The year ended too quickly for Manny Pacquiao, and it went up in smoke for Ricardo Mayorga.
Only a grand jury has heard much from Sugar Shane Mosley since he was called to testify in the ongoing BALCO scandal after his victory over Oscar De La Hoya. Lennox Lewis must be on that jury. Nobody has heard a word from him since he survived against Vitali Klitschko.
Roy Jones Jr. looked brilliant in winning a heavyweight championship over John Ruiz, yet struggled to regain his old light-heavyweight title against Antonio Traver. It used to be that the greatest danger was to go up in weight. In an unexpected reversal, however, Jones made it look as though he’d be a lot safer in the heavyweight division.
Yes, it was a weird year, even by boxing’s standards.
