By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the keyboard warriors.
First, Timothy Bradley eschews the very fighting style that got him into their good graces seven months ago and elects to (gasp!) use clear advantages in hand and foot speed to make a potentially compelling slugfest into a far-less-titillating 12-round clinic over frustrated plodder Juan Manuel Marquez.
“Desert Storm,” my eye.
Then, seven days later, one of the guys to whom the toughies point as an example of all that’s worthwhile in a boxing ring – Mike Alvarado – gets his senses handed to him over the back half of a brawl with Ruslan Provodnikov, and (gasp!) surrenders on his stool between rounds 10 and 11 rather than prolonging the carnage for six more brain-rattling minutes.
And you call yourself a fighter, Alvarado? Pshaw.
In explaining his lumpy-faced sacrilege afterward, the now-twice-beaten Denver wannabe was clearly in violation of the tough guy bylaws when he said, “It was not worth taking more punishment because the damage could be permanent. It was just not my night.” [Click Here To Read More]
First, Timothy Bradley eschews the very fighting style that got him into their good graces seven months ago and elects to (gasp!) use clear advantages in hand and foot speed to make a potentially compelling slugfest into a far-less-titillating 12-round clinic over frustrated plodder Juan Manuel Marquez.
“Desert Storm,” my eye.
Then, seven days later, one of the guys to whom the toughies point as an example of all that’s worthwhile in a boxing ring – Mike Alvarado – gets his senses handed to him over the back half of a brawl with Ruslan Provodnikov, and (gasp!) surrenders on his stool between rounds 10 and 11 rather than prolonging the carnage for six more brain-rattling minutes.
And you call yourself a fighter, Alvarado? Pshaw.
In explaining his lumpy-faced sacrilege afterward, the now-twice-beaten Denver wannabe was clearly in violation of the tough guy bylaws when he said, “It was not worth taking more punishment because the damage could be permanent. It was just not my night.” [Click Here To Read More]
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