Browsing All Posts By Sean Crose
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Canelo vs Chavez: Junior Grows Up
Okay, I admit it: I’ve always had something of a soft spot for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Yes, I know, he’s acted like a punk sometimes, but to ...
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Brook vs Spence: Boxing Moves On
What a difference a year makes. Truly, in 2016 I was genuinely worried about the state of pro boxing. There were times last year when it just seemed ...
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Frampton vs Santa Cruz: Act Two
Okay, now that it’s clear the chances of Carl Frampton or Leo Santa Cruz ever facing one Guillermo Rigondeaux are getting slimmer and slimmer (if they haven’t evaporated ...
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Canelo vs Chavez: Why The Outrage?
Just imagine for a second how big this fight would have been a few years ago. Julio Caesar Chavez Jr., son of a Mexican boxing icon, going head-to-head ...
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Long Odds In Omaha
Not that long ago people were wondering just how good Omaha’s Terence Crawford really was. Sure, he was a top level lightweight and junior welterweight, but his best win, ...
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Kovalev-Ward Controversy: Good For Boxing?
The Kovalev vs Ward decision has certainly proved to be controversial. And frankly, that doesn’t surprise me. But what does surprise me is how controversial it’s become. Seriously, when was the last ...
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His Own Worst Enemy
I think it’s safe to say that Tyson Fury was not taking his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko as seriously as he should have. As we now all know, ...
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Respect For Brook And Cuadras
Only in boxing can a man be criticized for doing a poor job after fracturing his opponent’s eye socket. Sure enough, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin messed up Kell “Special ...
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No Quick Recovery
Okay boxing fans, let’s step back and look at things objectively. First and foremost, many of our number are very unhappy with the state of our sport right now. ...
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Can ‘Beefy’ Shock The World?
Demetrius Andrade. Erislandy Lara. The Charlo brothers. Julian Williams. Saul Canelo Alvarez could have chosen to fight any of these men after giving up the WBC middleweight title ...
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More Personality, Please!
Here’s a bit of info about me: I’ve never been a big MMA fan. Oh, I don’t mind the sport. Truth be told, I even admire it. Those MMA ...
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In Defense Of Golovkin vs Brook
Yes, I know; you’re mad. You’re a dedicated, long-suffering, hardcore fight fan. And Gennady Golovkin has turned out to be just as bad as Canelo Alvarez. Sure enough, ...
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Thurman vs Porter: Preview & Picks
Boxing guru Al Haymon has taken more than a little heat for the lack of compelling match-ups on his Premiere Boxing Champions series. Indeed, many of the fight ...
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Why Have So Many Turned Their Back On Boxing?
I became interested in boxing in the late 70s, if memory serves. That’s quite a while ago. Indeed, the first major fight I remember being truly invested in, ...
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What Now, Canelo?
The trick seems to have worked. Or has it? Canelo Alvarez vs Amir Khan, boxing’s version of an effects-laden summer film created by marketing analysts, appears to have done ...
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Cut Ortiz Some Slack
So yeah, Victor Ortiz took another beatdown on Saturday, this time at the hands of old foe Andre Berto. It was a brief, brutal and impressive affair with ...
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Fight Report: Spence vs Algieri
No one really knows what’s next for any fighter when it comes to the sport of boxing. With that in mind, though, it’s okay at times to make ...
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Pacquiao Impressive In Farewell Fight
It was supposed to be a legend’s last fight. It was insanely and stupidly politicized. And it was a bout many weren’t excited about. Still, Manny Pacquiao got ...
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Adrien Broner: It’s Over
“You never could shoot, not from the very beginning.” “And you were all mouth.” I found this bit of dialogue from the end of “Butch Cassidy and The ...
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Ward And Diaz Impress
Featherweight Joseph Diaz started Saturday night off in Oakland by taking on Jayson Velez. It was a sound match-up, well worth the co-feature slot on the Ward vs ...
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One Year Later
So here we are in March; hard to believe winter is nearly over. It’s even harder to imagine that Premiere Boxing Champions, Al Haymon’s supposed game changer of ...
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Is Luis Ortiz For Real?
As crazy as it may sound, Luis Ortiz reminds me of former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe. No, the two men don’t exactly have similar rings styles, but they look ...
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Frampton vs Quigg: Not As Advertised
The crowd was electric. Absolutely, positively electric. Here was the excitement so badly missing from fights in Las Vegas. For thousands upon thousands of people were packed into ...
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Boxing’s Great Equalizer: The Internet
As a boxing writer I can attest first hand that the internet is both a wonderful and a terrible thing, though mostly wonderful. It not only lets talented ...
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Are Fans Losing Patience With Canelo?
Brutal and dangerous though it may be, boxing is still a sport, both at heart and in practice. So when a prominent pugilist decides the competitive nature that ...
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Kovalev vs Stevenson: The Big Fight That Wasn’t
And so we now hear that talks for an Adonis Steven vs Sergey Kovalev showdown (provided of course that Kovalev gets past Jean Pascal tonight) have indeed fallen ...
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Is This Really The End Of Pacquiao?
Will the career of of Manny Pacquiao really end this April? That’s what we’ve been told, that his third fight with Timothy Bradley will be his last. But ...
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Is Bigger Really Better?
Heavyweight champ Jess Willard was 6’6, but he was absolutely destroyed by Jack Dempsey who stood five inches shorter and gave away 58 pounds. Another huge champion, Primo ...
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The Enigma of Canelo Alvarez
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is an enigma. Okay, the man himself may not be, but his career trajectory certainly seems enigmatic. Don’t believe me? Ponder the following: Alvarez may ...
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Kovalev vs Pascal II: Replay or Redemption?
Kovalev vs Pascal I was replayed on HBO again the other night. I saw it live of course, but watching it again, what really stunned me was how ...
