For those of you able to read Spanish, I have a short piece on Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in the February issue of ESQUINA magazine (@EsquinaBoxeo). To sweeten the pot, Thomas Hauser, Bart Barry, Carlos Acevedo, Mauricio Salvador and Carlos Irusta appear in this issue as well.
“It was not the apocalyptic display of destruction that white-knuckled enthusiasts of the next big thing anticipated. The protracted and gory assault middleweight Gennady Golovkin subjected Gabriel Rosado to on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden was almost understated. Expectations of decapitation, of stiff limbs and heaving chests, silent crowds, and chilling recumbence went unfulfilled. Indeed Rosado, a heavy underdog, never even suffered a knockdown. And yet, despite the absence of such drama, the fight—which Golovkin won by TKO in the seventh round—spoke loudly to the very real danger he represents.”
Read “BRICKWORK: Gennady Golovkin TKO7 Gabriel Rosado” on The Cruelest Sport.
“Perhaps the lights at The Theater in Madison Square Garden should have been killed and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” pumped over the PA system for a moment before it too vanished in the split-second that turns an anxious arena to endless black. Like the conclusion of The Sopranos, the scene that brought an end to the featherweight tilt between Mikey Garcia and Orlando Salido left more than a few viewers feeling dissatisfied. But however one feels about the technical decision Garcia was awarded after an accidental headbutt broke his nose near the end of the eighth round, that he dominated the action up to that point is indisputable.”
Read DIMMING LIGHTS: Mikey Garcia TD8 Orlando Salido on The Cruelest Sport.
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