Hatin’ on AB
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on Showtime Pay-Per-View Filipino senator Manny Pacquiao looks to avenge his 2015 loss to Floyd Mayweather by shoving his left fist...
Modest Manny: Pacquiao back in America with his quiet confidence still intact
By Norm Frauenheim-
Manny Pacquiao is back in America amid a mix of inevitable questions faced by any boxer about to fight for the first...
2018 Corpus cumbia, part 2
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 1, please click here.
Local politicians say San Antonio is the fastest growing city in the country, which may...
A few picks for a New Year
By Norm Frauenheim-
Predictions are like punches. Some land. Many miss. Some are wild. A few are silly. Some are feints. Some are cheap. A...
2018 Corpus cumbia, part 1
By Bart Barry-
2017’s end-of-year romp, a mosaicked effort about Chocolatito’s abrupt plunge from boxing’s apex, brought an examination of conscience that lauded what salutary...
One vote, One Fight: Fury-Wilder is Fight of the Year in 2018’s most significant...
By Norm Frauenheim-
It was preceded by great expectations. But it began amid disappointment, delay and controversy. Another year ends and new one is about...
Jermell, Jermall and a problem of timing
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Brooklyn on Fox, in the debut of a new business model by which the PBC receives money for presenting its...
FOLLOW CHARLO – KOROBOV; CHARLO – HARRISON LIVE
Follow all the action as Jermall Charlo defends the WBC Interim Middleweight title against Matt Korobov. The action starts at 8 PM ET /...
FOLLOW WARRINGTON – FRAMPTON LIVE
Follow all the action as Josh Warrington defends the IBF Featherweight title against former world champion Carl Frampton. The action kicks off at 1...
Profiles In Courage: John McCain’s name added to an award that will be presented...
By Norm Frauenheim-
John McCain’s name will be added to the Boxing Writers Association of America award for courage, alongside Bill Crawford, a Medal of...
Heading home in South Texas
By Bart Barry-
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A mile south of American Bank Center stands the Selena Memorial, known as Mirador de la Flor. ...
FOLLOW CANELO – FIELDING LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action from ringside at Madison Square Garden as Rocky Fielding defends the WBA Super Middleweight championship against Middleweight world champion Canelo...
Remembering to forget
By Bart Barry-
More historic happenings, Saturday, more unforgettable things you’ve already forgotten, more unbelievable events you believe completely. At New York’s Hulu Theater...
FOLLOW LOMACHENKO – PEDRAZA LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza square off in a lightweight unification bout. The action kicks off at 9 PM...
Wilder-Fury: Heavyweight revival only starts with an immediate rematch
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s been called a heavyweight resurrection and maybe that’s what it was when Tyson Fury climbed to his feet while Jack Reiss...
No more masks, just an opening bell awaits Wilder and Fury
By Norm Frauenheim-
LOS ANGELES – Deontay Wilder wore a mask. It covered his mouth and nose in menacing black. Tyson Fury laughed at the...
Pounds and Pints: Without them, Tyson Fury has a chance against Wilder
By Norm Frauenheim-
LOS ANGELES – There aren’t many hints. Just the taunts, trash talk and everything else expected in the parade of hyperbole before...
Wilder-Fury: Serious analysts need not apply
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Los Angeles undefeated 6-foot-9 Brit Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury will toe the line with undefeated 6-foot-7 American Deontay “The...
Pacquiao Back In The USA: The nostalgia is there, but is there still a...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Manny Pacquiao’s return to the United States this week has a nostalgic feel. He stopped in New York. Then, Los Angeles. It...
Oscar Valdez Jr.’s dad poised to take the first step in a family comeback
By Norm Frauenheim
TUCSON – It’s the beginning of a comeback, for a father and a son.
The dad, Oscar Valdez Sr., will take the...
Wilder One-Dimensional? Not if you listen to him
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder is a man with one punch and many words.
Those words – unending, often contradictory and always brash – were...
Oleksandr Usyk – our wonderful secret
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in England undefeated Ukrainian southpaw Oleksandr Usyk defended his trove of cruiserweight world titles - Ring, WBA, IBF, WBC, WBO -...
FOLLOW USYK – BELLEW LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Oleksandr Usyk defends the undisputed cruiserweight title against Tony Bellew. The action begins at 5 PM ET / 10...
Tony Bellew looks forward to stopping the “monster’’ he sees in Usyk
By Norm Frauenheim-
The gap-toothed smile is Alfred E. Neuman-like. But the eyes are mad, full of enough menace to definitively answer that comic-book...
Unfortunate sympathy’n the Super Series
By Bart Barry-
Saturday brought yet another delightful multihour multiplatform celebration of a sport even weekly columnists feared might die four years ago (Pacquiao-Algieri, for...
FOLLOW BERCHELT – ROMAN LIVE
Follow all the action as Miguel Berchelt defends the WBC Super Featherweight title against Miguel Roman. The action kicks off at 9:30 PM ET...
FOLLOW BURNETT/DONAIRE; TAYLOR /MARTIN LIVE
Follow all the action from Glasgow Scotland as Ryan Burnett defends his bantamweight world title against Nonito Donaire as well as Josh Taylor taking...
On The Ropes: Decades of corruption have put Olympic boxing in jeopardy
By Norm Frauenheim-
Michael Conlan’s obscene gesture at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games threatens to become a symbolic goodbye to Olympic boxing in a...
Second-lining: The WBSS parades through New Orleans
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on DAZN, boxing’s now-essential network, the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Super Series super lightweight tournament happened in New Orleans. ...
FOLLOW JACOBS – DEREVYANCHENKO LIVE
Follow all the action as Daniel Jacobs and Sergiy Derevyanchenko vie for the vacant IBF Middleweight title. The action kicks off at 10 PM...
