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By Cliff Rold - Three-time World Champion.
What fighter would not want the description affixed to their career at its close? Most would be happy with one stint, one moment where they could point to being the very best in the world. Rare is the fighter who can lay claim to the highest honors and remain there for years, defending and turning back the challenges of the best his division has to offer.
Japan’s Nobuo Nashiro (14-2-1, 9 KO) has not been of that rare, enduring breed. However, this Saturday night in Osaka, he’ll make a play for a hat trick of belts. Win and, at least to those within earshot of him, he’ll be called a three time ‘world champion’ after only 18 professional fights.
It won’t be true in any meaningful sense.
Looking beneath the number, it comes across as a product of an incredible silliness in this era as bad as at any point in boxing history. Consider the following, and do try to follow along: [Click Here To Read More]
What fighter would not want the description affixed to their career at its close? Most would be happy with one stint, one moment where they could point to being the very best in the world. Rare is the fighter who can lay claim to the highest honors and remain there for years, defending and turning back the challenges of the best his division has to offer.
Japan’s Nobuo Nashiro (14-2-1, 9 KO) has not been of that rare, enduring breed. However, this Saturday night in Osaka, he’ll make a play for a hat trick of belts. Win and, at least to those within earshot of him, he’ll be called a three time ‘world champion’ after only 18 professional fights.
It won’t be true in any meaningful sense.
Looking beneath the number, it comes across as a product of an incredible silliness in this era as bad as at any point in boxing history. Consider the following, and do try to follow along: [Click Here To Read More]
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