Kovalev looked good last night. I would love to see Kovalev v Andois Stevenson or Bivol be 2 great fights. Like the looks of Bivol but I think Kovalev will be the man now.
Kovalev looked good last night. I would love to see Kovalev v Andois Stevenson or Bivol be 2 great fights. Like the looks of Bivol but I think Kovalev will be the man now.
Kovalev & Adonis Stevenson is a fight that has been talked about for years. Sadly tv networks cudnt agree. Needs to happen and a great match up. Ward just ground krusher down with his boxing skills, think a fight with AS will just be a shoot out.
Get the impression AS doesn't want it. Seems quite happy taking relatively easy defences and smaller pay-days.
Maybe, it's an easy fight to sell, and money to be made on both sides. Still fancy Kovalev, but the build up would be good as well. AS would get under his skin with his antics.
manny pacao...did i spell that wrong?
kid is revered in south asia
Don't like it freakyThis Hughes and Yigit fight is great.
Mad how he is basically a one arm fighter.
This Hughes and Yigit fight is great.
Mad how he is basically a one arm fighter.
Miguel Cotto's final fight tonight at MSG. Probably my fav fighter of the last 15 years. Proper fighter's fighter.
Wonder how things would have worked out if Margarito didn't have loaded wraps (allegedly) and Pacquiao wasn't juiced (allegedly).
No comments been made since this post last week, shame given that it was the farewell of a modern legend. The fight itself showed flashes of what made Cotto so good in his prime but over the twelve rounds it was obvious that he's slipped considerably and is well and truly right in his decision to retire after that fight. He would have chewed Ali up if anywhere near his peak.
To me the first half of the Margarito fight you mention was probably as great as Cotto has ever been in his career, that was a special performance until he slowed down and had his face broken up. I never like to comment on the hand wraps thing because ultimately no-one knows for sure whether the handwraps were loaded or not, no matter how passionately you argue the case. At the end of the day Pacquiao tore his face to pieces as well but his hands weren't loaded up. The PED argument is also not qualified with any specific fact either so again I'd avoid pinpointing handwraps and PEDs as reasons Cotto lost those fights.
He was a brilliant fighter in his prime and is easily my favourite from my time watching the sport. Seems his relevance has diminished slowly over the last few years which is a shame considering how much he has contributed to the game by being in many great fights and tough battles. Margarito twice, Mosley, Torres, Judah, Clottey, all those fights were tough, tough fights that would have taken a significant chunk out of the soul of an ordinary fighter so it's a testimony to Cotto's substance that he was able to perform to a high level until last weekend after having so many miles on the clock courtesy of all those fights. Never, ever in a bad fight. He should be celebrated and I'm sure he is in his home country.
Sadly he ruptured his left biceps tendon midway through last week. Normally this would sound like another defeated fighter making an excuse, but there's a photo of the injury in this week's Boxing News and you can clearly see the muscle is damaged (it's slipping up towards his shoulder - looks pretty grim). Nonetheless, still stands as one of my fav fighters of this era.
On the Pacquiao juicing debate, just ask, how many light-flys go up the divisions and heavily stop once of the best welters of a generation?