On a night when boxing proved the ultimate winner, when one of the most anticipated fights in history delivered in nearly every way inside the ring, it was again a sport stained by the incompetency of those employed to judge it.
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The excitement around a Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward rematch was modest, so losing headlines to another bout days before the fight hardly did those involved any favors.
If the gathering at Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s Las Vegas gym Tuesday was expertly organized, and it was, the one that played out for Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Calif., was more controlled chaos. Neither setting, of course, lacked for pointed jabs aimed at the other side.
Curtis Jackson could work his way into the best thing that has happened to boxing in some time. That’s my 50 Cent(s) worth.
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