Norm Frauenheim
Done Deal: First bell for PBC-Prime Video agreement expected in March
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A deal, long rumored, became official Thursday with the announcement that Amazon Prime Video and Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) have...
David Benavidez stops Andrade, calls out Canelo
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS –David Benavidez promised.
And he punished.
He did to Demetrius Andrade what he did to David Lemieux and so many others. It...
Benavidez-Charlo: Fight still on, Charlo fined
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LAS VEGAS – The Jose Benavidez Jr.-Jermall Charlo fight was still on late Friday, saved by a deal reached after...
Charlo Fined $75,000 per Pound for Missing Weight against Jose Benavidez
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Jose Benavidez-Jermall Charlo fight on with deal made after Charlo is heavier than catchwt. Charlo 166.4, then 166.6. Charlo fined...
Boo Boo: Demetrius Andrade, hard to hit and hard to beat
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LAS VEGAS – He has a curious nickname. He’s Boo Boo.
Insert punch line here, and many do in a business...
Canelo Who? David Benavidez says his own era is about to...
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LAS VEGAS – David Benavidez sounds as if he is ready to be more than just another fighter chasing Canelo...
Benavidez-Andrade: Only a broadcast network for next year is mandatory
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It’s not exactly a surprise that the World Boxing Council decided this week that the David Benavidez-Demetrius Andrade winner will...
Trophy Talk the only real news to come out of the...
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There’s trash talk and there’s chaos.
The Jermall Charlo-Jose Benavidez edition of boxing’s long running, increasingly redundant exhibition tipped toward the...
Tyson Fury leaves Saudi with a bag of cash and a...
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Tyson Fury exited Saudi Arabia with a bag full of cash and a lot of questions after a controversial, problematic performance that...
Showtime’s exit leaves questions
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Showtime was at ringside before Canelo Alvarez was born, yet its imminent exit from boxing isn’t much of a surprise....
Benavidez-Andrade: Lots on the plate for Thanksgiving weekend fight
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It’s a Thanksgiving weekend fight, a main event between David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade and a Holiday date projected to...
Middleweight is the right place, right time for emerging Elijah Garcia
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Other than heavyweight and perhaps welterweight, there’s no division that has had a bigger impact on boxing than middleweight. The...
Welcome back: Canelo stops the slide in one-sided decision over Charlo
LAS VEGAS --Welcome back, Canelo Alvarez.
A perceived slide was interrupted, if not halted altogether, Saturday night with Canelo's thorough victory over Jermell Charlo in front...
Canelo Redefined? Against Charlo, an undisputed answer awaits
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LAS VEGAS – It was only a show, but a big audience saw plenty.
Canelo Alvarez promises he’s back and –...
Ramos-Lubin: Emerging Ramos hopes to “dominate’
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LAS VEGAS – Process and patience, routine and roadwork are at the beginning of any young fighter’s career. Jesus Ramos...
Elijah Garcia ready to graduate to another level
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LAS VEGAS – Rounds in the gym are done.
Thursday, it was time for rounds – and more rounds -- with...
Canelo at the crossroads
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LAS VEGAS – It’s a fight at the crossroads.
Canelo’s crossroads.
Where it’ll take him is just about anybody’s guess. There’s right....
What decline? Canelo has never been down
Depending on the pundit doing the autopsy, Canelo Alvarez is – or isn’t -- in decline.
It’s a story line that has become Canelo’s motivation...
Forget, Forgettable: Canelo says he never does, Charlo says he never...
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Microphones become megaphones. Humble turns to hype. If noise is a way to measure a fight, Canelo Alvarez-Jermell Charlo is...
Canelo-Charlo: Canelo favored, but doubts persist
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History has always motivated Canelo Alvarez. He fights to make some. Now, it looks as if he’s fighting not to...
A-to-Z: Benavidez, Ramos and Garcia at cutting edge of emerging market
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Arizona’s early identity was once defined by a Chamber of Commerce kind of acronym – the five Cs - that stood...
Usyk to fight Dubois, but Fury is on his mind
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Oleksandr Usyk is going into a fight against Daniel Dubois while talking about Tyson Fury.
If that sounds confusing, it is.
Then...
Canelo switches up, agrees with his critics
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Canelo Alvarez has always had a testy relationship with critics. The super-middleweight champion, who has a mean counter in the...
Navarrete wins unanimous decision over Oscar Valdez
GLENDALE, Ariz. – It was promoted as if it was the beginning of a rivalry. There was talk of history.
Emanuel Navarrete-versus-Oscar Valdez Jr., looked...
Navarrete-Valdez: Too tough to call for Morales and Barrera
By Norm Frauenheim
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Emanuel Navarrete-Oscar Valdez Jr. fight is a tough call, so tough that neither Marco Antonio Barrera nor Erik...
Valdez-Navarrete: A fight to turn forgettable into memorable
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- – Oscar Valdez Jr. looked to his right. Looked to his left.
He was surrounded by the history...
Bam Rodriguez-Sunny Edwards headed to AZ
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – It’s a boxing market built on the lightest weight classes.
It started with Michael Carbajal and was enhanced...
Crawford, Spence rewrite old formula for PPV success
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Risk & Reward was the message on Terence Crawford’s T-shirt at a weigh-in last Friday.
Then, it was subtle.
Nearly a week...
This Bud Is Forever: Crawford claims his era with defining stoppage...
LAS VEGAS –It’s always been what Terence Crawford said it was.
It’s his era.
This Bud is forever.
Terence “Bud” Crawford delivered the proof – definitively –...
Crawford-Spence: A handshake before the hostility
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – They are dangerous men. They’re engaged in what Mike Tyson once called the hurt business. But on the eve of hostility,...
