Spence-Crawford: Biggest scrap in “the strap season”
By Norm Frauenheim -
Errol Spence calls it the strap season. Maybe, it is. Suddenly, title belts count for something more than just another...
Alycia Baumgardner Gets Even; Retains Undisputed 130 lb. Title with Decision over Linardatou
Alycia Baumgardner avenged her only professional blemish and retained the Undisputed Super Featherweight Title with a 10-round unanimous decision over Christina Linardatou at The...
Crawford-Spence: Unlikely partners in business for bucks and blood
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s an unlikely partnership in an unforgiving business for blood and bucks. Maybe some legacy, too. Mostly, it’s still a...
FOLLOW ENNIS – VILLA LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Jaron Ennis defends the IBF Interim Welterweight Title against Roiman Villa
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Jaron Ennis stops Villa in 10; Retains Interim Welterweight Title
ATLANTIC CITY -- Jaron Ennis retained the IBF Interim Welterweight title with a 10th round stoppage over Roiman Villa at The Adrian Phillips Ballroom...
Crawford-Spence: Dramatic differences add up to a fight too close to call
By Norm Frauenheim -
Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr, a fascinating fight embedded in the public imagination for years, is generating lots of ideas about...
Jared Anderson Goes Distance; Decisions Former Champion Charles Martin
Jared Anderson went the distance for the first time and won a 10-round unanimous decision over former IBF Heavyweight champion Charles Martin at The...
Crawford-Spence: Surprising deal opens the way to escalating expectations
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s a fight that has already exceeded expectations. Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr. got made. There was a deal just a...
Trevor McCumby comeback resumes Saturday night in Phoenix
By Norm Frauenheim
PHOENIX, AZ — Trevor McCumby takes the second step in a comeback Saturday night at Celebrity Theatre.
The 30-year-old McCumby hopes to pick...
Nothing New: Canelo ignores Benavidez, agrees to fight Jermall Charlo
By Norm Fraueneim -
Last week, there was a question. Is Canelo Alvarez listening?
This week, there’s an answer.
No.
It’s a definitive no, delivered by Badou...
Market speaks, but is Canelo listening?
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s been a good week to be a fight fan, which is another way of saying the business is staging...
FOLLOW TAYLOR – LOPEZ LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Josh Taylor defends the WBO Junior Welterweight title against former Undisputed Lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez. The action begins at...
Speed Kills; Lopez Decisions Taylor to win Jr. Welterweight Title
NEW YORK--Teofimo Lopez became a two-division world champion with an emphatic 12-round unanimous decision over Josh Taylor to win the WBO Junior Welterweight title...
Teofimo Lopez has plenty to say, but is still searching for one answer
By Norm Frauenheim -
There’s not much Teofimo Lopez won’t say these days. He’s a shock jock in a concussive business, one that has...
Benavidez-Canelo? Benavidez promoter goes public with his campaign
By Norm Frauenheim -
Politics, boxing style, continues to surround the David Benavidez-versus-Canelo Alvarez possibility and nobody is playing that game harder than Benavidez...
ERROL SPENCE JR. & TERENCE CRAWFORD SET FOR UNDISPUTED WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP CLASH SATURDAY, JULY...
LAS VEGAS – May 31, 2023 – In a matchup that will go down in boxing history as one of the most significant title fights...
Chaos Game: Crawford, Spence announce they’re next
By Norm Frauenheim -
Chaos is boxing’s oxygen. If the last few months are a sign, the patient is breathing. Maybe even thriving.
The latest...
Devin Haney wins controversial unanimous decision
LAS VEGAS --If this was chess, TheGrandMaster got robbed.
That at least, was the verdict from an angry crowd that booed a unanimous decision handed down by three judges in...
Opening Shove: Haney pushes Lomachenko at staged weigh-in
By Norm Frauenheim -
LAS VEGAS – Waist-high chess pieces decorate a media room that includes posters that have Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko...
Technical Masterpiece? On the chessboard, Loma-Haney looks like one
By Norm Frauenheim -
LAS VEGAS – It was first mentioned about four years ago. It didn’t happen then. But the possibility was never...
Bivol or Benavidez? Canelo confronted by a choice between legacy or money
By Norm Frauenheim -
It was a homecoming that produced mixed reviews and perhaps a dilemma.
The mix, some praise and lots of criticism, was...
Canelo is back with a promise to reassert his reign of the game
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s getting hard to identify the so-called face of boxing. One week, it looks a lot like Gervonta Davis. Next...
Fight For The Ages: Tank-Garcia wins over a new generation
By Norm Frauenheim -
It wasn’t a classic. Roberto Duran’s place as history’s greatest lightweight remains undisputed.
But it was a fight for the ages.
Ages...
FOLLOW DAVIS – GARCIA LIVE FROM RINGSIDE
Follow all the action as Gervonta Davis takes on Ryan Garcia in the most anticipated fight of the year. The action begins at...
Opening Salvo: Elijah Garcia ready to deliver the first pay-per-view shots
By Norm Frauenheim -
The last time Elijah Garcia opened the show he proved to be a showstopper. He said a memorable hello to...
Tune-up or Crossroads? Questions continue to swirl about Canelo’s bout with Ryder
By Norm Frauenheim -
It’s called a tune-up. A long-awaited homecoming. But it’s beginning to look as if Canelo Alvarez’ fight with John Ryder...
Benavidez-Canelo? Benavidez is winning the political rounds
By Norm Frauenheim -
For now, the David Benavidez-Canelo Alvarez possibility isn’t about boxing. It’s about politics.
The debate goes on.
And on.
It also brings to mind...
Villa and Olguin Fight to a Draw in Sacramento
By Mario Ortega Jr. (Ringside)-
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – Tough journeyman Diuhl Olguin held unbeaten local featherweight William Villa to a split decision draw in the...
Benavidez moving up, but still not into Canelo’s immediate plans
By Norm Frauenheim -
David Benavidez gained name recognition and some first-time recognition in pound-for-pound ratings with his victory over Caleb Plant, but he...
Villa Steps Into Main Event in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – With just a handful of days' notice, undefeated featherweight William Villa will return to the ring for the first time in...
