Andy Cruz shines with seventh-round KO of Antonio Moran

LOS ANGELES — Amid the shadows of BMO Stadium, Bozy Ennis could be repeatedly heard saying, “There you go, he don’t like that!” as his Cuban protégé, Andy Cruz, stayed in the pocket and pumped left jabs into Mexican veteran Antonio Moran.

Cruz opened the pay-per-view portion of the Terence Crawford-Israil Madrimov WBA junior middleweight title fight on Saturday afternoon aiming to show the boxing world that he will be ready for a world title in 2025.

Cruz (4-0, 2 knockouts) took...