It's been a while since I last reached out to all my favorite die-hard fans (Boxingtalkers, of course) and voiced my opinion on the state of the union that is boxing. A lot sh...stuff has gone down in recent months and now that the dust seems to be settling a bit, its a good time to take a look into the upcoming months. I have broken down all the major upcoming fights in chronological order.
Devon Alexander (19-0 with 12KOs) vs. Juan Urango (22-2 with 17 KOs) - March 6th, HBO. Unification for Alexander's WBC and Urango's IBF 140-pound titles – This fight has major sleeper potential in what is an absolutely stacked junior welterweight division. Many expect Alexander to win by a blow out decision or a knockout... not I. Urango is more a live opponent than most may think. Let's not forget, this is a unification fight, meaning that Urango is bringing his title to the table as well. Both men are very skilled, and I expect this to be a close decision in what should be a great fight on free HBO - not something we see very often. However, I have to go with Urango by close decision based on the experience factor. His first loss came in decision form against Ricky Hatton - I'm referring to the then-undefeated, still fighting at 140 with judges and promoters changing his diapers Ricky Hatton (pre-annihilation to Mayweather and Pacquiao) – which there is clearly no shame in. His second loss came again by way of decision against still undefeated WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto. Urango accepted a fight that not many wanted, against a young, hungry, undefeated fighter, and moved up to 147 pounds for the first, and only time, to do it. In both these losses, Urango was never knocked down nor out. Aside from these two blemishes, Urango also holds wins over Mike Arnaoutis, Naoufel Ben Rahbah, Herman Ngoudjo and Randall Bailey. Through all these fights, regardless the result, Urango has proven that he never turns down a challenge, and he has grown as a fighter due to his courage and willingness to fight the best available opponents. Alexander, on the other hand, while he has never ducked anybody, has only one notable opponent on his record. Aside from winning a decision over DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corely – an let's be honest, who hasn't won a decision over Corely lately? - His only, yet albeit impressive, win over an established professional opponent was in his last fight, in which he won the vacant WBC strap in stopping Junior Witter. Alexander is an incredibly talented fighter, but Urango is a bit more gritty and experienced. I'm picking Urango, but wouldn't be surprised if Alexander wins either. Regardless, this should be a great fight that you don't want to miss.
Manny Pacquiao 50-3 (38 KO's) vs. Joshua Clottey 35-3 (20 KO's) – March 13th, HBO PPV, for Pacquiao's WBO Welterweight Title – We all know what the only reason this fight is taking place is for, and I really don't want to beat a dead horse. I'm sure most are disappointed that they will now have to settle for shelling out 50 bucks to see Pacquiao obliterate what may seem to be an over matched opponent. However, boxing's like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get. I have a feeling that this fight turns out to be more like rich milk chocolate than the one with the weird fruit flavored center that nobody ever eats. I've heard a lot of chatter lately that Pacquiao is going to win using the always flawed logic of common opponents. Pacquiao absolutely destroyed Miguel Cotto, and Cotto beat Clottey, so therefore, Pacquiao must obviously destroy Clottey... right? Wrong. If you haven't seen the Cotto-Clottey fight, watch it. If you did see it, go back and watch it again. Unless you're name is Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Don Trella or John McKaie... Clottey clearly won that fight. And while on the topic of Miguel Cotto, I'll use him as an opportunity to again prove this common opponent argument is just not logical. Cotto defeated Shane Mosley. Then Antonio Margarito brutally stopped Cotto (possibly with two casts under his gloves). So, using this “logic”, Margarito should easily defeat Mosley... right? Wrong. What happened was truly was poetry in motion. For those of you who aren't entirely familiar with the situation, Margarito was caught trying to wrap his hands with a plaster like material that hardens when wet, which would have pretty much turned his fists into bricks. He was ordered to re-wrap his hands, then went out to the ring and subsequently received the biggest ass whooping I've seen since Mayweather-Gatti. I truly enjoyed every moment of it. So, to recap, Cotto beats Mosley; Margarito beats Cotto; Mosley beats Margarito. The point here? Common opponents mean nothing, styles mean everything. Clottey is a one tough SOB and all three of his losses have come with some sort of controversy. His loss against Carlos Baldomir was a fight which he was ahead and then disqualified after only one warning for a head butt. Something about that just doesn't make sense. His loss against Margarito came by freak accident as he broke both of his hands in the fight, likely from Margarito's thick skull seeing as he was dominating the fight until the first hand broke (maybe Margarito “unknowingly” had a steel plate put in his head by his trainer for the Clottey fight). And we've already been over the “loss” to Cotto. If Bernard Hopkins can reason that his only real loss is to Roy Jones than I can and certainly will reason that Clottey could be considered undefeated. Either way, this fight will be a true barn burner, at least while it lasts. I'm still going to side with Pacquiao as Clottey seemed to tire at the end of the Cotto fight, and the Pac-Man only gets stronger as the fight wears on. However, when even the normally cocky Freddie Roach says the fight is going to be a war... it's going to be a war.
