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By Lee Groves - This past weekend was a busy one with telecasts on ESPN2, Fox Sports Net, pay-per-view and Argentina’s Torneos y Competencias channel on DirecTV.
It was a wonderful way to spend a snowbound weekend and, as usual, the thoughts flowed freely as I watched from the comfort of the easy chair inside the Home Office.
Here are only some of them:
* There’s nothing like a great neighborhood turf war to kick off a fully loaded boxing weekend. The rivalry between featherweights Antonio Escalante and Miguel Roman dated back to childhood and their savage 10-rounder on ESPN’s "Friday Night Fights" confirmed that they carried their long-held grudges into the squared circle.
This was no boxing match; this was a full-out war that had all the passion, excitement and drama that makes boxing such a gripping spectacle. As Roman struck a defiant cross-armed pose in round nine, one could almost picture a bully-versus-target dynamic playing out, but unlike those long ago days Escalante was fully prepared to answer the challenge. [Click Here To Read More]
It was a wonderful way to spend a snowbound weekend and, as usual, the thoughts flowed freely as I watched from the comfort of the easy chair inside the Home Office.
Here are only some of them:
* There’s nothing like a great neighborhood turf war to kick off a fully loaded boxing weekend. The rivalry between featherweights Antonio Escalante and Miguel Roman dated back to childhood and their savage 10-rounder on ESPN’s "Friday Night Fights" confirmed that they carried their long-held grudges into the squared circle.
This was no boxing match; this was a full-out war that had all the passion, excitement and drama that makes boxing such a gripping spectacle. As Roman struck a defiant cross-armed pose in round nine, one could almost picture a bully-versus-target dynamic playing out, but unlike those long ago days Escalante was fully prepared to answer the challenge. [Click Here To Read More]
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