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by Cliff Rold - It was the 2010 Fight of the Year.
Giovanni Segura traveled to Puerto Rico to upend national hero Ivan Calderon, unifying Calderon’s WBO belt to his WBA strap while adding the Ring belt and lineal claim to the throne. In a back and forth game of can you top it, the younger and stronger Segura set the bar too high in the eighth round.
For certain, it was the action standard of the year behind us.
At least according to the staff voting at BoxingScene and Ring Magazine.
ESPN and Yahoo nodded higher on the scale, casting their lot with the Lightweight barnburner between WBC titlist Humberto Soto and valiant challenger Urbano Antillon.
The assembled Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) voted in favor of the Jr. Welterweight thriller between WBA titlist Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana. With the benefit of an HBO stage, rather than the limits of independent pay-per-view the other two bouts played out on, Khan-Maidana was certainly the most seen of the contests. [Click Here To Read More]
Giovanni Segura traveled to Puerto Rico to upend national hero Ivan Calderon, unifying Calderon’s WBO belt to his WBA strap while adding the Ring belt and lineal claim to the throne. In a back and forth game of can you top it, the younger and stronger Segura set the bar too high in the eighth round.
For certain, it was the action standard of the year behind us.
At least according to the staff voting at BoxingScene and Ring Magazine.
ESPN and Yahoo nodded higher on the scale, casting their lot with the Lightweight barnburner between WBC titlist Humberto Soto and valiant challenger Urbano Antillon.
The assembled Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) voted in favor of the Jr. Welterweight thriller between WBA titlist Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana. With the benefit of an HBO stage, rather than the limits of independent pay-per-view the other two bouts played out on, Khan-Maidana was certainly the most seen of the contests. [Click Here To Read More]
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