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By Cliff Rold - Boxing is a big sport. There are notable events and participants on each of the six habitable continents. Hardcore soccer fans know what it’s like to follow a layout like that. Few other sports fans really do.
Even the hardest core fight followers were shocked on March 2nd. While much of the rest of the world was asleep or otherwise occupied, an off the books underdog was pulling off what, on paper, was the most unlikely win of 2012.
The editors at BoxingScene poll the staff annually about their picks in the various year-end categories, embracing the ********ic approach. In ********ic courts, there are occasions in courts of law where the judge ‘sets aside’ the verdict of the jury.
After further editorial discussion, this is that rare occasion.
No one outside of his camp (and someone there was likely hard to come by) picked Sonny Boy Jaro to knock off two-time reigning Lineal and WBC Flyweight World Champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam. It was, for those who follow the action at Flyweight, not even a fight taken seriously.
No one picked him? No one really cared that it was happening.
Wonjongkam’s career had long been in a pattern. Tough fights were sandwiched around thick multitudes of stay busy non-title affairs and standard, faceless sanctioning body challengers, helping him build an old school record of 83-3-2. In October 2011, Wonjongkam solidly outboxed talented veteran Edgar Sosa for one his best title defenses. While clearly past his prime, Sosa showed Wonjongkam still close enough to his best form to continue to matter. [Click Here To Read More]
Even the hardest core fight followers were shocked on March 2nd. While much of the rest of the world was asleep or otherwise occupied, an off the books underdog was pulling off what, on paper, was the most unlikely win of 2012.
The editors at BoxingScene poll the staff annually about their picks in the various year-end categories, embracing the ********ic approach. In ********ic courts, there are occasions in courts of law where the judge ‘sets aside’ the verdict of the jury.
After further editorial discussion, this is that rare occasion.
No one outside of his camp (and someone there was likely hard to come by) picked Sonny Boy Jaro to knock off two-time reigning Lineal and WBC Flyweight World Champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam. It was, for those who follow the action at Flyweight, not even a fight taken seriously.
No one picked him? No one really cared that it was happening.
Wonjongkam’s career had long been in a pattern. Tough fights were sandwiched around thick multitudes of stay busy non-title affairs and standard, faceless sanctioning body challengers, helping him build an old school record of 83-3-2. In October 2011, Wonjongkam solidly outboxed talented veteran Edgar Sosa for one his best title defenses. While clearly past his prime, Sosa showed Wonjongkam still close enough to his best form to continue to matter. [Click Here To Read More]
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