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Unified junior welterweight world champion Terence Crawford is poised to defend his crown against contender John Molina Jr. on Dec. 10 now that the camps have come to an agreement, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN on Friday.Arum emphasized that the fight is not yet signed, but he said the terms are agreed to and the paperwork is in the process of being finalized for a bout that would headline a doubleheader on HBOs World Championship Boxing.Arum said the card will take place at the CenturyLink Center in Crawfords hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. The arena originally was booked to host a Creighton University mens basketball game on Dec. 10, but Arum said his staff worked with the school to move the game to another date, freeing up the arena for the fight card.We cleared out the basketball game and Molina has agreed to the fight, Arum said. Weve sent the contract. Everything is agreed to. Molina is a tough dude as he proved in the [Ruslan] Provodnikov fight [in June]. Hes a quality opponent.HBO made room for a Crawford fight on Dec. 10 when the originally planned fight between unified middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs got bogged down in negotiations and they gave up the date, leaving HBO with a major hole in its fourth-quarter schedule.If Crawford-Molina is finalized, it will be something of a milestone in that it would mark the first time in many years -- other than the 2015 mega fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao -- that Top Rank and manager/adviser Al Haymon, creator of Premier Boxing Champions, have agreed to match their fighters together in a non-mandatory bout.The nuts and bolts of the deal were negotiated by Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti and Tom Brown of TGB Promotions, but Arum and Haymon had to first sign off.I have absolutely no problem making fights with Haymon now. I respect him as a very smart guy, and I would do business with my fighters on his cards and I have no problem offering his fighters opportunities to fight my fighters on my cards, Arum said. That wasnt true when we were in litigation, but the litigation is over now.The 29-year-old Crawford (29-0, 20 KOs), who was the 2014 fighter of the year, vacated his lightweight world title in 2015 and moved up to junior welterweight and knocked out Thomas Dulorme in the sixth round to win a vacant belt. He has defended it three times, including a dominant decision victory against Viktor Postol on July 23 in Las Vegas to unify two belts in a fight between the boxers widely considered Nos. 1 and 2 in the weight division.It appeared as though Crawford would not get the third fight this year that he and Top Rank had hoped for before the Dec.10 date opened up because of the Golovkin-Jacobs delay.Molina (29-6, 23 KOs), 33, of Covina, California, known as an all-out brawler, figures to be a heavy underdog but is coming off a major victory over former junior welterweight world titleholder Provodnikov in a Showtime-televised main event on June 11.Molina, the underdog in that fight as well, boxed a bit more than usual and won a unanimous decision in an exciting fight. It was the kind of win that turned his fortunes around after a rough three-fight losing streak between 2014 and 2015, when he got knocked out in the 11th round by Lucas Matthysse in the 2014 Boxing Writers Association of America fight of the year, lost a 10-round decision to former world titleholder Humberto Soto and then was outclassed in a one-sided 12-round decision to Adrien Broner, after which he tested positive for a banned diuretic and was fined and suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.Molina was one of four opponents HBO approved for Crawford. There was also interest in a unification fight with Eduard Troyanovsky (25-0, 22 KOs), 36, of Russia; Antonio Orozco (25-0, 16 KOs), 28, of San Diego; and 2008 Dominican Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz (18-1, 8 KOs), 32, a top contender. Arum said they tried to get Troyanovsky but there was not enough time to get it done with the fight so close. Orozco and promoter Golden Boy turned down the fight. Diaz, who very much wanted the fight and was seen by many as the most worthy available opponent, was never offered the bout.My [matchmakers] said Diaz is a stinker and that it would not be a good fight to watch, Arum said.Arum said there will be a televised cofeature. He said it likely would match two of three Top Rank lightweights: former unified titleholder Juan Diaz (42-4, 21 KOs), Jose Felix Jr. (35-1-1, 27 KOs) and Raymundo Beltran (31-7-1, 19 KOs). Cheap NFL Jerseys Shop . