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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - First, let’s dispense with a few formalities.
No, I’m neither on the payrolls of Golden Boy Promotions nor Showtime. No, I have zero bloodlines that connect me to Puerto Rico. And no, though I lived on the outskirts of Philadelphia for 10 (mostly) wonderful years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I don’t have blind loyalty to its cadre of pro boxers.
(NOTE: For some context on that last one, just Google my name alongside Joe Frazier’s.)
So with all that said, here are a few items that can be stated with some certainty.
Yes, I think that Danny Garcia won Saturday night’s fight with Mauricio Herrera. Yes, my 116=112 scorecard matched the judges who put the “majority” in majority decision. And yes, I think his prospects for a move to welterweight are the same today as they were at any point in the pre-fight run-up, even though what he delivered was not what the folks in Bayamon were expecting.
Consider all that a “don’t bother” to anyone who’d been tempted to tell me I’m corrupt or complicit.
As for the “you don’t know **** about boxing” crowd… you’re already beyond reason.
At any rate, whether you viewed the fight’s end result as clear-cut, close or criminal, the effect that it’s likely to have on the grand Garcia game plan going forward pales in comparison to the sky-is-falling cries of “robbery” and “fix” that littered social media in its Saturday night wake. [Click Here To Read More]
No, I’m neither on the payrolls of Golden Boy Promotions nor Showtime. No, I have zero bloodlines that connect me to Puerto Rico. And no, though I lived on the outskirts of Philadelphia for 10 (mostly) wonderful years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I don’t have blind loyalty to its cadre of pro boxers.
(NOTE: For some context on that last one, just Google my name alongside Joe Frazier’s.)
So with all that said, here are a few items that can be stated with some certainty.
Yes, I think that Danny Garcia won Saturday night’s fight with Mauricio Herrera. Yes, my 116=112 scorecard matched the judges who put the “majority” in majority decision. And yes, I think his prospects for a move to welterweight are the same today as they were at any point in the pre-fight run-up, even though what he delivered was not what the folks in Bayamon were expecting.
Consider all that a “don’t bother” to anyone who’d been tempted to tell me I’m corrupt or complicit.
As for the “you don’t know **** about boxing” crowd… you’re already beyond reason.
At any rate, whether you viewed the fight’s end result as clear-cut, close or criminal, the effect that it’s likely to have on the grand Garcia game plan going forward pales in comparison to the sky-is-falling cries of “robbery” and “fix” that littered social media in its Saturday night wake. [Click Here To Read More]
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