Wladimir Klitschko 53-3 (47 KO's) vs. Eddie Chambers 35-1 (18 KO's), March 20th, NO TELEVISION, for Klitschko's IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Titles – While this fight may not have instant classic potential, this is, in my opinion, the toughest challenger Klitschko will have to face since Samuel Peter back in 2005. Chambers is different than most of the fighters we've seen Klitschko defend against in the last 5 years or so. He is the most technically sound boxer and also has the fastest hands out of any of the recent opponents that Klitschko has faced. Combine that with some legitimate (though not devastating) knockout power, and maybe, just maybe, it will be the key to solving the enigma that is Wladimir Klitschko. That being said, I find it very hard to believe that no American television outlets were willing to air this fight, seeing as Chambers is the most promising American heavyweight we've seen in some time. Klitschko is clearly the most dominant heavyweight that the world has seen since Lennox Lewis, but he is unfortunately plagued by a dormant, seemingly lazy division of bodybuilders or fat guys who simply lack the skill, discipline, or motivation to be the best or at least deliver an exciting challenge. Oh, how I'd love for there to be a second coming of the days where the heavyweight division was exciting and glorious and fighters like Joe Louis and Max Schmeling gave way to a golden era of big men in Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Joe Frazier and of course, the Greatest of All Time, Muhammad Ali. Exciting, courageous and skilled fighters who never ducked each other, leading into another great era of Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, and Lennox Lewis. Klitschko may very well be among the best of those aforementioned names, but we'll never know. We have to settle for the fact that the most exciting and meaningful fight in the heavyweight division will never happen, for the only seemingly worthy opponent to challenge Klitschko is his own flesh and blood, his brother, the reigning WBC champion, Vitali Klitschko. While this fight would be truly amazing and likely set records in Europe and draw hundreds of thousands of pay-per-view buys in America, these brothers will never fight. Other than a freak show fight against a 7-foot, 320lb, hairy behemoth Nikolay Valuev, the only other fight that really means anything is against WBA titlist David Haye, who is unfortunately locked up in a mandatory defense against the man that just won't die, and no, I'm not talking about Evander Holyfield or Oleg Maskaev, I'm talking about John “I need a nap after watching that ” Ruiz. For now we settle for Eddie Chambers, and while I expect Klitschko to win, I don't think it will be as easy as he recent defenses, and an upset is certainly not out of the question.
Steve Cunningham 22-2 (11 KO's) vs. Matt Godfrey 20-1 (10 KO's), March 26th, ESPN2, for the vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title – Personally, I think that the cruiserweights are the most exciting fighters in boxing. Generally speaking, they have the hand speed of middleweights and the punching power of heavyweights, and for the most part they usually seem to come into fights in top shape. Unfortunately, the cruiserweights are the Korean War of boxing... forgotten. Nobody seems to pay attention to or to really care about the cruiserweights all that much. This baffles me because some of the most exciting fights I've seen have come out of this division. What could be better that sound boxing skills paired with fast hands and thunderous power? However, due to the lesser popularity of the division, many of the marquee cruiserweights have begun moving up to heavyweight, mainly the two that were recognized as the best cruiserweights in the world.... David Haye and Tomasz Adamek. However, there are still many great, exciting fighters left in the division, and two of the best in the world will be going at it in this match up. I have always felt bad for Cunningham, as I feel that he has always been one of, if not the best cruiserweight in the world. Both of his losses were at the least questionable, and one was just down right bogus. Ironically, both defeats came at the hands of Polish fighters, one against Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in Poland, which he immediately avenged (again in Poland) and one against Tomasz Adamek in his adopted hometown of New Jersey. I scored the fight against Adamek for Cunningham and I do believe he should be undefeated. Godfrey is a very good, skilled, fighter in what should be his prime (29 years old), yet his level of experience is not elite, as his highest level of competition to date was again Felix Cora Jr. three years ago. Cunningham, on the other hand, has been busy fighting the best of the best in the division for the last five years. In that span, Cunningham owns victories over Guillermo Jones, Kelvin Davis, Wlodarczyk, Marco Huck and most recently, Wayne Braithwaite. While Godfrey is certainly no push over, I think Cunningham will be too much to handle. This should be a good fight, and luckily for us its on ESPN2. This is what boxing needs, more meaningful fights on free cable.
