It’s hard to believe that it’s only been four months since former one-time World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (33-4, 29 KOs) was stopped in the 7th round by International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. It seems like ages, especially because of the lack of news about Brewster in the boxing world. Brewster, still only 34, is almost completely forgotten, as if he’s been written off because of the loss to Klitschko. However, the loss shouldn’t be that big of a deal, since Brewster was quite literally insane for fighting Klitschko in the first place, because it had been a year since Brewster had last fought, and even worse, he was coming off a eye surgery to repair a detached retina.
Most sane fighters would have opted to take a warm-up fight, perhaps three to four of them just to get the rust out of their system and to make sure their eye holds up under the pounding. Not Brewster. He instead decided to walk into the lions den and face arguably the best heavyweight in the division when he decided to fight Klitschko. During the bout, and afterwards, many fans, including a number of sports writers, said that Brewster was washed up, finished as a fighter. However, I think Brewster has a lot left in the tank, certainly enough to beat most of the top 10 heavyweights in the division.
World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (28-1, 21 KOs) destroyed previously unbeaten challenger Mohamed Azzaoui (22-1, 8 KOs) in the 4th round on the undercard of the Calzaghe – Kessler fight at the Millennium Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales. In the fourth round, the six foot four inch Maccarinelli landed a crushing body shot to the left hip of Azzaoui, sending him crashing to the canvas in a ball of pain. Though he tried to get up, Azzaoui was in far too much pain to get to his knees and was thus counted out at 0:58 of the fourth round by referee Dave Parris. 
For many boxing fans, the question of whether a prime Muhammed Ali (21-25 years-old) could compete against the top heavyweights in the current era of boxing, remains an interesting curiosity. Most old timers see Ali as unbeatable earlier in his career, the type of fighter that could perhaps beat any fighter in any era, no matter the size difference between them. However, I see things a little different than most. Ali, while a great champion during his time, he was after all a small heavyweight, weighing around 205 lbs during his prime years. Basically, Ali was another clone of Chris Byrd, maybe a little faster, I give you that, but not anymore powerful than Byrd.
As I’ve perused the many various boxing websites on the net, I’ve noticed that many of them are strangely silent about the super middleweight unification bout between undefeated World Boxing Organization champion Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KOs) and World Boxing Association/World Boxing Council Super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs) which takes place this Saturday night. While it does appear that the fight is hugely popular in England and Denmark, many of the American boxing sites seem to have little to say about the fight aside from an article or two. Even the major cable networks, Showtime, for example, have had very commercials advertising the fight. 
As World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KOs) approaches this Saturday’s bout with World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs) at the Millennium Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales, a big questions is whether the 35-year old Calzaghe has a plan B should his slap happy style of fighting prove in effective against Kessler. Unlike Calzaghe’s mostly marginal other challengers, Kessler has an airtight defense, and excellent jab and a powerful right hand to go along with it. In Calzaghe’s previous 20 title defenses, he’s had much softer opposition, allowing him to get away with his slapping style and his wide open defense.