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A new app can help you translate your cats meows

As great as being a cat owner is, one of the most frustrating parts about it is not being able to understand your cat. You can’t really get a straight answer from questions like, “What’s so important that you feel you need to block my computer screen while I’m working” or “Why do you keep on peeing on everything?” But thanks to technology, we might be able to better understand our cats, even though we don’t speak the same language or even have the same type of vocal chords.

Javier Sanchez, a former Amazon engineer who worked on Alexa, has developed a new app that can translate your cat’s cute mews into human words. It’s called MeowTalk, and it incorporates similar technology to that of Alexa to bridge the language barrier between human and cats.

Sanchez, both a cat lover and cat owner, was inspired by the NPR series “The Secret Language of Cats. According to Sanchez, cats can develop their own vocabulary, which they employ constantly to do things – like ask for a treat even though they literally just already had a treat. “It’s not a language. They don’t share words or communicate with each other. Cats never meow at each other out in nature,” Sanchez told KING 5.


Sanchez found that cats have nine basic needs. MeowTalk categorizes your cat’s meows among those nine basic needs, then provides a human language. It can tell if your cat is trying to say, “I’m hungry,” “I’m happy,” “I’m in pain,” or the inevitable, “you left me outside.” Sanchez used a prototype on his own cat while he was holding the cat and it translated the cat’s meows as, “I’m angry! Leave me alone!” That sounds legit.

The app can also be trained to understand an individual cat’s specific cat language through user input. Users can create a cat profile and assign labels to their cat’s meows when they think they know what their cat is asking for. The app will learn the new “word,” then predict what the cat is saying the next time the app hears it.

Sanchez hopes that the app allows pet owners to understand their cats better during a time when we’re all stuck at home with our pets. “A tool like this can help certain people bond even more with their cats, especially if they can’t be in contact with other people on a regular basis,” Sanchez told Geek Wire. “So this could be a real game changer for a key demographic that have cats.”

The app is still under development, but the prototype is available to download for Apple and Android phones. Ultimately, Sanchez wants to create a collar that can translate for the cat with a vocal response. So basically, he wants to make sci-fi movies come true.

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Billie Eilish Joins TikTok With A Hilarious Username And Some Entertaining Content

TikTok has been at the forefront of social media platforms for quite some time now, especially when it’s looked at from a musical standpoint. Plenty of artists have joined the app and some have found success on it thanks to their music becoming the template for viral videos on TikTok. While she may be late to the party, it’s better late than never for Billie Eilish as the singer recently joined the app to give her fans some entertaining content in her free time.

The “Therefore I Am” singer joined the app, but chose a different name to go by that fans may not have expected to find the singer under. For those looking to indulge in Billie’s TikTok content, she can be found under the username “coochiedestroyer5.” The singer only has two videos on her page. The first video finds her using a face-distorting filter to enlarge her nose, which she finds hilarious after seeing the results. In the second video, Billie recalls the time she was able to fit a ukelele head in her mouth. Shortly after, she reattempts the tasks and successfully completes it once again.

Fans shared their reaction to Billie’s new TikTok on Twitter. One fan posted a screenshot from one TikTok and said, “miss Billie eilish joined tiktok- I love November.” Another one questioned why the news of the singer’s appearance on the app did not make their way to them. “was no one going to tell me that billie eilish made a tiktok called coochiedestroyer5 ? i just had to find her on my fyp like that.”

You can check out Billie’s TikTok posts above.

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Rhea Seehorn Gives ‘Better Call Saul’ Fans An Update About Final-Season Progress

Fans of Better Call Saul are accustomed to long waits in-between seasons. There was a year and a half between the fourth and fifth seasons, and now because of the pandemic, it’s likely to be at least another year and a half between the fifth season and the sixth and final season. The final season is not expected to begin filming at least until after Christmas, and with the virus raging and one of the drama’s stars, Jonathan Banks (who is 73 years old) in a high-risk category, shooting may have to wait a little longer.

However, Peter Gould and the writers are nevertheless busy writing the final season. According to Rhea Seehorn (who plays Kim Wexler on the series), they have just broken episode five or six of the final 13-episode season. Other than that, she doesn’t seem to know much else, or at least isn’t saying as much, including how much the final season will intersect with the Breaking Bad timeline. However, in her interview with Marc Maron this week, she did offer some other interesting and insightful revelations about her character.

