Not-missing Bernard Hopkins already
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at a 1/3-full Forum in Inglewood, Calif., handpicked American light heavyweight opponent Joe Smith retired Bernard Hopkins just before Hopkins’ 52nd...
FOLLOW HOPKINS – SMITH, JR. LIVE
Follow all the action as the legendary Bernard Hopkins wraps up his Hall of Fame career when he takes on Joe Smith, Jr. in...
From common to special, the fight never ends for Bernard Hopkins
By Norm Frauenheim-
Shtick is often strategy and sometimes dangerous. Bernard Hopkins knows that, perhaps better than anybody. He’s been using it like a survival...
“Detract from what?”: Charlo Derails Williams
By Jimmy Tobin--
Saturday night, at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, California, Jermall Charlo defended his sliver of the super welterweight championship by...
Victory laps and laps: Crawford closes questionful Molina
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Omaha junior welterweight Nebraskan Terence “Bud” Crawford (29-0) spiralsnuffed Californian John Molina (29-6) in the eighth round of their match...
Busy Saturday and two big questions precede 2017
By Norm Frauenheim-
The end is near for another forgettable year, memorable mostly for fights that didn’t happen and a controversy still raging over the...
An honest prizefight: Gassiev decisions Lebedev in Moscow
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Moscow Russian cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev lost his title by split decision to Russian Murat Gassiev by scores that were...
Just say no to more talk of Mayweather-McGregor
By Norm Frauenheim-
Talk, talk and more talk about Floyd Mayweather Jr.-versus-Conor McGregor continue to light up social media these days with no end...
Better than never (if barely): On Vasyl Lomachenko-Nicholas Walters
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night, at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, junior lightweight, Vasyl Lomachenko, made a quitter of Nicholas Walters in one of the...
Oopsie doopsie
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Las Vegas the runnerup for 2016’s most-anticipated fight featured undefeated Jamaican Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters getting stripped bare in a...
FOLLOW LOMACHENKO – WALTERS LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Vasyl Lomachenko defends the WBO Super Featherweight title against Nicholas Walters. The action begins at 10:35 ET / 5:35...
From The East To The Beast: Lomachenko might be the best
By Norm Frauenheim-
The evolution of boxing’s surprising new generation – fighters from the old Soviet Union – continues Saturday with Vasyl Lomachenko, who many...
At least the respect was deserved: On Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, light heavyweights Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward provided a proper prizefight for...
A triumph of sorts: Ward decisions Kovalev barely or not at all
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas undefeated American light heavyweight Andre “SOG” Ward decisioned unanimously and narrowly undefeated Russian Sergey “Krusher”...
FOLLOW KOVALEV – WARD LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Sergey Kovalev defends the IBF/WBA/WBO Light Heavyweight championships against fellow undefeated Andre Ward. The action kicks off at 9...
Kovalev-Ward: Fighting for a classic and an audience
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – On the scale, there was no difference. Not even a fraction of an ounce separated the two. It was...
Andre Ward never forgets the lessons from losses long ago
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Andre Ward has done nothing but win for as long as just about anybody can remember. In fact, it’s...
Ward, Kovalev and the enchanting unknown
By Bart Barry--
Here’s what’s going to happen Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on HBO pay-per-view: American Andre “SOG” Ward will fight Russian...
Ward-Kovalev: Different roads lead to the same place
By Norm Frauenheim-
Only the records are similar, almost identical. Unbeaten on one resume. Unbeaten on the other. But that’s where the similarities end.
...
Playing out the Pacquiao hand
By Bart Barry-
Saturday on UNLV’s campus or thereabouts Filipino senator Manny Pacquiao unanimously decisioned American welterweight titlist Jessie Vargas in a good match that...
FOLLOW PACQUIAO – VARGAS LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Manny Pacquiao tries to regain the WBO Welterweight title from Jessie Vargas. The action kicks off at 9 PM ET...
Motivational Chip? Vargas might have one in quest to upset Pacquiao
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There was enough room on Jessie Vargas’ shoulder for a world title belt when he faced Manny Pacquiao in...
Oscar Valdez Jr. poised for the next step in his plan to be a...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – There’s fusion in cooking, music and sometimes fighters. The best of them are often a product of attaining that...
Pacquiao says he has given away half of his boxing income
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Two-hundred-and-fifty million dollars mean all kinds of things. A quick check with Google will deliver a list of hedge...
Boxing: Bernard Hopkins Farewell Fight
Bernard Hopkins is scheduled to step into the ring one final time on December 17th. The 51-year-old boxing legend will face Joe Smith Jr....
A Senator’s Fight: Pacquiao hopes to add Champ to his political title
By Norm Frauenheim-
They call him Senator these days. The hope is that they can call him Senator Champ in about 10 days. Manny Pacquiao...
Chocolatito City, part 5
By Bart Barry-
In Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2014, Roman Gonzalez became the second Nicaraguan prizefighter to become a three-division world champion, putting him deservedly...
Requiem for a Great White Hope
By Norm Fraueneheim-
The third Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton debate, the only fight worth watching throughout a barren October full of cancelled and postponed bouts, was...
Chocolatito City, part 4
BY Bart Barry-
Roman Gonzalez made the sixth and final defense of his light flyweight title on Nov. 17, 2012, at Los Angeles’ Sports Arena...
Opening Salvo: WBC takes first step in PED fight
By Norm Frauenheim-
The World Boxing Council’s rankings, once considered a joke, emerged this week with potential to be a serious weapon in the long...
