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...
Chocolatito City, part 3
By Bart Barry-
Round the time of Roman Gonzalez’s 28th prizefight - a March 19, 2011 decision defense of his second world title in a...
Olympic investigation is worthy of a Conlan encore
By Norm Frauenheim--
One obscene gesture continues to sum up the state of Olympic boxing.
No matter what the amateur acronym does in the wake of...
Chocolatito City, part 2
By Bart Barry-
On Sept. 15, 2008, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez defeated Japanese minimumweight world champion Yutaka Niida in Kanagawa, Japan, bringing Gonzalez’s first world title...
Fourth Quarter Fury: End of the year and back to the brink
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing enters the year’s fourth quarter looking to make the kind of defining comeback that happens when it is at its dramatic...
Chocolatito City, part 1
By Bart Barry-
As 2016 approaches its final quarter still enjoying a fine chance at being remembered like the worst year for boxing in the...
PPV report might knock Canelo off the A-side
By Norm Frauenheim
So who is the A-side now?
In a not-so-surprising report, Canelo Alvarez’ crown as the reigning pay-per-view king got knocked sideways, if not...
Bull***** at AT&T Stadium
By Bart Barry-
NOT ARLINGTON, TEXAS - Saturday Mexican junior middleweight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez toed the line against former Commonwealth super welterweight titlist, former BBBofC...
FOLLOW CANELO – SMITH LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Liam Smith defends the WBA Jr. Middleweight title against Canelo Alvarez. The action from AT&T Stadium kicks off at...
Waiting Game: Time is the only scale that matters in talk about Canelo-GGG
By Norm Frauenheim-
In the political season, Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez are acting a lot like candidates.
Maybe, that’s because they have been campaigning longer...
Chocolatito: The last compelling reason to watch our sport
By Bart Barry-
Saturday afternoon HBO broadcast the latest episode in its ungainly series of Gennady “GGG” Golovkin feature films against hopeless welterweight Kell “Special...
FOLLOW GONZALEZ – CUADRAS LIVE
Follow all the action as Roman Gonzalez tries to become a 4-division world champion when he takes on Carlos Cuadras for the WBC Super...
Alone On The P4P Pedestal: Roman Gonzalez fights for a mentor and a country...
By Norm Frauenheim-
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – He wrapped himself in the blue-and-white Nicaraguan flag before and after stepping on the scale. Roman Gonzalez, a man...
Small weight, small purses: Going up the pay scale a long climb for Roman...
By Norm Frauenheim--
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Roman Gonzalez is rapidly moving up the scale in weight, skipping seamlessly from belt to belt like a flat...
Remember the Munaitpasov: GolovKanelo promises an unforgettable May
By Bart Barry--
SAN ANTONIO - This city is named after a river.
Too, it’s nicknamed after a mission where a battle happened and Davy Crockett...
No Ordinary Smith: Promoter Frank Warren promises extraordinary upset of Canelo
By Norm Frauenheim-
He appears to be a mere prop in Canelo Alvarez’ long-term design on creating a legend that still awaits a defining moment,...
An interview with the boxing writer by the boxing writer
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: To commemorate his 543rd Monday column for 15rounds.com, we asked Bart Barry to interview Bart Barry about the current state...
Jose Benavidez Jr. injured in Phoenix shooting
By Norm Frauenheim--
PHOENIX – Former junior-welterweight champion Jose Benavidez Jr. is recovering from injuries suffered when he was shot in west Phoenix.
The injuries are...
Outline for a poem called “Olympic Boxing the Din Overwhelms
By Bart Barry
To hike South Texas in the summertime one must rise unconscionably early on a Saturday morning and be at the nearest state...
The Obscene Truth: Gesture sums up Olympic boxing
By Norm Frauenheim-
Roy Jones Jr.’s nightmare continues. He and boxing are subjected to it every four years for the last 28 years. It never...
Liner notes from the song “A Confrontation with Larger Mammals at Central Library
By Bart Barry-
My new friend Sammy and I became friends at a coffeehouse in the Pearl Brewery complex because of our socks or fate....
What retirement? Pacquiao decides on Vargas and hopes for Mayweather
By Norm Frauenheim-
It’s hard to know what to make of Manny Pacquiao’s decision to fight Jessie Vargas on November 5, other than to say...
