Norm Frauenheim
265 articles · The Arizona Republic
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November dawns with Lopez, Marquez in a Fight of the Year contender
LAS VEGAS ? After a dark month that didn?t include much more than the sad spectacle of watching Shannon Briggs endure a terrible beating from Vitali Klitschko, November dawns with fighters and…
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Glovegate gone as all of the talk moves into an orbit around Pacquiao?s stardom
The irresistible story about whether Manny Pacquiao is out-of-shape, or out-of-focus, or more politician than pugilist is either setting the stage for a monumental upset in a loss to Antonio Margarito or…
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Look around: There aren?t many choices, but DiBella cheers a possible one in Showtime?s determined pursuit of tournament boxing
The Super Six represents a blueprint, a plan instead of another accident on a haphazard road littered with the same old mishaps and anarchy. The super-middleweight tournament and concept continue, first with…
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Mike Jones is in the right role and in step for move from apprenticeship to the HBO stage
It is the indispensable medium. Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya need television as much as Bill O?Reilly needs to shout into the cameras. But it is also a dilemma for…
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Trust in Oscar: He?s No Monopolist
Oscar De La Hoya is shortsighted, misguided or just naive, but ? please ? he isn?t an enemy of the free-market system in comments this week about wanting to sign all of…
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Mayweather smiles, but felony charges are no joke
The self-proclaimed face of boxing was captured last week in a booking photo. Floyd Mayweather Jr. looks as if he has a chance to go to the senior prom instead of prison.…
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A most offensive combo: Mayweather and Haye
Boxing and decorum have always been strangers, but even by standards of a sport without one, the last seven days have been staggering. Within a week, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and David Haye…
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Klitschko fights for future shot at an enduring spot
If all the great heavyweights aren?t NFL linebackers these days, they?re fighting in Germany. That means there aren?t many in the dinosaur division, perhaps just a Wladimir Klitschko defeat away from extinction.…
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California denial is first step in Margarito?s Texas two-step
It was a show trial. Antonio Margarito had to show up in a procedural step that fulfilled, if not satisfied, bureaucratic protocol. The result was almost an after-thought. Margarito had no chance…
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King is back, but hurdles, like the hair, are still there
He?s back, the good, the bad and the hair-do. If there?s any doubt that Don King has been missed, just listen to Bob Arum, who sounds positively giddy at the prospect of…
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Marquez-Diaz deliver some reality and a crowd instead of talk, just talk
LAS VEGAS ? In the beginning, the arena looked like a vacant warehouse. The Mandalay Bay Events Center felt empty. It didn?t stay that way. A crowd began to gather, maybe to…
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Mosley having fun and back at work
LAS VEGAS ? Shane Mosley likes to play basketball when he isn?t pounding a heavy bag. He did a little bit of both a few weeks ago. Mosley got into the ring…
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De La Hoya sees ?racism? in Arizona law
LAS VEGAS ? Oscar De La Hoya said Wednesday that the Arizona immigration law is racist if it is allowed to stand as it was written. ?We?re looking at racism,?? De La…
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The Rematch is real relief from talk and only talk
The Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz sequel to the 2009 Fight of the Year on July 31 at Las Vegas? Mandalay Bay has a simple marketing label: The Rematch. Golden Boy Promotions President…
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Deadline passes with no word from Mayweather
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said early Saturday that he had not heard from Floyd Mayweather, Jr., by a midnight deadline about whether he would fight Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13, but…
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Tick-talk-tick-talk, Mayweather on his own clock
There is Greenwich Mean Time and Daylight Savings and maybe even ?Money? Time, but there is nothing standard about the digital countdown Top Rank added to its website in an attempt to…
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Margarito?s fate is in his hands
By now, Antonio Margarito knows the questions like he knows an old sparring partner. He has heard them from the California State Athletic Commission. They have been thrown at him from all…
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Chavez Jr. is fighting for a grown-up identity against Duddy
No telling who was first to say that fathers fight so their sons don?t have to. But I?m guessing it was a mom, who from a ringside seat sat like a horrified…
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Nevada, USADA meeting is first step in a renewal of talks for Pacquiao-Mayweather
The silence isn?t exactly deafening. But it is encouraging. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer isn?t saying anything at all. Bob Arum is commenting only on location- location- location, which was one…
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Steward is back in a corner that fits him better than a tux
Emanuel Steward in a corner is a little bit like seeing an old soldier back in uniform. It fits. Amid the clutter and craziness along the ropes of boxing?s front lines, Steward…
