This matchup reads like a monster flic: "The Raging Bull Meets King Kong." It won’t be a monster flic, but it may be one helluva fight. "The Raging Bull" Vic Darchinyan (32-1-1, 26 KOs) may not have one of the most original nicknames in the business. Fans of Jake LaMotta would actually be pissed. But no […]
Archives for June 2009
Look For A Vicious Performance By Victor Ortiz On Saturday
Don’t let Marcos Rene Maidana’s (25-1, 24 KOs) sparkling record fool you. I have a sneaking suspicion that he’s going to turn out like fellow Argentinian Walter Dario Matthysse (26-5, 25 KOs). Maidana, like Matthysse, is the perfect combination of an eye-catching high knockout percentage built up against largely unknown competition. The result: a perfect […]
Wake Me When It Is Over, Part II: Now Chagaev Meets Klitschko
Just when you thought the heavyweight division couldn’t get any more confusing and ridiculously lame, get ready for Wladimir Klitschko versus Ruslan Chagaev next Saturday. Last month, Chagaev was forced to cancel his proposed bout with Nicolay Valuev for the second time due to a bout with a very personal health issue. I’ll spare you the […]
David Haye-Maker Versus David Haye-Faker
In the mythical matchup between David Haye-Maker and David Haye-Faker, round one goes to the Faker. Seriously, when I heard the news that David Haye was pulling out of his heavyweight title fight with Wladimir Klitschko, I assumed that it was an Internet rumor. Unfortunately, it was not. After talking so much trash about what he was going […]