Crumbling infrastructure, Mile High Mike, The Baby Bull, and Izzy
By Bart Barry-
HOUSTON - In the good times there was a lameness to this city that didn’t make the brochures; places closed early, nothing...
Differences: Bradley vows they will add up to a win without doubts in Pacquiao...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Timothy Bradley, a genuine personality in a business often defined by a feint, has a chance to eliminate any questions about an...
Nostalgia touring Houston
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at Arena Theatre in Houston, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz and “Mile High” Mike Alvarado will return to prizefighting on an UniMás...
At The Crossroads: Benavidez looking at ways to re-ignite career
By Norm Frauenheim
Jose Benavidez Jr. is considering several options, including a move up in weight, in an attempt to re-ignite a career that has...
How HBO’s statement helps explain Donald Trump’s popularity
By Bart Barry
Wednesday HBO released a statement about Manny Pacquiao’s weeks-old statement about the prizefighter’s interpretation of the Bible’s anticipation of the current LGBTQ...
Expectations met: Crawford stops Lundy
By Bart Barry-
Saturday in New York City, undefeated Nebraska junior welterweight Terence “Bud” Crawford, an HBO fighter, put the sixth blemish on Philadelphian Hank...
FOLLOW CRAWFORD – LUNDY LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action LIVE from Ringside at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden as Terence Crawford defends the WBO Jr. Welterweight title against...
The Lundy List? Terence Crawford motivated to join a much bigger one
By Norm Frauenheim-
A pound-for-pound debate without a mention of Terence Crawford isn’t much of a conversation. At least, he doesn’t think so. Does Crawford...
Column without end, part 13
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 12, please click here.
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SAN ANTONIO - Very good artists inspire imitation - why so much boxing writing of...
The It Factor: For Felix Verdejo, it means a title shot
By Norm Frauenheim-
A blueprint of the next great fighter would look a lot like Felix Verdejo. Fast hands, agile feet, power and a...
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 /...
