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By Jake Donovan - What a difference a couple of pounds can make.
Given how the rest of the summer has panned out so far, the boxing world braced for the inevitable – that the fall would be without its biggest fight.
Two pounds almost stood in the way of Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao looking for someone other than each other to fight later in the year. Two pounds threatened to become the latest negative storyline in a summer already flooded with bad news.
In the end, two pounds gives the boxing world something positive to talk about – and for its writers to type about.
The storylines were running thin, other than the same recurring theme – yet another fallout. It was about to become this week’s subject, after Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. became the latest to have his name scratched from a summer schedule that reads more like an E.R. log-in sheet. A rib injury forced the oldest son of Mexico’s most famous fighting family off of Saturday’s “Latin Fury 10” pay-per-view telecast, this on the heels of undefeated Yuriorkis Gamboa being scratched last week. [details]
Given how the rest of the summer has panned out so far, the boxing world braced for the inevitable – that the fall would be without its biggest fight.
Two pounds almost stood in the way of Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao looking for someone other than each other to fight later in the year. Two pounds threatened to become the latest negative storyline in a summer already flooded with bad news.
In the end, two pounds gives the boxing world something positive to talk about – and for its writers to type about.
The storylines were running thin, other than the same recurring theme – yet another fallout. It was about to become this week’s subject, after Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. became the latest to have his name scratched from a summer schedule that reads more like an E.R. log-in sheet. A rib injury forced the oldest son of Mexico’s most famous fighting family off of Saturday’s “Latin Fury 10” pay-per-view telecast, this on the heels of undefeated Yuriorkis Gamboa being scratched last week. [details]
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