There have been two wonderful fights final Friday evening.
And neither Mike Tyson nor Jake Paul participated.
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano went to conflict once more.
The struggle was intense and symbolized what boxing is meant to be about.
Guts and glory, child.
Dennis Taylor and I wrote about it in Intimate Warfare, our e book on Arturo Gatti and Mickey Ward and their epic fights.
We referred to as what they did, “lovely brutality”
The struggle was shut – a seesaw battle of precision versus energy. I watched it twice. I had Serrano edging it the primary time. Opon a rewatch with the sound down – I had Taylor profitable it by some extent.
That shut.
Two shut fights that would have gone approach.
The second bout had extra blood. An unintended headbutt brought about a deep gash over the left eye of Serrano. It seemed and was dangerous. Many followers at AT@T Stadium figured the struggle could be stopped. But it surely wasn’t. Taylor and Serrano returned to the darkish facet, combating and digging down. By the top, crimson escaped from each of them.
Taylor gained by some extent on every of the choose’s playing cards. She’s not soiled – simply robust and gritty.
Earlier within the night, Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos went 12 ferocious rounds. For 5 rounds, it was all Barrios. He was cruising. He knocked Ramos down with a straight proper in spherical two. The struggle was thought of a showcase for Barrios. He was displaying properly till getting caught with a depraved shot he didn’t see in spherical six.
Ramos, a 13-year veteran, was alive. He surprised Barrios quite a few instances for the remainder of the bout. Barrios got here on robust late, discovering the need to struggle again.
The choice was a well-liked draw.
4 rounds of Paul and Tyson had been all I may deal with. Solely positives I can see is Tyson went the gap and Paul has improved. I want the insanity would cease, but it surely gained’t, not when 70,000 individuals present as much as see it.
Taylor, Serrano, Barrios and Ramos signify what boxing is meant to be about.
A giant THANK YOU to them.
