Sean Crose

He can move forward aggressively, can work the body well and knows how to end a night early. There's a lot to like about WBO and WBA junior middleweight

His entrance into boxing’s junior middleweight division was nothing short of explosive. Facing Uisma Lima, who was on a four fight win streak, Jaron “Boots” Ennis took care of business in less than a round. Fighting in front of a hometown Philadelphia crowd, Ennis improved his record to 35-0 with 31 knockouts after dropping Lima numerous times before the referee wisely stepped in and stopped the affair. The battle was brief but the fans at the Wells Fargo Center surely felt they got their money’s worth nonetheless. That was back in October. When Ennis enters the ring Saturday night in Brooklyn, he will be facing an entirely different kind of opponent – an accomplished current world champion eager to make his mark on the public.

Although he’s always been highly regarded, Jaron “Boots” Ennis often had people questioning about whether or not he was as good as advertised. He proved just how good he was on Saturday night by absolutely demolishing WBA and WBO junior middleweight champion Xander Zayas. In what may well have been a career defining performance, Ennis dropped the defending titleist several times before the ring doctor wisely halted the festivities. Although there was certainly no shame in Zayas’ defeat, the night belonged to Ennis who rose to the occasion and made himself the man in the junior middleweight division.

By: Sean Crose The man's patience is extraordinary. There he was recently, trying to catch a flight but one person after another asking the man for a

By: Sean Crose There's been much talk lately of who Oleksandr Usyk will fight next. For those who don't know, Usyk, the dominant heavyweight in the world

By: Sean Crose Believe it or not, boxing has a long history of fights going down on the 4th of July. Jack Johnson defeated former world champion James J.

Rumors of the demise of boxing in North America appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Super-sized Englishman, and former world titlists, Anthony, Joshua and Tyson Fury are set to fight later this year. Naturally, one would expect the fight to go down in Great Britain. These are both subjects of the crown after all. Boxing is never that easy though. What’s more, the days of Vegas being the end-all be-all for the sweet science are over. The big question now seems to be not if the two men will fight but when exactly they will begin to throw down.

By: Sean Crose Some argue he's the best fighter in the world at the moment. Whether or not that's true there's no doubt that Shakur Stevenson is one of

By: Sean Crose Not so long ago he was seen as one of the best fighters in the world. A popular hard-hitting gutsy Texan who looked like he might very well

Make no mistake about it. Errol Spence looked amazing his last time out. Facing Mario Barrios the Californian outworked his seemingly over his head opponent throughout the fight, bringing himself a very well earned unanimous decision win. It looked like the Ryan Garcia we thought we’d see regularly years ago back when he came across as sharp, explosive and very fun to watch. A lot transpired after those early days but Garcia really did himself a huge favor by dominating Barrios the way he did last February. From a fight fan’s perspective, it was very nice to see.