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Reporters’ star ratings for main events and undercards are based on in-ring entertainment, competitiveness and whether overall expectation was met
FOR AS long as the Earth continues to spin, there will be fighters who walk to the ring totally confident of victory – and who, in turn, proceed to lose so convincingly to their younger opponent that they instead quickly look equally lost.
To spend time around in the days before his WBC super-lightweight title defence against was to detect a fighter not only relishing the test he was anticipating, but wholeheartedly believing he would pass it; a brooding alpha male energised by the prospect of fighting the groomed-for-greatness, naturally bigger, younger athlete he believed was favoured by the promoter and broadcaster they
