We have been over this before. This came after Miranda/Abraham was all but a signed deal. NO ONE other than Kessler's manager and promoter ( who back each other up) seemed to even know about it. It was put out to give the Kessler fan's something to cling to. Obviously it worked.:-(
Thus sayeth the poster formeraly known as Decebal, then prince, no bear, oh I'm so lost now..... So, you have defined "duck"? Is that legally binding on us? I call bull. If you call a fighter out, and he accepts, and you rengege, that is DUCK also. If you claim to be the best and don't fight the best, that is DUCK. I'm sure there could be a few more thrown in here.
To say the fight 'fell through' isn't quite right either. Terms WERE agreed too. I'd call that a welch.....
To what end? and doesnt the fighter ultimtely do whats in his best interest. How can a team favor a meaningless paper Title over the exposure that beating a tough dangerous foe would bring and on a major network cable at that. It doesnt show confidence in the ability of their fighter. They took the easy road a title to defend overseas for money against less than stellar opposition. The only plausible reason was a very real fear of losing to Miranda team Palle sold out. What they did was gutless and should be viewed as such this all done with the approval of Kessler.
because he is a ****ing warrior who will go anywhere and fight anyone he comes in throwing leather and people who love boxing love this kind of fighter . No politics or bull**** what you see is what you get. The guy is all heart and guts and can punch the man is never in a dull fight. He may not be the most skilled but if we had more like him boxing would not be in decline.
I keep trying to tell people, he builds his plan around his best weapon. And I take your word on his physical condition agains Pavlik, so we don't know if it has ever failed him. There he failed himself. Abraham I won't count the last fight, but I will count the next one/won?
Indeed if Miranda wins next week, the first fight is as good as forgotten. His only true loss is against Pavlik at that point. I would love to see a rematch (assuming Miranda gets by Abraham) at 168lbs soon. Considering the options for big fights for Pavlik are not many, it very well could happen soon. A great fight for the fans.