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By Jake Donovan - If there was anything worse than having to sit through last weekend’s rematch between faded legends Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr., it was being forced to wade through all of the pre-fight and post-fight coverage that dominated the headlines.
Such is life in the sport when the rest of a fight weekend is cleared out for a single event. Thankfully, we won’t have that problem in the next several weeks, with plenty of big fights on tap – and more importantly, featuring fight talent that is far more relevant to today and tomorrow than the poor attempt to cash in on nostalgia, as was the case last week.
For the moment, Independence Day weekend marks the only Saturday between now and July 10 in which there isn’t a major fight scheduled.
Of the 14 Saturdays in that span, only two boasts boxing itineraries in which the biggest fight of the evening isn’t directly tied into the present or the future of the sport. One of those nights is May 22, which features the fourth (and most likely, final) chapter between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez. Unlike last weekend, excitement is all but guaranteed, even if the winner merely makes for a steppingstone for today’s younger guard. [Click Here To Read More]
Such is life in the sport when the rest of a fight weekend is cleared out for a single event. Thankfully, we won’t have that problem in the next several weeks, with plenty of big fights on tap – and more importantly, featuring fight talent that is far more relevant to today and tomorrow than the poor attempt to cash in on nostalgia, as was the case last week.
For the moment, Independence Day weekend marks the only Saturday between now and July 10 in which there isn’t a major fight scheduled.
Of the 14 Saturdays in that span, only two boasts boxing itineraries in which the biggest fight of the evening isn’t directly tied into the present or the future of the sport. One of those nights is May 22, which features the fourth (and most likely, final) chapter between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez. Unlike last weekend, excitement is all but guaranteed, even if the winner merely makes for a steppingstone for today’s younger guard. [Click Here To Read More]
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