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by Cliff Rold - No sport has delivered better in 2013 than boxing.
That’s not hyperbole. It’s not overstatement. It’s also not a comment on other sports not delivering this year. Far from it. The Super Bowl was exceptional. Tiger Woods is almost all the way back. The Miami Heat and New York Knicks put together special winning streaks to build anticipations for the NBA Playoffs.
It’s perfectly fair to make a case for many other sports delivering as well, in their domain, as boxing has.
But better?
Not this year.
And not in the last two months.
Boxing has been off its ass.
Its fans really don’t ask for much. When they give their time, their money, their attention, at the end of the day they want to see fights break out. They want to see their investment rewarded. They have been receiving a wealthy return.
Bernard Hopkins and Guillermo Rigondeaux delivered for the purists in technical victories over Tavoris Cloud and Nonito Donaire. Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov and Mike Alvarado-Brandon Rios II unleashed potent “Fight of the Year” contenders. Robert Stieglitz-Arthur Abraham filled the revenge quota. Tyson Fury-Steve Cunningham saw Heavyweights trade knockdowns in a thriller on network television. Canelo Alvarez-Austin Trout and Sergio Martinez-Martin Murray delivered both thrills and massive crowds, giving the sport an air of spectacle to go with the action. [Click Here To Read More]
That’s not hyperbole. It’s not overstatement. It’s also not a comment on other sports not delivering this year. Far from it. The Super Bowl was exceptional. Tiger Woods is almost all the way back. The Miami Heat and New York Knicks put together special winning streaks to build anticipations for the NBA Playoffs.
It’s perfectly fair to make a case for many other sports delivering as well, in their domain, as boxing has.
But better?
Not this year.
And not in the last two months.
Boxing has been off its ass.
Its fans really don’t ask for much. When they give their time, their money, their attention, at the end of the day they want to see fights break out. They want to see their investment rewarded. They have been receiving a wealthy return.
Bernard Hopkins and Guillermo Rigondeaux delivered for the purists in technical victories over Tavoris Cloud and Nonito Donaire. Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov and Mike Alvarado-Brandon Rios II unleashed potent “Fight of the Year” contenders. Robert Stieglitz-Arthur Abraham filled the revenge quota. Tyson Fury-Steve Cunningham saw Heavyweights trade knockdowns in a thriller on network television. Canelo Alvarez-Austin Trout and Sergio Martinez-Martin Murray delivered both thrills and massive crowds, giving the sport an air of spectacle to go with the action. [Click Here To Read More]
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