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by David P. Greisman - One fighter is 38 years old. He has lost 15 bouts and fought to four draws. He lost to Bernard Hopkins in 1999 and 2000.
One fighter is 41 years old. He has lost 14 bouts and fought to two draws. He lost to Bernard Hopkins in 1997.
Both were named last week as substitute opponents. The first is a shot fighter. The second is a fighter who is getting one more shot.
The first fighter, Antwun Echols, lost last week as a last-minute foe for a fight with Joey Spina. He exemplifies the kind of decision-making that is not necessarily wrong for the sport of boxing, but wrong for the boxers themselves.
The second fighter, Glen Johnson, will fight Allan Green in one month in the “Super Six” super-middleweight tournament, replacing Mikkel Kessler (who dropped out citing eye problems). He exemplifies the kind of decision-making that is right for the sport of boxing, and right for the boxers themselves, too.
The “Super Six” tournament needed a quality replacement for Kessler; otherwise it faced a potentially embarrassing situation.
Green himself had been a replacement for Jermain Taylor. Taylor pulled out of the tournament after suffering a knockout loss to Arthur Abraham in the first round of “Group Stage” fights – his fourth loss in five fights, three by brutal knockout. [Click Here To Read More]
One fighter is 41 years old. He has lost 14 bouts and fought to two draws. He lost to Bernard Hopkins in 1997.
Both were named last week as substitute opponents. The first is a shot fighter. The second is a fighter who is getting one more shot.
The first fighter, Antwun Echols, lost last week as a last-minute foe for a fight with Joey Spina. He exemplifies the kind of decision-making that is not necessarily wrong for the sport of boxing, but wrong for the boxers themselves.
The second fighter, Glen Johnson, will fight Allan Green in one month in the “Super Six” super-middleweight tournament, replacing Mikkel Kessler (who dropped out citing eye problems). He exemplifies the kind of decision-making that is right for the sport of boxing, and right for the boxers themselves, too.
The “Super Six” tournament needed a quality replacement for Kessler; otherwise it faced a potentially embarrassing situation.
Green himself had been a replacement for Jermain Taylor. Taylor pulled out of the tournament after suffering a knockout loss to Arthur Abraham in the first round of “Group Stage” fights – his fourth loss in five fights, three by brutal knockout. [Click Here To Read More]
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