Weekend Fight Review: All Hail The King!
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@Oklahoman.com
I’m just glad I didn’t go on record with any of my fight picks. Showtime’s big fight: Arthur Abraham KO 4 Edison Miranda.
I guess it’s time to say goodbye to Edison Miranda as an elite fighter. He’s always going to be in those fights where you say he’ll get you or you’ll get him – whatever comes first.
I admit to not being sold on Arthur Abraham, but that was impressive. The King is not known for his left hook, but that was the punch that took out Miranda because he was never expecting it.
A fourth round knockout, turning some heads in the US, can’t think of a better debut for the Armenian fighter with the huge German following.
Up next on his docket should be a mega fight with Ohio’s Kelly Pavlik. But just because it should doesn’t mean it will happen.
HBO’s big fight: Chris Arreola W/Disq. 3 Chazz Witherspoon.
I’ve seen Arreola fight a couple of times before. It’s that pressure that does it, he never lets up. He entered with 11 straight KOs. A technicality took away No. 12.
Witherspoon showed his Philly roots, refusing to clutch and grab though it may have saved him. He took so many flush shots that I was amazed he went as long as he did.
We’re slowly but surely starting to make some hay in the heavyweights. Friday on ESPN2, undefeated American Alonzo Butler dropped his first bout. We need to weed out the Pretenders from the Contenders.
Arreola is proving himself to be the class of the division. For my money, keep your eye on an Atlanta-based heavyweight named Kevin Johnson. The man has a jab that’s killer…when he chooses to use it.
The less said about Andre Berto’s seventh round KO, the better. I feel like Larry Merchant after Shane Mosley starched Adrian Stone: “So what?”
Berto needs to step up and needs to do it now. This fight should not have been on HBO and definitely shouldn’t have been a main event.
Three fights, three knockouts, not bad. On tap this week is the Filipino sensation, Manny Pacquiao, against David Diaz for a lightweight championship. I’m looking forward to this one.
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