Sean Crose
269 articles · Boxing Insider
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Pacquiao Giving Mayweather ?To The End Of The Month?
By Sean Crose
?We?re giving this until the end of the month.? So says Manny Pacquiao?s advisor, Mike Koncz, in regards to ongoing negations between the Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather camps. It is said a…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao Camps Reportedly Still Negotiating, Ditto For Canelo and Cotto
By Sean Crose
Right when it looked like fight fan?s renewed hopes for a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather showdown were proving futile yet again, a recent article from The Ring makes it clear that negotiations for…
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Rumor Mill: Cotto To Forgo Bout With Canelo In Order To Face Mayweather In Rematch?
By Sean Crose
It must be nice to be Miguel Cotto as 2014 comes to a close. A year ago, he was considered a has-been. Now, he?s THE hot item in all of boxing. For…
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Why We Should Believe (At Least For Now) That Floyd Wants To Fight Manny
By Sean Crose
It amazes me how positively glib and self-assured some people are. Floyd Mayweather shows up on television Friday night to call out Manny Pacquiao, and some highly esteemed fight writers instantly respond…
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Mayweather Reportedly Faces Police Interview as Murder Witness, Car Accident Lawsuit
By Sean Crose
Floyd ?Money? Mayweather may be known as the world?s most famous boxer, but right now he?s attracting a lot of news outside the ring. As has been endlessly reported, Mayweather seems to…
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LAPD Wants To Question Mayweather Over Murder/Suicide
By Sean Crose
Just one short day after rapper and Floyd Mayweather friend Earl Hayes killed himself and dancer/actress Stephanie Moseley, the famed boxer is in the news again. The LA Times is reporting that…
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De La Hoya On Mayweather-Pacquiao: ?Why Should I Believe It?s Going To Happen Now??
By Sean Crose
Sometimes you get thrown off. Big time. There I was, listening in on a conference call to promote the Devon Alexander-Amir Khan fight this weekend, when promoter Oscar De La Hoya was…
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Keith Thurman Is ?Really Looking Forward To Getting Back?
By Sean Crose
Mike Tyson. Manny Pacquiao. Tommy Hearns. There?s nothing like watching an exciting fighter at work. And, make no mistake about it, Keith Thurman is exciting. Really exciting. Unfortunately, he hasn?t been around…
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Just How Good Is Ruslan Provodnikov?
By Sean Crose
Way back on April 2nd, 2002, Jose Luis Castillo defeated Floyd Mayweather in a WBC lightweight title bout. Oh, the judges gave the victory to Mayweather, but Castillo won the bout. Don?t…
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Manny Pacquiao: ?Fight Between Me And Mayweather Hopefully To Happen In May Next Year?
By Sean Crose
You?re sick of it. I feel your pain. You?ve been told so often, so many times, that the long awaited Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight is in the works, only to have all…
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Why Manny Pacquiao Gets All The Love
By Sean Crose
Let?s face it, Manny Pacquiao gets all the love. Don?t believe it? Ask yourself what people would be saying if it were Floyd Mayweather who battled Chris Algieri on Saturday night instead…
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Can Chris Algieri Win?
By Sean Crose
Can Chris Algieri win when he faces the great Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in Macau, China? In a word ? yes. But man, it won?t be easy. Here?s the thing the naysayers…
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Adrien Broner Wants To Make Your Party A Success
By Sean Crose
Party time! With the holidays right around the corner and boxing heating up after a long cold war, it?s time to celebrate! And Adrien ?The Problem? Broner will help you do just…
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Manny Pacquiao on Pro Basketball Foray: ?I Know What I?m Doing?
By Sean Crose
Here?s a sign of our times: reporters from top publications may be far more interested in Manny Pacquiao as a basketball player than they are in Manny Pacquiao as a boxer. For…
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Nonito Donaire Vs Nicholas Walters: A Matchup Worthy Of Pay Cable
By Sean Crose
Believe it or not, we can all stop complaining for a moment. For on Saturday, right before our very eyes, HBO will present a boxing card that?s actually worthy of pay cable.…
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Ducking Opponents: Then And Now
By Sean Crose
Well over a hundred years ago, there was a man from Australia named Peter Jackson. Jackson was a fighter ? and a damned good one. He fought Jim Corbett to a brutal…
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The Canelo Alvarez Show: Counterprogramming At Its Best
By Sean Crose
Why is it that Saul Canelo Alvarez is suddenly the toast of the boxing world? He has a huge fan base, sure, but so does Julio Caesar Chavez Junior. You say Canelo?s…
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Floyd Mayweather Makes Showtime?s Bad Day That Much Worse
By Sean Crose
This quite possibly may be the longest day in the professional career of Showtime honcho Stephen Espinoza. Not only is Golden Boy head and founder Oscar De La Hoya holding a press…
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NBC?s Live Boxing Broadcast Delivers ? Sort Of
By Sean Crose
There once was a time when boxing was a staple of network sports on the weekends. Three decades or so ago, names like Ray Mancini, Hector Camacho, Michael Nunn and Donald Curry…
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Floyd Mayweather: 47-0
By Sean Crose
People had a weird feeling going into ?Mayhem,? Saturday?s highly touted rematch between pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather and his rugged Argentine challenger, Marcos Maidana. For starters, Maidana had given Mayweather…