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Another year is winding down, and as the retail season prepares for the perennial frenzy of holiday shopping, the sweet science slows to a near-crawl, with only a sprinkling of noteworthy matches scheduled before the ball drops.
The year started magnificently, with such a gathering of great fights that it appeared our collective cup would runneth over, but the remaining months proved that any celebration was premature. The champagne bubbles fizzled, and as usual, we wound up with a sour taste in our mouths.
Mixed metaphors aside – and they are plentiful in this week’s prose – 2005 will soon be retiring as a bitter old man, and a certain pessimistic columnist would assume that the same fate should beleaguer baby 2006.
With Vitali Klitschko’s retirement and Hasim Rahman’s subsequent inheritance of the Ukrainian’s title belt, all appearances are that promoter Don King has control of the heavyweight division. The hopeful, and perhaps the blind, figure that King will schedule a unification tournament so as to clear up the confusion, crowning an undisputed champion and ceasing the usual trash talking and mis-mandatories.
High hopes, yes, but to paraphrase a public figure without instigating unnecessary political commentary, 2005 was the year that boxing had. 2006 will be the year that boxing needs. [details]
The year started magnificently, with such a gathering of great fights that it appeared our collective cup would runneth over, but the remaining months proved that any celebration was premature. The champagne bubbles fizzled, and as usual, we wound up with a sour taste in our mouths.
Mixed metaphors aside – and they are plentiful in this week’s prose – 2005 will soon be retiring as a bitter old man, and a certain pessimistic columnist would assume that the same fate should beleaguer baby 2006.
With Vitali Klitschko’s retirement and Hasim Rahman’s subsequent inheritance of the Ukrainian’s title belt, all appearances are that promoter Don King has control of the heavyweight division. The hopeful, and perhaps the blind, figure that King will schedule a unification tournament so as to clear up the confusion, crowning an undisputed champion and ceasing the usual trash talking and mis-mandatories.
High hopes, yes, but to paraphrase a public figure without instigating unnecessary political commentary, 2005 was the year that boxing had. 2006 will be the year that boxing needs. [details]