For instance, Seehorn didn’t have a lot of work in the first two episodes of Saul — she had two lines in the pilot — but her character was informed early on by a small scene direction in which she fixed a trash can that Saul kicked while he wasn’t looking. “I was like oh, he does this a lot and she always cleans up after him,” she told Maron, which clued her into as to what kind of relationship the two had. But her character was also informed in the first season by something as simple as the fact that she did not use contractions.

“I didn’t have contractions in the first eight episodes,” she told Maron. “There was a part of me that wanted to ask them like ‘You don’t mind if I say wanna instead of want to or gonna?’ I was like, ‘No. Maybe this will unlock something,’ and it did. This person is so controlled about what she wants you to see and what she doesn’t want you to see, that maybe she also doesn’t really let people see what she’s thinking on her face. Maybe she’s also extremely still in her body.”

It’s the little things on Saul that mean so much, and of course, we learn over the course of five seasons how controlled she is, and what she’s hiding behind all of that control.

Seehorn also said that she and Patrick Fabian (who plays Howard Hamlin) were nervous early on in the series about whether their characters would be killed off. We “would flip, flip, flip through every new script and cheer at the end of each, ‘I’m not dead!’”

She also said that her co-star, Bob Odenkirk, had some insecurities early on, and if she asked him how to perform a scene, he would say, “You’re the real actor. You tell me.” He’s very hard on himself, Seehorn continued. “In his head he had this idea that, ‘I’m a sketch comedy guy,’ although I don’t think he thinks that way anymore.”

On a more personal note, Seehorn also said that she became friends with director Lynn Shelton — Marc Maron’s girlfriend, who passed away unexpectedly a few months ago — due to reaching out to her on Twitter after watching Shelton’s lovely Your Sister’s Sister. Shelton was obsessed with Better Call Saul and would DM Seehorn after episodes to talk about her performance. The two had talked frequently about working together before the pandemic arrived. Unfortunately, Shelton died only a few months later.

Better Call Saul is expected to return for its final season in 2021. Hopefully, it will be the year that Seehorn is finally nominated for an Emmy.

Source: WTF with Marc Maron

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Police Say They Found The Person Who Punched Rick Moranis In Manhattan

Rick Moranis earned headlines earlier this year not for anything he did, but for unfortunately being the victim of a blindside attack in New York city. The incident — which saw Moranis get punched from behind under a scaffolding on the Upper West Side — was caught on tape and quickly went viral.

And it earned outrage from all over, including legions of fans online and even Captain America himself, Chris Evans. But if the justice system is to be believed, those restless souls can sleep a bit easier tonight knowing that the person police feel is responsible for the attack is in custody.

According to the Associated Press, a 35-year-old man is in custody that police think is the guy wearing an ‘I (heart) NY’ sweatshirt’ seen on camera sucker punching the beloved star of Honey I Shrunk The Kids.

A New York man was arrested Saturday in connection with an unprovoked assault against Rick Moranis that occurred as the 67-year-old actor was walking near Central Park in October.

New York City police said 35-year-old Marquis Ventura, whom authorities listed as homeless, was arrested Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t known if Ventura had retained an attorney who could comment.

It’s far from official here, as Ventura has yet to have his day in court. But news that police feel Moranis’ attacker is in custody hopefully means the somewhat-unretired actor who was the victim of a random act of violence . It’s obviously a complicated matter, but now it’s in the hands of America’s very trustworthy criminal justice system.

[via AP]

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Gucci Mane Takes T.I.’s Spot For His Upcoming ‘Verzuz’ Battle With Jeezy

Verzuz is just days away from making its return for the second season of 20-song battles between a number of the music industry’s biggest names. The platform was set to kick things off with a head-to-head matchup with T.I. and Jeezy but late Saturday night the platform made an announcement that surprised all hip-hop lovers on social media. Verzuz announced that Gucci Mane would replace T.I. for the upcoming battle and the Atlanta rap legend would go against Jeezy on November 19. The news was a shock, as the two rappers have not seen eye to eye in nearly two decades.

