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Trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre arrested for gun possession in England

Trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre was arrested for gun possession Sunday in Manchester, England.

Trainer Brian McIntrye was arrested Sunday for allegedly having a gun in checked baggage before boarding a plane at Manchester Airport in England, according to multiple reports.

“BoMac” was in the corner for Chris Eubank’s knockout victory over Liam Smith the night before at AO Arena in Manchester.

“Brian McIntyre, from the United States of America, was charged with possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate,” Greater Manchester Police said in a statement.

McIntyre, who is in police custody, appeared at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He is due in Manchester Crown Court on Oct. 9.

Trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre arrested for gun possession in England

Trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre was arrested for gun possession Sunday in Manchester, England.

Trainer Brian McIntrye was arrested Sunday for allegedly having a gun in checked baggage before boarding a plane at Manchester Airport in England, according to multiple reports.

“BoMac” was in the corner for Chris Eubank’s knockout victory over Liam Smith the night before at AO Arena in Manchester.

“Brian McIntyre, from the United States of America, was charged with possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate,” Greater Manchester Police said in a statement.

McIntyre, who is in police custody, appeared at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He is due in Manchester Crown Court on Oct. 9.

Weekend Review: Chris Eubank Jr. bounced back from defeat in style

Weekend Review: Chris Eubank Jr. bounced back from defeat in style, knocking out Liam Smith in their rematch on Saturday.

A critical look at the past week in boxing

BIGGEST WINNER
Chris Eubank Jr.

Chris Eubank Jr. towered over Liam Smith on Saturday. Matt McNulty / Getty Images

Some fighters never rebound after suffering a brutal knockout like the one endured by Eubank against Liam Smith in January, the first stoppage loss of Eubank’s career. It takes unusual mental toughness, the kind Eubank demonstrated in their rematch Saturday night in Manchester, England. He fought as if the first fight never happened, cooly outboxing, outworking and ultimately breaking down his conqueror en route to a 10th-round knockout victory. He couldn’t have been much more impressive. Smith said afterward that he was flat, which is plausible given arguably the weakest performance of his career. Eubank outlanded him 193-33 overall, according to CompuBox. However, make no mistake: That had a lot more to do with a splendid performance by Eubank than any deficiency on the part of Smith (33-4-1, 20 KOs). Eubank (33-3, 24 KOs) is now back to being in a strong position among 160-pound contenders. He has a strong track record, name recognition and a sensational victory in his most recent fight, which should lead directly to another big matchup. He mentioned the possibility of fighting Gennadiy Golovkin, Conor Benn, Kell Brook or one of the current titleholders in his next fight. Anything is possible for him after what he did to Smith at AO Arena.

RABBIT PUNCHES

Is Smith finished? Probably not. The 35-year-old Liverpudlian had looked terrific in his previous four fights, all knockout victories. And he obviously believes he could’ve been more competitive against Eubank, suggesting that he had an off night, the result of difficulty cutting weight and a twisted ankle mid-fight. I expect him to fight at least one or two more times – probably at 168 pounds – to gauge where he stands before seriously considering retirement. … Trilogy? No, thank you. A third fight might makes sense given their 1-1 record but another meeting is neither necessary nor compelling given Eubank’s utter dominance on Saturday. He needs to move on. … Eubank deserves full credit for his ability to turn the tables on Smith but kudos to new trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntrye, Terence Crawford’s mentor. It’s not often that a fighter working with a new trainer looks as sharp as Eubank did. … Mikaela Mayer (19-1, 5 KOs) reminded us on the Eubank-Smith card that she remains one of the best female fighters, shutting out Silvia Bortot (11-3-1, 3 KOs) in a 10-round 147-pound fight. It was her second consecutive victory since lose a close decision and her 130-pound titles to Alycia Baumgardner last October. Mayer plans to stay at 147 and is targeting Natasha Jones (14-2-1, 9 KOs), who holds the IBF title. Mayer would be at a size disadvantage but has the skillset to be competitive in that fight.

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Weekend Review: Chris Eubank Jr. bounced back from defeat in style

Weekend Review: Chris Eubank Jr. bounced back from defeat in style, knocking out Liam Smith in their rematch on Saturday.

A critical look at the past week in boxing

BIGGEST WINNER
Chris Eubank Jr.

