Arum looks at Oscar Valdez Jr. and foresees another legend
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – From Salvador Sanchez to Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales, the history of Mexican featherweights reads like royalty. Is...
ShoBox poised to celebrate 15-year anniversary
By Norm Frauenheim-
Adam Lopez, a former Phoenix super-bantamweight now of San Antonio, hopes to celebrate 15 years of ShoBox with a victory of his...
Deontay “1.7x” Wilder
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham the reigning Alabama and PBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder discouraged California’s Chris Arreola...
FOLLOW WILDER – ARREOLA LIVE
Follow all the action live as Deontay Wilder defends the WBC Heavyweight title against Chris aArreola. The action begins at 8 PM with a...
A Postol victory over Crawford could force Freddie Roach into an awkward corner
By Norm Frauenheim
A Viktor Postol victory over Terence Crawford could lead to a Postol-Manny Pacquiao fight and force trainer Freddie Roach to choose between...
Who the hell is Isaac Chilemba and why’s he on HBO (again)?
By Bart Barry-
Sometime soon - or conceivably as you read this - light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev will beat up a South African...
Kovalev finds unfamiliar changes in a familiar place
By Norm Frauenheim-
Sergey Kovalev returns to Russia on July 11 for his first fight in nearly five years with titles and an emerging celebrity...
Things to do on Independence Day weekend instead of writing a boxing column
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - There’s a coffeehouse and bar concept called Halcyon in the south-downtown part of this city called Southtown and what...
Happy 50th: Mike Tyson celebrates birthday few thought he’d ever see
By Norm Frauenheim
The birthday was a long shot. Few guessed it would ever happen. Mike Tyson is 50. Buster Douglas probably faced smaller odds...
Good if not quite timeless: One Time decisions Showtime
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Brooklyn, Florida welterweight Keith “One Time” Thurman hit Ohio’s “Showtime” Shawn Porter many many times and all over though not...
FOLLOW THURMAN – PORTER LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action live from ringside as Keith Thurman defends the WBA Welterweight championship against former IBF champion Shaw Porter. The action begins...
FOLLOW JOSHUA – BREAZEALE LIVE
Follow all the action as Anthony Joshua defends the IBF Heavyweight title against Dominic Breazeale in a battle of undefeated former Olympians. The action...
Thurman-Porter: Trying for enthusiasm
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Brooklyn in what remains of an anticipated title match for an expiring sport Ohio welterweight “Showtime” Shawn Porter will square...
The Fight Goes On: Remembering Ali means legacy is more than a T-shirt
By Norm Frauenheim-
Legacy is for sale these days. Bottle it, slice it up into parcels, package it, label it with an acronym and sell,...
Interview with San Fernando Gymnasium
By Bart Barry
Originally conducted for the San Antonio Historic Preservation Society in 2012, this interview is reprinted with the gymnasium’s permission.
BB: I sure appreciate...
Ali: In the end, still fearless and always ready
By Norm Frauenheim--
Muhammad Ali’s journey, 74 years long, ends Friday where it started. The world that worshipped him will gather in the city where...
The obligatory: Muhammad Ali, 1942 – 2016
By Bart Barry-
Muhammad Ali died Friday evening at the age of 74. His death was long anticipated by those who follow our sport...
Going Pro: Or is Olympic boxing just going away?
By Norm Frauenheim-
Olympic boxing’s long slide into irrelevancy continued this week with an acronym’s decision to let pros fight amateurs for medals.
The outrage...
Southwest boxing roundbench
By Bart Barry-
“By the time the matador enters with his cape and sword, the bull is already swaying sideways and forwards as if at...
Duran: A legend and lesson about the value of being genuine
By Norm Frauenheim-
Roberto Duran has been everywhere lately. He was in France, at the Cannes film festival, a few days ago, hanging out with...
The tension into
By Bart Barry-
It finds the men squaredoff and relaxed in their postures from the prebell instructions of their trainers, assurances of their conditioning and...
FOLLOW LARA – MARTIROSYAN; CHARLO-TROUT; CHARLO-JACKSON LIVE
Follow all the action as Erislandy Lara defends the WBA Super Welterweight title in a rematch against Vanes Martirosyan; The action begins at 9...
A Civil Alliance: Jones, Toney move forward as old comrades and co-promoters
By Norm Frauenheim
TUCSON – There was no main event. There was only a reunion.
Roy Jones Jr. and James Toney stole the show -- their...
Canelo’s surrender of WBC title is an empty gesture
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s hard to know what to make of Canelo Alvarez’ surrender of the WBC’s middleweight title late Wednesday in an announcement that...
Into the tension
By Bart Barry--
Arrived too early in their dressing rooms, to satisfy broadcaster’s schedules, and bored, the main event guys do anything to calm themselves:...
Just Say Nyet: Wilder’s biggest victory would be a boycott of Russia
By Norm Frauenheim-
Deontay Wilder, an emerging champion and a compelling personality, wants to make history. Maybe, he should just make a statement, instead.
Wilder is...
Tabiti fighting to get into cruiserweight title mix on ShoBox
By Norm Frauenheim-
Andrew Tabiti, a Floyd Mayweather Sr, trained fighter, hopes to take some of the snoozer out of cruiser against Keith Tapia Friday...
Theater of the fully expected
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas lineal middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez wrung Amir “King” Khan’s neck with a single and...
FOLLOW CANELO – KHAN LIVE!!!
Follow all the action as Canelo Alvarez defends the Middleweight title against Amir Khan. The action begins at 9 PM ET / 6 PM...
FOLLOW CROLLA – BARROSO LIVE
Follow all the action as Anthony Crolla defends the WBA Lightweight title against undefeated Ismael Barroso. The action kicks off at 2:30 PM ET...