Arthur Abraham 31-0 (25 KO's) vs. Andre Direll 18-1 (13 KO's), March 27th, Showtime – Ah, finally a concept that makes sense in boxing. With total disregard for the bogus alphabet titles, Showtime managed to get together six of the best super middleweights (and some former middleweights) in the world for a round robin style tournament. The beauty of this tournament is that it actually does feature some of the best fighters in the world, and has a feature that makes mixed martial arts so appealing... that is the fact that one single loss does not ruin you're chances of making it to the top, or derail your reputation, as has been the case oh so many times in the boxing world. Abraham won his first fight of the tournament, when once again Jermain Taylor fell apart in the final seconds of the last round and was yet again brutally knocked out. While Abraham has a nicely polished record, with no blemishes so far, only recently has he stepped up his level of competition, though with great measures of success. Direll is young, talented, hungry, and still green. However, in his split-decision loss to Carl Froch, which was also Dirells first jump to elite competition, he showed that he does indeed belong in this tournament. It would appear that Abraham is unbeatable, yet he does have his flaws. Taylor had a good chance of beating Abraham but appeared trigger shy, afraid to engage Abraham for the good chance that he would get hit. That's what a few devastating knockouts can do to the psyche of a fighter. Direll has all the fundamentals and intangibles to win this fight, but he cannot wait, he must bring the fight to Abraham. Direll, hailing from Flint, Michigan, also has home field advantage as the fight is in Detroit, and this will only be Abraham's second fight outside of Germany. Abraham clearly has the edge in experience, and there is a reason why he is the favorite, but the greatest part about this tournament is that you can never count anybody out. I look forward to what should be a terrific fight in one of the most exciting divisions in the sport.
David Tua 50-3-1 (43 KO's) vs. Friday Ahunanya 24-5-3 (13 KO's), March 27th, No Television – This fight isn't really all that significant in the heavyweight picture. However, what is significant is that one of the most exciting and devastating punchers in the world is fighting again. Due to politics and management problems, Tua has been relatively inactive and has not been in a meaningful bout since fighting to a draw with Hasim Rahman back in 2003. This needs to change, as Tua is great fighter who could make some serious noise and give the division a much needed shake up. Personally, I'd love nothing more than a showdown between either Klitschko and David Tua. As for his opponent, aside from a recent win against then undefeated Alonzo Butler, Ahunanya has come up short every time he has attempted to step up in class. I don't expect this to fight to end any differently.
Erik Morales 48-6 (34 KO's) vs. Jose Alfaro 23-5 (20 KO's), March 27th, Independent PPV – The entire concept of this fight is hysterical and completely ridiculous for two reasons. One, Erik Morales is fighting again. Two, it's on pay-per-view. Other than being insignificant, this fight is entirely unnecessary.
Bernard Hopkins 50-5-1 (32 KO's) vs. Roy Jones Jr. 54-6 (40 KO's), April 3rd, HBO PPV – Okay, lets all be honest with ourselves here. This fight should have happened at least 7-10 years ago when both fighters were at their physical peaks. However, Hopkins hasn't shown any signs of declining and is like a fine wine, as he seems to only get better with age. Jones on the other hand has clearly dropped down a few notches, mainly in the chin and reflex area. The fight may be long over due but it is certainly not meaningless. This is Hopkins one chance to avenge what he feels is the only legitimate loss of his career. If Jones wins, it will prove that the first time was no fluke, and that he still belongs in the squared circle with the best in the world. I know everybody is expecting Hopkins to absolutely trample Jones, but like my credo says... styles make fights. The one area Jones has shown he still has it is his hand speed. Call me crazy, but maybe that unprecedented speed and that slick, unorthodox style will be enough to edge out Hopkins. This fight may not be pay-per-view worthy, but for $12 I'll definitely be watching at the movie theater.
