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Evander Holyfield won a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles; Roy Jones Jr. picked up a silver medal in 1988 in Seoul; and Oscar De La Hoya triumphantly earned gold at Barcelona in 1992, completing the spectrum of three amateur competitors that would move on to have excellent professional careers.
It is now 2005, and their days in the limelight are dwindling; each man is far removed from his perch atop the boxing world, and the only color representative of their advancing ages and declining abilities is gray.
In this week’s edition of Fighting Words, I will clarify precisely why three of the past generation’s greatest boxing stars need to hang up their gloves, emphasizing my argument with the underlying mistakes each would be making by participating in their proposed upcoming fights. [details]
It is now 2005, and their days in the limelight are dwindling; each man is far removed from his perch atop the boxing world, and the only color representative of their advancing ages and declining abilities is gray.
In this week’s edition of Fighting Words, I will clarify precisely why three of the past generation’s greatest boxing stars need to hang up their gloves, emphasizing my argument with the underlying mistakes each would be making by participating in their proposed upcoming fights. [details]
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