Wilder and Stiverne in a fight to prove there’s still life in the heavyweight...
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – The heavyweights undergo more study than a species near extinction. That means everybody has a theory or maybe...
King of the Podium: Don King back in his element at heavyweight news conference
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS -- At times, it was bizarre. At times, downright goofy. It was also long-winded, sometimes dull. Yet, it was also...
Column without end, part 3
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 2, please click here.
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MARFA, Texas - This city sits in a little known region of our country called...
GGG Rx: Golovkin is the relief to boxing’s never-never land
By Norm Frauenheim--
Gennady Golovkin’s stop in Los Angeles Wednesday at the end of an international tour for his Feb. 21 bout with Martin Murray...
Portrait of HBO’s most-viewed fight of 2014, part 2
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: For part 1, please click here.
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The week that began in February, ended in March and became the pinnacle of HBO...
A few wishes for a New Year
By Norm Frauenheim-
The New Year gets a quick start, which is another way of saying there’s an early chance to forget about...
Portrait of HBO’s most-viewed fight of 2014, part 1
By Bart Barry-
The week that began in February, ended in March and became the pinnacle of HBO boxing’s viewership feats in 2014 began on...
A forgettable 2014 ends amid hopes for a better year
By Norm Frauenheim
It’s a year that will be remembered for what didn’t happen. There was still no Manny Pacquaio-Floyd Mayweather Jr., despite the...
Column without end, part 2
By Bart Barry-
Editor’s note: Part 1 can be found here.
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Every kid under the age of 25 on the Metro de Madrid has Sergio Martinez’s...
Scorecard controversy leaves no argument about Benavidez’ career
By Norm Frauenheim
Controversial decisions and interim titles are little bit like scars. If you haven’t got at least one of them, it’s time for...
The Triumphs and Tribulations of the Rocky Franchise
What is it about the iconic Rocky films starring Sylvester Stallone that makes them so appealing? Why do we find ourselves settling in on...
Column without end, part 1
By Bart Barry--
BARCELONA - At the metaphorical center of this autonomous place on the Mediterranean Sea, an ostensibly Spanish city much nearer France than...
Unlike the Pacquiao-Mayweather riddle, Keith Thurman is a real answer to the real question...
By Norm Frauenheim-
LAS VEGAS – Boxing’s chessboard is full of potential moves Saturday with dueling cards that include 18 bouts televised by competing...
Alexander grateful for a ring that is a refuge from the Ferguson riots
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS -- The ring doesn’t look like much of a refuge. Ropes contain the violence within them. Step inside at...
Two cards, one common fight for relevancy
By Norm Frauenheim--
The arenas and networks will be different.
Nearly everything else about dueling cards on Dec. 13 shares a common theme and...
Terence Crawford, and optimists and evangelists
By Bart Barry-
Saturday at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraskan lightweight champion Terence Crawford decisioned Mexican Raymundo Beltran lopsidedly, 119-109 and 118-110 and 119-109, in...
Pacquiao-Mayweather has everybody’s vote but the one it needs
By Norm Frauenheim--
Manny Pacquiao has spoken. Freddie Roach has spoken. Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya have spoken. They're still speaking. We've...
Full gonzo: Sleeping through Pacquiao-Algieri
By Bart Barry--
FORT WORTH, Texas - The understated perfection of architect Louis I. Kahn’s soft marble masterpiece, Kimbell Art Museum, known round the world...
FOLLOW PACQUIO – ALGIERI LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action live from Ringside as Manny Pacquiao defends the WBO Welterweight title against undefeated WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Chris Algieri. ...
Pacquiao not Algieri’s toughest challenge, says trainer
By Norm Frauenheim--
Chris Algieri has had tougher fights than Manny Pacquaio, Algieri trainer Tim Lane said Thursday before Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach...
New opponent for German KO star Feigenbutz
German KO star Vincent Feigenbutz (16-1, 15 KOs) will now face the Latvian 'Viking' Oleg Fedotovs (18-17, 12 KOs) when he makes his UK...
Pacquiao-Algieri: From opposite ends
By Bart Barry
Saturday at the Venetian in Macau, Filipino Manny Pacquiao will defend his welterweight title against New Yorker Chris Algieri, a junior welterweight...
Follow Klitschko – Pulev Live
Follow all the action live from Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko defends his titles against undefeated Kubrat Pulev. The action begins at 4:45 ET...
A Collective Face: Fighter of the Year is the current generation from the old...
By Norm Frauenheim-
Sergey Kovalev's victory over Bernard Hopkins was one thing. His dominance was something else. After awhile, the benefit of hindsight will...
Kovalev-Hopkins: The fight of 2014
By Bart Barry-
The most unexpected thing shared by guys who hit hardest is rarely how hard they hit or the speed of their attack....
Encounter of Another Kind: Hopkins’ many lives get a defining challenge in Kovalev
By Norm Frauenheim-
Bernard Hopkins’ life as street thug, ex-con, Congressional witness, peace-maker, fighter, promoter, pundit, provocateur, butcher, baker and candlestick maker includes different...
Mental alignment, Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev
By Bart Barry--
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Three miles southwest of Texas State University is a mostly waterless stretch of terrain called Purgatory Creek Natural...
At The Crossroads: Remembering Ali-Foreman
By Norm Frauenheim
Drivers pass the Lonnie and Muhammad Ali Pavilion Center near downtown Phoenix all the time. It’s just another building at...
MFAH & GGG: Enduring doubts
By Bart Barry-
HOUSTON – Saturday this city’s largest art museum previewed for its members a fall exhibition, “Monet and the Seine,” that is unimpressive....
Mind Games: Pacquiao’s sparring partners better than Algieri? Maybe, says Roach
By Norm Frauenheim--
Chris Algieri is good enough to fight Manny Pacquaio, but he might not be good enough to beat some...
