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By Cliff Rold - New York and Las Vegas have been referred to as cities that never sleep. In Boxing, there is a corollary.
Welterweight is the division that never sucks.
In the wake of Andre Berto-Luis Collazo, an early candidate for Fight of the Year, and Shane Mosley-Antonio Margarito, an early candidate for Upset and Comeback of 2009, the wait for the next chapter at 147 lbs. begins in earnest.
It also allows the mind to wander.
Every division whether we count to seventeen or a magic eight has its down time. Heavyweight has it more often than it doesn’t and is having some of it right now. Bantamweight arguably hasn’t seen its two best fighters square off in close to thirty years. Light Heavyweight? Middleweight? Think back ten years for the first and fifteen for the second.
Be careful not to be lost in the fog.
Perhaps it’s something in the water bottles, but Welterweight doesn’t have the same problem, at least not in this lifetime. The consensus in 2009 seems to be Welterweight is the best division in Boxing. It’s funny to say so because such is almost always the case.
It’s come to be predictable.
Oh, sure, Welterweight has its off years and bad fights but the pool is rarely still. Five years ago fans got the first battle between Cory Spinks and Zab Judah, a sort of prelude to the current run the division is on, but with little else remembered. The year before, the division saw a sort of unification tournament hot off the shocking turn of events which bore witness to Vernon Forrest toppling Shane Mosley. [details]
Welterweight is the division that never sucks.
In the wake of Andre Berto-Luis Collazo, an early candidate for Fight of the Year, and Shane Mosley-Antonio Margarito, an early candidate for Upset and Comeback of 2009, the wait for the next chapter at 147 lbs. begins in earnest.
It also allows the mind to wander.
Every division whether we count to seventeen or a magic eight has its down time. Heavyweight has it more often than it doesn’t and is having some of it right now. Bantamweight arguably hasn’t seen its two best fighters square off in close to thirty years. Light Heavyweight? Middleweight? Think back ten years for the first and fifteen for the second.
Be careful not to be lost in the fog.
Perhaps it’s something in the water bottles, but Welterweight doesn’t have the same problem, at least not in this lifetime. The consensus in 2009 seems to be Welterweight is the best division in Boxing. It’s funny to say so because such is almost always the case.
It’s come to be predictable.
Oh, sure, Welterweight has its off years and bad fights but the pool is rarely still. Five years ago fans got the first battle between Cory Spinks and Zab Judah, a sort of prelude to the current run the division is on, but with little else remembered. The year before, the division saw a sort of unification tournament hot off the shocking turn of events which bore witness to Vernon Forrest toppling Shane Mosley. [details]
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