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by Cliff Rold - That it might be the best division in boxing right now is a worthy debate.
That it is the most exciting division in boxing right now is not. Loaded more than ten deep, and with a series of pulse racing brawls in recent years, fight fans in 2014 are living through one of the great eras at 112 lbs.
There are plenty that don’t realize that. Those that do have a chance to let them in on the secret with three high profile, hard to predict clashes from September 5th to September 10th.
The most anticipated weekend of the year for hardcore fight fans is here. An additional Flyweight clash the following week is icing on the cake. How the results shake out could determine whether the division continues at its steady, already thrilling rate or whether we are about to see things heat up even more.
Hope for the latter.
The first of the three contests, on September 5th in Tokyo, will be for history’s crown. The longest unbroken championship lineage in boxing dating to the reign of Flyweight great Miguel Canto has a battle worthy of that history. There have been occasions when the lineage didn’t always line up with the best fighter in the division over the last 40 years.
This won’t be one of those occasions.
It’s a crying shame interested US audiences will likely be waiting to see this on YouTube but, hey, at least we live in the age of YouTube. [Click Here To Read More]
That it is the most exciting division in boxing right now is not. Loaded more than ten deep, and with a series of pulse racing brawls in recent years, fight fans in 2014 are living through one of the great eras at 112 lbs.
There are plenty that don’t realize that. Those that do have a chance to let them in on the secret with three high profile, hard to predict clashes from September 5th to September 10th.
The most anticipated weekend of the year for hardcore fight fans is here. An additional Flyweight clash the following week is icing on the cake. How the results shake out could determine whether the division continues at its steady, already thrilling rate or whether we are about to see things heat up even more.
Hope for the latter.
The first of the three contests, on September 5th in Tokyo, will be for history’s crown. The longest unbroken championship lineage in boxing dating to the reign of Flyweight great Miguel Canto has a battle worthy of that history. There have been occasions when the lineage didn’t always line up with the best fighter in the division over the last 40 years.
This won’t be one of those occasions.
It’s a crying shame interested US audiences will likely be waiting to see this on YouTube but, hey, at least we live in the age of YouTube. [Click Here To Read More]
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