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In the end, DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley wouldn’t have had a chance in this one had they let him enter the ring with hatchets instead of gloves and with Lizzie Borden guarding his back. In a wild swinging brawl against Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto that exceeded everyone’s worst expectations, Corley put forth an inspiring effort that was cut short by a referee that was so hapless he couldn’t even prod the combatants to engage in the obligatory pre-fight handshake. In a bout that had all the trimmings of a mismatch on paper and on the scales, it really turned out to be a much more entertaining and enlightening fight. It proved once again that no matter what the odds are and what the match-up is, in the sport of boxing anything can happen, and often times it does. Nobody is unbeatable and as HBO’s Larry Merchant once said so eloquently, “There ain’t a horse that can’t be rode or a rider that can’t be throwed.” [details]
