Interim heavyweight title suddenly at stake in BJ Flores-Bryan bout
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX – An interim title blew into this desert city like debris in a dust storm Thursday with a World Boxing Association...
Krummy: Moving on from Krusher Kovalev to expressions of euphoria
By Bart Barry-
Sundays like these you spend wondering if this will be it, the last Sunday, the one when the words or at least...
FOLLOW KOVALEV – ALVAREZ LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action from The Hard Rock in Atlantic City as Sergey Kovalev defends the WBA Light heavyweight title against top contender Eleider...
Risk Returns: Mikey Garcia willing to take a chance
By Norm Frauenheim-
Mikey Garcia’s pursuit of Errol Spence Jr. in a daunting, two-division jump from lightweight to welter is a welcome counter to Floyd...
Mikey Garcia goes linear
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Los Angeles in a match that unified lightweight titles without undisputing them Mikey Garcia outboxed Robert Easter and decisioned him...
FOLLOW GARCIA – EASTER LIVE!!
Follow all the action from Staples Center in Los Angeles as Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter, Jr meet in a Lightweight unification bout. The...
FOLLOW DIAZ – ITO LIVE
Follow all the action as Christopher Diaz and Myasuki Ito vie for the vacant WBO Junior Lightweight title. The action begins at 9:30 PM...
Mikey Garcia faces key lesson in a pound-for-pound plan
By Norm Frauenheim-
LOS ANGELES – Mikey Garcia has gone to school in law enforcement. He’s gone to school to learn how to drive race...
Turkish delight: Usyk unmans Gassiev on Tivibu Spor
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Moscow undefeated Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk became the first unified cruiserweight champion of the world since Evander Holyfield, pitching a 12-round...
From the red carpet to the main stage: Easter might resurrect Garcia’s pound-for-pound quest
By Norm Frauenheim-
Terence Crawford’s pound-for-pound campaign got a strong endorsement Wednesday night in downtown Los Angeles with an ESPY for best fighter.
Mikey Garcia was...
Arguably the greatest ESPN+ fight in history
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on the ESPN+ app Filipino Manny Pacquiao smelted Argentine welterweight titlist Lucas Matthysse in Malaysia. Saturday on no app whatever...
FOLLOW PACQUIAO – MATTHYSSE LIVE!
Follow all the action as Lucas Matthysse defends the WBA Welterweight championship against the legendary Manny Pacquiao in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The action starts...
An interview with the boxing writer by the boxing writer, parts 1 & 2
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: A year ago, bereft of ideas for his weekly column, Bart Barry interviewed himself again about the state of the...
Miles, border and more separate GGG and Canelo, yet one promise makes the rematch
By Norm Frauenehim-
About 1,500 miles and an international border separated two fighters who only have a weight class and mutual contempt in common.
Canelo Alvarez...
Saucedo-Zappavigna: A sacrificial sheep made into a ram
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN in Oklahoma City junior welterweight Alex “El Cholo” Saucedo made an adopted-homecoming match against Australian Leonardo "Lenny Z" Zappavigna...
FOLLOW RAMIREZ – ANGULO LIVE!!
Follow all the action as Gilberto Ramirez defends the WBO Super Middleweight title against undefeated Alexis Angulo. The action begins at 9 PM ET...
Never, Never Land: Joshua-Wilder back in the same old place
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing is still a heavyweight fight short of completing a comeback that had buoyed a forever-battered business always hoping for a rebound.
But...
Pride in great male writing about men
By Bart Barry-
This is not a trigger warning but a preamble. What follows is a consideration of fantastic writing about men, the sort...
Halfway Through 2018: Half-empty, Half-full
By Norm Frauenheim-
Half-empty, half-full is the best way to sum up a year stumbling toward the midpoint of a 12-month run that began amid...
The Truth is . . .
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - Almost exactly 300 miles north of here Saturday welterweight titlist Errol “The Truth” Spencer strolled through an overmatched Mexican...
FOLLOW SPENCE – OCAMPO LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Errol Spence Jr. defends the IBF Welterweight championship against fellow undefeated Carlos Ocampo. The action kicks off at 9...
From Table to Ring: GGG, Canelo a big step closer to opening bell
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There’s a long-held theory that negotiations are part of any fight. It’s a little early to pick a winner...
Parse and Punish: On Terence Crawford
By Jimmy Tobin-
It’s the smile, the mischief in it. There’s self-satisfaction there too, irrepressible, mocking. And something more sinister at work. A pleasure in...
Terence Crawford is wonderful
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on ESPN+ Nebraska’s Terence Crawford won his first welterweight title the right way. He beat to relenting titlist Jeff Horn,...
FOLLOW CRAWFORD – HORN LIVE!!!
Follow all the action live as Jeff Horn defends the WBO Welterweight Title against 3-division world champion Terence Crawford. The action kicks off at...
FOLLOW FURY – SEFERI; FLANAGAN – HOOKER LIVE
Follow all the action as former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury makes his return after almost 3 years out of the ring when he...
Scale Games: Horn makes weight on third try for title fight versus Crawford
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Surprises came early for Jeff Horn. There was one on the scale Friday, more than 24 hours before the...
Crawford tells Horn not to confuse him with Pacquiao
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Despite mounting doubts about his reflexes, speed and durability, there’s still plenty of power in Manny Pacquiao’s name. Celebrity...
Things to do this Saturday
By Bart Barry-
Three fights happen across nine timezones Saturday in a crescendo of sorts before boxing’s summer ritual ends much of our fun. Going...
GGG-Canelo: The Time Is Now
By Norm Frauenheim-
Stalled negotiations for a Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin rematch are diverting attention and headlines away from two intriguing fights – Abner Mares-Leo Santa...
