It could have been a unification fight.
What appears to be the best-matched contest of the weekend should feature an exciting, violent IBF titlist against an exciting, cerebral WBA beltholder. The judges screwed Gabriel Campillo out of his WBA belt against Beibut Shumenov in 2010. They almost gave screwed him again in a draw last year against Karo Murat.
Saturday night, he can find redemption against a man who never fights to get to the cards.
Redemption isn’t a storyline contained to the title affair. At Jr. Middleweight, Paul Williams tries to bounce back from what should have been two straight defeats (no, there is no rational argument for his winning against Erislandy Lara last year) against one of the best stories of 2011. Can his opponent keep lightning in the bottle? [Click Here To Read More]
What appears to be the best-matched contest of the weekend should feature an exciting, violent IBF titlist against an exciting, cerebral WBA beltholder. The judges screwed Gabriel Campillo out of his WBA belt against Beibut Shumenov in 2010. They almost gave screwed him again in a draw last year against Karo Murat.
Saturday night, he can find redemption against a man who never fights to get to the cards.
Redemption isn’t a storyline contained to the title affair. At Jr. Middleweight, Paul Williams tries to bounce back from what should have been two straight defeats (no, there is no rational argument for his winning against Erislandy Lara last year) against one of the best stories of 2011. Can his opponent keep lightning in the bottle? [Click Here To Read More]
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