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Lesson learned:
No matter how bad you "think" you are, there's always someone badder.Comment
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That was a cheap shot to be fair but that guy did deserve it, alls fair in a streetfight.Comment
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People from Wales actually throw punches? Not Slaps? I'll be dammedComment
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right on the chinComment
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I write for Maxboxing.com now. I've written for ESB in the past, but have written for Max since November.
Here's my latest article:
/self plugRecently, it was announced that Robert Guerrero suffered a shoulder injury, causing him to pull out of his August 27 fight against Marcos Maidana. The cancellation is just another blemish on the long list of unfortunate mishaps that have happened this summer.
Normally, summer boxing is something fans don’t get excited about. There are rarely any major fights and fans prepare themselves for the heavily-loaded fall schedule. This year was quite the opposite. For the first time, there were major fights worth tuning in for.
Yet the controversy (as controversies tend to do) that followed overshadowed the fights themselves.
We’ll start with bad judging decisions. HBO had two main events on its “Boxing After Dark” program which featured Devon Alexander and Paul Williams returning against tough opponents, Lucas Matthysse and Erislandy Lara, respectively, after losing their previous bouts. Both of these fights featured terrible judging which left fans stunned on various levels, especially in the aftermath of Williams vs. Lara where all three judges were indefinitely suspended.
The judges weren’t the only source for controversy this summer. Referee Russell Mora made headlines last week for the all the wrong reasons. After various no-calls for low blows in the Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko fight bantamweight title fight, Mora was blasted by media and fans alike. The referee was so bad that the IBF, the sanctioning body for the fight, ordered an immediate rematch for the fight and ruled that Mora’s actions compromised the contest.
For all the scandals that happened in the ring, fighters such as Kelly Pavlik and David Haye made comments outside the ring that didn’t help this dreadful summer go by any easier. Haye has always been known for his loud mouth but he gave an awfully pathetic excuse after his performance against heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko. Citing (and subsequently providing photos of) a toe injury, Haye did whatever he could to try and repair his repetition after a pathetic performance. Even though his excuse had a modicum of validity, Haye still was quick to draw the excuse card in the wake of a performance no one expected.
Then there was former middleweight king Kelly Pavlik.
Kelly Pavlik went on a different type of bender this summer. When he pulled out of his fight against Darryl Cunningham and cancelled his fall fight against super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, Pavlik went on a verbal bender, practically committing career suicide in the process. He alienated himself from not only television networks but his fans as well. Pavlik claimed that fighting for 1.3 million was fighting for “peanuts” but it would be better than fighting for nothing. Needless to say, “business decisions” like these are really puzzling.
Now Robert Guerrero has injured his shoulder, pulling out of his anticipated junior welterweight fight against Marcos Maidana. Before its cancellation, Guerrero-Maidana could have been the highlight of the summer. Injuries in the sport of boxing are nothing new but the timing of this one hurts.
Here’s hoping fall will be better.Comment
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punching little girls in the face. what a turd.Comment
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