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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It looked like a banner night for HBO boxing.
Though its Saturday card from Montreal was inconveniently (for fans) matched up with a dueling 10 p.m. ET event on Showtime, it seemed the boys from the “Network of Champions” had nonetheless called the driver’s seat as the evening commenced.
Their main event – Chad Dawson vs. Adonis Stevenson – featured the single most-decorated fighter of the weekend, and that match was the only fight on either TV card that had a title belt on the line worthy of actual mention. And as the initial bouts on each broadcast wound their respective ways from borderline interesting to numbingly boring, it wasn’t as if either cable entity was gaining ground.
But it didn’t take much longer for that vibe to change.
Once the shock passed from seeing Stevenson’s left hand collide with Dawson’s skull – and hearing the markedly different interviews that followed (on your knees, Max, really?) – more than sufficient time remained to make the dial switch to catch what quickly became one of the year’s best shows. [Click Here To Read More]
Though its Saturday card from Montreal was inconveniently (for fans) matched up with a dueling 10 p.m. ET event on Showtime, it seemed the boys from the “Network of Champions” had nonetheless called the driver’s seat as the evening commenced.
Their main event – Chad Dawson vs. Adonis Stevenson – featured the single most-decorated fighter of the weekend, and that match was the only fight on either TV card that had a title belt on the line worthy of actual mention. And as the initial bouts on each broadcast wound their respective ways from borderline interesting to numbingly boring, it wasn’t as if either cable entity was gaining ground.
But it didn’t take much longer for that vibe to change.
Once the shock passed from seeing Stevenson’s left hand collide with Dawson’s skull – and hearing the markedly different interviews that followed (on your knees, Max, really?) – more than sufficient time remained to make the dial switch to catch what quickly became one of the year’s best shows. [Click Here To Read More]
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