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. Discount Nike NFL jerseys . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. 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PITTSBURGH -- Josh Harrison extended his hitting streak to six games in impressive fashion, but it wasnt enough to get the Pittsburgh Pirates back on the winning track.Harrison, who had three hits, drove in Jordy Mercer with a single to left field in the eighth inning to score the Pirates lone run in their 3-1 loss to the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. He was the only Pittsburgh player that successfully solved David Phelps, who pitched six scoreless innings for the Marlins.Some pitchers arent as comfortable throwing to both sides, Harrison said. Some pitchers, you can predominately look in or look away. Hes a guy thats got a feel for all of his pitches. He can throw his cutter front-door. He can throw it away to righties. At the end of the day, he made pitches. Deception is one thing that pitchers try to work on as far as throwing off our timing.Pittsburgh has lost two straight after winning six of its previous seven.Xavier Scruggs hit his first major league home run to help Miami to its second straight win after a three-game skid.It felt great, Scruggs said. Thats the thing that was most important, was just being able to provide something for this team. You can get a hit at any time, but the big hits are the ones that really matter.Miguel Rojas scored on an error in the third, and Ichiro Suzuki doubled down the right-field line in the fourth -- for his 3,008th hit in the majors to move into 28th place on the career list -- ahead of Scruggs shot into the bleachers in left field.Phelps (7-6) allowed two hits and two walks with nine strikeouts while throwing 96 pitches in his fourth start of the season. He had not gone more than 5 1/3 innings or thrown more than 90 pitches in his previous three starts.To give us six there, and obviously the zeroes, hes been great, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. Hes pitched great. Now hes to the point where hes saying he felt like he could have gone back out. Its just been anything weve asked him to do, hes been able to do.Fernando Rodney got the last three outs for his sixth save with the Marlins and 23rd of the season.Chad Kuhl (3-1) gave up three runs and five hits in six innings. He has allowed two earned runs or fewer in five of his past six starts.I think that (catcher Francisco Cervelli)) did a good job with getting me back to my fastbal, Kuhl said.ddddddddddddMy fastball wasnt there in the beginning. I threw a ton of off-speed pitches and when you throw off-speed, you really have to trust it. That really got my arm going. I was able to get back to my fastball and be efficient in later innings.Scruggs, who went 1 for 3 in his season debut with the Marlins on Friday, had not homered in 65 plate appearances with Miami and St. Louis spanning three seasons.Harrison opened the bottom of the first with a single before Phelps forced Starling Marte into a double play. Phelps faced the minimum until walking John Jaso with two out in the fifth, ending a streak of 13 straight batters retired.Phelps struck out five of six batters in the second and third innings, and retired the side in order in the fourth. He struck out Gregory Polanco and David Freese to start the fifth before walking Jaso.(Phelps) was just on top of his game, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. We werent able to push him back. Harrison had three hits and Mercer had one. Theyre hitting way too far apart so thats minor. Get a bunch of them and maybe something good happens. So, whether you like it or not, their pitcher was better than our offense tonight.Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen inadvertently helped give the Marlins their 1-0 lead in the third when Dee Gordons fly ball clanked out of McCutchens glove for an error that allowed Rojas to score from second base.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Pittsburgh placed 3B Jung Ho Kang on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder injury sustained in Friday nights game. The Pirates recalled 1B-OF Josh Bell from Triple-A Indianapolis to take Kangs place on the 25-man active roster.UP NEXTMarlins: Jose Urena (1-4, 6.40) will look for his first win since July 19 when he faces the Pirates on Sunday. Urena has allowed a combined 13 earned runs over his past two starts.Pirates: Ryan Vogelsong (2-2, 3.20) will attempt to pick up a second consecutive win after allowing four earned runs in his last outing. He has allowed five earned runs in three starts since returning from an eye injury on Aug. 4. ' ' '