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My Take: We have to find sustainable ways to feed people Albert Bell As usual, Tim Pennings has made some highly relevant points about the ecological disaster looming over us ("Living in a finite world," May 13). When I consider this situation, other questions also come to my mind: 1) When did the problem start? 2) Can we stop further destruction? 3) Can we get back to some point when conditions were “better” and how do we determine “better”? As a historian, I try to look at things in the long term. The earth’s climate has never been static. Just during the time that humans have bee...

Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images Another weekend, more winners, more wondering what’s next. And another weekend where there’s no clear answer in really any case, but a lot of possibilities, some of which could even be interesting! Emanuel Navarrete Navarrete’s win over Christopher Diaz saw him retain the WBO featherweight title, but also considering the possibility that he might have to move up to 130 to get a big fight, which is what he says he wants. He does sound like he’d rather stay at 126, unifying with WBC titlist Gary Russell Jr or WBA titlist Leo Santa Cr...

Joe Smith Jr became the new WBO Light Heavyweight world champion with a majority decision win over Maxim Vlasov in Tulsa Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images Joe Smith Jr claimed the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight title in a real war of wills with Maxim Vlasov in front of a decent crowd at the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday. Smith (27-3, 21 KOs) had to overcome a nasty cut, and a few hairy moments, before taking a majority decision victory in a close run affair against Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs). The fight began at a frantic pace, with the 34-year-old making Smith miss...

Joe Smith Jr.-Maxim Vlasov live results and analysis 3dMark Kriegel play Efe Ajagba unloads for massive one-punch KO (1:02) Efe Ajagba needs just one punch to drop Brian Howard in Round 3 of their bout on Top Rank Boxing. (1:02) University of North Texas graduate Light heavyweight contenders Joe Smith Jr. and Maxim Vlasov will fight in the main event of Saturday's Top Rank Boxing card with the vacant WBO world title on the line. The show takes place at the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma (ESPN and ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET, with undercard fights on ESPN+ at 5:30 p.m. ET). Smith (26-3, 21 KOs), 31, of...

Joe Smith Jr. did not take the path of least resistance to reach his second shot at a light heavyweight world title. As he prepares to step into the ring on Saturday against Maxim Vlasov at the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma (10 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN+), with the vacant WBO belt on the line, Smith has been through the spectrum of the highs and lows that come with championship-level boxing. After getting knocked out in his seventh professional fight back in 2010, Smith (26-3, 21 KOs) rattled off 15 wins over the next five years in the leadup to two victories that changed his career -- a first...