Monday Morning Blahgg…
The huge gust of wind that came from the North East on Saturday afternoon was the collective sigh of relief from the HBO Brass as they were most surely relieved by their decision to drop the Heavyweight Title telecast from Germany. After being second guessed by many in the media for scraping the telecast after David Haye pulled out and drug through the mud by yours truly, the Wladimir Klitschko vs. Ruslan Chagaev bout was little more than a snoozefest as Klitschko safely pounded Chagaev into quitting on his stool after ten rounds of eating straight left and right hands.
Not much more can be said.
Klitschko stayed out of harms way with his robotic performance and Chagaev did little if anything to get inside the new Ring Champion’s guard.
Forget about the huge live gate and the giant television numbers in Europe. Those who watched the fight in America were bored to tears and the little known Chagaev will remain that way,(little known), on American soil.
As for Klitschko, he needs to find a way to capture the hearts of boxing fans and his safety first performance on Saturday will do little to win fight fans over.
TGIF
The weekend was not a total loss for fight fans as the Versus Network aired the Light Heavyweight title fight between Adrian Diaconu and Jean Pascal on Friday night from Montreal. This was a very entertaining bout that saw Pascal lift the crown from Diaconu in a thrilling 12 round decision.
Down once in round 5, Diacanou came off the canvas and had Pascal on wobbly legs before the round finished. Pascal displayed an arrogant confidence throughout the slugfest and he is sure to be looking for some big money fights amongst the 175 pound elite.
Montreal is a great fight town, the 12,000 plus in The Bell Center was evidence of that and we should expect more to come out of the Great White North in the near future.