Gucci Mane made the announcement on his Instagram page with a post that was captioned, “Tell buddy Get ready Thursday Nov 19 @verzuztv Trap God vs Snowcone.” The caption proves that while two rappers will sit down for the matchup, it doesn’t entirely mean that things are happy and peachy between them. T.I. also posted the flyer for Gucci and Jeezy’s battle and said, “Now THIS… Is what the people wants to see!!” He added, “Trap Muzik salutes y’all.”

The exact details of what took place to make this a matchup between Gucci and Jeezy a reality are unknown at the moment. It should be noted, however, that T.I. sat down with the Thug Motivation 101 rapper back in July and urged him to dispel his beef with the fellow ATL trap star. Throughout the conversation on T.I.’s ExpediTIously podcast, Jeezy showed respect for Gucci “decades” of bad blood.

You can check out the flyer above. Tune in 11/19 at 5pm PST/ 8pm EST to watch Gucci Mane and Jeezy battle it out.

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Tiger Woods Hit Three Balls In The Water To Make A 10 On The 12th Hole On Sunday At The Masters

Tiger Woods entered this week as the reigning and defending Masters champion, and after Thursday he appeared to be firmly in the mix after a 4-under 68 to open the tournament. However, as the week wore on, his back seemed to tighten up and he simply couldn’t find much in the way of birdies to keep up with the incredible play at the top of the leaderboard, steadily shuffling back until he entered Sunday’s final round 11 shots off the pace of Dustin Johnson.

When he arrived at the 12th hole, which was the site of the turnaround that helped him to the green jacket in 2019, he was 3-under for the tournament and out of contention. As such, what transpired on the infamous par-3 didn’t ruin any chances to win the tournament, but simply provided a reminder of the difficulties of Augusta National and how perilously close to the edge every golfer is at all times there, even those who know the course better than anyone else.

Woods struggled to gauge the wind on the tee, dumping his tee shot into Rae’s Creek in front of the green. He then took a drop and hit a wedge just underneath the hole, that spun back off the green and into the creek. His third attempt to get across (and fifth shot of the hole with two penalty strokes) did what so many do, which is sail the green and end up in the back bunker, but left him a disastrous stance. His sixth shot from that stance got bladed and launched back into the water.

From there he’d drop in the bunker, hack out, and two-putt for a 10. The shot dots from the Masters website tell the full story of the carnage.

There are few courses, when they get firm and fast and the wind picks up, that can be as unforgiving as Augusta National and few holes more diabolical than the short 12th that looks so simple but always, always destroys someone’s round on Sunday. Woods wasn’t in contention but his hopes of a solid finish went up in smoke with that display on the 12th, a reminder that no one is safe from the wrath of Amen Corner.

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Jerry Bruckheimer Has Revealed The Bizarre Original Pairing For ‘Bad Boys’ And Why It Fell Apart

In 1995, when the original Bad Boys debuted, it was only Will Smith’s second major film role, after Six Degrees of Separation. At the time, Smith was mostly known as a successful musician and television star because of Fresh Prince of Bel Air. In fact, producer Jerry Bruckheimer couldn’t even get the film made with Will Smith attached until he managed to snag the bigger star at the time, Martin Lawrence, although they first went after an even bigger star in the early ’90s than Lawrence: Arsenio Hall. Hall, however, passed, and Lawrence and his box-office clout finally got the film made.

However, before Will Smith and Martin Lawrence came along and signed onto the film with Sony, the project had been rattling around at Disney with a completely different pairing, one so bizarre that it’s almost impossible to imagine today: SNL stars Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey. Lovitz had mentioned on Rob Lowe’s podcast that he had originally been attached the role in last week’s episode while also talking about that bizarre story involving Brad Pitt, Courteney Cox, and a dead cat. Lovitz’s most famous SNL role, however, is of a pathological liar, so I didn’t believe it until this week’s episode of the same podcast with guest Jerry Bruckheimer, who confirmed it.

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Far from a passing fancy, this iteration got as far as a screen test with Michael Bay himself before, according to Bruckheimer, it fell apart because Dana Carvey dropped out. “There are varying stories about what happened,” Bruckheimer stated. “There’s Jon’s version, and other people’s version. But the movie never got made with Jon and somebody else.”

Bruckheimer, however, never gave up, and kept pushing with — again, at the time — a new feature film director in Michael Bay, who had only made commercials up to that point. Because of Bay’s background working with advertising clients, “he understood how to deal with the studio, and how to make them feel like they were getting what they wanted, and he ended up doing an excellent job.”

