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In this week’s edition of Fighting Words, we’ll take a quick look at the cruiserweight unification match, answer another email concerning Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales, correct some errors on this month’s Championship Calendar and update folks on what’s going on in The Contender. The Ten Count is on hiatus this week, but will return in full force on next Monday.
Jean-Marc Mormeck – Vive La France
It is uncommon, with the glut of title belts and the prevalence of politics within boxing, to see two world champions in a division face off, seeking to unify. Last Saturday, however, in Worcester, Massachusetts, WBC titlist Wayne Braithwaite and WBA king Jean-Marc Mormeck stepped into the ring to do just that, and after twelve rounds, only one man could lay claim to superiority.
The scorecards read 114-112, 115-111 and 116-110, all in favor of Mormeck, but only that final tally of Peter Trematerra was properly indicative of the true margin of victory for the Frenchman. It would be the twenty-eighth consecutive victory for Mormeck (31-2 with 21 knockouts), thanks in large part to the power and pressure that he applied onto Braithwaite.
Braithwaite, after a good first round, began to feel Mormeck’s strength, and his only manner of compensation was to go to the ropes and hold. Mormeck landed clean, hard shots, controlled most of the rounds, was the effective aggressor and was never in trouble. Braithwaite, on the other hand, took a hard right to the temple in the seventh round and went down, throwing him further behind on the scorecards.
Braithwaite never seemed to show the urgency that comes along with the knowledge that one needs a knockout to win. Instead, he seemed exhausted and wanting, after the fight got late, to just get out alive. [details]
Jean-Marc Mormeck – Vive La France
It is uncommon, with the glut of title belts and the prevalence of politics within boxing, to see two world champions in a division face off, seeking to unify. Last Saturday, however, in Worcester, Massachusetts, WBC titlist Wayne Braithwaite and WBA king Jean-Marc Mormeck stepped into the ring to do just that, and after twelve rounds, only one man could lay claim to superiority.
The scorecards read 114-112, 115-111 and 116-110, all in favor of Mormeck, but only that final tally of Peter Trematerra was properly indicative of the true margin of victory for the Frenchman. It would be the twenty-eighth consecutive victory for Mormeck (31-2 with 21 knockouts), thanks in large part to the power and pressure that he applied onto Braithwaite.
Braithwaite, after a good first round, began to feel Mormeck’s strength, and his only manner of compensation was to go to the ropes and hold. Mormeck landed clean, hard shots, controlled most of the rounds, was the effective aggressor and was never in trouble. Braithwaite, on the other hand, took a hard right to the temple in the seventh round and went down, throwing him further behind on the scorecards.
Braithwaite never seemed to show the urgency that comes along with the knowledge that one needs a knockout to win. Instead, he seemed exhausted and wanting, after the fight got late, to just get out alive. [details]