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After the smoke cleared from the Saturday night’s Don King extravaganza, three themes came front and center.
The first theme is the heavyweight division is still as muddle as ever and every major fight seems to muddle the situation even more. This was supposed to be Hasim Rahman’s chance to make his claim as a legitimate heavyweight contender, if not champion. The fight scores would indicate a one-sided fight but the scoring did not truly reflect what actually happened in the ring. One or two punches appeared to decide each round. In the eighth round, Monte Barrett spinned Rahman’s head with a solid right and one minute later, Rahman returned the favor by spinning Barrett with a nasty right of his own. It was a case of which right you loved since these were the only two noteworthy punches that landed throughout the eighth round.
In the twelfth round, a Rahman’s left hook knocked Barrett’s mouthpiece out, but with one minute left in the fight, Barrett shook Rahman with a right and appeared to hurt the “Rock.” Rahman looked uncomfortable chasing Barrett and Barrett did not choose to engage Rahman as he came in. The fight proved to be a boring affair that did little to enhance Rahman’s case against Vitali Klitschko. There was one positive that did come out of the fight, Rahman used his left hook more effectively that he has in the past and this could beceome a significant weapon against the taller Klitschko. [details]
The first theme is the heavyweight division is still as muddle as ever and every major fight seems to muddle the situation even more. This was supposed to be Hasim Rahman’s chance to make his claim as a legitimate heavyweight contender, if not champion. The fight scores would indicate a one-sided fight but the scoring did not truly reflect what actually happened in the ring. One or two punches appeared to decide each round. In the eighth round, Monte Barrett spinned Rahman’s head with a solid right and one minute later, Rahman returned the favor by spinning Barrett with a nasty right of his own. It was a case of which right you loved since these were the only two noteworthy punches that landed throughout the eighth round.
In the twelfth round, a Rahman’s left hook knocked Barrett’s mouthpiece out, but with one minute left in the fight, Barrett shook Rahman with a right and appeared to hurt the “Rock.” Rahman looked uncomfortable chasing Barrett and Barrett did not choose to engage Rahman as he came in. The fight proved to be a boring affair that did little to enhance Rahman’s case against Vitali Klitschko. There was one positive that did come out of the fight, Rahman used his left hook more effectively that he has in the past and this could beceome a significant weapon against the taller Klitschko. [details]