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By Cliff Rold - A defending champion from the Latin world, highly regarded by the fistic faithful but largely unknown to the mainstream sporting world.
The undefeated son of a fighter looking to live up to his father’s dreams and stamp his own name in fistic lore.
The ingredients for a classic at hand.
The older champion wants to make the leap to superstardom and looks to do it over the body of a younger man with a vibrant fan base. The younger man brings ample pressure and the energy of youth, willing to take two, and sometimes three, in order to stay on top of his man.
Such was the case almost twenty-one years ago, October 3, 1981, when the great Alexis Arguello defended the lineal and WBC Lightweight championship against one of the last great matinee idols, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini.
On the eve of the anticipated showdown between lineal Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez and WBC titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the parallels (even with plenty of contrasts) to Arguello-Mancini are hard to ignore. The fighting styles are different but the promise is similar. [Click Here To Read More]
The undefeated son of a fighter looking to live up to his father’s dreams and stamp his own name in fistic lore.
The ingredients for a classic at hand.
The older champion wants to make the leap to superstardom and looks to do it over the body of a younger man with a vibrant fan base. The younger man brings ample pressure and the energy of youth, willing to take two, and sometimes three, in order to stay on top of his man.
Such was the case almost twenty-one years ago, October 3, 1981, when the great Alexis Arguello defended the lineal and WBC Lightweight championship against one of the last great matinee idols, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini.
On the eve of the anticipated showdown between lineal Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez and WBC titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the parallels (even with plenty of contrasts) to Arguello-Mancini are hard to ignore. The fighting styles are different but the promise is similar. [Click Here To Read More]
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