Thank God there is one heavyweight left with some balls; chubby Cris Arreola might not look impressive, but he fights with reckless abandon. Win or lose, Vitali is going to be forced into a war. It's gonna be a dog fight on Sept. 26th.
With good ol' Roger Mayweather going away for assault, battery, and coercion, I'd say Juan Manuel Marquez has every advantage to capitalize on: a longer training camp, time to adjust to a new weight, an injured body to attack, and an opponent without a trainer.
However, I bet my house that Floyd Mayweather Sr. dramatically steps up to the plate, allowing HBO's unrivaled 24/7 to capture the warm, heart-felt reunion between estranged father and son. But assuming Mayweather overcomes JMM, imagine the side-story with Roach in Pacquiao's corner and Floyd Sr. in Money's...priceless.
When that fight gets made in 2010 (and even as greedy as Mayweather is, any business man would make sure as hell that fight gets made), I think we should go back to the glory days of the Sweet Science, when businesses and restaurants closed down on fight night. Like when two undefeated champions in Ali and Frazier fought for the first time, it was eloquently dubbed "The Fight." That has a nice ring to it...
And of course, what's boxing without yet another major cancellation. Apparently Kelly Pavlik is having a resurgence of staph infection on his left hand, preventing him from sparring. I'm definitely behind Pavlik, but me thinks his camp wants more time to train and prepare for a 1,000 punch per round southpaw energizer bunny. The reschedule is aimed for November, but William's promoter Dan Goosen is already bitching a fit... One would think that if you're a promoter and your fighter is the most avoided man in boxing, you would try and try again to get a fight with the lineal middleweight champ if he's offering it.
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