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1 day ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Pritha Debroy |Gokul Pillai
Germany found the way to Team USA’s defense early on, gaining momentum as the game progressed. Around the fourth quarter, Team USA had the fans excited by igniting hopes for a comeback. Anthony Edwards dropped 23 points. Jalen Brunson added 15 points to help lead the team. With both teams shooting equally well, Team USA’s defensive struggles were evident throughout the game. And despite shooting 58 percent, Team USA fell 113–111 to Germany, ending up without the gold medal.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Gokul Pillai
“Nobody beat Shakur. I’m saying Shakur beat everybody. It [doesn’t] matter who it is, Shakur beating them. It [doesn’t] matter. Shakur over everybody, that’s how it’s going to be.” Terence Crawford has consistently backed Shakur Stevenson, his former training partner and close friend. But not everyone feels the same, especially Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, who recently warned UFC boss Dana White about the Newark native.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Gokul Pillai
“This is the truth, the gospel truth, nothing but the truth—I’m done. Every good dog has its day. Like a great Roman leader said, there will always be somebody else to fight.” Former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury once uttered these words during an interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored on TalkTV. This was after he had defeated Dillian Whyte in April 2022 via a sixth-round stoppage in front of a 94,000 crowd at Wembley.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Gokul Pillai
There’s been a fierce debate raging on social media about 100 men against 1 gorilla, which has made its way into combat sports. While the question itself is quite rudimentary, people seem to come up with some interesting answers to the debate. In a more recent development, former UFC champions Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have been asked to join forces to get the job done. You see, the classic ‘100 men vs.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Gokul Pillai
Chris Eubank Jr. is coming off the biggest fight, more accurately, the biggest win of his career thus far. The 35-year-old defeated generational rival Conor Benn via unanimous decision last month in Tottenham. Now, he is expanding his horizons, looking to add bigger names to his resume. Two-time undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez seems to be one of them.
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Gokul Pillai
Music mogul 50 Cent has had his fair share of feuds with celebrities over the years. But despite his long list of rivals, they’ve never banded together against him—until now, perhaps. TV personality Raymond ‘Benzino’ Scott recently fired back at 50 after the rapper accused him of being a snitch, and things are heating up fast as Floyd Mayweather has been roped into the mix. Much like 50’s infamous fallout with ‘Money’ Mayweather, his beef with Benzino has been simmering for years.
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Gokul Pillai
Retirement seems to have become inconsequential in the sport of boxing. Fighters nowadays hang up their gloves, and the moment a big paycheck is waved in front of them, they run back to the gym. After legendary heavyweight Mike Tyson, most recently, boxing’s only eight-division champion, Manny Pacquiao, is set to make his much-talked-about return to action at 46. His opponent? WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios, as reports confirm, will fight ‘PacMan’ on July 19 in Las Vegas.
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Jaideep R. Unnithan |Gokul Pillai
It seems he took an unusually long time. But Shakur Stevenson finally responded. Known for his fast responses in the ring, the WBC lightweight champion is nimble with the keyboard as well. Footage of archrival Rolando Romero taking free swipes at Stevenson and his fighting style has been gaining considerable traction. So it might have perplexed a few, as Stevenson’s response was nowhere to be found. From what it appears, Rolando Romero has become the new darling of the social media chat shows.
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Gokul Pillai
“He was standing in the water close to shore, watching the sunset at Cove Beach in Dubai,” Salma Abdelati, the widow of Sebastian Eubank, said in a statement after his passing on July 9, 2021, at the age of 29. The tragic departure of Sebastian Eubank affected the entire Eubank family, but slightly more Chris Eubank Sr., Sebastian’s father, as revealed by Chris Eubank Jr. The result was catastrophic for their relationship, as the pre-existing cracks between Jr. and Sr. started to grow.
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Gokul Pillai
The highly anticipated clash between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford on September 12th is shaping up to be the biggest fight of the year—one fans have long been demanding for some time. However, former WBA super lightweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero isn’t sold on the matchup—not because it’s happening, but because of how he sees it playing out. Romero and Canelo fought their respective fights a day apart, where Romero upset Ryan Garcia in New York on 2nd May.
