Interesting middleweight crossroads fight on Saturday: Bronco McKart vs. Michi Munoz

There are a lot of factors both ways that make this one kind of a toss-up.

- It's in McKart's hometown...in his local high school, actually.

- McKart has only fought once in two years and is well past it, with his 40th birthday just around the corner.

- Munoz has lost two straight, and four of his last six.

- Munoz did go to war with John Duddy and hold his own recently...and it's very probable that John Duddy (although clearly not the world-class operator his fans were hoping, as shown against Chavez) would probably shut out this current version of McKart.

- McKart always had a good foundation of skill to rely on to make up for a lack of raw physical talent as compared to the elite...and he always had some pop (which is the last thing to go) - more than likely enough to hurt Munoz at some point.

- Munoz always brings a high workrate and a lot of guts and wears some deceptive strength on his sometimes too-soft frame, all of which might be the keys to grueling through and springing the upset on an old man who doesn't know when to quit.

This won't make a lick of difference in the MW picture at large, but should be a really nice little action fight that almost none of us will get to see (unless someone from Michigan goes, records some home video and uploads it).

Is anybody besides booradley and myself even remotely interested in this? :yep











WATCH FOR THAT RIGHT HOOK!

 

That's actually how I found out about this...looking at one of the boxing odds accumulator sites "McKart 1/50" jumped out at me. My first instinct was that it had to be some total tomato can but seeing that it's Munoz was weird - he doesn't quite fit that bill. The odds seem really excessively long (even though McKart should definitely be the favorite in spite of his age).

 

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Man, that is cool to see.

Kicking ass at 40...you gotta love it.