Sean Crose
269 articles · Boxing Insider
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Daniel Jacobs: ?At The End Of The Day It?s About What You Do Inside The Ring.?
By Sean Crose
Top middleweight Daniel Jacobs may be taking his November 11th opponent, Luis Arias, seriously as a foe. What Jacobs is not doing, however, is taking Arias seriously as a talker. ?It is…
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Monster Invasion: Naoya Inoue Comes To America
By Sean Crose
Twenty four years old. Five feet, four inches tall. Thirteen wins. Zero Defeats. Zero draws. Eleven knockouts. Two world titles in a career that has run a span of less than five…
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GGG: Canelo Fight ?Is Special For Me. It?s Huge.?
By Sean Crose
?It?s special for me,? Gennady ?GGG? Golovkin said during a Wednesday conference call to promote his middleweight title showdown against Canelo Alvarez on September 16th. ?It?s huge.? Indeed, his fight with Alvarez…
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Canelo, De La Hoya Talk About ?Real Fight? Against Golovkin This September
By Sean Crose
Canelo Alvarez? camp took part in a media conference call on Tuesday to promote the upcoming battle for middleweight supremacy between the Mexican superstar and Gennady Golovkin this September. Naturally, that other…
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Pacquiao Opts For Horn Rematch As Bradley, Marquez Retire
By Sean Crose
Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez ? arch foils of the great Manny Pacquiao ? have announced their retirements. Good for both men. They?ve earned their keep in the sport. Sure enough,…
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Canelo Alvarez ? A Serious Professional In Less Than Serious Times
By Sean Crose
Canelo Alvarez has begun training camp for his most difficult challenge to date. Oh, his 2013 battle with the iconic Floyd Mayweather may have been an herculean task, but Mayweather, masterful though…
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Why Mayweather And McGregor Are Beloved For Engaging In Bad Behavior
By Sean Crose
America loves the pairing, but make no mistake about it ? Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather behave horribly. The past few days have set me to thinking quite a bit about these…
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Why The Dislike For Andre Ward?
By Sean Crose
He?s risen above his tough origins. He?s a sound family man. He never makes a scene in public. And he?s one hell of a good fighter. Still, there?s a lot of dislike…
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Why Mayweather-McGregor Will (In All Likelihood) Be A Dud
By Sean Crose
So, you?re a person who loves ?big events.? You know, things like the Super Bowl and presidential debates. You?re not really into things like football and politics, but you still really dig…
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How Julio Caesar Chavez Jr Found Himself Back In Fans? Good Graces
By Sean Crose
It wasn?t so long ago that the majority of boxing fans seemed to be down, way down, on the son of the great Julio Caesar Chavez. Sure, Julio Caesar Chavez Jr still…
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Never Mind The Post-Fight Hype, Jodhua-klitschko Was A Big Deal. Here?s Why.
By Sean Crose
Some people are driven insane by the kind of hyperbole that surrounds any major event. For instance, I get put off by fellow Star Wars nuts who simply praise all things Star…
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Why Joshua-Klitshcko Looks To Be A Superfight Done Right
By Sean Crose
One of the downsides of boxing is that you never know just how good a given match will turn out. Hagler-Hearns was magnificent. Pacquiao-Clottey, not so much. If there?s one thing that…
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I Don?t Really Care If GGG And Canelo Never Fight. And You Shouldn?t, Either.
By Sean Crose
I?ve been reading quite a lot of comments from boxing?s new breed of fan lately ? you know, those fans who cheer on boxers for their earning potentials and capital rather than…
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Golovkin-Jacobs Was A Close Fight. Why Is That A Surprise?
By Sean Crose
Lots of talk about this past weekend?s Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs battle for middleweight supremacy. The fact that it was something of a high-level affair rather than a blowout seems to have impacted…
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Golovkin Speaks Of ?Very Serious? Jacobs On Media Call
By Sean Crose
?I think when you have the right matchups in boxing,? K2 Promotions Tom Loeffler said Tuesday on a media conference call, ?the fans respond.? Serious fight fans will surely be responding to…
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PBC on CBS Results: Thurman Bests Garcia, Lubin Stops Cota
By Sean Crose
The biggest fight on network television in decades went down Saturday night at the Barclay?s Center in Brooklyn, New York. WBA welterweight champ Danny Garcia took on his WBC welterweight peer Keith…
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Thurman-Garcia Is Great?But What About Afterwards?
By Sean Crose
?That?s when they were fighters,? the man behind the counter said. I had heard that line a million times before and had always, without exception, rolled my eyes at it. This time,…
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Is Bud Crawford Being Avoided?
By Sean Crose
Let?s face it, with the exception of Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao can pretty much face whoever he wants, whenever he wants. It?s the sort of privilege that comes with being an all-time…
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Pacquiao Remains Dominant in 2016
By Sean Crose
An interesting article appeared in this publication the other day wherein Matthew N. Becher ran through a list of top candidates for 2016s Fighter of the Year. All candidates were worthy, but…
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Julio Caesar Chavez Junior: It Seems Like Ages Ago
By Sean Crose
It seems like ages ago that Julio Caesar Chavez Jr shook Sergio Martinez ? and almost the entire world ?by nailing the highly regarded Argentine in the twelfth and final round of…