Norm Frauenheim
265 articles · The Arizona Republic
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Keeping It Simple: Beating Wilder again not rocket science, says Fury
Tyson Fury, street-corner philosopher and street-wise pugilist, has no illusions about what he does for a living. “It’s not rocket science,’’ he said. Sometimes, it’s not even Sweet Science. That bring us…
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On the Schedule: Timing is sure to generate more talk about Benavidez-Canelo
Sometimes, schedule makers are a little bit like map makers. They can draw up a pretty good path to what might be next. Or, at least, how to get there. Connect the…
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Pacquiao back in the gym and back for a risky bet in his rivalry with Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao got back into the gym for some honest work for his summer date with Errol Spence a few days before Floyd Mayweather pulled off another heist, an exhibition he called…
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Ryan Garcia hopes to put an optimistic new into New Year
A welcome chance to say goodbye to a lousy year begins amid reasons for skepticism about whether the new one will be any better. The calendar changes. The mood doesn’t. Not with…
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September Comeback? A possibility instead of the same old futility
On the traditional calendar, September means change, summer turning into fall. But it means something more these days, at least it does for a sport hoping to break out of a lonely…
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Furious Tyson Fury gives Deontay Wilder a licking
LAS VEGAS — Tyson Fury came into the ring to “Crazy,” Patsy Cline’s country classic. It’s an old song. But for seven rounds Saturday night, it was a modern hit. It said…
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Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury put on a show at weigh-in for title-fight rematch
LAS VEGAS — There were no surprises on the scale. There weren’t too many surprises off it, either. Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury promised to be bigger and they were for a…
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NSAC says there will be no face-off between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury at weigh-in
LAS VEGAS — The face-off is off. The Nevada State Athletic Commission took a cue from promoter Bob Arum, ordering that there will be no eye-to-eye, nose-to-nose pose after the weigh-in Friday…
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Physical faceoff between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder ends in peace
LAS VEGAS — It wouldn’t be a boxing news conference without pushing and profanity. Both and more were there in a final news conference Wednesday, four days before the first punches land…
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Wilder-Fury 2 could help boxing’s heavyweight division up off the canvas
LAS VEGAS — It’s been the flagship of boxing. Been on the fringe too. Forgotten even. From Atlantic City to Zaire, eras and ears have come and gone in the heavyweight division,…
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Wilder-Fury 2: Lots to say about a fight that might hang on some surgical thread
The hyperbole is already underway. Insults, expletives and exaggerations were delivered, exchanged and countered this week in downtown Los Angeles, just across the street from where Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury fought…
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Sergey Kovalev has gone from feared to polite, which makes him an attractive opponent for Canelo Alvarez
LAS VEGAS ? Sergey Kovalev never said thanks to opponents a few years ago. He didn?t have to. He was the ?Krusher? and that?s what he did. He crushed. No apology or…
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Canelo Alvarez keeps evolving, but will the new Sergey Kovalev be a career Krusher?
LAS VEGAS ? Canelo Alvarez says he is trying to make history. Sergey ?Krusher? Kovalev is trying to resurrect some. They meet Saturday at a crossroads, one driven by ambition to be…
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Staying Busy: Navarrete punches renewed meaning into an old concept
LAS VEGAS ? Emanuel Navarrete Is restoring an old-school definition to a term that has long been part of the boxing glossary. Busy is today?s way of describing a fighter?s work rate.…
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Manny Pacquiao?s fight against Keith Thurman could be the last time we see him in the ring
LAS VEGAS ? One preaches. The other promises. Both have a big punch, which for now is the one thing in common that figures to finally separate one from the other Saturday…
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Keith Thurman ready to prove himself again, while Manny Pacquiao has extra motivation
LAS VEGAS ? Keith Thurman was provocative, often bold. Manny Pacquiao was philosophical, sometimes political. Welcome to the beginning of fight week, the so-called Grand Arrival Tuesday for the Pacquiao-Thurman bout Saturday…
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Many-sided Thurman in the role of a lifetime in his fight to unseat Pacquiao
Keith Thurman has lots to say, more than enough for Manny Pacquiao to pick and choose whatever he might need for just the right amount of motivation before their welterweight fight July…
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Pacquiao-Thurman: A title fight and battle to regain identity
It?s a fight hard to pick, mostly because Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman are welterweights fighting to recreate themselves or perhaps re-discover who they were. The guy who wins the identity crisis…
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Could Tyson Fury be the next dominant force in heavyweight boxing?
It was a boxing news conference that ended with 87-year-old Bob Arum singing, ?Bye-bye, Miss American Pie,? alongside 6-foot-9 Tyson Fury, who looked like the world?s biggest conductor as he urged a…
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Dangerous Equation: A Pacquiao victory over Thurman puts the 40-year-old Senator closer to a fight with Errol Spence
He?s been Pac-Man and Congressman. Honorific titles and belted ones are all part of his resume. He been called just about everything, including a few that are four-letters long. Hey, nobody wins…