SHOWTIME Boxing Analyst And Historian Gives Wish List Of Top Mythical Matchups Spanning Generations
Нью-Ёрк (Верасня 18, 2018) – International Boxing Hall of Famer Steve Farhood celebrates four decades in boxing this Tuesday, exactly 40 years since he started working exclusively in the business in 1978.
Farhood began his career writing for various boxing publications at London Publishing on Monday, Верасня 18, just three days after Muhammad Ali regained the heavyweight title vs. Leon Spinks on Friday, Верасня 15.
After launching KO Magazine у 1980 and serving as editor-in-chief of Часопіс Кальцо for nearly a decade, Farhood joined SHOWTIME in 2001 and has been a staple on the ShoBox: Новае пакаленне series since its inception more than 17 шмат гадоў таму.
Over the past 40 гады, Farhood has nearly seen it all in the Sweet Science. Зараз, as he prepares for consecutive Fridays of ShoBox telecasts, the lifelong New Yorker lists a handful of mythical matchups he’d love to see, regardless of the generation.
FARHOOD’S TOP MYTHICAL MATCHUPS:
Joe Frazier-Mike Tyson (цяжкавагавік): The ultimate dream fight. No jabs allowed.
Roberto Duran-Alexis Arguello (лёгкі): They were both 135-pounders, just not at the same time.
Sugar Ray Robinson-Sugar Ray Leonard (нападаючым): Biggest crime in boxing history: There’s no video of Robinson as a welter, when he was at his very best.
Sugar Ray Leonard-Floyd Mayweather Jr. (нападаючым): The best fighter I’ve ever covered versus the best fighter of this generation.
Jack Dempsey-Rocky Marciano (цяжкавагавік): Boxing’s big men were smaller back in the day, but pound-for-pound, nobody hit harder than these two.
Marvin Hagler-Carlos Monzon (у сярэднім): All-timer vs. all-timer. My guess: Monzon’s style would be all wrong for Hagler. Match B-Hop (Бернард Хопкінс) with the winner.
Salvador Sanchez-Eusebio Pedroza (Featherweights): My opinion on this delicious matchup of Hall of Famers is an unpopular one: Pedroza wins on points.
Wilfredo Gomez-Manny Pacquiao (junior featherweights): In the early-‘80s, Gomez was as close to a perfect fighting machine as there was. But would his chin hold up vs. a 122-pound Manny?
This Friday on ShoBox: Новае пакаленне, top undefeated super featherweight prospect Jon Fernandez (16-0, 14 КО) will clash with O’Shaquie Foster (13-2, 8 КО) in the 10-round main event of a four-fight card featuring eight fighters with a combined record of 81-2-1 з 56 накаўты.
Наступная пятніца, Верасня 28, ShoBox returns for a tripleheader headlined by 19-year-old blue-chip prospect Devin Haney (19-0, 13 КО) taking on former three-time world title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos (33-2-2, 21 КО).
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З моманту свайго стварэння ў ліпені 2001, крытыкамі SHOWTIME бокс серыі, ShoBox: Новае пакаленне мае прыкметы малады талент адпавядае жорсткім. The ShoBox філасофія па тэлебачанні захапляльным, натоўпу прыемна і матчах, забяспечваючы палігонам для жадаючых перспектывы рашучасці змагацца за тытул чэмпіёна свету. Некаторыя з расце спісу 77 баевікоў, якія з'явіліся на ShoBox і перадавыя сабраць сусветных тытулаў ўключае: Эррол Спенс малодшы, Андрэ Уорд, Deontay Уайлдэр, Эрисланди Лара, Шон Портер, Гэры Расэл-малодшы, Ламонт Пітэрсан, Гільерма Рыгонды, Нонито Донэр, Дэвон Аляксандр, Карл Фроч, Роберт Герэра, Цімаці Брэдлі, Джэсі Варгас, Хуан Мануэль Лопес, Чэд Доусон, Полі Малиньяджи, Рыкі Хатан, Кэлі Паўлік, Пол Уільямс і больш.