Chris Eubank Jr. towered over Liam Smith on Saturday. Matt McNulty / Getty Images

Some fighters never rebound after suffering a brutal knockout like the one endured by Eubank against Liam Smith in January, the first stoppage loss of Eubank’s career. It takes unusual mental toughness, the kind Eubank demonstrated in their rematch Saturday night in Manchester, England. He fought as if the first fight never happened, cooly outboxing, outworking and ultimately breaking down his conqueror en route to a 10th-round knockout victory. He couldn’t have been much more impressive. Smith said afterward that he was flat, which is plausible given arguably the weakest performance of his career. Eubank outlanded him 193-33 overall, according to CompuBox. However, make no mistake: That had a lot more to do with a splendid performance by Eubank than any deficiency on the part of Smith (33-4-1, 20 KOs). Eubank (33-3, 24 KOs) is now back to being in a strong position among 160-pound contenders. He has a strong track record, name recognition and a sensational victory in his most recent fight, which should lead directly to another big matchup. He mentioned the possibility of fighting Gennadiy Golovkin, Conor Benn, Kell Brook or one of the current titleholders in his next fight. Anything is possible for him after what he did to Smith at AO Arena.

RABBIT PUNCHES

Is Smith finished? Probably not. The 35-year-old Liverpudlian had looked terrific in his previous four fights, all knockout victories. And he obviously believes he could’ve been more competitive against Eubank, suggesting that he had an off night, the result of difficulty cutting weight and a twisted ankle mid-fight. I expect him to fight at least one or two more times – probably at 168 pounds – to gauge where he stands before seriously considering retirement. … Trilogy? No, thank you. A third fight might makes sense given their 1-1 record but another meeting is neither necessary nor compelling given Eubank’s utter dominance on Saturday. He needs to move on. … Eubank deserves full credit for his ability to turn the tables on Smith but kudos to new trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntrye, Terence Crawford’s mentor. It’s not often that a fighter working with a new trainer looks as sharp as Eubank did. … Mikaela Mayer (19-1, 5 KOs) reminded us on the Eubank-Smith card that she remains one of the best female fighters, shutting out Silvia Bortot (11-3-1, 3 KOs) in a 10-round 147-pound fight. It was her second consecutive victory since lose a close decision and her 130-pound titles to Alycia Baumgardner last October. Mayer plans to stay at 147 and is targeting Natasha Jones (14-2-1, 9 KOs), who holds the IBF title. Mayer would be at a size disadvantage but has the skillset to be competitive in that fight.

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Jamel Herring set to defend junior lightweight title in July

Jamel Herring reportedly will be one of the first big-name opponents to return to the ring amid the coronavirus threat.

Jamel Herring reportedly will be one of the first big-name opponents to return to the ring amid the coronavirus threat.

The junior lightweight titleholder will defend his title on July 2 in Las Vegas, he told ESPN. No opponent has been selected. Herring had been tentatively set to face former two-division beltholder Carl Frampton in Northern Ireland but that fight fell out because of the pandemic.

The site also hasn’t been finalized, although it will be a MGM Resorts property.

“It’s fluid,” said Carl Moretti, director of boxing operations for Top Rank. “We’re on calls every day with stuff. So what we thought was happening on Tuesday is not, and what we thought was happening on Wednesday is now happening. So it just changes and changes.”

Herring (21-2, 10 KOs) won his title by outpointing Masayuki Ito in May of last year. He successfully defended with a decision over Lamont Roach in November.

The 2012 U.S. Olympian is working with trainer Brian McIntyre in Omaha, Nebraska, according to ESPN. He said he doesn’t expect to be rusty when he steps back into the ring.

“It’s funny, I actually felt good for my first sparring session,” Herring said. “So that tells you that even though I haven’t been in a gym setting, the workouts I had been doing at home during my free time, they’ve been paying off.

“So when I got back into the swing of things, it wasn’t a hard adjustment. It’s only one week, and this gives me almost a full eight weeks until the fight arrives.”

Herring won’t face Frampton in July but still wants that fight.

“That’s still the No. 1 priority, for sure,” he said. “I’m still actually shocked from the latest story that I’ve seen, where he’s not willing to fight unless he’s fighting me. If it comes around the December time frame, he will have been out for like an entire year.

“But for me, I just want to stay as busy as much as possible. I’m not getting younger as it is. So why risk coming into big fights with the ring rust on you still.”

Terence Crawford eyeing fights with Manny Pacquiao, Kell Brook

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said that Manny Pacquiao and Kell Brook are possible opponents for Terence Crawford.

Terence Crawford is looking to return in June or July against a well-known opponent whose name is not Conor McGregor.

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said on a Talkbox podcast that Manny Pacquiao and Kell Brook are the possibilities.

