Terence Crawford: page 25

Daily Bread Mailbag: Vergil Ortiz-Serhii Bohachuk, winning titles in the ring, Erislandy Lara-Danny Garcia and Crawford

Mandatory assignment compounds Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ pursuit of prominence

In need of a big fight to lift his popularity closer to the astounding heights of his talent, Philadelphia’s Jaron “Boots” Ennis instead gained another anchor on his quest with the IBF assigning him a mandatory date against a fighter he’s also convincingly defeated.

Turki Alalshikh: It's Canelo or bust with Crawford

Turki Alalshikh said he’s delivered an offer to WBA junior-middleweight champion Terence Crawford to fight unbeaten Vergil Ortiz Jr., adding, “I don’t think” Crawford will accept it.

Despite Turki Alalshikh's claim, Aug. 3 show was sellout in name only

In the days before a pivotal Aug. 3 Los Angeles card, Saudi Arabia’s boxing power broker Turki Alalshikh announced that the show had sold out. But that fact should come with an asterisk.

Emailing world titles ‘a bad look for the sport’

The powers that be in boxing’s sanctioning bodies understand all that it takes for a fighter to work their way up to become a world champion. So why do they continue reducing the accomplishment by awarding world titles by email in a news release?

Brian Norman Jr. targeting Mario Barrios, Jaron Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis

Brian Norman Jr. secured the interim title with a knockout victory over Giovani Santillan in Santillan’s hometown of San Diego. When Terence Crawford then vacated the full title, he was established as a champion in one of the most glamorous divisions in the world.

First free Amazon Prime bill, with Tim Tszyu’s return, in negotiations

The first free Amazon Prime Video boxing card is in advanced negotiations for an Oct. 19 debut, with Tim Tszyu returning against titlist Bakhram Murtazaliev as the planned headliner.

The welterweight division, post-Terence Crawford: Who rises to the top?

In light of Terence Crawford’s departure, the welterweight division is left to reshuffle and reassemble and in time find a new No. 1 – a process that begins now

Are frontrunners for KO and Fight of Year in line for Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford?

Within minutes, the frontrunners for Knockout of the Year and Fight of the Year transpired inside a 575-mile radius of the southwestern U.S. as Angelo Leo and Vergil Ortiz Jr. prevailed.

Chris Algieri’s School of Thought: Vergil Ortiz Jr. is ready for Tim Tszyu after coming of age

When Vergil Ortiz Jr. topped Serhii Bohachuk on Saturday, the right fighter got the decision that he deserved at the end of a hotly contested fight. What is Ortiz's best next move?