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By Cliff Rold - This was supposed to be the week I picked 2000 U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist Rocky Juarez (27-3, 19 KO) of Houston, Texas to be an upset winner over Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez (47-3, 35 KO, Ring Magazine #2 at 130 lbs., WBC titlist). With a hand injury to Marquez postponing the now cancelled Saturday card, that pick is going to have to wait until at least December. It’s a shame if you really know your boxing, because that bout headlined a solid professional card.
What to do then in a week like this? There are no fights of note, here or abroad. There is only the anticipation of things to come. Sometimes, anticipation is a hell of a muse.
For me, anticipation is all about the best fight, on paper and in the ring, of the entire fall lineup: World super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 39 KO, WBO titlist) of Wales versus Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KO, Ring Magazine #1 contender, WBA/WBC titlist) at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on November 3.
That’s 51 days from today assuming you are reading this on Thursday.
Perhaps you, loyal reader, have another choice for best fight of the fall. You might prefer the Garden show (as in Madison Square) between former World welterweight champion Shane Mosley (44-4, 37 KO, #3) and current #1 contender of that class Miguel Cotto (30-0, 25 KO, WBA titlist). It’s a fight worth anticipating after all; a classic battle of young lion versus old. [details]
What to do then in a week like this? There are no fights of note, here or abroad. There is only the anticipation of things to come. Sometimes, anticipation is a hell of a muse.
For me, anticipation is all about the best fight, on paper and in the ring, of the entire fall lineup: World super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 39 KO, WBO titlist) of Wales versus Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KO, Ring Magazine #1 contender, WBA/WBC titlist) at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on November 3.
That’s 51 days from today assuming you are reading this on Thursday.
Perhaps you, loyal reader, have another choice for best fight of the fall. You might prefer the Garden show (as in Madison Square) between former World welterweight champion Shane Mosley (44-4, 37 KO, #3) and current #1 contender of that class Miguel Cotto (30-0, 25 KO, WBA titlist). It’s a fight worth anticipating after all; a classic battle of young lion versus old. [details]