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By Cliff Rold - While there may yet be punches thrown before the year is out, the heart of the boxing season has come to a close. Year-end awards are right around the corner. The new season hovers only weeks away.
And, with the calendar all but closed, the ten men who represent the best of the sport of boxing at the end of this latest twelve months is ready to be debated.
This has been a year of career validating wins (think Fernando Montiel), losses that forced rethinking (think Paul Williams…ouch), and steady as she goes depending on the fighters in question. After the most recent tilt for the Light Heavyweight title, one thing is abundantly clear:
No matter his age or occasional inactivity, no matter if he appears to have an off night here or there, until someone genuinely lays a whooping on the great Bernard Hopkins, he remains one of the best fighter’s in the world. Regardless if one thinks Hopkins was robbed in his December 18 challenge of Jean Pascal or whether they feel the draw verdict was justified, the fact at night’s end was that Hopkins beat up Pascal a lot more than the opposite. [Click Here To Read More]
And, with the calendar all but closed, the ten men who represent the best of the sport of boxing at the end of this latest twelve months is ready to be debated.
This has been a year of career validating wins (think Fernando Montiel), losses that forced rethinking (think Paul Williams…ouch), and steady as she goes depending on the fighters in question. After the most recent tilt for the Light Heavyweight title, one thing is abundantly clear:
No matter his age or occasional inactivity, no matter if he appears to have an off night here or there, until someone genuinely lays a whooping on the great Bernard Hopkins, he remains one of the best fighter’s in the world. Regardless if one thinks Hopkins was robbed in his December 18 challenge of Jean Pascal or whether they feel the draw verdict was justified, the fact at night’s end was that Hopkins beat up Pascal a lot more than the opposite. [Click Here To Read More]
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