By: Sean Crose Andy Ruiz was unquestionably the toast of boxing back in 2019. In fact, after shocking Anthony Joshua in Joshua’s American debut in June of that year, Ruiz became a legitimate fan favorite. It was hard not to admire a man who agreed to take on a heavyweight champion of the world on
Month: August 2024
By: Sean Crose “I feel good, ” says the one and only Terence Crawford on the eve of his junior middleweight ring debut. “I’m feeling great. I’m ready to fight but all my people always try to remind me to enjoy the moment because one day it’s all going to be gone, so embrace it
By: Sean Crose The Olympic Games in Paris have another major controversy on their hands – and this time the controversy comes courtesy the sport of boxing. While competing in the women’s boxing category Thursday, Italy’s Angele Carini quit her fight against Imane Khelif just 46 seconds into the first round. After getting hit clean,
By: Sean Crose He was one of the more interesting fighters on the heavyweight scene. A confident, outspoken New Yorker who could turn out the nights at a moment’s notice. Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller was unquestionably a fighter to watch in a newly invigorated, post-Klitschko heavyweight division. Then came a scheduled bout against heavyweight multititlist
By: Sean Crose Jared “Big Baby” Anderson and Martin Bakole, two supersized heavyweights, met in a ring in Los Angeles Saturday night to do battle in a scheduled ten rounder. A Bakole combination put Anderson down at the end of the first, a round Anderson had previously been fighting well in. Anderson got up and
By: Sean Crose Both Andy Ruiz and Jarrell Miller had a lot on the line when they stepped into the ring in Los Angeles to square off on Saturday. Both men were seen as having underachieved since 2019, and neither man was getting any younger. Yet both fighters were also excellent, hard hitting combatants. If
By: Sean Crose The WBA junior welterweight title was at stake Saturday night in Los Angeles as champion Isaac Cruz slipped in between the ropes to take on Jose Valenzuela in a scheduled 12 rounder. The bout was the co-main event of the Terence Crawford-Israil Madrimov pay per view card. Cruz, as is his habit,
By: Sean Crose Terence Crawford returned to the ring for the first time in a year Saturday when he squared off against WBA junior middleweight titlist Israil Madrimov in Los Angeles. The bout, which was scheduled for twelve rounds, was the main event of a DAZN pay per view card broadcast live from LA’s BMO
By: Sean Crose Naysayers will walk away from Saturday’s junior middleweight title match in Los Angeles with the conviction that Terence Crawford can never defeat Canelo Alvarez. Or that four division champion Crawford is over the hill. Perhaps these people are right on both counts. Perhaps not. Where they’re certainly wrong, however, is in their
By: Sean Crose “Just wrapped up an important meeting now with my team,” Saudi boxing guru Turki Alalshikh posted on social media Tuesday, “planning for the upcoming fights that we will make for 2024-2025.” Alalshikh then went on to discuss the hoped for (in some quarters) potential fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford. “I