A classic fight occured this weekend and seemingly went unnoticed

Maybe fights like these, between two fighters with a dozen losses a piece to their records, will make the more casual boxing fan realize the mythic "0" isn't an important aspect of boxing.

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Anyway, this fight had a little bit of everything. Sustained, high level back and forth brawling, swings of momentum, blood and guts, knockdowns. Real blood curdling, bad intentions exchanges. Sportsmanship. A legendary fighter ending his career on a sad, but high note. It was a great little fight, between fight guys whom both have great stories.

After watching this one, I don't know if I can even get worked up about whatever medicore, cookie cutter garbage is going on in the boxing world, like the joke of a fight we saw proceed this one. A shame.

 

This was a 10 round throwback classic between two classic, throwback fighters. I loved it.

I've been a Roman fan for several years, even through the years of having to watch him get laid out by a Demarco uppercut... He's recently honed his craft in recent years, and really put together a very respectable run for a "non-elite"/B-Level fighter.

 

"Some of what makes a fight special is when you see the passion from the fighters. You can see the same fight more or less, but you can look at the fighter and see their not as passionate about what they're doing and it makes the fight less good. When you see the passion from Roman you see how extraordinarily emotional it gets between these two guys, how each guy wants it so bad the way they're fighting, it elevates the action."

Max Kellerman doesn't always "get it", but he certainly comes out with some good ones now that he's gotten a little older. I can respect it.

 

Did you enjoy it? Did you hear the HBO broadcast teams stories and then interview about Roman's life and misfortunes? How he lost his brother to gang violence and what not.

 

He's one of the "last of the Mohicans" for certain, and I don't know if Mexico will continue to turn out fighters like him, like they have been for decades. I don't know if the game hasn't changed enough. It's something to think about, I suppose.

 

Not enough love for Roman. The guy has seventy fights. He's not quite Yory Boy Campas but his record also isn't quite as padded...