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By Cliff Rold - Two years ago, the New England Patriots won 18 games in a row.
They lost the nineteenth.
In 2001, the Seattle Mariners won a Major League Baseball record 116 wins.
They lost the American League Championship Series four games to one, never making it to the World Series.
This Saturday night, 30-year old WBA Super Middleweight titlist Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO) will enter the ring in defense of both his belt and his position in the “Super Six” tournament at 168 lbs.
He is positioned as the favorite on both fronts.
While a fellow tournament participant, German-based Armenian Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO), holds even with Kessler among some odds makers, since the announcement of this event it has been Kessler who stood as the de facto number one seed.
Being a favorite doesn’t matter once the bell rings. It certainly won’t matter to 25-year old 2004 U.S. Olympic Light Heavyweight Gold Medalist Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO). Why should it?
Ward may be entering the biggest professional spotlight of his career, but it’s not his first time under heavy pressure. In 2004, he packed on extra pounds and moved up a weight division to strengthen the U.S. Olympic team. Fighting at the amateur Light Heavyweight line of 178 lbs., he styled his way to the top of the podium. [details]
They lost the nineteenth.
In 2001, the Seattle Mariners won a Major League Baseball record 116 wins.
They lost the American League Championship Series four games to one, never making it to the World Series.
This Saturday night, 30-year old WBA Super Middleweight titlist Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO) will enter the ring in defense of both his belt and his position in the “Super Six” tournament at 168 lbs.
He is positioned as the favorite on both fronts.
While a fellow tournament participant, German-based Armenian Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO), holds even with Kessler among some odds makers, since the announcement of this event it has been Kessler who stood as the de facto number one seed.
Being a favorite doesn’t matter once the bell rings. It certainly won’t matter to 25-year old 2004 U.S. Olympic Light Heavyweight Gold Medalist Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO). Why should it?
Ward may be entering the biggest professional spotlight of his career, but it’s not his first time under heavy pressure. In 2004, he packed on extra pounds and moved up a weight division to strengthen the U.S. Olympic team. Fighting at the amateur Light Heavyweight line of 178 lbs., he styled his way to the top of the podium. [details]
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