That’s an understatement, as Bad Boys would earn a fortune at the box office and spawn two sequels, including Bad Boys for Life, which will end up being the highest-grossing film of 2020. Meanwhile, in the alternate universe where Lovitz and Carvey’s Bad Boys gets made, I suspect it would have been a commercial flop and Michael Bay’s career may never have gotten off the ground. After all, the year before Bad Boys was released, Carvey and Lovitz joined forces for Trapped in Paradise with Nic Cage, which earned a miserable $6 million at the box office and essentially ended Carvey’s feature film career as far as leading roles were concerned.

Source: Literally! with Rob Lowe

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Report: The Lakers Have Agreed To A Dennis Schröder Trade With The Thunder

The Lakers may be just a month removed from winning the NBA championship over the Miami Heat, but as the offseason arrives they are not resting on their laurels.

There have been numerous reports of the Lakers being at least somewhat active in trade talks, gauging the market for players like Kyle Kuzma as they look to find ways to upgrade their roster for their chase for a second title. On Sunday morning, we learned that L.A. is in “advanced talks” on a deal that would send Sixth Man of the Year candidate Dennis Schröder of the Thunder to the Lakers in exchange for the No. 28 pick in the draft and Danny Green, per reports from Shams Charania of The Athletic and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Not long after initial reports emerged, Charania confirmed a deal had been agreed to in principle (with it not being able to be official until Monday).

Schröder had a career year in 2019-20, averaging 18.9 points, 4.0 assists, and 3.6 rebounds per game on his best shooting efficiency of his career, hitting 46.9 percent from the field and 38.5 percent from three-point range. If you believe in that uptick in shooting, then he’s a highly valuable player capable of bringing some floor spacing as well as much needed ball-handling to the Lakers offense, as well as being a very active defensive pest in the mold of Rajon Rondo — when he was drafted by the Hawks his nickname was Baby Rondo. He also became a very good off-ball player for OKC last year, often playing in three-guard lineups with Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, meaning he’d be comfortable sharing the floor with other L.A. guards and also ceding responsibilities to LeBron when called for. If the shooting holds, it’s a good move for L.A., while carrying the risk of Schröder’s shooting from last year being an abberation and them having moved one of their better (theoretical) shooters in Green for another poor floor-spacer. It’s a risk, but one worth going for because of what else he can bring them.

For the Thunder, they sell high on a breakout player and acquire another first round pick while moving off of a big salary that they’d have a very interesting decision to make about next summer — one would expect them to look to find a deal to send Danny Green elsewhere, either before the season or at the trade deadline.

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The Most Overhyped Bottles Of Scotch Whisky (Plus Alternates We Recommend)

Calling out the most “overrated” or “overhyped” whiskies (or overrated/overhyped anything for that matter) is a tricky task. We all have the bottles of whisky we love for tradition’s sake alone. Sometimes, these preferences have been passed down generation after generation. To have someone sh*t on something so personal isn’t just annoying, it’s deflating.

That’s not what we’re here to do. Our number one rule is: Like what you like and don’t apologize for that. Our number two rule is: Every palate is different and you have every right in the world to disagree with the whisky writers, judges, and experts. In fact, that’s just another layer of what makes drinking fun — the analysis, the disagreement, and the resulting banter.

This isn’t about talking down to anyone’s choices or even saying that any of these whiskies aren’t finely crafted. This is more about calling out expressions that gobble up more than their share of the spotlight, thereby leaving other wonderful bottles of whisky lingering on the shelf. So trust that we’re not, in any way, telling you not to keep loving these bottles.

In fact, we’ve provided tasting notes and links for buying each expression so that you can judge for yourself and argue with us (in a friendly manner!) in the comments. We’ve also offered alternate options that we like a whole lot more.

Ballantine’s Finest

Ballentine

ABV: 40%
Average Price: $20

The Whisky:

Ballentine’s Finest is a blend of 40 single malt and single grain whiskies from around Scotland. Ballantine’s has been around long enough for it to be called a classic and remains one of the best selling scotches on the planet.

Tasting Notes:

Malts and toffee mingle on the nose with a billow of smoke. The taste really leans into the sweet malts that were clearly peated yet carry a caramel edge. It has a warm, albeit short end.

