By: Sean Crose Saudi Arabia's Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alalshikh has become a top figure in the world of professional boxing over the past few years. Now the Saudi authority is introducing himself to the world of US boxing by promoting the August 3'd junior middleweight title bout between Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov. The scheduled 12 rounder will go down at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, making it the first time Alashikh will make his mark in America. Analysts are arguing Alashikh might be changing the fight game and perhaps he ..read more

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, Crawford will once again be moving up in weight, much as he did from lightweight to junior welterweight, th ..read more

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 the winning strategy would be to wear his man down. Yet the lanky McComb continued to throw off Barboza's t ..read more

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. The doctor checked Dibombe's eye before the end of the round, though he allowed the fight to c ..read more

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. The fighters went back to grinding on the inside during the fourth. The fifth ..read more

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 he might be found at - which Garcia apparently paid. "Ryan honored the 500k per pound," Haney posted on s ..read more

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. So when I win, give me my credit." When asked about the fact that he may not get credit for b ..read more

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. The writing is clear and lucid with gentle flights of poetry that reflect the emotions that motivated the son t ..read more

By: Sean Crose "If you want to go to a Mets game, let me know because I'm throwing the first pitch." So said Ryan Garcia on social media Tuesday. Things apparently didn't go as planned. "The Mets just wasted three hours of our life," Garcia posted later, "to say at the end we can't throw the pitch for whatever reason. There was no reason and they kicked us out for no reason. I'm personally going to say "f--k the Mets! Don't ever go to a f-----g Mets' game again. F--k the Mets!" In truth, both Garcia and Devin Haney - the junior welterweight kingpin Garcia is set to fight this weekend at Brook ..read more

By: Sean Crose Some people feel there's far too many belts in professional boxing. It's hard to argue against the WBC's new belt, however, which has been made to commemorate the 18th of May's undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. Why? Because the new belt has literally received a Papal Blessing. That's right, Pope Francis himself has personally blessed the commemorative belt after it was presented to him by WBC honcho Mauricio Suleiman. This isn't the first time His Holiness has gotten involved with the sweet science. Back in 2019, Pope Francis named ..read more