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by David P. Greisman - It’s not often that we get the right fight at the right time, not in a sport that is also a business, not when one must navigate promotional interests, sanctioning body politics, network contracts and the not-so-simple matters of money, location and other non-negotiable obstacles.
We’ve been reminded of this far too often, after the time it took to get Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye in the ring with each other; after the battle between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson came when Lewis’ victory brought less validation; after the failure to make major matches, including but not limited to Lewis against Rid**** Bowe, and, of course, Floyd Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao.
We’ve seen fights marinate until they were spoiled, as with Juan Manuel Lopez losing and taking the proverbial wind from the sails of a featherweight fight between Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa.
We’ve waited a while for middleweight champion Sergio Martinez to face middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., for a man who is a legitimate champ without a sanctioning body belt to meet a boy beltholder once seen as having a paper title. Martinez once had the World Boxing Council belt, which he felt has been unjustly stripped away. Chavez took the title and seemed to be keeping it away, then, from its rightful owner. [Click Here To Read More]
We’ve been reminded of this far too often, after the time it took to get Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye in the ring with each other; after the battle between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson came when Lewis’ victory brought less validation; after the failure to make major matches, including but not limited to Lewis against Rid**** Bowe, and, of course, Floyd Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao.
We’ve seen fights marinate until they were spoiled, as with Juan Manuel Lopez losing and taking the proverbial wind from the sails of a featherweight fight between Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa.
We’ve waited a while for middleweight champion Sergio Martinez to face middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., for a man who is a legitimate champ without a sanctioning body belt to meet a boy beltholder once seen as having a paper title. Martinez once had the World Boxing Council belt, which he felt has been unjustly stripped away. Chavez took the title and seemed to be keeping it away, then, from its rightful owner. [Click Here To Read More]
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