Norm Frauenheim
265 articles · The Arizona Republic
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Leftovers from the Marquez-Pacquiao scorecard: Possibilities, politics and even a haircut
Notes, quotes and random anecdotes in the turbulent wake of Manny Pacquiao?s majority decision over Juan Manuel Marquez: ? A Pacquiao fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be easier to make than…
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Marquez makes an offer Pacquiao can?t refuse
A contentious conference call full of questions about Juan Manuel Marquez? hiring of a controversial strength coach linked to performance-enhancers included an offer that represents an opportunity for Manny Pacquiao. ?Whatever testing…
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Pavlik?s fight to get back on top starts with the battle to beat back distractions
Distractions are an ally or an annoyance or a dirty word. Manny Pacquiao can?t get enough of them. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. sneers at them, then moves on to the next one. Kelly…
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In trying to create some of his own history, Chavez, Jr., stays in the family business
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., says he wants to create his own history, which means he will try to re-write a chapter as old as any in the family business. Fathers fight so…
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Odds for Pacquiao say one thing, but Mosley trainer Naazim Richardson says a lot more
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao has angles. Naazim Richardson has analogies. Those analogies might not be enough to counter the endless geometry of power and accuracy in Pacquiao?s array of punches. But…
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Pacquiao sounds like a political heavyweight in last stop before his campaign against Mosley
LAS VEGAS ? Filipino Congressman Manny Pacquiao will never jump up the boxing scale to heavyweight, but he is beginning to sound as if he might try to make a run at…
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Pacquiao looking to knock out Mosley and maybe Mayweather?s argument
Knockout talk is pretty standard stuff in the build-up for any fight, especially one that Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley have transformed into an event. But it has a different tone this…
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Lopez, like Ortiz, has opportunity in defeat
Victor Ortiz? personal triumph in his dramatic upset of Andre Berto re-affirms an increasingly forgotten fundamental. Defeat is important. It?s an opportunity, one that now confronts Juan Manuel Lopez. Lopez finds himself…
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Fear not, Morales says about the danger some see in his fight with Maidana
Erik Morales has heard questions loaded with suggestions that he is damaged and in danger of permanent disability or worse when Marcos Maidana?s power figures to land with probability dictated by a…
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Mayweather says 100 million things, but one bet says he?ll have to fight Pacquiao
It?s hard to know what Manny Pacquiao thinks about all the mixed signals coming from Floyd Mayweather Jr. these days. First, Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum tells the Filipino media that Mayweather wanted…
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Cotto?s anger at Mayorga might have been expressed by what he didn?t do
Miguel Cotto has always given us many reasons to like him. He provided another one Wednesday in the build-up for his super-welterweight fight Saturday night with noisemaker Ricardo Mayorga. Cotto refused to…
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A few thoughts while wondering whether Pacquiao was one of Mayweather?s birthday wishes
A few leftovers while wondering whether 34-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s birthday wish Thursday included a bout with Manny Pacquiao sometime before he turns 35: ? Nonito Donaire?s second-round stoppage of Fernando Montiel…
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Pacquiao comparisons might be a tougher foe for Donaire than Montiel
Nonito Donaire faces expectations that are growing into a challenge more dangerous than even Fernando Montiel. The next Manny Pacquaio? The next bantamweight champion should be enough, but it isn?t for an…
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Montiel?s promises for a new style might be the wake-up call needed to kick-start 2011
There?s a new wrinkle to a line that has echoed throughout boxing for as long as gyms have been full of the familiar rhythms from a speed bag. Yeah, styles make fights.…
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On the economic map, Motown and American boxing are in the same spot
Symbols have been attached to the Timothy Bradley-Devon Alexander fight, so many in fact that they might outnumber the tickets sold for the junior-welterweight bout at the Silverdome, a blimp-like arena in…
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Blame is everywhere, even on a ballot, for no Pacquiao-Marquez rematch
As criticism of Bob Arum?s decision to go with Shane Mosley instead of Juan Manuel Marquez for Manny Pacquiao?s next fight on May 7 lingers like a Holiday hangover, there?s a ballot…
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A few picks, but no promises, for 2011
Predictions are a lot like contract clauses, which is to say they are hard to fulfill. They fall apart faster than Jean Pascal. So don?t take them seriously, especially after a problematic…
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Say goodbye and good riddance to 2010
It will be remembered for what didn?t happen instead of what did and for a self-proclaimed face of the game seen more often in a booking photo than the ring. To 2010:…
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Khan doesn?t miss on the scale or with a pose
LAS VEGAS ? He has mastered the Manny Pacquiao pose. Amir Khan looked as if he had been rehearsing it Friday at the weigh-in for his junior-welterweight date with Marcos Maidana at…
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Khan has advantages, but overlooked Maidana has the power
LAS VEGAS ? There is no advantage in hype, at least not at opening bell. Amir Khan has all of it. Marcos Maidana has none of it. Maidana, an Argentine farm boy…