David Haye 23-1 (21 KO's) vs. John Ruiz 44-8-1 (30 KO's), April 3, No Television, for Haye's WBA Heavyweight Title – I'm not quite sure how, or why, but somehow John Ruiz has managed to lose the WBA title twice, lose an eliminator to get another title shot, lose another fight for the vacant WBA title, then go on to beat a guy who is 19-11-1 and some how end up getting another shot at the WBA title. Whats amazing is that this all has happened over his last 7 fights. The guy is like a gnat at a barbeque, he just won't go away. It'd be one thing if he was exciting to watch, but he managed to make two fights with a seven foot tall man seem boring. I like David Haye, he has that brash charisma that has been missing in the heavyweight division since the days of Muhammad Ali. He also backs up his trash talking, so far. I think Haye is going to destroy Ruiz, and I hope he does, enough so to make him retire. The problem with Ruiz is that his fights are so boring that they are never on television, and the general public does not get to witness how awful his fights really are. I wish this fight was on TV because I'm banking on a big knockout and and even bigger showdown between Haye and one of the Klitschko brothers in what would be the most significant fight in the division since Vitali Klitschko vs. Lennox Lewis back in 2003.
Kelly Pavlik 36-1 (32 KO's) vs. Sergio Martinez 44-2-2 (24 KO's), April 17th, HBO, for Pavlik's WBC and WBO Middleweight Titles – I'm not going to say much here except that I'm boycotting Kelly Pavlik until he starts to fight some real, deserving, MIDDLEWEIGHTS. He took it to Jermain Taylor when Taylor was the undisputed champion. Then, they had a rematch at 168 for no title. Following that he took a soft defense against Gary Lockett, who has no business fighting for a title, especially the undisputed title. That's understandable, I'll give you one push over fight. Then, instead of unifying with Arthur Abraham, Pavlik Moved up to 175 and got embarrassed by Hopkins. No biggie, it was a big money fight against a legend, had he won, it would have been amazing. That was then followed by moving back down to middleweight and two consecutive pointless defenses against Marco Antonio Rubio, and Miguel Espino, both with nice records, but barely deserving of a title shot. Now, he is defending his title against Sergio Martinez. Yes, I know Martinez is tough as nails, and he gave Paul Williams all that he could handle. Martinez was also an interim champion, but at 154! He has spent his entire career at 147 and 154! Now he moves up and gets a title shot in his first fight at 160? How can you be the middleweight champion if A. you are not fighting top contenders, and B. you are not fighting any middleweights!? Pavlik, there are plenty of great fighters to challenge you who are actually in your weight class that would bring bigger crowds and just as much, if not more money to the table. Not to mention fights that would actually mean something! If you're struggling to think of any, I'll help you out... here's a list. Paul Williams, Felix Sturm, Anthony Mundine, Winky Wright, or Sebastian Sylvester. Please fight one of these men in you're next fight. Thanks.
Lucian Bute 25-0 (20 KO's) vs. Edinson Miranda 33-4 (29 KO's), April 17th, HBO, for Bute's IBF Super Middleweight Title – This fight will be the co-main event to the Pavlik Martinez fight, but will likely be a candidate for fight of the year... or at least knockout of the year. Bute is arguably the best Super Middleweight in the world, but was left out of the super six tournament, so we may have to wait to find out. However, Miranda can easy end that wait with one devastating right hand. Bute has won 80% of his fights by knockout, while Miranda has won 88% of his fights the short way. Neither man has a granite chin either. Bute showed he can indeed be floored, and Miranda seems to either knock you out, or get knocked out. What does this all mean? Someone is going to get rocked, hard. Bute has been shown to fade late in slug fests, whereas the wrap on Miranda is much like Tyson, if you can make it past four or five rounds without getting your head taken off, Miranda will fade and be a sitting target. I think this will easily be one of, if not the most entertaining fights of the year, while it lasts that is. I don't expect it to go the distance. And while I admit I'm a huge fan of the always brash Miranda and that murderous punching power, I have to go with Bute, who I believe can weather the storm and out last a tired Miranda. Either way, in the words of T.O. “get your popcorn ready.”
