantamweights featuring former champion...
First Round: Top Rank launches its post-pandemic plan
By Norm Frauenheim-
Top Rank is poised to hit the re-set button next week, mid-week, with live telecasts, the first in about three months, which...
An inexpert column by someone who didn’t even wish to write it
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Onto the kindling of this city’s massive unemployment and bursting foodbank lines and COVID-19 fear and socialdistancing alienation dropped...
Forbes 100: It’s a different list with an expensive warning
By Norm Frauenheim-
The Forbes list used to belong to Floyd Mayweather Jr., who became better known for dominating the money ranks than the pound-for-pound...
Two rounds on the heavybag hearing Barry White, May 2011
By Bart Barry-
beeenk … beeenk … beeenk
Get it swinging stiff it arm it bring the hook hard sand unsoftened heaviness heaviness dig the hook...
Money or History: Pandemic pushes Canelo to the edge of a potential dilemma
By Norm Frauenheim-
Canelo Alvarez is fighting for history. At least, he was, pre-pandemic, last November in his light-heavyweight stoppage of Sergey Kovalev. But history,...
Highschool fourballers, German vampires and vanishing defiance
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – A curious scenario now plays in this city re COVID-19. Told they can come out their residences and resume...
What Comeback? Mike Tyson has never left the stage
By Norm Frauenheim
In case you haven’t heard or seen, Mike Tyson is coming back. That’s news, of course. But it’s strange to call his...
An interview with the quarantined boxing writer by the quarantined boxing writer
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: Since 2016 we’ve allowed Bart Barry to interview himself about the state of the craft once annually when he is...
FOLLOW UFC 249 LIVE
Follow all the action as it happens as Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje battle for the UFC Interim Lightweight title. The Prelims kick off...
Jimmy Glenn, Rest In Peace
By Norm Frauenheim-
Mike Tyson wants to fight four-rounders. So, does Evander Holyfield. I’ll let you figure out where that leads. The public imagination is...
Ghostwriting for Kevin Barry in West Texas
By Bart Barry-
Hotel Viejoyhermoso, San Jacinto Plaza, El Paso, Texas, on a Friday evening in June 2012
Worst scorecard I’ve seen, you, Bruce?
What were you...
History is repeating itself, maybe boxing will too
By Norm Frauenheim-
Nostalgia will survive the pandemic. So, too, will boxing, the world’s second-oldest profession.
A sure sign of boxing’s resiliency, its heartbeat, is in...
Sans boxing Saturdays: Atocha, Velazquez and Petruchio
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Nothing is returned to normal, not even our last catastrophe’s new normal, and it becomes more obvious the few...
One way to create layers in writing
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Ten years ago I moved here and
promptly failed an eye test for my Texas drivers license so badly the...
