SHOWTIME Boxing Analyst And Historian Gives Wish List Of Top Mythical Matchups Spanning Generations
NUEVA YORK (Septiembre 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, Septiembre 18, just three days after Muhammad Ali regained the heavyweight title vs. Leon Spinks on Friday, Septiembre 15.
After launching KO Magazine en 1980 and serving as editor-in-chief of El Ring Magazine for nearly a decade, Farhood joined SHOWTIME in 2001 and has been a staple on the ShoBox: La Nueva Generación series since its inception more than 17 hace años que.
Sobre el pasado 40 año, Farhood has nearly seen it all in the Sweet Science. Ahora, 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 (de peso pesado): The ultimate dream fight. No jabs allowed.
Roberto Duran-Alexis Arguello (ligero): They were both 135-pounders, just not at the same time.
Sugar Ray Robinson-Sugar Ray Leonard (welter): 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. (welter): The best fighter I’ve ever covered versus the best fighter of this generation.
Jack Dempsey-Rocky Marciano (de peso pesado): Boxing’s big men were smaller back in the day, but pound-for-pound, nobody hit harder than these two.
Marvin Hagler-Carlos Monzon (de peso medio): All-timer vs. all-timer. My guess: Monzon’s style would be all wrong for Hagler. Match B-Hop (Bernard Hopkins) con el ganador.
Salvador Sanchez-Eusebio Pedroza (pesos pluma): 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: La Nueva Generación, top undefeated super featherweight prospect Jon Fernandez (16-0, 14 KOs) chocará con O'Shaquie Foster (13-2, 8 KOs) in the 10-round main event of a four-fight card featuring eight fighters with a combined record of 81-2-1 con 56 nocauts.
El viernes próximo, Septiembre 28, ShoBox returns for a tripleheader headlined by 19-year-old blue-chip prospect Devin Haney (19-0, 13 KOs) taking on former three-time world title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos (33-2-2, 21 KOs).
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Acerca de ShoBox: La Nueva Generación
Desde su creación en julio 2001, la aclamada serie de boxeo de SHOWTIME, ShoBox: La Nueva Generación jóvenes talentos ha ofrecido boxístico. La ShoBox la filosofía es para televisar emocionante, muchedumbre-agradable y partidos de competición mientras que proporciona un campo de pruebas para los prospectos en ascenso determinados a luchar por un título mundial. Algunas de la creciente lista de la 77 combatientes que han aparecido en ShoBox y han avanzado para ganar títulos mundiales incluye: Errol Spence Jr., Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Gary Russell Jr., Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams y más.