Sean Crose
269 articles · Boxing Insider
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Fireworks In Cleveland: Mason Bests Bell In Controversial Fashion
By Sean Crose
Believe it or not, boxing has a long history of fights going down on the 4th of July. Jack Johnson defeated former world champion James J. Jeffries on July 4th 1910, while…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao 2: The Circus Is Back In Town.
By Sean Crose
Years ago I was on a conference call in a dark room inside a nearly empty building. I was just getting off of work but before going home I absolutely had to…
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Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford Nearly Set for September
By Sean Crose
In the first big news of 2025, it’s being reported by numerous outlets that super middleweight king Canelo Alvarez is close -very close – to facing former undisputed welterweight king Terence Crawford…
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“I Think It Will Happen.” David Benavidez Feels He’ll Eventually Face Canelo Alvarez
By Sean Crose
Everyone has wanted to see David Benavidez fight Canelo Alvarez. Everyone, that is, except for Canelo. At least for the time being. While it’s a tall order to accuse Canelo of ducking…
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Jared Anderson Emerges Victorious In A Fight Where His Opponent Refuses To Engage
By Sean Crose
Undefeated 16-0 heavyweight Jared “Big Baby” Anderson returned to the ring for the first time since August on Saturday. His opponent at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas was the…
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Efe Ajagba Stops Joe Goodall In Four
By Sean Crose
The 18-1rising heavyweight Efe Ajaba slipped in between the ropes at the Tahoe Blue Event Center Saturday night to show the world he was ready to be seen one of the best…
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Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre Walks Out Of British Courtroom A Free Man
By Sean Crose
Noted Terence Crawford trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre is now a free man. He had been in the custody of British authorities after being caught with a firearm at Manchester airport after his…
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Terence Crawford: “Canelo Vs Crawford Is The Biggest Fight In Boxing”
By Sean Crose
Talk about having confidence to burn. After soundly beating Errol Spence this past summer to become the undisputed welterweight champion of the world, Terence Crawford is entertaining the thought of moving up…
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Crawford-Spence Preview And Prediction
By Sean Crose
It may very well be the best matchup in a year filled with great matchups. WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford will be putting his belt on the line Saturday night in Las…
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True Grit: Frank Martin Gets Past A Determined Artem Harutyunyan
By Sean Crose
The 17-0 Frank Martin looked to leave his mark on the lightweight division Saturday night in Las Vegas when he squared off against the 12-0 Artem Harutyunyan. Their scheduled 12 rounder was…
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Jared Anderson Grinds Out Tough Win Over Charles Martin
By Sean Crose
The Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio hosted an ESPN/Top Rank card on Saturday night featuring former world titlist Charles Martin and local up and comer Jared Anderson in a scheduled 10 round…
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Errol Spence On Terence Crawford: “Hopefully, I Don’t Break His Face Too Bad.”
By Sean Crose
“I can probably see why I’m not the betting favorite,” Errol Spence admitted to the media on Tuesday. The WBA, WBC and IBF welterweight titlist was in New York with his next…
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Devin Haney Emerges Victorious From War With Vasyl Lomachenko
By Sean Crose
The undisputed lightweight championship was at stake Saturday night as defending champion Devin Haney took on former world titlist Vasyl Lomachenko in a scheduled 12 round ESPN pay per view main event…
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Ryan Garcia On Gervonta Davis: “If He’s A Tank, I’m An RPG”
By Sean Crose
ESNEWS has recorded Ryan Garcia doing his absolute best Muhammad Ali act, hamming it up while taunting potential (let’s hope likely) April 15th opponent Gervonta “Tank” Davis. “Knock that boy out,” Garcia…
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Gervonta Davis, Tyson Fury, And The Need For Objectivity
By Sean Crose
Was the mother of Gervonta Davis’ child truly admitting to wrongdoing this past Friday when she claimed she shouldn’t have called 9-1-1 earlier in the week to report that Davis had attacked…
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A Look At The Judges For Canelo-Golovkin 3
By Sean Crose
One of the things that comes to mind when the topic of Canelo Alvarez’ ring battles with Gennady Golovkin comes up is the topic of judicial bias. Canleo, fairly or not, has…
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Canelo-GGG : It’s All About The Answers
By Sean Crose
They last met four long years ago. Canelo Alvarez won that night, besting the feared Gennady Golovkin by virtue of a controversial judge’s decision. The fighters’ careers have gone in wildly different…
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Usyk-Joshua 2 Aftermath: Fury Gets Called Out By Usyk While Joshua’s Post-Fight Behavior Raises Eyebrows
By Sean Crose
It may end up having been the single most relevant fight of 2022. After winning the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles off of Anthony Joshua close to a year ago, Oleksandr…
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Weekend Previews: Chisora-Pulev And Magsayo-Vargas
By Sean Crose
It’s not going to be a bad weekend of fights. There’s no big name stars involved, but there is at least one very relevant fight to be viewed, as well as one…
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Floyd Mayweather Gets Emotional At International Boxing Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
By Sean Crose
Throughout a career that lasted over 25 years, Floyd Mayweather was known for being cool under fire. Rarely ever rattled in the ring, Mayweather proved during the handful of moments he was…