“William Quintana’s story begins before there is a William Quintana, back in San Jose, Costa Rica, when the Sanchez-Gutierrez children, Willie, Jorge, Giovanni, and Alexis, are taken from their mother and placed in an orphanage. Quintana still doesn’t know why. “I think they saw my mother as unfit. I don’t know. I think we were taken and trafficked. I don’t know.” Such beginnings demand an explanation. Alas, Quintana can only orbit one, within sight but out of reach, in taunting proximity.”

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“Regardless of who Davis is fighting, that snarling disposition helps explain why he is so popular. The impulse might be to suggest Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s mentorship has made Davis a draw. Mayweather is a master of self-promotion, having created an entire generation of Mayweather fans who left the sport when he did, who return to it when he does. But the contrivance that made the “Pretty Boy” “Money” is missing from Davis. There is little performance to him beyond the one fixed between the bookending bells of ritualized violence.”

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“Taylor became the undisputed junior welterweight champion Saturday, winning a unanimous decision over Jose Ramirez at the Virgin Hotels at Las Vegas. The scores were unanimous, reflecting in those three 114-112 tallies a close fight with only one winner. What separated Taylor from Ramirez on the cards was a pair of knockdowns. What separates Taylor from Ramirez as fighters explains how he scored them.”

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