Bottom Line:

This is cheap and easy-ish drinking but can be astringently smoky and alcohol-forward. Their 12 Year takes off the rougher edges and is only $10 more.

The Famous Grouse

Famous Grouse

ABV: 40%
Average Price: $24

The Whisky:

The Famous Grouse is an old-school blend that got its start in a Scottish grocery store where grocers often blended their own whiskies to sell. The juice is now a mix of single malts and single grains with a focus on parent company partners Highland Park and The Macallan.

Tasting Notes:

There’s a Christmas cake nose that’s spicy, fruity, and malty and supported by a note of citrus. The palate keeps those notes rolling with an additional whisper of oak. The end is short and creamy with a distant wisp of smoke.

Bottom Line:

This is a solid mixing whisky but rarely used that way. We’d argue that there are more interesting barrel finishings of The Famous Grouse — from the Cask Series — in the same price range that offer deeper flavor profiles.

Dewar’s White Label

Dewar

ABV: 40%
Average Price: $25

The Whisky:

Dewar’s ranks up there among the biggest selling scotches in the world. The juice in the bottle is a blend of 40 single malts and single grains with a focus on Aberfeldy.

Tasting Notes:

Honey apples with a grassy note open this one up. The sip leans into the honey sweetness with the addition of oak, vanilla, and a touch of spice and smoke. The finish relishes on that honey sweetness as it fades out.

Bottom Line:

This is a perfectly fine blend for mixing. If you’re looking for a sipper though, their longer aged versions get that job done and only cost $10 or so more.

Glenfiddich 12

Glenfiddich

ABV: 40%
Average Price: $34

The Whisky:

This Speyside single malt is behind every bar and on every liquor store shelf, pretty much worldwide. Glenfiddich ages their whisky is a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks before bottling in their signature three-corner green bottles.

Tasting Notes:

Spicy caramel apples and oak mix with a hint of toffee up top. The sip brings the bourbon vanilla with butterscotch maltiness and more of that apple. There’s a floral note deep in there somewhere that emerges just as the sweet sip fades out rather quickly.

Bottom Line:

This is a perfectly serviceable bottle of booze. However, Glenfiddich is doing much more interesting things now with bourbon and beer barrel finishes at slightly higher price points that deserve a bit more attention in our estimation.

Johnnie Walker White Walker

Diageo

ABV: 41.7%
Average Price: $40

The Whisky:

This bottle was released back in 2018 to celebrate Game Of Thrones ending its run. The juice is a blend with a focus on Diageo single malts from Cardhu and one of the northernmost Scottish distilleries, Clynelish. The bottle is meant to be frozen, revealing a special logo when cold enough to drink.

Tasting Notes:

Grain and smoke hit your first but there’s a metallic nature to the nose. There’s a bit of tart apple next to a hint of spice. The smoke is dialed way back and comes with a whisper of vanilla.

Bottom Line:

Look, this is a gimmick. Also, freezing the whisky really mutes any flavors that might be there. In the end, there are plenty of other Johnnie Walkers you can drink for the same price that eschews the gimmick and, frankly, doesn’t need to be frozen to drink.

Even if you want to stick with the GoT theme, Diageo has an entire line of killer single malts that trump this bottle.

Ardbeg Wee Beastie

Ardbeg

ABV: 47.4%
Average Price: $50

The Whisky:

Islay’s Ardbeg is a smoky single malt classic. Their new 2020 release, Wee Beastie, is a five-year-old whisky that was aged in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks before marrying and bottling.

Tasting Notes:

This is a hot and smoky whisky. The peat and alcohol warmth is very present on the nose and in the palate. Orchard fruit and vanilla try and peek through the smoky heat. The sip hints at fatty smoked bacon with a slight seaside brininess as it fades back into a big cloud of peaty smoke.

Bottom Line:

This is a brand new expression so it got a lot of hype this year. We think it got more than it deserved. Ardbeg 10 is a classic and this bottle (plus the five extra years that the 10 enjoys in the barrel) makes it clear why.

Highland Park 12

Highland Park

ABV: 43%
Average Price: $56

The Whisky:

A perennial best-seller, the Orkney Island’s Highland Park sort of bridges sweet and smoky scotches. Their 12 Year is matured exclusively in ex-sherry casks, with one-fifth of these being first-fill sherry.

