MAYWEATHER BOXING

BY GARY TURNER jmastalir@yahoo.com

BEST BOXING CARD IN YEARS.....REALLY ....AND FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS !

THIS REPORTER HAS COVERED BOXING IN LAS VEGAS 31 YEARS....BIG CARDS.....SMALL CARDS AND OTHERS....BOXING REGRESSED TERRIBLY IN THE LAST DECADE...FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE PALMS IT ....PROGRESSED.

OBSERVATIONS AND REACTIONS....

NO RING CARD GIRLS....NO RING ANNOUNCER....NO SUPER AWFUL LOUD RAP MUSIC
MAYBE THIS WAS BY COMMISSION ...OMMISSION OR CIRCUMSTANCE...ANYWAY THE EVENING WAS MOST PLEASUREABLE...HIGHTLED BY EXCELLENT MATCHMAKING.

SMALL..... CUT OFF PEARL ARENA NEARLY SOLD OUT ...EXCELLENT SITE LINES.

8 MATCHES RELATIVELY ON TIME AND THIS SET OF MATCHES HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE BEST LINEUP OF MATCHES BY RECORD IN HISTORY....8 MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS FOR TV.....6 UNDEFEATED..TOTAL WON LOSS RECORD FOR THE CARD
332-36-5.....NONE WITH LOSING RECORDS....INCREDIBLE MATCHMAKING.

AT 6 FOR SPIKE TV  TERRIFIC OPENING MATCH..... GERVONTA DAVIS 14-0 STOPPED LUIS SANCHEZ 17-5-1 IN THE NINTH WITH A TKO....BOTH MEN FOUGHT TOE TO TOE FOR THE DURATION....I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST FIGHT OF THE NIGHT....NO.....

NEXT ONE WAS..... ERICK WALKER 12-0 UNANIMOUS CRUISERWEIGHT DECISION OVER CHRIS PEARSON 16-1....THESE BIG GUYS SLUGGED OUT EVERY ROUND TO A STANDING OVATION.

SEMI MAIN BROUGHT THE  "ALWAYS SOMETHING FACTOR" TO THE RING...AT END OF THE THIRD ROUND MURAT GASIEV 22-0 HIT ISIAH THOMSAS 15-0 TWICE AFTER THE BELL AND THE DOCTOR DERTERMINED THOMAS COULD NOT CONTINUE...NO DECISION.

MAIN EVENT...CUBAN RANCES BARTHGELEMY 24-0 TOOK AT 116-112...116-112...109-109 DECISION OVER RUSSIAN DENIS SHAFIKOV 36-2-1....FTHE RUSSIAN NEVER STOPPED COMING BUT WAS OUT MANAGED..... BY SIZE....LENGTH AND YOUTH....NICE FIGHT.

GREAT MATCHMAKING.....LETS BRING BACK BOXING....THANKS TO MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS FOR THIS TREAT.

ALL BOXERS IN GREAT SHAPE....COMING TO GO THE DISTANCE...HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE POSITIVE UNIFORMITY IN THIS..... IN DECADES.

HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE THE PLAMS...PEARL THEATRTE IN A HURRY...EXIT SIGNS DO NOT NECESSARILY MEAN EXIT THE DOOR SALESMAN FOR THE CONTRACTOR HAD A CAREER DAY....STILL NICE VENUE

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