Posts by Sean Crose

By: Sean Crose I want my university students to emulate Canelo Alvarez. Truly. I don't necessarily want them to box or to aim to behave like Canelo in his private…

By: Sean Crose Boxing has always gone hand in hand with controversy. Whether it's the sport's brutality, the unfair treatment of fighters, fixed fights, poor matchups, or media bias, there's…

By: Sean Crose With a rash of assaults on Asians and Asian Americans rocking the United States, one of the most famous athletes on the earth has something to say.…

By: Sean Crose "What’s impressive about (Carl) Frampton," I wrote way back in late 2013, "isn’t so much his punching power – though it’s impressive – as it is his…

By: Sean Crose “When you fight at home, defending what belongs to you, that’s probably the most important fight,” says WBA Super and IBF World Super-Bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev of…

By: Sean Crose “How come you never really hear, or see PBC head honchos involved in all of the dramatic bullshit with fighters, and other promoters, like Eddie Hearn, Bob…

By: Sean Crose Miguel Cotto is taking the lead of other former greats and returning to the ring. So, it seems is fellow former great Juan Manuel Marquez. In fact,…

By: Sean Crose Give this much to Julio Caesar Chavez Jr – he knows how to stay in the spotlight. The eccentric son of the legendary Julio Caesar Chavez hasn’t…

By: Sean Crose WBC world lightweight champ Devin Haney has been charged with facing less than stellar competition throughout the course of his 25 bout career. Although he's yet to…

By: Sean Crose Boxing is dead. You hear it again. And again. And again. And while it certainly doesn't seem to be in its healthiest state (such things happen when…