The disappointment of BJ Flores
By Bart Barry-
“Potential remains potent if unused.” - James Wood, “Late Bloom”
Saturday in a small theater at Palms Casino in Las Vegas, in a...
A Kovalev smile means the Russian is ready to fight
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – It starts with a smile. It’s there because Sergey Kovalev genuinely enjoys what he does. Then again, so...
Opposite corner: Kovalev’s former trainer looks for ways to score an upset
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Imagine trying to demolish what you once designed. It sounds awkward and it probably is if you’re an architect...
Greatness willed: A farewell to Carl Froch
By Bart Barry-
Last week British super middleweight Carl “The Cobra” Froch announced his retirement, ending an unusually fine contemporary prizefighting career on an unusually...
International Language: Kovalev speaks one that everybody understands
By Norm Frauenheim-
Sergey Kovalev is new to English. It’s a second language for the light-heavyweight who grew up speaking Russian.
Occasionally he’ll ask manager...
Luis Collazo: PBC Employee of the Month
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at a local coffee shop I watched the PBC main event I’d already covered five days before it happened (I was...
Benavidez still hoping for Crawford fight
By Norm Frauenheim
Jose Benavidez Jr. would welcome a chance to fight emerging star Terence Crawford, who is expected to make his second appearance...
Bad, yes, but probably not bad enough: Thurman stops Collazo in 11
By Bart Barry
TAMPA, Fla. - Saturday in University of South Florida’s acclaimed Sundome, Florida welterweight Keith “One Time” Thurman stopped Brooklyn’s Luis Collazo in...
The Real Fight of the Century: Lawsuits multiply as Haymon and the game enter...
By Norm Frauenheim--
Lawsuits against Al Haymon aren’t surprising. More like inevitable. Haymon had to know they were coming. They’re just part of doing...
Delayed meritocracy: Kings of the Mic and Timothy Bradley
By Bart Barry-
DALLAS - Four miles southeast of this city’s downtown center stands Gexa Energy Pavilion, a 20,000-seat outdoor amphitheater whose stage Friday hosted...
Kovalev deflects talk about Ward, calls Stevenson a piece of bleep
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. – Light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev said he didn’t watch Andre Ward’s comeback victory over Paul Smith and instead concentrated...
Bradley back at StubHub and recalls “a war grounds”
By Norm Frauenheim-
CARSON, Calif. – Timothy Bradley returns to a place that gave him headache. A career-defining victory, too.
This time, he...
Timothy Bradley flushes the anger
By Norm Frauenheim
Timothy Bradley doesn’t stay angry for too long. Maybe that’s because he’s a nice guy. Or maybe he just doesn’t have time...
The talented, the untalented, and the Nipsey Hussle
By Bart Barry
Saturday on BET, American super middleweight world champion Andre Ward made his much-needed return to boxing, stopping in the ninth round a...
The Axe Man goeth
By Bart Barry--
Saturday in Madison Square Garden Theater, the very place Filipino Nonito Donaire’s candidacy for HBO Fighter of the New Century was subverted...
Memo to Mayweather: LeBron James is the true definition of TBE
By Norm Frauenheim-
There’s a lot of talk about TBE this spring. It started with Floyd Mayweather Jr. It continues with LeBron James. But there’s...
Remember the Cinnamon: Alvarez wrecks Cotto in Alamo City
By Bart Barry--
“It is a laborious madness and an impoverishing one, the madness of composing vast books - setting out in five hundred pages...
FOLLOW COTTO – GEALE LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action Live from Barclays Center as Miguel Cotto defends the WBC Middleweight title against former two-time champion Daniel Geale. The...
Race To Be Next: Contenders battle to grab A-side power
By Norm Frauenheim-
A shuffle the top of the marquee begins to unfold, almost like a political campaign, in an inevitable transition put into motion...
Column without end, part 9
By Bart Barry
Editor’s note: For part eight, please click here.
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CARLSBAD, NM - This town is an overpriced outpost on the border of two western...
Another title with another catch-weight is no title at all
By Norm Frauenheim
Amid the clutter of 17 weight classes and more acronyms than letters in the alphabet, there’s something else to hang in that...
Column without end, part 8
By Bart Barry--
Editor’s note: For part seven, please click here.
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San Antonio Museum of Art currently features a retrospective exhibition of works by American painter...
Fans move on while Mayweather, Pacquiao sift through the cash and the remains
By Norm Frauenheim-
Nearly three weeks have passed since Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s decision over Manny Pacquiao in the Letdown of the Century and...
Dung beetles and Chocolatito: Small, extraordinary creatures
By Bart Barry-
SAN ANTONIO - While hiking Saturday morning I came across my first in-action dung beetle, a needly faced creature pushing a smooth...
Benavidez, Paez make weight for a bout with some AZ history at stake
By Norm Frauenheim-
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose Benavidez Jr. and Jorge Paez Jr. made weight Thursday for a truTV super-lightweight title fight Friday...
Benavidez hopes to celebrate 23rd birthday with 23rd victory
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX, Ariz. – He turns 23 on Friday. Jose Benavidez Jr. approaches his birthday unbeaten, yet not unchallenged. His record...
Hit by the Cinnamon stick
By Bart Barry
HOUSTON - Minute Maid Park, home of the Astros, made a fine fight venue, even, or perhaps especially, when its retractable roof...
Mayweather Speaks: Changes mind about a Pacquiao rematch
By Norm Frauenheim-
There are more tired excuses than reasonable explanations for what happened May 2 in the colossal failure to fulfill even a...
The prestidigitation
By Bart Barry--
Saturday at MGM Grand Garden Arena, in the best fight of May 2015, so far, American Floyd “Money” Mayweather easily decisioned Filipino...
FOLLOW MAYWEATHER – PACQUIAO LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS
Follow all the action live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as the long awaited super fight between Floyd Mayweather and Maanny Pacquiao...
