By Michael Amakor
Boxing is anxiously looking forward to some exciting and competitive championship matchups this month, what makes the matchups intriguing is that the boxing landscape could be changed forever.
Anything can happen in boxing and we relish the opportunity to knock down any pretender to the thrown, upsets in boxing usually awaken a dormant division or slumbering champion back to the reality of boxing which requires total dedication and constant training to stay sharp.
Below are some of the coming fights and a brief analysis of the fighters involved;
On September 3 at the Seminole Hardrock Casino and Hotel in Hollywood, Florida Irene Pacheco defends against Vic Darchinyan.
The next day at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Cory “Next Generation”Spinks, defends his WBC/WBA/IBF WelterWeight kingdoms in a highly competitive duel against former WBC Lightweight Champion Miguel Angel who sports a decent record including going the distance with “The Golden boy Oscar dela Hoya.
Cory successfully defended his title against Zab Judah and the odd makers have him as a favorite to win against Miguel, if he gets through this fight, the only path to true greatness and respect would be to seek a undisputed unification title bout against Antonio Margarito, who is the real champ in that division, perhaps Cory would like to prove us all wrong.
Same day newly crowned WBO heavyweight Champion Lamon “Relentless” Brewster defends his title against ex sparring partner and former IBF Pan Pacific Heavyweight, Australian and WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight Champion Kali “Checkmate” Meehan in a supposedly safe match up that his management team feels will showcase his skills and prove that his win against Wladimir Klitchko was no fluke. That is all fine if he wins he better step up to the plate and defend against James Toney or Klitchko.
Same day in far away Germany, longtime WBO Cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson against former European Community (EEC) Cruiserweight Titlist Rüdiger May in a match that could lead to an upset due to German politics ask a scarred Roy Jones who never went to there to fight some guy there, and a reminder of the sad fact that we do not yet have an undisputed champion in the division. However the winner of this bout might be first in line for a unification bout against the winner of the unification bout between Jean Mormeck and Wayne Braithwaite.
On September 11 at the Kisstadion in Budapest, Hungary Zsolt Erdei defends his WBO Light HeavyWeight Crown against, former WBO Latino Light Heavyweight Titlist Alejandro Lakatus, this bout looks competitive as both have fought for a world titles before however a win by either guy does little to help themselves or the division and the are virtually unknown outside Europe.
To be continued
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
