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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Some notes, nuggets and non-sequiturs gathered in the midst of the best sports Saturday of the year – Derby Day followed by Mayweather night.
Magnificent Mayweather: One day, perhaps he’ll convince people that he is what he says he is—one of the greatest fighters of all time. In the mean time, it seems “Money” will simply have to go about his business winning fights, and leave those chats for others. To these eyes, the one-sided clinic against Guerrero simply added to a pile of evidence I’d already considered beyond reasonable doubt, that he’d give any welterweight of the past 30 years (and yes, that means Leonard, Hearns, Duran and Benitez, too) anything they wanted and more.
A Mouthful of Ruben: Maybe, just maybe, a couple dozen looks at Saturday’s replay will convince a certain fighter’s father of what the rest of us (including his son) seem to understand—that Mayweather was the better man regardless of what form the action took. When the fighters were stock still in ring center, Mayweather landed cleaner, sharper shots. When the action moved to the ropes, Mayweather had an answer for everything Guerrero asked. And when the champion chose to incorporate lateral movement, the supposedly too rough and too tough Guerrero had nothing in his toolkit to do anything about it. Funny how it looks a lot different when it’s not Selcuk Aydin, huh? And as for his whines that the champion “ran like a chicken,” perhaps he can explain exactly who it was that battered his kid’s face to a reddened, bloody mess. Better yet, maybe he can do so back in the obscurity from which he crawled, so none of us have to listen. [Click Here To Read More]
Magnificent Mayweather: One day, perhaps he’ll convince people that he is what he says he is—one of the greatest fighters of all time. In the mean time, it seems “Money” will simply have to go about his business winning fights, and leave those chats for others. To these eyes, the one-sided clinic against Guerrero simply added to a pile of evidence I’d already considered beyond reasonable doubt, that he’d give any welterweight of the past 30 years (and yes, that means Leonard, Hearns, Duran and Benitez, too) anything they wanted and more.
A Mouthful of Ruben: Maybe, just maybe, a couple dozen looks at Saturday’s replay will convince a certain fighter’s father of what the rest of us (including his son) seem to understand—that Mayweather was the better man regardless of what form the action took. When the fighters were stock still in ring center, Mayweather landed cleaner, sharper shots. When the action moved to the ropes, Mayweather had an answer for everything Guerrero asked. And when the champion chose to incorporate lateral movement, the supposedly too rough and too tough Guerrero had nothing in his toolkit to do anything about it. Funny how it looks a lot different when it’s not Selcuk Aydin, huh? And as for his whines that the champion “ran like a chicken,” perhaps he can explain exactly who it was that battered his kid’s face to a reddened, bloody mess. Better yet, maybe he can do so back in the obscurity from which he crawled, so none of us have to listen. [Click Here To Read More]
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