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Many thanks to the readers who reminded me, in response to last week’s column, that Manny Pacquiao did indeed once sign a promotional contract with Murad Muhammad. See? I knew there was a reason I don’t like him.
Congratulations to Kendall Holt for his dramatic first-round stoppage of Ricardo Torres, who had no defense for Holt’s charging-headbutt, right-cross combination. It looked to me like the headbutt did more damage than did the right that followed.
Speaking of Torres, in my view he had every right to clock Holt when Holt bounced up without a count following the second knockdown. It’s not Torres’ fault Jay Nady wasn’t close enough to the action to get between them. Holt was on his feet, within striking distance. That makes him fair game. What was Torres supposed to do, stand there looking at him until Nady got there?
So John Ruiz is meeting Nicolay Valuev for the “regular” WBA heavyweight title. Say it with me: “John Ruiz: three-time world heavyweight champion.” Have we all been lobotomized or something?
James Lubash remind anyone else of a young, deaf Kelly Pavlik?
Some late random comments concerning the Pacquiao-David Diaz undercard from June 28:
I don’t know which was more fun—watching Steve Luevano and Mario Santiago knock the hell out of one another, or counting the number of times Emanuel Steward called Santiago “San Diego.” I stopped at 19. (By the way, from my couch I scored the fight a draw.)
I hate as much as anyone how the Humberto Soto-Francisco Lorenzo fight turned out, and Lorenzo was clearly trying to draw the disqualification, ala Luis Santana. The relevant and unfortunate fact is if Soto hadn’t hit him when he was down, Lorenzo wouldn’t have had the chance.
Either way, it was great entertainment watching Lorenzo bleed out on the canvas while the ringside physician, rubber gloves and stethoscope at the ready, calmly conferred with Joe Cortez and Keith Kizer about how the fight might be ruled.
Lorenzo had just received a “concussive” blow to the back of the head and was spewing blood like an extra on the set of Saving Private Ryan, and as far as the camera showed, there wasn’t a physician within 10 feet of him. I imagine it’s a ***** getting human plasma out of $1,000 suit.
Good for David Diaz for his sparkling postfight interview, and for Jim Lampley for not tensing up at the repeated F-bombs. This is why people pay for HBO (not to mention pay-per-view). Well, that and the riveting documentaries, compelling dramas, and gratuitous nudity. Speaking of which, are we back to boycotting round card girls?
The really wondrous thing is that Bob Arum found 41 guys Tye Fields could beat.
Bill can be contacted at dettloff@ptd.net.
Congratulations to Kendall Holt for his dramatic first-round stoppage of Ricardo Torres, who had no defense for Holt’s charging-headbutt, right-cross combination. It looked to me like the headbutt did more damage than did the right that followed.
Speaking of Torres, in my view he had every right to clock Holt when Holt bounced up without a count following the second knockdown. It’s not Torres’ fault Jay Nady wasn’t close enough to the action to get between them. Holt was on his feet, within striking distance. That makes him fair game. What was Torres supposed to do, stand there looking at him until Nady got there?
So John Ruiz is meeting Nicolay Valuev for the “regular” WBA heavyweight title. Say it with me: “John Ruiz: three-time world heavyweight champion.” Have we all been lobotomized or something?
James Lubash remind anyone else of a young, deaf Kelly Pavlik?
Some late random comments concerning the Pacquiao-David Diaz undercard from June 28:
I don’t know which was more fun—watching Steve Luevano and Mario Santiago knock the hell out of one another, or counting the number of times Emanuel Steward called Santiago “San Diego.” I stopped at 19. (By the way, from my couch I scored the fight a draw.)
I hate as much as anyone how the Humberto Soto-Francisco Lorenzo fight turned out, and Lorenzo was clearly trying to draw the disqualification, ala Luis Santana. The relevant and unfortunate fact is if Soto hadn’t hit him when he was down, Lorenzo wouldn’t have had the chance.
Either way, it was great entertainment watching Lorenzo bleed out on the canvas while the ringside physician, rubber gloves and stethoscope at the ready, calmly conferred with Joe Cortez and Keith Kizer about how the fight might be ruled.
Lorenzo had just received a “concussive” blow to the back of the head and was spewing blood like an extra on the set of Saving Private Ryan, and as far as the camera showed, there wasn’t a physician within 10 feet of him. I imagine it’s a ***** getting human plasma out of $1,000 suit.
Good for David Diaz for his sparkling postfight interview, and for Jim Lampley for not tensing up at the repeated F-bombs. This is why people pay for HBO (not to mention pay-per-view). Well, that and the riveting documentaries, compelling dramas, and gratuitous nudity. Speaking of which, are we back to boycotting round card girls?
The really wondrous thing is that Bob Arum found 41 guys Tye Fields could beat.
Bill can be contacted at dettloff@ptd.net.
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