Solo Boxeo, ShoBox to feature AZ fighters
By Norm Frauenheim
A busy stretch for Arizona boxing continues this weekend with appearances on Showtime’s ShoBox in Atlantic City Friday and on UniMas’...
Nostalgia of a sort: Saucedo decisions Booth on UniMás
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in California welterweight Oklahoman Alex “El Cholo” Saucedo decisioned Florida’s Clarence Booth by inappropriately wide scores of 79-73, 79-73, 78-74. ...
GGG’s waiting game has gone on too long
By Norm Frauenheim-
Gennady Golovkin is the pound for-pound champion in waiting. Emphasis on the waiting.
No telling when that wait will end. But it got...
To the contrary: In celebration of Oscar and Bob’s competitiveness
By Bart Barry-
About 5 1/2 years ago, I wrote a column that treated Oscar De La Hoya and Todd DuBoef’s tactical use of candor...
Surprise, Surprise: Canelo-Khan might include many
The Canelo Alvarez -Amir Khan bout on May 7 has been cheered, booed, hyped, ridiculed, praised and trashed in the days since Oscar De...
Kovalev krushes Koach Freddie, et al
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Montreal’s Bell Centre, Russian light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev beat Haitian-Canadian Jean Pascal till Pascal’s corner told its charge...
Pascal hits Kovalev with an accusation as old as boxing
By Norm Frauenheim-
Boxing’s ugly history repeated itself, warts and all, with Jean Pascal calling Sergey Kovalev a racist in the final news...
FOLLOW GARCIA – GUERRERO LIVE
Follow all the action LIVE as Danny Garcia and Robert Guerrero fight for the vacant WBC Welterweight title. The action begins at 8 PM...
Farewell or Fight On? Pacquiao discovers that it’s hard to say goodbye
By Norm Frauenheim-
There is no good way to say goodbye to boxing. Manny Pacquiao is trying to. At campaign stops in New York and...
Miller says he’s the Big future in the heavyweight division
By Norm Frauenheim
He calls himself Big Baby. But don’t let the nickname fool you. This baby doesn’t cry. Jerrell Miller only boasts.
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On beauty and boxing: New York Times edition
By Bart Barry-
Recently the New York Times published a column on beauty by David Brooks and a long-form piece on boxing by Dan Barry....
FOLLOW WILDER – SZPILKA LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action LIVE from Ringside as Deontay Wilder defends the WBC Heavyweight title against Artur Szpilka. The action begins at 10 PM...
Happy Birthday: In a week full of legendary ones, the heavyweights seek a rebirth...
By Norm Frauenheim
Six days after George Foreman’s birthday, four days after Joe Frazier’s birthday and the day before Muhammad Ali’s birthday, the...
To the contrary: Marco Antonio Barrera’s polemical decisions
By Bart Barry-
In only its second week, 2016 promises a paucity of suitable subjects to rival its predecessor. Rather than write 52 columns...
Post Klitschko: Crowd gathers in Fury aftermath
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s hard to know whether the search for the next great heavyweight will ever end. Generation after generation, from baby boomer...
Portrait of 2015’s best knockout, part 2
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 1, please click here.
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The May morning of 2015’s knockout of the year, the Saturday Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez...
Howard Davis Jr.: Boxing loses the friendly face of a bygone day
By Norm Frauenheim
A difficult year got a lot tougher in its final week. Howard Davis Jr. died.
Davis’ death Wednesday after...
Portrait of 2015’s best knockout, part 1
By Bart Barry--
The May morning of 2015’s knockout of the year, the Saturday Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez spearchiseled Texan James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland in...
Money, money, money: $igns of an empty 2015
By Norm Frauenheim
Bankers, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, a handful of promoters and network executives can celebrate a year about to enter the...
FOLLOW ORTIZ – JENNINGS LIVE
Follow all the action as Luis Ortiz battles Bryant Jennings for the WBA Interim Heavyweight title. The action begins at 10:15 PM ET /...
FOLLOW LEE – SAUNDERS LIVE
Follow all the action as Andy Lee defends the WBO Middleweight title against undefeated Billy Joe Saunders. The action kicks off at 5 PM...
Possibilities: Nicholas Walters just another one as Top Rank moves into a New Year
By Norm Frauenheim-
Top Rank’s December agenda has been about finding new stars, resurrecting a couple of old ones and creating business possibilities in...
A first-person mosaic of a first PBC experience (from the suite, not pressrow)
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - From a suite at AT&T Center, home of the fivetime worldchampion Spurs, boxing looks like nothing so much as...
Benavidez to pay Brazilian foe $2,000 for missing weight
By Norm Frauenheim-
TUCSON, Ariz. – Jose Benavidez Jr. agreed to pay unknown Brazilian Sidney Siqueira $2,000 Friday after he was more than four...
Back to the Roots: Oscar Valdez goes home before moving on to New Year
By Norm Frauenheim-
Oscar Valdez, one of the brightest reasons to be optimistic about boxing’s prospects in 2016, re-introduces himself Saturday to Tucson, a city...
AZ Triple: Abel Ramos’ ShoBox bout makes him one of three Arizona fighters in...
By Norm Frauenheim-
In another sign of Arizona’s rebounding market, Phoenix welterweight Abel Ramos is one of three fighters from the state who will...
We begin the Peter Nelson Era
“Mechanism-based approaches are generally dangerous. The problem is that the goal of such studies is mimicry rather than true understanding, and these studies...
Potapov positioning for Bantamweight title opportunity
With the recent vacancy of of the IBF Bantamweight title, the Bantamweight division could be wide open for a new star. Enter 25 year-old...
Insipidity’s end: Tyson Fury acquires sport’s crown jewel
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in Germany, England’s Tyson Fury became the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world by decisioning Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko by official scores...
FOLLOW DEGALE – BUTE LIVE
Follow all the action from Quebec City, Canada when James DeGale defends the IBF Super Middleweight title against former world champion Lucian Bute. The...