Andre Ward 21-0 (13 KO's) vs. Allan Green 29-1 (20 KO's), April 24th, Showtime, for Ward's WBA “Super” Super Middleweight Title – What do you get when you mix speed, power, and superb technical skill? A fight between Andre Ward and Allan Green is what you get. This fight represents two great moments. First is that Jermain Taylor stepped out of the tournament (which he rightfully should have, for I fear he's no longer mentally right to fight) and Allan Green has replaced him. Ever since Green destroyed Jaidon Codrington in just 18 seconds, there has been talk about Green fighting for a title. Now he gets the chance to prove what he's worth after tearing through opponents his entire career. The second thing is that Andre Ward finally got to show the world that he is the real deal in his thorough beating of Mikkel Kessler, and is making his first defense against a dangerous, world class opponent. This is the way boxing should be. I'm not going to make a prediction for this fight, as I really think it is that dead even. To tell you the truth, I don't really care who wins, because the bottom line is once that opening bell rings, we are all in for one great fight.
Carl Froch 26-0 (20 KO's) vs. Mikkel Kessler 42-2 (32 KO's), April 24th, Showtime, for Froch's WBC Super Middleweight Title – Also on the same card as the Ward-Green fight, is another potential classic between Mikkel Kessler, who was deemed the heir to the super middleweight throne (until recently, that is) and the cocky, power punching, undefeated Carl Froch. This fight once again shows how great the super six tournament is, as a loss for Kessler brings us right back to a tough, meaningful, and likely entertaining fight, rather than seeing Kessler fight a bunch of tomato cans before fighting for a silly belt. I thought the fight between Froch and Direll was a toss up, and Froch ended up with the long end of the stick. Kessler seemed to be unbeatable until he ran into Joe Calzaghe. Most dismissed that as nothing big seeing as Calzaghe has never lost, and retired undefeated, on top of the world. Kessler was out classed against Andre Ward though, while Ward dazzled with superior speed as he proved he was clearly the more technically sound fighter. This fight should be highly entertaining however, as both men can punch and desperately need to prove that each of their last performances were flukes. I can't say it enough, this round robin style tournament is a model that should be duplicated in every weight class.
Tomasz Adamek 40-1 (27 KO's) vs. Chris Arreola 28-1 (25 KO's), April 24th, HBO – What is HBO's answer to the super six tournament? A former light heavyweight champion fighting yet another out of shape power puncher who can't beat a Klitschko. Great. In all seriousness though, this is a good step up fight and a true test for Adamek if he is serious about staying at heavyweight. If he keeps winning, maybe we'll see him get a title shot against WBA champion David Haye, in a fight that should have happened at cruiserweight last year.
Floyd Mayweather 40-0 (25 KO's) vs. Shane Mosley 46-5 (39 KO's), May 1st, HBO PPV, for Mosley's WBA “Super” World Welterweight Title – So many sad faces around the world because they believe the best fight in boxing (Pacquiao vs. Mayweather) isn't happening (yet). Trust me my dear friends, this is the best fight in boxing. For years, pretty much around the time Mayweather moved up to 140, I have been saying that the only man on the planet who has a chance to beat “Pretty Boy” Floyd is “Sugar” Shane Mosley. Now, some may ask, “Alex, do you still feel that way since the emergence of Pacquiao in the welterweight division?” My answer is yes. Like I said earlier, styles make fights, and this one should be a match up for the ages. For so long, for reasons I truly don't understand, Floyd has been accused of ducking fighters and never taking on the toughest fighters. Well, to be quite honest with you, anyone complaining at the present moment needs to wake up and see that Mayweather just took less money for what will indeed be a much tougher fight. Pacquiao has a non-stop, in your face style, and is willing to walk through your punches to land his own. This is a proven method for Pacquiao, but he has never faced the smartest fighter in the game, who happens to have faster hands and an impeccable defense . So what happens when you give the smartest fighter in the world, with the best defense in the game, the advantage in hand speed and a 5 inch reach advantage? You get a Pacquiao who can't touch a Mayweather. Now, what do you get when you have a pure, slick, counter punching boxer-puncher, that has fairly equal speed, superior power, good defense, and a 2 inch reach advantage? Oh yeah, you get Shane Mosley.
