Speaking of toddler basketball, I did well with my rare foray into kids hoops, finished 7-3, and did a great analysis/selection show on NC beating Mich St in the final, using a boxing analogy you guys would appreciate. In reference to their 1st game when NC beat them by 35:
"In boxing, there are two kinds of rematches:
The first type of rematch is where a fluke is corrected, where the loser of the first bout took his opponent lightly, didn't train properly, got caught off guard and now comes for revenge. Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman for example.
The second type of rematch is where it?s a case of second verse, same as the first. For example, when Ali knocked out heavyweight champ Sonny Liston, or Forrest beating Mosley.
So which type will the Michigan State vs. North Carolina rematch be: fluke revenged, or second verse, same as the first?
Make no mistake about it - the Spartans were knocked out in the first meeting. It wasn?t a 12 round decision. It wasn?t a TKO, where the ref or doctor stopped it.
It was a mouth-piece-sent-flying, legs-turned-to-jello, "hello-canvas? kind of KO.
It was a ?How-many-fingers-am-I-holding-up? answered with ?Eleven?? kind of knockout."
I cleaned up on those boys in the big game.
Cool part about doing video analysis on boxing - I get to demonstrate what I think might hapeen, visually instead of just using words in a column. For example, the JMM/Diaz bout, I did a piece on camera showing how Diaz jabs and ducks in, and then I played the JMM part and showed how he would counter this with uppercuts, which are one of his specialties.
When we're done doing test shows and begin the real ones I'll send Jack a link.
Anway, just stopped by today to add a caveat, for those that might disagree the Manny fight was a career definer. True, it would be ridiculously unfair based on Oscar's other achievements, but for point of reference, I give you this:
How many boxing fans know (w/out looking it up)who Roberto Duran beat for the lightweight title?
OK, now how many non-Spanish speaking fans know what "no mas" means?
It's not fair, but life often isn't . . .
Thanks to the guys here who add opinions, yeah Frank, it's a little serious, but very active and most importantly informative, and largely w/out the ego's and testosterone overflow you see at less mature sites. Lots of good 2-way info here, simply the best boxing forum on the net.
Sonny Palermo
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good stuff Sonny
