If you go to a restaurant and the steaks are perfect, you don?t worry too much if the air conditioning was a little chilly or if the waiter was a bit slow. It?s the food that brings you back.
It?s the same way in boxing. It would be easy to point out the elite 118-pounders who are not in Showtime?s bantamweight tournament. It would be easy to question the wisdom of holding the first-round fights in Mexico instead of somewhere in the U.S. It would be easy to criticize Showtime for adding a guy who is primarily a super flyweight when there are more than enough qualified bantamweights available to fill out the field.
All of that, though, would be nitpicking. The bottom line is, boxing fans ought to be very thankful to Ken Hershman, the executive vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports, for not blinking despite the troubles he faced in keeping the network?s Super Six tournament together and creating a superb bantamweight event that should deliver four high-caliber fights.
