RENTON, Wash. -- For the first time since Russell Wilson assumed the starting quarterback job in 2012, the Seattle Seahawks dont have a veteran on the roster to serve as his backup.Undrafted rookie free agent Trevone Boykin and 2015 undrafted free agent Jake Heaps are the only other two quarterbacks on the roster. The shared NFL experience between the two amounts to precisely one preseason game and one passing attempt, both coming from Heaps last year with the New York Jets.General manager John Schneider said he believes Boykin would have been drafted between the third and fifth rounds of the NFL draft if not for an arrest prior to the Alamo Bowl in December. Instead, Boykin went undrafted and signed with Seattle in May.He can do the same things that we try to do with (Russell Wilson), head coach Pete Carroll said. So now it is just a long journey to get him right in a lot of areas. He has got the makeup, it appears, and I am really excited about him.Boykin has taken the majority of second-team reps throughout training camp with Heaps working with the third team. Carroll has touted Boykins similarities to Wilson as an intriguing opportunity for the team. Boykin as a backup would give Seattle the luxury of not having to alter its offense should something happen to Wilson.While Carroll said he can picture moving forward without a veteran option, Schneider said the Seahawks will keep looking at what players may be available.I like all our players, Im just never really one of those guys thats like, `Yeah, we got this. We got this. You know what I mean? Schneider said. Petes job is to instill confidence in people and he does a great job. Its one of his best attributes, making everybody feel great about themselves and instilling confidence in their abilities. My job is to be forward-thinking and our staff ... to be ready for whats coming next if it doesnt work out.Boykin said he is now comfortable taking snaps from center after working out of the shotgun for the majority of his tenure at TCU. He also feels his understanding of the playbook is coming along well.Im getting it all down, Boykin said. The hardest thing for me right now is just calling protections. But as far as concepts and saying the plays in the huddle Ive gotten 10 times better than I was when I first started.Carroll has been bullish about the performances of Boykin and Heaps through a week of training camp.(Boykin) is always able to make things happen and in a very similar fashion as Russell did, Carroll said. Were very confident that he has a chance to help us. 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He is a special fighter and still only 26.Smiths confession was made from the middle of a daze, which is less a product of Alvarezs punches and more to do with the utter bewilderment top fighters experience when they are exposed by the best in the world. Smith was the WBO champion going into the fight, he was confident and he was unbeaten; Alvarez slowly beat any beliefs out of Smith and then started to dismantle the Liverpool boxers heart, resilience and desire.In round seven a brilliant three-punch combination dropped Smith for the first time, he was over again in round eight from a deft short uppercut deep into the pit of his stomach and then the sickening end came from the precise left hook. Smith was also cut by the side of his right eye and a gash sustained in a sparring incident with Kell Brook last month opened again.It is small consolation to Smith, who will be aching when he wakes up in Texas, but his loss made him a lot of friends in America and that is because, just like Brook last week with Gennady Golovkin in London, he took the type of beating others have not.dddddddddddd He was prepared, certainly from the chilling moment of recognition in round six, to go down fighting and not worry about the pain or the blood or the consequences.Smith put in place a solid strategy from the opening bell and kept busy when Alvarez took breaks, which is something that Floyd Mayweather was able to do in 2013 when he beat Alvarez. Smith pushed Alvarez back, then connected cleanly as the Mexican rested on the ropes, but with each second of each completed round it was clear that Alvarez was not troubled by the punches he was taking. Smith did absolutely nothing wrong, at any point, but against men like Alvarez, who is the undisputed No. 1 attraction in boxing right now, the need to hurt them is totally essential. Smith had everything, tried everything and left everything in the ring but his failure to make Alvarez blink cost him the fight.As midnight approached in Texas, the call for a fight between Alvarez and Golovkin intensified in the aftermath of their back-to-back wins against unbeaten British boxers. Alvarez claimed that Golovkin turned down a fight two months ago, Golovkin disputed this and the pair remain separated by the increasing width of a negotiating table. A plan for a showdown in September 2017 is now the most likely endgame to a fight that simply must happen.On Saturday night a total of 51,240 people paid to watch the fight, filling the vast stadium with a steady series of joyous howls whenever Smith was caught and delighting in the hat trick of knockdowns that ended the night. 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