Norm Frauenheim
265 articles · The Arizona Republic
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MORE ON PACQUIAO-HATTON DEAL
LOS ANGELES ? After a whirlwind of negotiations between lunch on Thursday and brunch on Friday, there was some desert for Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer. The fight…
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15 (rounds) memories of 2008
It was a good year. Thanks, Manny Pacquiao. It was a surprising year. Thanks, Pacquiao and Bernard Hopkins and Antonio Margarito. It was a tough year. Get well, Genaro Hernandez. It was…
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Back to work as a U.S. senator, John McCain plans to take up an old fight — pursuing legislation to protect boxers
For most politicians, boxing is a metaphor. But it never has been for John McCain. Hillary Clinton waved Kelly Pavlik?s gloves during a primary stop in Youngstown, Ohio. It was symbol, a…
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Come on Oscar, Just announce your retirement
Oscar De La Hoya doesn?t have to look at the tape. He only needs to look in the mirror. Maybe, he still can?t see clearly through a damaged eye that was nearly…
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De La Hoya will have to wrap his hands differently
LAS VEGAS ? Oscar De La Hoya will have to tape his hands differently tonight against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand after Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach complained to Golden Boy Promotions,…
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De La Hoya – Pacquaio final press conference: The Final Sell
LAS VEGAS ? There wasn?t much news. There never is at a boxing news conference. But there were promises, politics, one-liners and lots of sell-sell-selling Wednesday in some well-orchestrated theater staged for…
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Mosley, Margarito, Oscar & Mayweather: The Welterweight Merry-Go-Round
Oscar De La Hoya stood in front of the Statue of Liberty instead of on Wall Street the other day to say that his fight with Manny Pacquiao won?t be the last…
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Chavez can’t hide his contempt for De La Hoya
Julio Cesar Chavez came to endorse a Phoenix law firm. He wound up condemning Oscar De La Hoya. Chavez, his dark eyes flashing contempt like sparks off flint, ripped De La Hoya…
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Marquez must get past Casamayor, then rebuild Mexican pride
There is a good chance that Juan Manuel Marquez will celebrate a victory over Cuban Joel Casamayor on Sept. 13, but a real celebration of Mexican Independence will have to wait until…
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Insider: De La Hoya has most to lose – and gain
It was speculation that was ridiculed months ago, but an Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight is no laugher. Not anymore. What first had been rumored nearly six months ago is deadly…
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After Mao’s ban, Chinese boxing revival possible
BEIJING Not far from the Forbidden City, they are doing something that once was forbidden by Mao Tse-tung. They are boxing. It is inevitable, perhaps, that boxing in some form would find…
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Mayweather should take a page from Pacquiao
For anybody who watched Bernard Hopkins try to intimidate Joe Calzaghe by calling him a white-boy or has heard Mexican chants of ?Guero, Guero?? at white fighters of almost any nationality, race…
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Marquez-Pacquiao rematch is 1 of pride
There's a lot of chest-thumping about national pride. Manny Pacquiao is called a national treasure by his fellow Filipinos. But he has a different nickname in Mexico. He is the "Mexican Assassin"…
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Boxing in good shape for ’08
It was a good time not to be included in all those year-end lists of top stories. Among Barry Bonds and Marion Jones and - did we mention steroids? - Roger Clemens…
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Marquez retains WBC title
SAHUARITA - For Juan Manuel Marquez, there were chants. They filled the room like a chorus that asked for more, or at least Manny Pacquiao. For Rocky Juarez, there was only blood.…
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Rocky Juarez seeks title
TUCSON - Boxing is in Rocky Juarez's name, his family's history and sometimes in his mom's purse. Emelinda Juarez often carries around her son's silver medal from the 2000 Olympics just to…
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Marquez mum on retirement, future
Juan Manuel Marquez wants to talk only about immediate business. That means Rocky Juarez Saturday night at Desert Diamond Casino south of Tucson. Lose there, and Marquez might not have anything left…
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Pacquiao helps his argument
Marco Antonio Barrera's last dance was surprising only because of a few new steps from Manny Pacquiao, who is hard to typecast and harder to beat. There were lots of explanations for…
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Distractions threaten Pacquiao’s ring work
Distractions are like title belts. If a fighter doesn't collect them, it's time for a different line of work. Manny Pacquiao doesn't need a day job. He wouldn't have time for one.…
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Trainer Roach in yet another fighter’s corner
There was Manny Pacquiao in April. There was Oscar De La Hoya in May. There is Bernard Hopkins in July. Everywhere Freddie Roach turns, there's another corner. Roach is the world's busiest…
