Thirty days and counting?it?s hard to focus on anything but Oscar and Manny.
I am trying to work up a smidgen of enthusiasm for Roy Jones-Joe Calzaghe. Two great warriors, no doubt, but I don?t see the heavy drama unfolding as it will for Pacquiao-De La Hoya come Dec. 6. Jones-Calzaghe is a Cardiff, Wales, fight that somehow landed at Madison Square Garden.
If they?re both standing after 12 rounds, you may be sure the inevitable rematch will take place next year in Wales. This fight going the limit is as big a betting ?lock? as 2008 has given us. Neither Roy nor Joe are reckless ring gamblers.
As for Jermain Taylor-Jeff Lacy, Taylor?s career hangs in the balance. I can?t see him losing to the mechanical Lacy unless he is somehow completely shotski, can you? This is a Nashville fight that belongs in Nashville.
