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By Cliff Rold - It’s been one of the best boxing stories in recent memory. A child of poverty from the rough streets of Argentina doesn’t even pick up a boxing glove until he’s already a young man. Over the course of some 13 years as a pro, he learns his craft, takes his lumps, travels the world, and finally arrives on the big stage.
First he faces the ‘most feared fighter on the planet,’ trading knockdowns, landing the harder stuff most of the night, and settling for a narrow loss. The boxing world is fairly split on a winner and he parlays the sentiment into a crack at the lineal Middleweight Champion of the World. Coming off the floor and from behind on the cards, he busts the champ to pieces down the stretch, all three judges giving him the nod on the cards.
Then, one more time, it’s ‘most feared.’
Only now, the new champ, he’s not afraid of anything. At least it seems that way. He blows through fear with a single shot in the second round, earning worldly recognition as boxing’s equivalent of MVP, Fighter of the Year.
All great performances need an encore. The champ provides one, decimating arguably the finest Jr. Middleweight in the world with a multi-knockdown thumping. Jr. Middleweight? Yeah, that used to just be a smaller Middleweight. The win was further validation. [Click Here To Read More]
First he faces the ‘most feared fighter on the planet,’ trading knockdowns, landing the harder stuff most of the night, and settling for a narrow loss. The boxing world is fairly split on a winner and he parlays the sentiment into a crack at the lineal Middleweight Champion of the World. Coming off the floor and from behind on the cards, he busts the champ to pieces down the stretch, all three judges giving him the nod on the cards.
Then, one more time, it’s ‘most feared.’
Only now, the new champ, he’s not afraid of anything. At least it seems that way. He blows through fear with a single shot in the second round, earning worldly recognition as boxing’s equivalent of MVP, Fighter of the Year.
All great performances need an encore. The champ provides one, decimating arguably the finest Jr. Middleweight in the world with a multi-knockdown thumping. Jr. Middleweight? Yeah, that used to just be a smaller Middleweight. The win was further validation. [Click Here To Read More]
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