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By: Sean Crose

It appears the question of when the great Terence Crawford will return to the ring has been answered. According to numerous reports, the undefeated pound for pound king will make the leap to junior middleweight to take on WBA titlist Israil Madrimov at Los Angeles' BMO Stadium on August 3'd. It will be the first time the fighter known as "Bud" has fought since completely dominating Errol Spence in a welterweight championship superfight last summer. For the Madrimov fight... Читать дальше...

By: Sean Crose

Devin Haney took a beating from Ryan Garcia Saturday night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. That wasn't how things were supposed to have turned out. Garcia, who had been acting bizarrely in the leadup to the fight, missed weight by a whopping three plus pounds and came across as not taking the bout seriously. Suffice to say, Garcia surprised a whole lot of people when he knocked Haney down three times on his way to a majority decision win. With that being said, the strange... Читать дальше...

By: Sean Crose

Saturday night, it all went down. After one of the strangest leadups to a fight in recent memory, the 31-0 Devin Haney and the 24-1 Ryan Garcia finally did battle at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Although Garcia literally didn't stand a chance of winning Haney's WBC junior welterweight title (due to the fact he had weighed in more than three pounds overweight at Friday's official weigh in) he could silence all the doubters if he somehow delivered an upset win. Would he be able to do that, however? Читать дальше...

By: Sean Crose

The 29-0 junior welterweight Arnold Barboza squared off against the 18-1 Sean McComb in the co-main event of Saturday's Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia card at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The Barboza-McComb match was scheduled for 10 rounds. Southpaw McComb pushed the action in the first. Barboza, on the other hand, remained patient. It became apparent in the second that Barboza was dealing with an awkward, fairly high volume puncher. What's more, Barboza had clearly decided that... Читать дальше...

By: Sean Crose

Supermiddleweights Bektemir Melikuziev and Pierre Dibombe engaged in a scheduled 12 rounder Saturday night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The 22-0-1 Dibombe fought the 13-1 Melikuziev patiently at first, choosing to remain on the outside for most of the opening round. Dibombe, however, had what appeared to be a serious cut at round's end. And indeed it was a serious cut, just over the left eye. With that being said, the fighters continued to throw and move with patience in the second. Читать дальше...

By: Sean Crose

Super flyweights David Jimenez and John Ramirez battled for the WBA's interim divisional title Saturday night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The 13-0 Ramirez opened up by falling to the mat before the 15-1 Jimenez just after the opening bell. Both men then fought to control the range as well as the tempo in the first. The second was a fairly high octane affair, with the fighters engaging on the inside. Things remained close in the third, though Jimenez may well have been the more active of the two. Читать дальше...

By Sean Crose

A scheduled 10 round junior middleweight showdown opened the Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia pay per view card Saturday night in Brooklyn. The 22-7-1 Nathaniel Gallimore took on the rising 18-0 Charles Conwell to start things off at the Barclays Center. Both men fought tight in the first as they tried to control the tempo, though Gallimore opened up in the round's final moments. Conwell was able to get in on Gallimore in the second, though he wasn't able to do so consistently. By the third... Читать дальше...

By: Sean Crose

Few will likely be surprised. Ryan Garcia, who has been on a strange journey of the mind leading up to tomorrow night's fight with Devin Haney, has missed weight by over three pounds. While Haney has weighed in at a solid 140 pounds - within the junior welterweight limit where the fight is supposed to be contested, Garcia tipped the scales at 143.2 pounds. All this after Garcia bet Haney that he would pay his opponent five hundred thousand dollars for every pound overweight... Читать дальше...

By: Sean Crose

While Ryan Garcia has brought a lot of attention to himself in the leadup to Saturday night's fight with Devin Haney, the WBC junior welterweight champion has largely remained focused at the task at hand. "I put my work in during training camp," Haney told the media during a Thursday press conference to promote this weekend's fight. "I did everything I was supposed to do," he continued. "I was on my diet. I did everything that I was supposed to do this camp to be the best Devin Haney. Читать дальше...

Book Review by Robert L. Seltzer

"MY MOTHER and me" by Thomas Hauser

“MY MOTHER and me” is one of those books that will stay with you long after you have finished reading it.

The book has a narrow focus — the relationship between a son and his mother. But there is nothing narrow or parochial in the approach. Like all talented writers, Thomas Hauser captures the universal by portraying the specific.

A slender book — only 140 pages — the memoir is no less substantial for its brevity. Читать дальше...