To be honest, that Dec 7th BAD card slipped under my radar and it's still listed as "card to be determined" on the HBO site. That said, it's too bad tall Nelson got injured, I'm sure Macklin was looking to come back with an aggressive performance... Irish insiders -- could Andy Lee be convinced to fight Mack on such short notice?
Macklin-Korobov would be fantastic. Didn't know about that. MSG theater? What's supposed to be the main event? I think Vera's focus is a rematch with Junior at this point.
It would be typical Geale style to go after Macklin now that he is coming off a brutal KO defeat to Golovkin.
According to Dan Rafael, HBO approved Korobov as a replacement, but Macklin turned him down because he didn't want to face a southpaw on three weeks notice after training to fight an orthodox fighter. He also said Max Bursak was a possible replacement, but Bursak's trainer declined.
Dan Rafael said HBO approved Korobov as a replacement and Macklin turned it down, said he didn't want to face a southpaw on short notice after trainingg for a right hander.
