GLANCE over previews of fights involving two southpaws and there will often be a warning about the potential for disappointment. There is always a chance they’ll nulify the other to the point the fight becomes a non-event. The opposite was true when Raymond Ford fought Otabek Kholmatov at the Turning Stone Resort.
After 11 rounds of fascinating, high quality combat, Kholmatov – based in Hollywood, Florida, and born in Uzbekistan – was ahead by three points on the cards of two judges (106-103). That Ford, from Camden, New
