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Dodgers placed slumping All-Star centre fielder Matt Kemp on the 15-day disabled
list Thursday because of a right hamstring strain. The move was made before the
team completed a string of four consecutive games against the Angels. Kemp was
injured while running down a double in right-centre by Mike Trout in the Dodgers
4-3 loss Wednesday night. It was the fourth time in Kemps career that the
two-time Gold Glove winner has been on the DL, including two stints last season
because of a left hamstring strain that cost him a combined 51 games. The
Dodgers were 24-27 in his absences. "Its not bad luck. Its life," Kemp said. "I
never want to be away from the game, but I have to at the moment. It comes with
the territory, but its disappointing." Kemp, who just two seasons ago finished
runner-up to Milwaukees Ryan Braun in the NL MVP voting after hitting a
career-high 39 home runs with 126 RBIs and a .324 average, is batting .251 this
season with two homers and 17 RBIs in 51 games, and has struck out 60 times in
191 at-bats following off-season shoulder surgery. In his last six games, he is
1 for 17 with 10 strikeouts. The Dodgers recalled catcher Tim Federowicz from
Triple-A Albuquerque to take Kemps place on the roster. Right fielder Andre
Ethier was moved to centre field in manager Don Mattinglys starting lineup, the
49th he has used in 53 games. "The whole year weve been figuring a way to patch
up things when we get guys hurt," Ethier said. "Donnie asked me, and I said:
Sure, lets do it. Id be lying if I said it didnt cross my mind last night
because I wasnt sure what the (extent) of Matts injury was, and whether it was
going to take a couple of days or longer. But its a different story when you
actually see your name in there". It was only the second time in his eight-year
career that he started in centre. The other time was May 15, 2012, when he had
four putouts in a 5-1 loss to Arizona at Dodger Stadium. Ethiers first big
league game as a centre fielder was in the 2010 All-Star game, which took place
at Angel Stadium. "Its kind of ironic that its here," Ethier said. "That time it
was an All-Star game, so there had to be a centre fielder on that team. I dont
know how I ended up playing there -- but at the same time, it was fun. I knew I
had centre field in me all the time, and it took an All-Star game for me to
finally get it." Also, right-hander Stephen Fife was activated from the 15-day
DL and optioned back to Albuquerque.
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titleholder Liam Smith is not Gennady Golovkin. He knows that. Trust him.He has
heard and read the backlash from fans and media alike who have made it crystal
clear in recent months that their preference is for lineal middleweight champion
Canelo Alvarez to fight Golovkin, the unified middleweight titlist and one of
boxings most fearsome fighters, and not Smith, a largely unknown fighter outside
his native England.Alas, Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs), 26, of Mexico, vacated his
alphabet middleweight title and elected to drop down to junior middleweight,
where he and his Golden Boy Promotions handlers picked Smith as the next
opponent with the shaky promise that the fight with Golovkin is on their radar
for fall of 2017.So Alvarez will face Smith on Sept. 17 in the main event on an
HBO PPV card at AT&T Stadium -- home of the Dallas Cowboys -- in Arlington,
Texas, and the attempt to sell an event few are hyped for began in earnest with
the kickoff news conference on Monday at the stadium.Im getting some backlash
because the Canelo-GGG fight is not happening, Smith said in an interview with
ESPN.com just before the news conference began. A lot of the American fans
thought because of Canelos last fight that he might get the GGG fight next
because of the things he said at the post-fight press conference.Indeed, after
Alvarez spectacularly knocked out Amir Khan in their 155-pound catch weight
fight for the middleweight title on May 7 in Las Vegas, Alvarez and promoter
Oscar De La Hoya spoke aggressively about making the much-anticipated fight
against Golovkin, only to later have Alvarez vacate the title, promise to fight
GGG late next year and then sign to fight Smith.Canelo built up a lot of peoples
hopes up and then, obviously, we know what happened, Smith said. He gave up the
title and a lot of people were unhappy with him and now hes fighting me and a
lot of people dont know me, but they will after Sept. 17.Canelo avoided Golovkin
to go back to 154 and I think he made the mistake of going back at 154 and
choosing me.Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) certainly came off as confident heading into
his biggest fight against easily the best opponent of his career. Although he
has made two title defenses, he has not exactly faced murders row. He won the
vacant belt by seventh-round knockout of John Thompson in October and retained
it against unknown opponents in Jimmy Kilrain Kelly by seventh-round knockout in
December and by second-round KO of Predrag Radosevic on June 4.Im very excited
to fight Canelo, Smith said. Hes the biggest name in boxing and this stadium
just adds to the excitement. I will embrace this. Im not coming here in awe of
Canelo. Im definitely coming to win.Smith went into the June 4 fight knowing it
was likely he would get the fight with Alvarez as long as he won.I was asked if
I would be interested and I said yes, of course, but I knew I had to win June 4,
Smith said. If I didnt beat Radosevic there was no other big fight for me, so I
concentrated on winning and noot thinking about Canelo.
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morning after he beat Radosevic, Smith said he woke up and called manager
Matthew Macklin, the former longtime middleweight contender.I said, How close
are we? There were little things to be finalized and confirmed, but the truth is
I would have taken the fight with Canelo no matter what, Smith said. I wanted
the big fight. I wanted either (Miguel) Cotto or Canelo and this one came first.
I think Canelo is very good. He does lots of things very well, but he does
things where we can have success. I do think hes been promoted and looked after
very well. Hes had his matches picked very well.Smith claimed he is a big,
strong junior middleweight, nothing like Alvarezs recent opponents, James
Kirkland and Khan, both who have the reputation of having a soft chi. Both got
blasted out by Alvarez.Alvarezs knockout of Kirkland in May 2015 was the
ESPN.com knockout of the year. Khan, Smiths countryman, was a welterweight who
moved up eight pounds to face Alvarez and paid the price when he got nailed with
the first big punch of the fight in a leading 2016 KO of the year
candidate.Kirkland and Khan are chinny fighters, Smith said. I am not like that.
Canelo is coming down from 155 to 154 and I am a solid 154-pounder, not a small
154. Size wont make a difference in this fight. He is in for a shock. The more
people see the build-up to this fight and the more people do their homework,
theyll see.Im not just coming here for a payday. Im not an old guy at the end of
my career looking for a payday. Ive got a title to keep. Im 27. Im not 32 or 35
on my way out. Ive got a style fans will like and Im coming here to win, and you
will know it by my performance.Smith comes from a fighting family, with three
brothers who are also quality pros: Callum is a top super middleweight
contender, Paul twice fought for super middleweight world titles and Stephen is
a junior lightweight contender who lost a world title fight earlier this
year.Weve had some big nights in the family, but this night will trump them all,
Liam Smith said.Alvarez has already beaten a few British fighters, including
Khan, Matthew Hatton and Ryan Rhodes. Smith is not exactly looking to avenge
their lossesb but hes thought about the fact that Alvarez has been successful
against Brits.I dont want to be too disrespectful to those guys, but I feel I am
a better fighter than those guys, he said. This is a totally different fight.
Canelo knows that.And if Smith can pull off the victory, it will take its place
in the pantheon of Great Britains biggest boxing victories.It would be huge, one
of the biggest, Smith said. It would be the biggest one I can remember because
we know how big of a name Canelo is at the moment. Floyd Mayweather is gone so
he is the biggest name in the sport at the minute.Its a massive win for me when
I get it.
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