Steve Kim also had this interesting little piece in his latest article:
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It's a pretty good read. As many of his recent HBO articles, it relies heavily on quotes from Arum so that has to be taken into consideration....
Ricky Hatton was "Undefeated" therefore he was the best welterweight contender.
Perhaps, but Margarito's never gone down from hurting his hand. :lol: Do you have a gif of that?
That would be a good fight. Supposedly Shaw is working on Angulo-Tsurkan for October. I'm not sold on Angulo yet, but yeah he's certainly...
I agree, though I have to say there a lot more recent fights (the last decade or so) from both HBO and Showtime airing on ESPN2/Classic these...
I think that's the case with a lot of "great" fights, though...the context matters because you don't always get action and violence in major...
He was also fined and suspended afterwards.
Imagine Zab actually having a game plan in the ring. Yoel doesn't give him kind of instruction. I've never seen them in the gym, maybe it's...
It probably doesn't even matter how long Judah's cut takes to heal. He'd probably take the fight even if doesn't heal and he ends opening up in...
I figured this was always the fight Arum preferred, which is why I was a little surprised they let Clottey out of the ring with the belt....
Judah has that impressive ability to lose and still stay in line for major fights. I guess if a loss to Baldomir was good enough for...
That's true, and been obvious for a long time. Yoel basically just shadowboxes in the corner between rounds.
I'm not talking about HBO fighters, I'm talking about fighters. Period. Hatton's early career wasn't spent in the States or on HBO, so he...
This was the lightest he's been since '04 and he moved to welter after he got sparked by Tszyu in their unification, so there weren't a whole lot...
Yeah, but he had a long time to train, physically, for the Clottey fight...perhaps he was a bit over-trained. The Mosley fight was scheduled...
Berto needs to fight somebody. Carefully-guided careers like his are a significant problem in the sport. The guy has recieved a ton of...
Omar Chavez doesn't have quite the same name recognition as Junior does, so perhaps his path won't be quite as easy as his brothers. Still, it...
Cotto was moving constantly, but everything about him in the round - including most of his punching - looked defensive-minded to me. Like he was...
That's where we disagree. I didn't think Cotto dictated the round "impressively" at all. He was winning it, but he was in retreat the entire way...
Regarding the tenth round, two unofficial judges (Chuck Giampa, Harold Lederman) scored it for Margarito. I haven't seen the official...
Yeah, Zab's definitely proven to be a bleeder this year.
Paulie Malignaggi.
Judah would actually be a step up for Andre Berto.
HBO replays suggest cut from punch.
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