Sean Crose
269 articles · Boxing Insider
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Naoya Inoue Smashes Donaire In Bantamweight Title Rematch
By Sean Crose
The highly-anticipated unified super bantamweight championship fight between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire didn’t take long to resolve. And, once again “the monster” demonstrated why he’s one of the top pound-for-pound fighters…
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Naoya Inoue-Nonito Donaire 2 Preview
By Sean Crose
You might want to get up early on Tuesday, as a rematch of the classic Naoya Inoue-Nonito Donaire bout goes down in Japan. The first fight was perhaps the best match of…
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Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte Preview
By Sean Crose
Dillian Whyte has been waiting a long time for this moment. Now, the 28-2 Brit will have the chance to win the lineal and WBC heavyweight titles when he faces the 31-0-1…
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Martinez Dethrones Ancajas, Wins IBF Super Flyweight Title In High Octane Affair
By Sean Crose
Boxing returned to the Showtime airwaves Saturday night as the cable network aired a card live from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas featuring Chris “PrimeTime” Colbert versus Hector Garcia. First, however, the…
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Gary Russell Jr – Mark Magsayo Preview
By Sean Crose
Hard to believe it’s been nearly a year already. That’s right, it’s time for Gary Russell Jr’s yearly endeavor inside the boxing ring. Okay, that’s a bit harsh. Russell argues that he…
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Shawn Porter: “I’m One Of A Kind”
By Sean Crose
“I live in disrupting your living,” Shawn Porter told the media on a Wednesday conference call. “I live in figuring out what makes you uncomfortable.” True enough, even the 31-3-1 Porter’s losses…
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Shawn Porter On Terence Crawford: “I’m Flat Out Trying To Knock This Dude Out.”
By Sean Crose
“This is what I love,” Shawn Porter says. “All systems go. I love it.” Porter appears relaxed yet determined in a recent FightHype interview, presented less than a month before his November…
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Canelo Refuses To Let His Past Define Him
By Sean Crose
“It’s different level,” Canelo Alvarez tells ES News as he prepares for his November 6th throwdown against fellow supermiddleweight titlist Caleb Plant. “I don’t know what level (Plant is at), but it’s…
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Canelo Alvarez On Fighting Jake Paul: “You Can Never Say Never”
By Sean Crose
Say it ain’t so! Canelo Alvarez, perhaps the most popular and serious minded practitioner in all of boxing appears to be willing to some day face social media star turned boxer Jake…
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Pacquiao’s Exit Officially Ends An Era
By Sean Crose
Frankly, it lasted longer than anyone probably could have imagined. It seems like ages ago that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather finally answered the bell and battled a full twelve rounds (Mayweather,…
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Manny Pacquiao’s Loss To Yordenis Ugas Represents A Sea Change In Boxing
By Sean Crose
Many of us thought, or at least suspected, that Manny Pacquiao would fade away from prominence after losing to Floyd Mayweather back in 2015. We were wrong. Very wrong. If anyone had…
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Mark Magsayo Comes Back From Adversity, Knocks Out Ceja
By Sean Crose
The 22-0 featherweight Mark Magsayo appeared on Saturday’s Pacquiao-Ugas undercard at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas. His opponent in a scheduled 12 rounder was the 32-4-2 Julio Ceja. A sharp left dropped…
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Pacquiao-Ugas Undercard Preview: Victor Ortiz-Robert Guerrero, Julio Ceja-Mark Magsayo, Carlos Castro-Oscar Escandon
By Sean Crose
The broadcast undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Yordenas Ugas welterweight throwdown is admittedly fascinating. This isn’t because anything ground breaking is going to happen, but because it involves fighters whose pairing sparks interest.…
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Guillermo Rigondeaux (Finally) Gets Some Respect
By Sean Crose
He’s been one of the more skilled boxers in the world for almost the past ten years. He’s lost but one fight, and has knocked out more opponents than he hasn’t. He’s…
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Yordenis Ugas Finds Himself With The Opportunity – And Challenge – Of A Lifetime In Manny Pacquiao
By Sean Crose
“Ugas is a very good fighter,” Errol Spence said last year of Yordenis Ugas, “but nobody knows who he is.” As of Tuesday it looks as if that’s all about to change.…
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Manny Pacquiao Talks Legacy, Aging, Jake Paul, Conor McGregor…And Floyd Mayweather
By Sean Crose
Addressing the media before his highly anticipated bout with Errol Spence later this month, Manny Pacquiao spoke out on a wide range of subjects. The only matters he didn’t seem particularly willing…
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Political Issues Follow Manny Pacquiao To America As He Trains For Errol Spence
By Sean Crose
“Pacquiao is something of a Renaissance man,” the Washing Post stated about Manny Pacquiao on Monday. “He was a congressman, and now a senator. He’s won 12 major world boxing titles. He’s…
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Eddie Hearn On Fury-Wilder: “I’ve Told You The Fight Wouldn’t Happen.”
By Sean Crose
“I don’t know the ins and outs, the facts, what to believe,” Eddie Hearn says of the third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder fight supposedly being pushed back. Still, he’s quick to tell iFL…
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Freddie Roach: “It’s All About Boxing Immortality For Manny Pacquiao”
By Sean Crose
“It’s all about boxing immortality for Manny Pacquiao,” says the Filipino legend’s longtime trainer, Freddie Roach. The man should know. Since coming to America and working under Roach’s tutelage, Pacquiao has become…
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Manny Pacquiao Begins Training In Los Angeles For Errol Spence Fight
By Sean Crose
You know fight time is fast approaching when Manny Pacquiao arrives in Los Angeles to begin camp with trainer Freddy Roach. Although his practice is to start preparing for a fight in…