Wilder-Fury 2: Lots to say about a fight that might hang on some surgical...
By Norm Frauenheim-
The hyperbole is already underway. Insults, expletives and exaggerations were delivered, exchanged and countered this week in downtown Los Angeles, just across...
Carolina blue / Alamo red
By Bart Barry-
CHARLOTTE – This city is its state’s largest by
quite a bit, and some years ago the Associated Press offended Charlotteans, if
not all...
Opening The Door: Josh Taylor moves to Top Rank and closer to 140-pound classic...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Top Rank’s roster got deeper and its reach grew farther with Thursday’s surprising announcement that it had signed Josh Taylor, the Scottish...
Mosaic of 2019’s most average pay-per-view event, part 2
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 1, please click here.
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Cowboys Stadium be an immense edifice and not
until you are suspended in its gravitational force,...
A few predictions and only one bleeping lock for 2020
By Norm Frauenheim-
Fights we want to see.
Fights we won’t see. It’s that time of the year. Old is supposed to give way to
the new....
Mosaic of 2019’s most average pay-per-view event, part 1
By Bart Barry-
We were back at Cowboys Stadium in March to see two
of the world’s best prizefighters scrap with one another in a captivating...
FOLLOW DAVIS – GAMBOA LIVE
Follow all the action as Gervonta Davis and Yuriorkis Gamboa vie for the vacant WBA Lightweight title. The action kicks off at 6:45 ET...
TBE: The Best Earner ever is No. 1 on Forbes’ money list
By Norm Frauenheim-
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is No. 1 on the list that really matters to him. After all, he calls himself Money for a reason.
That reason...
Fighter of the Decade: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
By Bart Barry-
And our king returned on the final days of the
decade to save us. Exiled 31 months since
a highpaying debacle of a battle...
FOLLOW HARRISON – CHARLO 2 LIVE
Follow all the action as Tony Harrison defends the WBC Super Welterweight title against Jermell Charlo. The action begins at 8 PM ET /...
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...
