Sean Crose
269 articles · Boxing Insider
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Boxing In The Post Floyd Mayweather Era
By Sean Crose
It?s said former pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather is happy in retirement. Indeed, the longer the man stays out of the ring ? it?s been well over a year at this…
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Kell Brook To Remain At Welterweight. Errol Spence Awaits
By Sean Crose
There are those, of course, who are most certainly not fans of one Kell Brook. Indeed, they say the IBF welterweight champion had too many soft touches after besting the exciting Shawn…
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Why Pacquiao-Vargas Is Relevant
By Sean Crose
Okay, first things first, I do not ? I repeat, do not ? think the Manny Pacquiao versus Jessie Vargas fight this weekend at the Thomas and Mack Center in Vegas is…
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Not A Second Too Soon ? Good News From Showtime Boxing
By Sean Crose
Let?s not kid ourselves, 2016 has been a slow and painful year for fight fans. Indeed, it looked for a bit as if the sport had literally ground to a halt. On…
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Liam Smith Aims To Be ?Elite Fighter,? Like Canelo
By Sean Crose
The final press conference for Liam Smith?s defense of his WBO super welterweight title against Saul Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night in Texas didn?t deliver controversy. Indeed, there were no insults thrown,…
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What Happens If Liam Smith Stuns The World?
By Sean Crose
Most people don?t think it will happen and chances are you don?t either, but since nothing is guaranteed in boxing it?s worth asking what the implications might be if Liam Smith stuns…
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An Objective Look At Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez
By Sean Crose
Mexican superstar Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez is something of a fighter without a home. Indeed, it?s hard to know how to identify the 41-1-1 boxer. He is considered the lineal middleweight champion of…
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GGG: Canelo Is ?Just Scared?
By Sean Crose
According to the highly regarded Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, middleweight terror Gennady Golovkin had some choice words for one Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez recently. While fans want the two men to…
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Fights You Should Get Hyped About: Gonzalez-Cuadras (Sept. 10th)
By Sean Crose
Okay it?s no surprise that a lot of boxing fans are disappointed with the general state of the sport at the moment. With all due respect to the more patient among the…
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Potential Thurman-Garcia Bout Raises Interesting Questions
By Sean Crose
Word is out ? via RingTV.com ? that Showtime honcho Stephen Espinoza is hoping that Danny Garcia will face Keith Thurman in a high end matchup early next year. Think of it…
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Crawford Dominates Over Postol
By Sean Crose
Things started on Saturday?s pay per view card at the MGM Grand in Vegas with undefeated Ukrainian light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk (10-8) facing off against Tommy Karpency (26-5-1) in a ten rounder.…
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Keith Thurman Calls Out Manny Pacquiao
By Sean Crose
These words were Tweeted on Friday by the one and only Keith ?One Time? Thurman, the 27-0 WBA welterweight champion. Yes, there?s actually a name fighter out there who still appears to…
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New Filipino Senator Manny Pacquiao Wants Some Criminals To Hang ? Literally
By Sean Crose
New Filipino Senator Manny Pacquiao wants the death penalty to be employed in his homeland. Oh, and he wants the method of execution to be hanging. And you thought Pacquiao was menacing…
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Boxing Is Just So, Like, Unfair
By Sean Crose
Being a newshound, I read, see and hear a lot about today?s young people. They?re pretty much looked down on the same way my generation (Generation X) was and my parent?s generation…
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Pacquiao-Broner? Stranger Things Have Happened In Boxing
By Sean Crose
Manny Pacquiao is supposedly retired and embracing his new job as a Filipino senator. Yet there?s word that the aging great may be coming back to face one Adrien Broner. That right,…
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Barclays Center Is Becoming A Boxing Hotspot
By Sean Crose
Danny Garcia fights there regularly. So does Chris Algieri. Deontay Wilder laid out Artur Szpilka there in frightening fashion last winter and then Tyson Fury got in the ring and made a…
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Boxing?s New Breed Of Fan Helps Keep Things Dysfunctional
By Sean Crose
While watching cable news tonight I saw a well-known member of congress answer some tough questions. Only he didn?t directly answer. He meandered. He obfuscated. He acted like the smartest person in…
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Fellow Athletes, Along With Politicians And Other Notables, Weigh In On ?The Greatest?
By Sean Crose
With the world reeling from the news of Muhammad Ali?s death, Boxing Insider has decided to pay homage to ?The Greatest? by offering the reader a collection of quotes and Tweets from…
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It?s Now Senator Pacquiao
By Sean Crose
According to reports on Tuesday, Manny Pacquiao had indeed won ? or was on the verge of winning, depending on the source ? a senatorial position in his homeland of the Philippines.…
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De La Hoya ?Marinates? As Fan Base Grows Restless
By Sean Crose
Legendary boxer turned promoter Oscar De La Hoya knows fans want to see Gennady Golovkin get it on with his star fighter, Canelo Alvarez. He also must be aware that fans are…