FOLLOW JACOBS – CHAVEZ Jr. LIVE
Follow all the action as former middleweight champions Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. square off in a super middleweight clash. The action...
Danny Jacobs fights on in the memory of Patrick Day
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX – Danny Jacobs is moving up. But not on.
Jacobs will wear his feelings for an absent friend Friday night when he...
The erosion of Bud Crawford
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Madison Square Garden in a fight for the ESPN welterweight title Nebraska’s Terence “Bud” Crawford stopped Lithuania’s Egidijus “Mean Machine”...
FOLLOW CRAWFORD – KAVALIAUSKAS FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Terence Crawford defends the WBO Welterweight Title against mandatory contender Egidijust Kavaliauskas. The show kicks off at 9 PM...
Crawford looking to Cement Pound for Pound Status on Saturday
By Norm Frauenheim-
The pound-for-pound debate is nothing more than an argument. It has no promoter. It offers no belt. Win it, and you won’t...
Just awful
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on DAZN in a rematch of a wonderful June
title fight, Anthony “AJ” Joshua decisioned lopsidedly Andy “Destroyer” Ruiz by
scores nobody should...
FOLLOW CHARLO – HOGAN LIVE!!
Follow all the action Live as Jermall Charlo defends the WBC Middleweight title against Dennis Hogan. The action Kicks off at 7 PM ET...
FOLLOW RUIZ JR. – JOSHUA 2 LIVE
Andy Ruiz defends the IBF/WBA/WBO Heavyweight titles against former champion Anthony Joshua from Saudi Arabia. The action kicks off at Noon ET / 8...
Joshua-Ruiz 2: Joshua promises not to celebrate, just to win
By Norm Frauenheim-
Anthony Joshua promises not to celebrate. That’s just one of the many promises attached to Joshua.
First and foremost, there’s the promise to...
Bring us more fun!
By Bart Barry-
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Sunday nights at Arena
Coliseo, downtown, are noches familiares (family nights) when the lucha libre
begins at 6:00 PM local time. ...
Buenos Aires: Wilder-Ortiz didn’t matter in a city once known as a fight town
By Norm Frauenheim-
BUENOS AIRES – This is a long way from Vegas where history is always just a bulldozer away. Vegas sells itself for...
FOLLOW WILDER – ORTIZ 2 LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Deontay Wilder defends the WBC Heavyweight title against Luis Ortiz in a rematch. The action gets underway at 9...
Wilder-Ortiz: Will Wilder’s right hand continue have the final say?
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder’s power, potentially a double-edged weapon, has yet to strike back at him. The theory, perhaps expectation, has long been that...
Wilder talks differences, but promises more of the same in Ortiz rematch
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder likes to talk about differences, what he believes separates him from Luis Ortiz, Tyson Fury and just about everybody else.
He’s...
Good as it gets
By Bart Barry-
Thursday at Super Arena not far from Tokyo, Japan’s
Naoya “The Monster” Inoue decisioned “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire to win
WBSS’ bantamweight tournament...
Monster Star: Only a rapid ascent up the scale is a threat to Inoue
By Norm Frauenheim-
It was a defining fight for Naoya Inoue. It was also a reason for caution.
In watching Inoue’s courageous brilliance in a unanimous...
FOLLOW INOUE – DONAIRE LIVE!!
Follow all the action as Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire meet for the IBF and WBA Bantamweight title. The action begins at 5:15 am...
Exactly as scripted
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at MGM Grand in a light heavyweight title fight
broadcasted by DAZN, Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez discombobulated Russian
Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev in the...
FOLLOW CANELO – KOVALEV LIVE
Follow all the action as Canelo Alvarez tries to win a world title in his 4th weight division when he takes on WBO Light...
History Once, history twice: Does Kovalev have a chance during a good week for...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS -- The road team does win sometimes. Proof of that happened Wednesday night when the Washington Nationals beat the Houston...
Michael Carbajal goes into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame
By Norm Frauenheim-
They called him Little Hands of Stone. The impact on Arizona was huge and now forever indelible.
Michael Carbajal, the best fighter in...
Prograis’ rising star runs into a career-defining risk against Josh Taylor
By Norm Frauenheim-
Star power is behind him. Star potential is within him. What looks so close, however, could suddenly become a star-too-far for Regis...
I voted for Israel Vazquez simply because he is my favorite prizefighter
By Bart Barry-
Sometime last week or the one before, the ballot
arrived for this year’s International Boxing Hall of Fame election. It had too many...
Patrick Day: He’s dead, but not gone for a conflicted game looking for answers
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a conflicted sport. That borders on redundancy. Boxing wouldn’t be what it is without conflict. Yet, Patrick Day’s death exposes all...
A new question of geometry: Usyk attritions Witherspoon in heavyweight
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Chicago, 2018’s best fighter, Ukrainian
Oleksandr Usyk, made his first-yet heavyweight prizefight against former
American contender Chazz Witherspoon on DAZN, the aficionado’s...
Say a prayer for Errol Spence Jr.
By Norm Frauenheim-
It is as unforgiving a business as any. Boxing moves on, always moves on from tragedy. But the game stopped early Thursday...
The first underrated performance of the GGG canon
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Madison Square Garden in a prizefight
broadcast on the aficionado’s network, DAZN, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (no new ‘i’
needed; we go with...
FOLLOW GOLOVKIN – DEREVYANCHNKO LIVE
Follow all the action as Gennady Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko vie for the IBF Middleweight Title at Madison Square Garden
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GGG is back for another duel in a bid to reassert his middleweight dominance
By Norm Frauenheim-
The whispers are hard to ignore. Gennadiy Golovkin has surely heard them. He’s changed, they say. A different guy, they say.
But the...
The Truth is . . . Benavidez remained Saturday’s most intriguing talent
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Staples Center welterweight titlist
Errol “The Truth” Spence split-decisioned “Showtime” Shawn Porter and unified
the WBC and IBF titles in an entertaining...
