“Saul Alvarez dispatched James Kirkland in three rounds at Minute Maid Park in Houston Texas, last night in a fight offering little of substance to take away for Alvarez, who never struggles with plodding fighters, and even less for Kirkland, who in all likelihood left what remained of his serviceable prime and earning potential stretched out on the canvas.”

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“For consecutive weeks aficionados will be graced with a fight well overdue, a fight that despite its delay should unfold no differently despite the years ticked off between its first mention and its final bell. These are ominous similarities, to be sure, unlikely to instill any optimism in a viewing public yet to untie itself from the barrel and hitch up its pants after Mayweather-Pacquiao. At least there is this much: Saul Alvarez and James Kirkland, who meet at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, tomorrow night, will provide greater entertainment than their counterparts from last week if for no other reason than the fact that Alvarez is too aware of his heritage to evade Kirkland, who is not nearly successful enough to consider taking a selfie during his ring walk.”

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“There is scant action to be found when Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fights. This characteristic relates directly, causally even, to the outcome of those contests, of which Mayweather has lost not one in his nineteen-year professional career. The trend continued last night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Mayweather finally faced the fighter most considered his nemesis-in-waiting, Manny Pacquiao. With little drama and even less difficulty and danger, Mayweather won a lopsided decision over Pacquiao, interring a six-year debate in the process.”

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