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By Jake Donovan - Others would've taken it as a sign that it just wasn't meant to be. But the parties involved in tonight's fight card in Nottingham, England stuck it out through thick and thin – very thin - to piece together a formidable Shobox telecast (SHOWTIME, 10:45PM ET/PT).
Between the two televised bouts, the four contestants – Junior Witter, Tim Bradley, Carl Froch and Albert Rybacki – are a combined 94-1-2.
Not a bad lineup, considering the many facelifts this show has undergone.
The card initially started out as a March 29 telecast, with Nottingham's own Froch (22-0, 18KO) to make his ShoBox debut in a super middleweight elimination bout against Dennis Inkin, a German contender who would postpone not once, but twice.
The first delay pushed back the show six weeks to tonight's date, though the optimist could view it as a blessing in disguise. After all, it allowed for the addition of the Witter-Bradley junior welterweight contest, after both fighters also saw scheduled March dates fall through, for very different reasons.
Witter (36-1-2, 21KO) was slated to defend his alphabet crown against another undefeated American contender, Demetrius Hopkins. That bout fell apart the moment D-Hop's relationship with Uncle Bernard, and ultimately promoter Golden Boy Promotions, went sour.
Had it remained intact, the two would've tangoed on a March 22 HBO telecast that featured two separate Fight of the Year candidates – Joel Casamayor's come-from-behind stoppage of previously unbeaten Michael Katsidis and the exclusive replay of Manny Pacquiao's rematch victory over Juan Manuel Marquez. [details]
Between the two televised bouts, the four contestants – Junior Witter, Tim Bradley, Carl Froch and Albert Rybacki – are a combined 94-1-2.
Not a bad lineup, considering the many facelifts this show has undergone.
The card initially started out as a March 29 telecast, with Nottingham's own Froch (22-0, 18KO) to make his ShoBox debut in a super middleweight elimination bout against Dennis Inkin, a German contender who would postpone not once, but twice.
The first delay pushed back the show six weeks to tonight's date, though the optimist could view it as a blessing in disguise. After all, it allowed for the addition of the Witter-Bradley junior welterweight contest, after both fighters also saw scheduled March dates fall through, for very different reasons.
Witter (36-1-2, 21KO) was slated to defend his alphabet crown against another undefeated American contender, Demetrius Hopkins. That bout fell apart the moment D-Hop's relationship with Uncle Bernard, and ultimately promoter Golden Boy Promotions, went sour.
Had it remained intact, the two would've tangoed on a March 22 HBO telecast that featured two separate Fight of the Year candidates – Joel Casamayor's come-from-behind stoppage of previously unbeaten Michael Katsidis and the exclusive replay of Manny Pacquiao's rematch victory over Juan Manuel Marquez. [details]
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