Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer
The Los Angeles based World Boxing Hall of Fame event will be held on November 19, at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Among the new honorees expected to attend are Julio Casar Chavez, Mike Tyson, Dwight Qawi and Bennie Briscoe. In the expanded category, Graham Houston, Jimmy Montoya and Joe Goossen get their well-earned rewards as well.***
The Canastota based International Boxing Hall of Fame has their inductions on the June 10 -13th weekend. It’s always a fun-filled event….For more information please call 315-697-7095 or go to their website IBHOF.com.
The 100th anniversary of the Jack Johnson – Jim Jeffries fight will be celebrated in Reno from July 1-4. Among some of the names expected to be on hand are George Foreman and Ray ‘Boom Boom Mancini’. For more information please call the Grand Sierra Hotel in Reno.
This weeks key match takes place at Yankee Stadium in New York City, where Miguel Angel Cotto 34-2 (27), takes on undefeated Yuri Foreman.
For Foreman, 29, it will be a huge step-up in competition while Cotto, who hails from Puerto Rico, is also 29, has been only stopped twice and has faced much stiffer foes.
Foreman, 28-0, a native of Belarus, now living in Brooklyn, N.Y., has another problem, in that he only has a few recorded knockouts, and Cotto’s only vulnerability seems to be his chin.
Cotto has a secondary problem, as he gives up four inches in height and five inches in reach.
Tough fight to pick, as boxer (Foreman) vs. puncher (Cotto) usually are.
As a pick is needed, I’ll stick with the heavier punching Cotto by late TKO.
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