Wow,what a punch by Sergio Martinez to knock Paul Williams out before he hit the floor in their WBC Middleweight title fight last Saturday.We thought Martinez had earned a narrow nod in their first bout that went Williams way and the arrogance shown by Williams and his promoter Joe Goossen came back to bite them in the posterior.
The whole catchweight thing (fighters being required to weigh no more than an certain amount even though that amount is less than the division limit)is ridiculous in a World Championship fight and Williams insisting that the two pounds makes no difference as his team would not make the fight without it sounds very hypocritical to me.
Add the champion being introduced first as the promoter makes those decisions as another slap in the face to Martinez and this adds up as someone got what they deserved.
In all the years I have watched boxing,I never have seen the champion introduced first even when huge stars fought non-descript title holders-show some respect for the game-Mr.Goosen.
As for the punch-see for yourself!
Sergio Martinez gets my vote for 2010 fighter of the year with his wins over Williams and Kelly Pavlik.Two top quality wins that were mild upsets gives Martinez that vote.
As for Pavlik,his reasonably close loss to Martinez doesnt look so bad now,so a Pavlik return could boost his status quickly.
Mike Leach has added ESPN to the list of people that he is suing for their part in his firing from Texas Tech.
Good for Leach as ESPN's coverage of the issue was so slanted towards the perspective of their employee Craig James that if it was a house it would have tipped to one side and crashed into the ground.....
Boo to the Cleveland Cavaliers and the NBA for banning anti-LeBron James shirts for the "Lyin King's" return to Cleveland next Thursday.
I am not advocating violence by any means and people that go over the edge need to be removed and prosecuted,but one could say that this is a free speech issue.
Besides,I bet some of it comes down to this-the league isn't making any money off the anti-James clothing and they want to give it as little publicity as possible on the nationally televised game....
The Cleveland Plain Dealer's Bill Livingston writes about the courage of Nile Kinnick and his statue outside the stadium at Iowa.Iowa has a tradition of each player rubbing the helmet on the Kinnick statue,which features Kinnick as a student not as just a football player.
That is the best enduring tribute that Nile Kinnick could have...
The Columbus Dispatch columnist Bob Hunter discusses the Kinnick statue and has a great idea for Ohio State to do the same with Chic Harley,the man most responsible for starting the tradition that is Buckeye football.
What a great idea to honor Harley and add another tradition to the Ohio State family...
Florida Governor Charlie Crist is finishing his term after a recent loss in an attempt to become a Senator from the state and one of his last duties may be to pardon the late lead singer of the Doors,Jim Morrison for his conviction of indecent exposure and profanity in a 1970 concert.
This is pretty harmless and I suppose it is a nice thing to do,but this is the type of issue that seems so small considering our problems today....
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