Pacquiao and Mayweather will fight. Don't buy into the BS about Pacquiao retiring after this fight... neither of this men are modest enough to turn down $40 million for one fight. In fact, I have formed my own little conspiracy theory that this has all been set up dating from last summer, and if so, would be one of the smartest promotional collaborations ever. Try to follow along. Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank have made no effort to hide the fact that they hate each other, but seeing as they represent about 80% of the premier talent in boxing, they make unthinkable amounts of money when they work together. In reality, De La Hoya and Arum really love each other for that simple fact. The plan all along was to have Cotto fight Clottey (both Top Rank fighters) and after winning face Pacquiao (another Top Rank fighter). At the same time, Mayweather would take one Juan Manuel Marquez (both Golden Boy fighters) and after what was all but a sure Mayweather victory, he would take on the winner of Pacquiao-Cotto. Only, something drastic happened... Clottey kicked Cotto's ass, but was robbed of the decision. So, in an attempt to make all of their fighters happy, whilst keeping the short tempered boxing fans of the world in check, De La Hoya and Arum put together some great hype that Mayweather and Pacquiao would fight in May. This was never the plan at all, as they intentionally created a scandal that Pacquiao could be juicing and Mayweather wanted Olympic style drug testing, which of course Pacquiao would reject. This was all over the media, on television, in news papers, on the radio, online... you couldn't escape this type of controversy. So what happens? The fight falls apart, though I don't believe it was ever supposed to take place to begin with. Arum is now making up for the wrong doing that was done to Clottey last summer, and his marquee fighter is getting paid. At the same time, De La Hoya is putting on the best show in boxing with Mayweather fighting Mosley (another Golden Boy Fighter). All of a sudden, now there's talks of a fall 2010 fight between the winner of Pacquiao-Clottey and Mayweather-Mosley. So, Arum and De La Hoya just suddenly kissed made up? Hardly. What they did was draw the attention of not only boxing fans, but casual sports fans and the general public as well in creating this elaborate controversy. The end result with be a fight that will generate silly, stupid, ridiculous, unfathomable amounts of money in the fall. This may be a bit far fetched, but I have a feeling that Arum and De La Hoya are lounging together right now, smoking a couple of Cubans and sipping on Blue Label, laughing at all of us because we're stupid enough to think they would let the richest fight in history not happen.
These men are smart, but they haven't screwed us. Come May 1, we will see the best fight in boxing. And when the fall fight happens , make no mistake, you will see that this fight against Mosley is indeed a more arduous task. My prediction is that Mayweather will win a unanimous decision. Then the boxing world will go after the best fighter in the world and make excuses that Mosley is too old and over the hill. So Mayweather will go on to fight Pacquiao and win a blow out decision, only to face more criticism that he beat up a smaller, over matched man. Lets face it, Mayweather is the best fighter in the world, possibly one of the greatest of all time, and for some reason... everybody rejects him. It's been going on for years. No matter what he does, he will never win with the public, they're greedy, they always want more. Look back to when Mayweather moved up to 147. everybody said “oh you've got to fight Zab Judah, he's the undisputed champion.” Judah happened to get embarrassed by Carlos Baldomir before that could happen. So what did Mayweather do? He beat the hell out Judah. Then, we all got on his case for not fighting Baldomir, because he was now the real champion. So Mayweather went out and destroyed Baldomir. What did we do? We got on his case again because apparently in a span of one night Baldomir went from being the undisputed champion to having no business being in the ring with Mayweather. Everybody said take on a tougher fight, so he moved up again in weight and soundly defeated De La Hoya, and it was tarnished by a blind judge and more BS that De La Hoya is over the hill. Mayweather moved on, fought the undefeated Ricky Hatton and made him look like a fool, only to be lashed by the public for not fighting whoever it was we felt he should fight. Then he retired, only to come back in his first fight and face a future hall of famer, the man who many believe should own two victories over Pacquiao. Juan Manuel Marquez. Mayweather pretty much carried Marquez through the fight to be a good guy and get in some rounds after being off for a while. No surprise here, the public again bashed Mayweather for picking on a smaller man.
Short of defeating one of the Klitschko brothers, I don't think anybody will be content with what Mayweather does. Actually, I take that back, Mayweather could knock out Klitschko and the public would probably scoff that Klitschko is too slow and robotic and had no chance to win. We treat Manny Pacquiao like he is the second coming of Jesus Christ, and Mayweather like he is Judas... that's just sad.
Well folks, this concludes our journey into the future months of boxing. Hope you enjoyed reading as much as I did writing. I'd like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to vent. Don't worry though, I won't be gone for long. I'm sure many of you will have something to say about my views, arguments, support, maybe a question or two. If so, please, feel free to write.
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