My2Sense
10-31-2009, 10:24 PM
I think Chavez-Taylor II was one of the best fight cards Showtime ever put together. For starters, it had one of the most heavily hyped and anticipated rematches in recent decades; and although it was never going to equal the first fight, it proved to be a very good and exciting fight nonetheless.
But in addition to that, you also had:
-Tito Trinidad coming off the canvas to batter unbeaten KO artist Yori Boy Campos into his first career defeat.
-Gabe Ruelas battling his way to a big upset win over Jessie James Leija.
-Frankie Randall and Juan Coggi trading knockdowns en route to an exciting win for Randall, potentially setting the stage for a third fight between him and Chavez (which never came off, unfortunately).
How often do you see sustained action like that on a single big fight card?
Too bad we don't see PPV cards much like that one anymore. Usually it seems we just have a string of dull fights and/or mismatches intended to showcase the promoter's other prospects, before finally getting to the main event - and sometimes those are mismatches too.
But in addition to that, you also had:
-Tito Trinidad coming off the canvas to batter unbeaten KO artist Yori Boy Campos into his first career defeat.
-Gabe Ruelas battling his way to a big upset win over Jessie James Leija.
-Frankie Randall and Juan Coggi trading knockdowns en route to an exciting win for Randall, potentially setting the stage for a third fight between him and Chavez (which never came off, unfortunately).
How often do you see sustained action like that on a single big fight card?
Too bad we don't see PPV cards much like that one anymore. Usually it seems we just have a string of dull fights and/or mismatches intended to showcase the promoter's other prospects, before finally getting to the main event - and sometimes those are mismatches too.