Foreman-Wolak: Does anyone care about tonight’s fight?

By Boxing News - 03/12/2011 - Comments

By Jason Kim: A fight that has been almost completely forgotten with all the fuss being made about the Ricardo Mayorga vs. Miguel Cotto fight tonight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, is the undercard match-up between former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) and Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s). The two fighters will be going at in a 10 round bout.

The winner of the fight may find himself in against someone like Joshua Clottey in the near future as they’re promoter Bob Arum keeps them fighting in house. However, it’s not all that bad because at the end of the rainbow, one of them could find themselves in with someone like Antonio Margarito, Cotto or Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Those are all decent payday bouts and Wolak or Foreman can’t go wrong with one of those fights.

Wolak isn’t a huge puncher but he makes up for it by throwing non-stop punches. He just keeps the pressure on his opponents until they eventually wilt. Foreman does well against fighters that he can jump in and jump out against, and land fast combinations. Foreman has a bad leg that was recently operated after his 9th round TKO loss to Cotto last June.

The leg is supposedly 100%, but when you’ve had major surgery like the kind that Foreman had, 100% doesn’t mean the same as a normal healthy leg that hasn’t been under the knife. We’re talking about a kneed that is probably much weaker and less flexible and able to shift around compared to what it once was able to do. It doesn’t matter if Foreman wears a knee brace. His leg still won’t be what it was before. This is important because Wolak is going to be putting a lot of pressure on Foreman and making him move around a lot to avoid his attacks. If you’ve had surgery, you can easily re-injure or tweak your leg if you put too much stress on it. Foreman may end up limping before long in this fight with Wolak pressuring him. A one-legged Foreman can’t beat Wolak. He’s too good and you need to be operating on all eight cylinders to beat a guy of his quality.



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