Tasting Notes:

The nose is sweet, grassy, smoky, tart, floral, and full of vanilla. Those notes carry on without a clear focus on any one aspect, except maybe the honey sweetness. The end is swift with a nod to lemon, peat, and fruit.

Bottom Line:

The lack of focus on this dram knocks it down a few pegs in our book. Also, there are tighter single malts in the 12-year range that cost less (see Glenfiddich above). That all being said, Highland Park has a very wide range of whiskies with higher agings and various finishing techniques that we prefer.

Laphroaig 10

Laphroaig

ABV: 43%
Average Price: $58

The Whisky:

Laphroaig is another classic Islay peat-monster distillery. This juice is designed to capture the brine of the sea and marry it to the deep peaty smoke of the malts.

Tasting Notes:

It should come as no surprise that hefty billows of peaty smoke greet you. The oily sip edges towards pears, plaster, vanilla, and a hint of toffee sweetness. The end has a nice spicy warmth with vanilla as the smoke completely surrounds your senses in a murky cloud.

Bottom Line:

Again, we’re not saying this is crap whisky. It’s just a bit pricy for an entry-point whisky that’s best used as a mixer and not a sipper. However, if you’re a peat-seeker, this might be exactly your jam.

Aberlour A’Bunadh

Aberlour

ABV: 59.6%
Average Price: $102

The Whisky:

Aberlour is one of those distilleries you either know about and adore or have never heard of. Their A’Bunadh — which means “original” in Scottish Gaelic — is an unadulterated version of their whisky which is bottled at cask strength. It’s become one of the most sought-after single malts for single malt hunters (which doesn’t help the price of this on the shelf).

Tasting Notes:

Christmas cake cut with plenty of spicy orange zest and nutty sherry notes great you. The sip delivers on those notes with the addition of dark cherries, dark chocolate, and a good dose of oak. The end amps up the spice, chocolate, and oak as it fades at a fairly easy pace.

Bottom Line:

This is a fine sipper but actually works better as a mixer, especially for whiskey sours. For us, $100 for a mixer feels like a bit much. Still, this is a fine whiskey… just one that we really wish we could pay $50 for.

The Dalmore 18

The Dalmore

ABV: 43%
Average Price: $230

The Whisky:

The Dalmore is an interesting Highland distillery. Like most of the distilleries around Scotland, it’s very old and distinguished. Their 18 Year is a juice that’s aged for 14 years in ex-bourbon and then transferred to sherry casks that are made especially for The Dalmore in Spain.

Tasting Notes:

There’s a sense of that bourbon vanilla next to orange zest and dark chocolate on the nose. The palate carries on with the dark chocolate and orange, adding in notes of bitter coffee and potpourri florals next to a hint of black licorice. The sip has an earthy spiciness and sweet syrup finish.

Bottom Line:

This is a big swing, but there’s almost too much going on here. The dried florals, licorice, chocolate, and syrup just don’t vibe. And for this price? You can snag The Dalmore 12 instead. It’s a bit more dialed even though it’s younger and far cheaper.

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Terence Crawford Lit Up Kell Brook For A Fourth Round TKO Win

Terence Crawford stepped into the ring on Saturday night atop the pound-for-pound list for the first time in his career, and the WBO welterweight champ put both his belt and his P4P title on the line against Kell Brook. Brook, a former champion, was hoping to spoil Crawford’s celebration of his new position atop the pound-for-pound list by landing a big shot, and through three rounds he looked to be doing well, peppering Crawford with jabs and straight right hands that had even caused a little swelling around the champ’s right eye.

However, in the third round, Crawford stepped up his aggression after a slow start as he is wont to do, and with a quick flurry and a timely jab that knocked Brook through the ropes, he flipped the fight. After referee Tony Weeks allowed Brook to continue, Crawford pounced and quickly ended things with another combination that caused Weeks to step in and end it.

After the knockout, you could see Brook in his corner asking his trainers “what happened?” as Crawford’s swift and sudden onslaught had the former champ effectively out on his feet.

It was the kind of performance we’ve come to expect from Crawford who, after the fight, was joined by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum to discuss his future as they called out IBF and WBC champ Errol Spence Jr. for dodging Crawford, while Crawford continues to push for a Manny Pacquiao fight, which Arum says he thinks they can get done for 2021 somewhere in the Middle East (one would expect that to be Dubai).