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by David P. Greisman - No year in boxing is without its upside. There will almost always be the thrills of great fights, impressively dominant performances, prospects and contenders rising toward stardom, and stars transcending toward superstardom.
Still, 2014 was far from a banner year.
Rafe Bartholomew wrote an amusing and depressing wrap-up of the year over at Grantland titled, fittingly and concisely, “Boxing: 2014, the Year of Suck.”
“Challenge one of the seen-it-all ringside scribes who has observed the sport for decades to come up with a year so chock-full of disgraceful mismatches, outrageous scorecards, and business moves that threaten to drive boxing further than ever from the American mainstream, and chances are he’ll come up empty,” Bartholomew wrote before putting forth a timeline of many of the hilarious, strange and head-shaking events of 2014.
We’re now a handful of days beyond Christmas and just a few days away from ringing in the New Year. I got what I wanted from Santa on Dec. 25. Here’s what I’m hoping for from the Sweet Science in 2015:
Big Fights Between The Best in a Division
At light heavyweight is the battle between champion Adonis Stevenson and three-belt titleholder Sergey Kovalev, a fight we wanted to see a year ago and which is even more appealing after Kovalev’s surprisingly one-sided win over Bernard Hopkins.
At middleweight, Gennady Golovkin is once again left waiting for the other big names to show themselves willing to step into the ring against one of the sport’s biggest punchers. If we get a bout between lineal champ Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez — still a huge “if” at this moment — I’d hope that we’d see the winner defend against “GGG.” I won’t hold my breath, however. [Click Here To Read More]
Still, 2014 was far from a banner year.
Rafe Bartholomew wrote an amusing and depressing wrap-up of the year over at Grantland titled, fittingly and concisely, “Boxing: 2014, the Year of Suck.”
“Challenge one of the seen-it-all ringside scribes who has observed the sport for decades to come up with a year so chock-full of disgraceful mismatches, outrageous scorecards, and business moves that threaten to drive boxing further than ever from the American mainstream, and chances are he’ll come up empty,” Bartholomew wrote before putting forth a timeline of many of the hilarious, strange and head-shaking events of 2014.
We’re now a handful of days beyond Christmas and just a few days away from ringing in the New Year. I got what I wanted from Santa on Dec. 25. Here’s what I’m hoping for from the Sweet Science in 2015:
Big Fights Between The Best in a Division
At light heavyweight is the battle between champion Adonis Stevenson and three-belt titleholder Sergey Kovalev, a fight we wanted to see a year ago and which is even more appealing after Kovalev’s surprisingly one-sided win over Bernard Hopkins.
At middleweight, Gennady Golovkin is once again left waiting for the other big names to show themselves willing to step into the ring against one of the sport’s biggest punchers. If we get a bout between lineal champ Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez — still a huge “if” at this moment — I’d hope that we’d see the winner defend against “GGG.” I won’t hold my breath, however. [Click Here To Read More]
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