Norm Frauenheim
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,...
Crawford-Spence: Trash talk gets ugly
By Norm Frauenheim
LAS VEGAS – Just when it sounded as if not much more could be said about Terence Crawford-versus-Errol Spence Jr., more was.
A...
Spence-Crawford: Biggest scrap in “the strap season”
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Errol Spence calls it the strap season. Maybe, it is. Suddenly, title belts count for something more than just another...
Crawford-Spence: Unlikely partners in business for bucks and blood
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It’s an unlikely partnership in an unforgiving business for blood and bucks. Maybe some legacy, too. Mostly, it’s still a...
Crawford-Spence: Dramatic differences add up to a fight too close to...
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Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr, a fascinating fight embedded in the public imagination for years, is generating lots of ideas about...
Crawford-Spence: Surprising deal opens the way to escalating expectations
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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
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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?
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It’s been a good week to be a fight fan, which is another way of saying the business is staging...
Teofimo Lopez has plenty to say, but is still searching for...
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There’s not much Teofimo Lopez won’t say these days. He’s a shock jock in a concussive business, one that has...
