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By Cliff Rold - Sometimes it is a good thing fights are not fought on paper. Sometimes, they were better when they were there.
A few weeks ago, Juan Manuel Lopez took on Rogers Mtagwa in a bout which looked like a relatively sure thing. Lopez survived a fight of the year candidate.
This past weekend, David Haye-Nicolay Valuev and Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson II looked like intriguing contests worth getting excited about. In the former, the ultimate victor controlled his natural aggression, followed the script of the men who had been most successful against the Russian giant in the past, and took a step forward in the lucrative Heavyweight race. [details]
A few weeks ago, Juan Manuel Lopez took on Rogers Mtagwa in a bout which looked like a relatively sure thing. Lopez survived a fight of the year candidate.
This past weekend, David Haye-Nicolay Valuev and Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson II looked like intriguing contests worth getting excited about. In the former, the ultimate victor controlled his natural aggression, followed the script of the men who had been most successful against the Russian giant in the past, and took a step forward in the lucrative Heavyweight race. [details]