(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Nick Moore: If you know anything about the process of making cinnamon, doing so is in fact a process. Producers of this spice have to chop, scrape, loosen, rub, split, & peel part of a tree in order to have the finished product. In other words, this simple product that we add to enhance our meals has been through quite an enhancing & shaping process, if you will.
Critics of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez have often made the point that they do not believe he is ready or experienced enough to get in the ring with Floyd Mayweather. Just talking to my neighbor the other day, he said that he thinks Canelo is still a little green going into this challenge. According to Richard Langford, featured columnist for Bleacher Report, “Canelo is still a developing fighter. While he has an accomplished record, he is just 22 and still learning to be more than just a puncher. Mayweather will take advantage of this at will.”
(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) As an 11 to 1 underdog, hoping Paul Malignaggi knocks out Broner tonight is certainly wishful thinking. I’ve written a few pieces now about showing respect to fighters, even those we don’t like. For tonight though, I’m willing to put that sentiment aside. Let me tell you why I would like to see Broner get dropped tonight, reasons other than hatred.
We’ve all heard the simple maxim, “Don’t hate, appreciate!” There seems to be little place for thinking like this in boxing, a sport of all too puffed up egos and rivalries so fierce that we often end up hating our opposition. Albeit there are some fighters that I cannot stand, I learned something by watching Timothy Bradley’s recent interview with Bernardo Osuna of ESPN.