Great write-up on Ring Mag online here is some on it: After the sixth round of his fight against a shockingly vibrant Sergio Martinez Saturday night, one of the guys in Alex Bunema’s corner tried to encourage him to action by telling him, “He’s not your boss.” Angelo Dundee it wasn’t, but pity the poor cornerman whose job it is to try to inspire his man to victory with mere words when it’s clear to all that victory, on this night and against this man, is far out of reach. At any rate, the clear problem with this strategy was that Martinez was indeed Bunema’s boss.. Even worse, Martinez knew it too (a fighter always knows when he’s the boss) and had great fun reminding Bunema of it with every snapping jab and head-rattling straight left. It’s always about who the boss is in the ring. Two guys go in, only one can be the boss. That’s what determines winners and losers. A lot of the time both guys know well before the fight starts who the boss will be. That’s your average itinerant dishwasher against Olympian, or world champion in a showcase fight. Think Joe Calzaghe against Peter Manfredo. From the moment the fight was signed until they cashed their checks afterward, both Manfredo and Calzaghe knew who the boss was. And it played out that way. Not so with Calzaghe-Mikkel Kessler. Kessler needed to be convinced Calzaghe was boss. By the middle rounds he was, and after that Calzaghe could relax and have fun. Winning that argument is always the hardest part. Rocky Marciano always was in charge. Carlos Monzon too. And Jack Dempsey. Roberto Duran? Nah. Great, but not always the boss. Same with Julio Cesar Chavez. Joe Louis was always the boss. And Larry Holmes. Pernell Whitaker too. And Erik Morales and James Toney. You get the sense Alfredo Angulo will be, also. Kelly Pavlik is always the boss. Jermain Taylor never was. Sonny Liston? Yes. Floyd Patterson, no. ------------- The rest here: http://thering-online.com/ringpages/ringupdate.html Now Vitali is clearly Peter's boss so far...
