Month: November 2020

12:40 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Going into his fourth WBO welterweight title defense on Saturday, Terence Crawford was supposed to be a quicker, better boxer than Kell Brook. He was clearly the more powerful puncher as well. Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) scored a highlight-reel knockout over Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) at the 1:14 mark
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Nov 15, 2020 Leave it to the pandemic to stop one of the biggest fights in boxing. A potential welterweight unification bout between Terence “Bud” Crawford and Manny Pacquiao was nixed because of COVID-19 restrictions, Crawford said early Sunday morning after he retained his WBO welterweight belt with a fourth-round stoppage over Kell Brook. During
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11:59 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Former WBA super flyweight champion Andrew Moloney went from a dream scenario to an absolute nightmare on Saturday night, as his bid to reclaim his title against Joshua Franco resulted in a no contest. Moloney (21-1, 14 KOs), who surrendered the title to Franco (17-1-2, 8 KOs) in a
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9:11 PM ET ESPN News Services TUCSON, Ariz. — Southern California had too many penalties, struggled in the red zone and found itself in a late hole for the second straight week. The Trojans rallied to win a week ago, and they did it again with another pair of late scoring drives. Resiliency has been
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2:36 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have put running back David Johnson on injured reserve after he left the team’s Week 9 game in Jacksonville with a concussion. Johnson had already been ruled out against Cleveland on Sunday. Johnson was hit hard on a tackle by Jaguars linebacker Myles Jack in the second
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