Fight season is finally here.
I honestly won't be upset whoever wins either fight, Mayweather/Marquez or Pacquiao/Cotto. If Mayweather wins, we are one step closer to the biggest fight in boxing--the fight that would do guaranteed record-breaking numbers: Pacquiao/Mayweather.
But if Marquez pulls the upset and hands Money his first defeat, who the hell can complain about a Marquez/Pacquiao III? Maybe Marquez gave Pacquiao a run in their first two wars, but Pacquiao wins in dramatic fashion if a 3rd fight is made. These two guys were made to wage war...
And if the underdogs pull out the victories? I'll settle for Marquez/Valero and Cotto vs. the winner of Mosley/Berto.
Props to Cotto and Pacquiao both. I don't know who has more guts: Pacquiao for fighting the bigger, stronger man--a true welterweight champion. Or Cotto, a favorite fighter of mine since watching him demolish Zab Judah at the Garden, continuing his commitment to only fight the best opposition in challenging the best P4P fighter in the world.
I'm glad to hear that the rumors surrounding Arreola and his lack of training for his Sept. 26th fight against Dr. Ironfist, Vitali, are un-true. Nightmare is looking reasonably fit and ready for the chance of a life-time: become the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion of the world.
Why the hell are Mat Korobov and John Duddy's fights UN-TELEVISED on Top Rank's Latin Fury 12 PPV Card??? Those will be the two best fights of the night. Mark my words: Korobov is the truth.
Did anybody else think of the Ortiz/Maidana fight when watching the entertaining FNF headliner with punchers Urango and Bailey? Why not make Maidana/Urango...eh?
The only competition on tonight's Showtime Super Six preview, feat. Kessler and Ward making their respective mandatories, will be who blows out their opponent faster.
Also LOVE the idea of bringing the Mayweather/Marquez, Pacquiao/Cotto winners to fight next year at Yankee Stadium, where Joe Louis and Max Schmelling drew a crowd of 70,000 people for their heavyweight fight. It's time for America to remember it's true past-time...
If Pavlik pulls out of another fight because of staph infections, I think he should be forced to fight Paul Williams with one hand...new date tentatively set for December 5th.
This change in the HBO schedule pushes Mosley/Berto back to January 30th. Mosley was originally settling for Clottey on December 26th, but HBO came to it's senses and refused a card so close to Christmas. Since Mosley would have to wait until 2010, this solved the money problem which brought Berto back into the equation for a unification fight. Clottey, already training in Las Vegas, was silenced by giving him a slot on the Pavlik/Williams undercard. This pushes B-Hop's (possibly last) fight back to February, after his 45th birthday, which the wily veteran is not so pleased with.
Get all that?
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