Many-sided Thurman in the role of a lifetime in his fight to unseat Pacquiao
By Norm Frauenheim-
Keith Thurman has lots to say, more than enough for Manny Pacquiao to pick and choose whatever he might need for just...
Bryant “Goodfella” Perrella Returns Saturday, Hopes To Move Closer To Title Shot
By Kyle Kinder-
On Saturday night at the Armory in Minneapolis, Bryant “Goodfella” Perrella (16-2, 13KO) looks to inch closer to a title shot when...
Column without end, part 18
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 17, please click here
SAN ANTONIO – This city’s McNay Art Museum, which
has figured heavily (for an art...
FOLLOW UFC 239 LIVE (JONES VS SANTOS)
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Pacquiao-Thurman: A title fight and battle to regain identity
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s a fight hard to pick, mostly because Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman are welterweights fighting to recreate themselves or perhaps re-discover...
A column with a lot of potential
By Bart Barry-
There were recent fights aplenty with which a
grateful boxing writer might fashion a column, and this writer should be
grateful as any, writing...
A monkey, a flea, and the real meaning of Mexican Style
By Bart Barry-
Friday on a Golden Boy Promotions card that DAZN broadcast from Indio, Calif., super featherweight titlist Andrew “El Chango (The Monkey)” Cancio...
Fury-Wilder II: Fury is already winning the preliminary rounds
By Norm Frauenheim-
Reviews continue, days after Tyson Fury sang his way to a second-round stoppage over an unknown German in what was more of...
Elbows up, lads: The WBSS delivers us more violence
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Arena Riga in Latvia in a pair of
prizefights broadcasted by DAZN the World Boxing Super Series arrived at its
cruiserweight-finals pairing...
Weigh-in Show: Tyson Fury goes to the scale twice, first for the Commission and...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Show Tyson Fury an empty stage and it won’t stay empty for long. He’ll fill it, all 6-foot-9 of...
Tyson Fury back at a work on one plan that emerged after he was...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – He is named for a fighter who these days is remembered for some wisdom about how vulnerable a plan...
An interview with the boxing writer by the boxing writer, 2019
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: In what has become an annual
tradition, Bart Barry ran out of ideas for his column. So we suggested he interview...
GGG: No matter how you spell it, Golovkin re-enters the ring looking for changes...
By Norm Frauenheim-
The name is little bit different. The corner is a lot different. Whether the differences add up to a reinvented fighter are...
The funniest men on the planet
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Madison Square Garden in a fight
broadcast by DAZN, statuesque world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and misshapen
challenger Andy Ruiz made quite...
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Heavyweight Blues: Joshua hopes to knock them out in a place synonymous with legends
By Norm Frauenheim-
The heavyweights, bigger than life in fact and fiction, are hard to judge. That’s another way of saying nothing much at all has...
The academy adapts: David Epstein’s “Range”
By Bart Barry-
Tomorrow, “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” (Riverhead Books) by David Epstein, author of “The Sports Gene”, will become available...
Dangerous Equation: A Pacquiao victory over Thurman puts the 40-year-old Senator closer to a...
By Norm Fraunheim-
He’s been Pac-Man and Congressman. Honorific titles and belted ones are all part of his resume. He been called just about everything,...
WBSS: At long last, something true
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Scotland the World Boxing Super Series held the final semifinals matches in its bantamweight and super lightweight divisions, and they...
Wilder and Wilder: Deontay’s threats to Breazeale hard to hear, hard to excuse
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder has more words than punches.
At last check, the words are rocking the social-media landscape. Wilder has been all over...
Emanuel Navarrete beats the white towel out of Paul Dogboe
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in the comain of an ESPN broadcast from Tucson, Mexican super bantamweight Emanuel Navarrete successfully defended his WBO world title by...
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Rematch Test: Berchelt’s rising star depends on how he does in sequel with Vargas
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON – Miguel Berchelt has heard all of the talk. It has him fighting pound-for-pound contender Vasiliy Lomachenko one day. It has...
Royal Rematch: Isaac Dogboe in fight to restore a lost crown
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON – Isaac Dogboe, whose African ancestry is at the root of his Royal Storm nickname, is learning kings don’t last long....
Some Cinnamon dust for boxing’s B+
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Las Vegas Saul “Canelo” Alvarez further unified his undisputed status as world’s best middleweight by narrowly if unanimously decisioning IBF...
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Canelo-Jacobs: Finally, some buzz gets shoved into the fight
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – A fight in need of a buzz suddenly got some.
Daniel Jacobs literally shoved some buzz into the proceedings...
History Lesson: It’s all part of a process for the student in Canelo
By Nprm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez likes to talk about history. But don’t look for the kind forever carved in ancient marble. Canelo’s...
A blessed return to competitiveness
By Bart Barry-
After two weeks of exhibitionist fare boxing returned Friday and Saturday to competitive and excellent matches, excellent for being competitive. Or...
Jacobs back in Vegas for a possible Fight of Year after winning the Fight...
By Norm Frauenhenim-
Daniel Jacobs is back in Las Vegas to fight for the first time in nearly a decade. Vegas has changed. But the...
