Tonight in Chicago, Illinois, former world heavyweight champion and Baltimore native Hasim "The Rock" Rahman will battle Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett for the Interim WBC Heavyweight title. Couple of points about this contest.
1.This is an easy fight for me to handicap. If Rahman jabs, he wins. Period. Rahman (40-5-1, 33 KO's) has lost the majority of his bouts because he didn't use the jab effectively. Both fights with David Tua, the Evander Holyfield bout and the Ruiz contest are all prime examples of that. Rahman told Fightnews.com's David Hudson that he won't even get into a clinch tonight and he's looking to put on his best performance ever.
2. Fights between guys that are friends tend to be VERY boring. I offer a bout between Kevin Kelley and Clarence "Bones" Adams as evidence of that. The guys didn't even want to touch each other, much less throw punches. There are exceptions, however, like the bout between Simon Brown and Maurice Blocker. Let's hope Rahman and Barrett are the exception, not the rule.
I have one question: How many people did Don King befuddle at Showtime to make this fight a PAY-PER-VIEW? Rahman-Barrett is not exactly a thrilling matchup. The undercard isn't even that good. You have Ricardo Mayorga against an over-the-hill Michele Piccirillo, Oliver McCall against a polish boxer who's first name I can't even spell, and Miguel Angel Gonzalez who's at least five years past his prime. They're charging people to pay for this foolishness?
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