“A rematch seemed inevitable, and Estrada had reason to pursue one. He is Mexico’s finest prizefighter regardless of how little he resembles the warring stereotype. It was easy to envision Estrada taming Sor Rungvisai if provided the opportunity to apply for twelve rounds what it took him as long to learn. Sor Rungvisai, of course, would do what he had always done: combine strength, toughness, power, and arrogance into a brutal gestalt, the efficacy of that strategy leaving a fair trail of bodies in his wake, warmest among them, Roman Gonzalez. But there was plenty Estrada might do to Sor Rungvisai, and good reason to believe that he, the fighter best equipped to apply the lessons of the first fight, would win the second. None of that was likely to reduce the outlay for Estrada’s success (wins against Sor Rungvisai do not come cheap) but that only added to the rematch’s appeal.”

Read No Less Violent: Juan Francisco Estrada Outlasts Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on Hannibal Boxing.

“Khan met his somewhere before the end of the sixth round on Saturday night, before Crawford’s left hook found hip instead of liver, and offered Khan an irresistible opportunity: at best a disqualification win over the finest opponent of his career; at worst, a short night he’d remember in full. He got the latter in a fight most would just as soon forget. Crawford TKO6 Khan was an outcome expected to come with a gasp—instead, there were groans.”

Read A Charming Cruelty: Terence Crawford Mauls Amir Khan on Hannibal Boxing.

“Admittedly, this is not much by way of a preview; not if a preview is supposed to examine each fighter’s path to victory, to accompany that analysis with a prediction, and to offer both with a whiff of enthusiasm. But since Crolla’s chances for victory exist mostly in the vacuum that he and Jorge Linares occupied for twenty-four rounds, and since Lomachenko’s greatest threat Friday is a possibly cavalier attitude about a fight promoter Bob Arum says “got shoved up our ass,” there is really only the outcome to predict and, well, you already know that.”

Read The Price for Praise: Vasiliy Lomachenko Defends Against Anthony Crolla on Hannibal Boxing.