Boxing: 2007 Re-Cap
Author: RL
Man, what a year in boxing we've had. We saw old stars bow out and new stars emerge. This coming year is only going to get crazier with fights that have already been signed and some that are in the mouths of all boxing fans (Cuidado...yea I'm retiring pause)
Here are clips of some of the memorable fights of 2007:
Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather: May 5th 2007
Miguel Cotto vs Zab Judah: June 9th 2007
Ricky Hatton vs Jose Luis Castillo: June 23rd 2007
Arturo Gatti announces retirement after KO from Alfonso Gomez
Bernard Hopkins vs Winky Wright (Sorry...no fight footage for this one...you didn't miss much anyway)
Kelly Pavlik vs Jermain Taylor: Sept. 29th 2007
Marco Antonio Barrera vs Manny Pacquiao: Oct. 6, 2007
Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler: Nov. 3, 2007 (No Footage for this one either...good fight though)
Miguel Cotto vs Shane Mosley: Nov 10th 2007
Floyd Mayweather vs Ricky Hatton: Dec 8th 2007
So next year, so far we have:
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Felix Trinidad (Jan 19th)
Alexander Povetkin vs. Eddie Chambers (Jan 26th)
Oleg Maskaev vs. Samuel Peter (Feb 2nd)
Paul Williams vs. TBA (originally set to fight Kermit Cintron) (Feb 2nd)
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Jose Celaya (Feb 9th)
Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor (Feb 16th)
Wladimir Klitschko vs. Sultan Ibragimov (Feb 23rd)
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao (March 15th)
My favorite had to be the Cotto/Judah fight-
Even though Kelly Pavlik had the performance of the year. He went down, only to get up and pummel Jermain "Who Have I Really Beaten" Taylor.
I cant believe Pavlik agreed to fight that Bum again- i guess it was a clause in the proginal contract.