Essential gets lost in the ring
By Norm Frauenheim-
Pro wrestling is essential, at least it is in Florida, which apparently needed something to replace spring break and Mickey Mouse as...
What I like about that is . . . and another thing is ....
By Bart Barry--It’s an exercise we did in a coaching workshop in Boston to help coaches listen more deeply and improvise more freely with...
Defiance not enough to keep coronavirus off an island or the UFC on ESPN,...
By Norm Frauenheim-
At first, Dana White said he was going to stage the UFC’s next event on an island. Then, there was news that...
Writing for those who love to read
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Friday afternoon, 10 miles southeast
of here, restrictions got eased by local government and free COVID-19 testing
became much more accessible...
Another Opening Bell? Plan for one and then plan for everything else to...
By Norm Frauenheim-
There’s not much to do while trying to honor a stay-at-home order. There’s music. There’s yard-work. There’s listening to pundits and Trump’s...
Staying at Home for Leaders
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – Frantic is the word for it. I sat on the back porch Saturday morning and watched through the yards...
No Escape: No opening bell either, but there is a place to keep right...
By Norm Frauenheim-
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- No Opening Day. No Opening Ceremony. No opening bell. I’m almost afraid to open the door. Any door.
It’s hard...
Reading in a time of quarantine
By Bart Barry
SAN ANTONIO – If writing this column in a time of
quarantine has advantages they are not immediately apparent. This city has reacted...
March Madness suddenly an empty season
By Norm Frauenheim-
March Madness has taken on a new meaning. More like Sadness.
There’s been a crazy whirlwind of postponements, then cancellations. College basketball fans...
Re-viewing Fury-Wilder 2
By Bart Barry-
Initiative is the word for it.
It’s what Deontay Wilder had in the first match
and lacked in the second, the first 30 seconds...
After The Beatdown: Tyson Fury has some empathy for Deontay Wilder
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder is a predictable target on sociopath media these days. Anybody, which means just about everybody, with a keyboard and an...
Chocolatito City rebuilt
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: Chocolatito City
was a five-part series written in the doldrums of 2016.
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Saturday in Frisco, Texas, Nicaraguan Roman
“Chocolatito” Gonzalez defeated Birmingham’s Khalid...
FOLLOW GARCIA – VARGAS LIVE
Follow all the action as Mikey Garcia takes on Jessie Vargas in a welterweight showdown. The action starts at 6 PM eastern with an...
Stubborn streak takes Mikey Garcia back for another test at welterweight
By Norm Frauenheim-
Mikey Garcia has been called stubborn more than once. It’s a multi-edged adjective. There’s the good stubborn, as in the tenacious Garcia....
REVIEW: Slaughter in the Streets: When Boston Became Boxing’s Murder Capital by Don Stradley
By Kyle Kinder--
Violence and boxing are inseparable. For some fighters, the violence boxing demands is omnipresent. It already exists inside their being when they...
FOLLOW WILDER – FURY 2 LIVE FROM THE MGM GRAND
Follow all the action as Deontay Wilder defends the WBC Heavyweight Title in a much anticipated rematch. The action begins at 9 PM ET...
Arum calls Anthony Joshua a “scared” fighter
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There been a lot of talk about what -- who -- awaits the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury winner of a...
Fury-Wilder 2: Here we go again
By Bart Barry-
“Playing to strengths delivers excellence; merely
fixing weaknesses does not.” – Paddy Upton, “The Barefoot Coach”
Saturday in Las Vegas, British heavyweight Tyson
“Gypsy King”...
FOLLOW PLANT – FEIGENBUTZ LIVE
Follow all the action as Caleb Plant defends the IBF Super Middleweight title against mandatory challenger Vincent Feigenbutz. The action begins at 8 PM...
Sides and Styles: Fury’s many dimensions confront Wilder with a dangerous guessing game
By Norm Frauenheim-
Tyson Fury moves from profane to prophetic in interviews in much the same way he switches from orthodox to southpaw in the...
Can’t stand to see Chocolatito’s last stand
By Bart Barry-
Three Saturdays from now a comain at the Dallas
Cowboys’ practice facility will feature Nicaragua’s Roman “Chocolatito”
Gonzalez, the once king of our beloved...
FOLLOW RUSSELL – NYAMBAYAR FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Gary Russell Jr . defends the WBC Featherweight title against undefeated mandatory challenger Tugstsogt Nyambayar. the action kicks off...
Fury pose is intended for an audience of one
By Norm Frauenheim-
The before-and-after photos are astonishing. The physical transformation of Tyson Fury continues. A couple of years ago, he made Andy Ruiz Jr....
They can’t all be Izzy and Rafa
By Bart Barry-
Thursday in the co-comain event of a Super Bowl
week fightcard broadcast by DAZN from a shady Miami venue called Meridian at
Island Gardens...
Ancient Games: Tyson Fury jabs at Wilder with rhetorical feints
By Norm Frauenheim-
Tyson Fury calls himself a boxing historian, which means more than a basic understanding of what it is to be the lineal...
Redkach fined and suspended for Garcia bite
Ivan Redkach had was fined and suspended for biting Danny Garcia last Saturday night at Barclays Center, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
The...
Compelled to dissolve compulsion
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO – In the center of this city there’s a
Greyhound bus station. In the center of
most U.S. cities there’s a Greyhound...
Dumb, Double-Down Dumb: Ruiz throws loyalty and trainer Manny Robles under the bus
By Norm Frauenheim-
Andy Ruiz Jr., who needs as many friends as he can find, fired the best one he had.
He fired Manny Robles.
The move...
J Rock’s swing in the Banana hammock
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Philadelphia’s Liacouras Center in a super welterweight title-unification fight broadcast by Fox, Dominican slugger Jeison “Banana” Rosario beat-down Philadelphia’s Julian...
FOLLOW WILLIAMS – ROSARIO LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Julian Williams defends the IBF/WBA Super Welterweight titles against Jason Roario. The action kicks off at 6:30 Pm ET...