“We’re working on Terence’s fight in June or at the beginning of July,’’ Arum said.  “There are a couple of options for Terence.

“We’re exploring a Pacquiao fight, and if that can’t happen, we’re exploring a fight against Kell Brook.”

Crawford trainer Brian McIntyre told ESPN in Frisco, Texas, that he has been told Crawford’s likely return date is June 13. He also mentioned Pacquiao and Brook.

“They say that they’re working on Pacquiao,” said McIntyre, who was at the news conference announcing the Regis Prograis-Maurice Hooker junior welterweight fight on April 17. “Fox and ESPN said they were going to try to work together to make something. They were going to look at the guy overseas, Kell Brook.”

Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs), a welterweight champion and No. 2 in Boxing Junkie’s latest pound-for-pound poll, had been rumored to be in line for two bouts – boxing and mixed martial arts — against UFC star McGregor. But cooperation between promotional entities and networks for Tyson Fury’s stoppage of Deontay Wilder in a heavyweight rematch appears to have created more boxing options.

Top Rank and Premier Boxing Champions were promotional partners for Fury-Wilder. Top Rank promotes Crawford and used to promote Pacquiao, who is now tied to PBC.

Pacquiao, also rumored to be a McGregor possibility, is expected to fight again this summer during a break from his duties as a Filipino Senator. Saudi Arabia, the host country for Anthony Joshua’s decision over Andy Ruiz Jr. on Dec. 7, reportedly wants to stage another major bout this summer.

“All that money, who wouldn’t want to go over there?” McIntyre said.

The 41-year-old Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs), a welterweight champion, is coming off a split decision over Keith Thurman on July 20.

Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) is a former welterweight champion who fought at 154 pounds in his last bout. He scored a seventh-round stoppage of American Mark DeLuca Feb. 2 in Sheffield England. After the impressive victory, he mentioned Crawford and said he’d be willing to go back down to 147 pounds.

Meanwhile, it’s still not clear when Errol Spence, Jr. will fight again. Spence (26-0, 21 KOs), who holds two of the belts, has been back in the gym, working his way back from a scary car crash Oct. 10 in Dallas.

“He’s got to get a fight underneath his belt to see how he feels, see if it’s still there,’’ McIntyre said of a possible Crawford-Spence fight.

Terence Crawford’s quest for top-tier opponent goes on

Terence Crawford’s trainer Brian McIntyre says the welterweight titleholder will likely fight twice this year.

New year, same old question: Who will Terence Crawford fight?

The welterweight titleholder is counted as one of the sport’s finest talents, but his career prospects have noticeably dimmed in recent years because of his inability to land meaningful fights. Blame the sport’s wretched partisan divisions. All of the other titleholders – namely, Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence Jr. – and most of the top contenders reside under the Premier Boxing Champions banner led by Al Haymon, who doesn’t do much business with Top Rank’s Bob Arum, Crawford’s promoter

Crawford overcome a shaky start to stop little known contender Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the ninth-round at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 14 in New York City. The Nebraskan was in vintage form, but at 32, one figures he needs bigger names and bigger fights to remain a compelling attraction.

How desperate is Crawford and Co.? Arum recently announced he would be interested in offering the UFC’s Conor McGregor a two-fight deal to face Crawford, one fight under boxing rules and the other using mixed martial arts rules.

It’s not all doom and gloom in the Crawford camp, however. Brian McIntyre, Crawford’s chief trainer and manager, is confident that things will work out. He told Boxing Junkie that he recently sat down with Top Rank head Bob Arum “to talk about options” for Crawford’s next fight.

A few potential scenarios were broached: A pay-per-view fight distributed either on the ESPN+ app or through the ESPN linear channel, to take place in either Crawford’s hometown or in Las Vegas. McIntyre stayed mum on the potential opponent, but offered a general time table for his charge’s return to the ring. 

“Late May, early June,” he said.

Of course, one of the biggest matches that boxing fans have been clamoring for is between Crawford and Errol Spence Jr., who defeated Shawn Porter last September to unify two welterweight belts. McIntyre insisted that they are still targeting Spence, who survived a horrific car crash in October. (Spence announced at a public appearance in December that he would return in the summer.) 

“A stay busy fight [and then], at the end of the year, a potential fight with Spence,” McIntyre said. 

In the meantime, there have been rumors swirling that contender Josesito Lopez is the running for Crawford’s next fight. McIntyre shut that down, saying, “Who the hell wants to fight him?”

Pressed on why a potential fight with Shawn Porter fell through, McIntyre offered no comment.