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By Cliff Rold - ‘Tis the season…
While there remain some solid fight cards before the curtain falls on 2012, most of them abroad but with Tomasz Adamek-Steve Cunningham II on NBC this weekend, boxing fans are at the epilogue stage of their twelve-month season. They’ll pay attention where they can, but other issues take center stage.
Family beckons, turkey roasts, the lines of “Auld Lang Syne” get mumbled, Fantasy Football leagues conclude, hangovers commence.
It’s been a good year.
Well, so far. As these words are being read, Facebooked, and retweeted, we are all of course obliviously awaiting our doom. The Mayan calendar hits zero on Friday.
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
Assuming we’re all still here Saturday, things will go as expected for the next couple weeks.
So, before joining the staff to wrap up the year with all the of awards one can think of (okay, really like five or six big ones), and unveiling the annual “Champ for Champ” list next week, here is a collection of thoughts about events both recent and possible.
The Big Fights in 2013: The future is typically the most exciting thing to talk about in boxing and, after a strong 2012 full of upsets and excitement, the early prognosis for 2013 looks good.
The key is the right matches being made.
At 122 lbs., lineal World Champion Nonito Donaire followed up an easy win over Jorge Arce talking about the two Jr. Featherweight rivals he didn’t get to this year. There was nothing in his post-fight interview about Guillermo Rigondeaux needing to get his juices flowing. He stated plainly he prefers an inter-promotional clash with Golden Boy’s Abner Mares and that, if it can’t happen right away, he’d be fine with Top Rank stable mate Rigondeuax. [Click Here To Read More]
While there remain some solid fight cards before the curtain falls on 2012, most of them abroad but with Tomasz Adamek-Steve Cunningham II on NBC this weekend, boxing fans are at the epilogue stage of their twelve-month season. They’ll pay attention where they can, but other issues take center stage.
Family beckons, turkey roasts, the lines of “Auld Lang Syne” get mumbled, Fantasy Football leagues conclude, hangovers commence.
It’s been a good year.
Well, so far. As these words are being read, Facebooked, and retweeted, we are all of course obliviously awaiting our doom. The Mayan calendar hits zero on Friday.
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
Assuming we’re all still here Saturday, things will go as expected for the next couple weeks.
So, before joining the staff to wrap up the year with all the of awards one can think of (okay, really like five or six big ones), and unveiling the annual “Champ for Champ” list next week, here is a collection of thoughts about events both recent and possible.
The Big Fights in 2013: The future is typically the most exciting thing to talk about in boxing and, after a strong 2012 full of upsets and excitement, the early prognosis for 2013 looks good.
The key is the right matches being made.
At 122 lbs., lineal World Champion Nonito Donaire followed up an easy win over Jorge Arce talking about the two Jr. Featherweight rivals he didn’t get to this year. There was nothing in his post-fight interview about Guillermo Rigondeaux needing to get his juices flowing. He stated plainly he prefers an inter-promotional clash with Golden Boy’s Abner Mares and that, if it can’t happen right away, he’d be fine with Top Rank stable mate Rigondeuax. [Click Here To Read More]
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