If anyone is interested there are a couple of interesting fights taking place in the next few weeks. This Saturday, February 8th sees Sugar Shane Mosley take on Raul Marquez in the Junior Middleweight Divison (154 lbs) on HBO. Mosley is favored but is coming up in weight and although Marquez got thumped by Fernando Vargas in '99 he is in very good condition and could pull the upset, which would ruin Mosley's plan to fight De La Hoya next. During his amateur career Marquez was even considered to possibly be a better prospect than the Golden Boy although it didn't quite pan out that way For Mosley's part, he's been doing extensive weight training and says he's bigger, stronger, and faster than ever before. We will see. Vernon Forrest beat him twice at a lower weight. Can he handle the naturally bigger Marquez?
A couple of heavyweight tilts are also on the agenda. Feb. 22 it's Iron Mike Tyson vs. Clifford 'the Black Rhino' Etienne. Should Tyson lose, his career could be all but over. Finally. If he wins he lines himself up for another brutal beating by Lennox Lewis. Christ, it would be a big payday (and Tyson needs the money) but this time Lewis might just fcuking kill him.
March 1 it's John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr. on HBO. I'm looking forward to seeing Roy step up and take on a heavyweight. I imagine Jones will win but should be interesting regardless of the outcome.
For all the cheap bastards out there, some of the pubs will be showing the HBO fights free of charge so get out there, support the beer industry and watch some guys punch the crap out of each other.
A couple of heavyweight tilts are also on the agenda. Feb. 22 it's Iron Mike Tyson vs. Clifford 'the Black Rhino' Etienne. Should Tyson lose, his career could be all but over. Finally. If he wins he lines himself up for another brutal beating by Lennox Lewis. Christ, it would be a big payday (and Tyson needs the money) but this time Lewis might just fcuking kill him.
March 1 it's John Ruiz vs. Roy Jones Jr. on HBO. I'm looking forward to seeing Roy step up and take on a heavyweight. I imagine Jones will win but should be interesting regardless of the outcome.
For all the cheap bastards out there, some of the pubs will be showing the HBO fights free of charge so get out there, support the beer industry and watch some guys punch the crap out of each other.