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By Jake Donovan - The right place, at the right time.
There was no better place or time for Manny Pacquiao’s destruction of Miguel Cotto to land than in the heart of sweeps month in the boxing capital of the world. It was a bout that began as the year’s most anticipated superfight, before eventually taking on a life of its own.
Despite an undercard to forget and a main event that neither lived up to Fight of the Year expectations or even proved to be remotely competitive, everyone ranging from hardcore boxing fans who never miss a fight to those who haven’t followed the sport in years, is still abuzz over what took place last weekend in Las Vegas.
Following Pacquiao’s historic title-winning effort in a seventh weight class, all eyes and headlines remain affixed on the possibility of a pound-for-pound collision with Floyd Mayweather Jr, a matchup that threatens to become the most lucrative in the sport’s history.
Meanwhile, there’s plenty of boxing actually taking place in present day. For starters, there’s this weekend’s super middleweight showdown between Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward. The bout, airing live from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA (Saturday, SHOWTIME, 10PM ET/PT), represents the final leg of Stage One of the Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic. [details]
There was no better place or time for Manny Pacquiao’s destruction of Miguel Cotto to land than in the heart of sweeps month in the boxing capital of the world. It was a bout that began as the year’s most anticipated superfight, before eventually taking on a life of its own.
Despite an undercard to forget and a main event that neither lived up to Fight of the Year expectations or even proved to be remotely competitive, everyone ranging from hardcore boxing fans who never miss a fight to those who haven’t followed the sport in years, is still abuzz over what took place last weekend in Las Vegas.
Following Pacquiao’s historic title-winning effort in a seventh weight class, all eyes and headlines remain affixed on the possibility of a pound-for-pound collision with Floyd Mayweather Jr, a matchup that threatens to become the most lucrative in the sport’s history.
Meanwhile, there’s plenty of boxing actually taking place in present day. For starters, there’s this weekend’s super middleweight showdown between Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward. The bout, airing live from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA (Saturday, SHOWTIME, 10PM ET/PT), represents the final leg of Stage One of the Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic. [details]
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