{"id":68644,"date":"2017-09-05T21:33:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T02:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=68644"},"modified":"2017-09-05T22:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:00:23","slug":"kaps-smoke-ring-vol-2-antonio-margarito-carson-jones-canelo-alvarez-miguel-cotto-gennady-golovkin-oleksandr-usyk-manny-pacquiao-jeff-horn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=68644","title":{"rendered":"Kap\u2019s Smoke Ring Vol. 2: Antonio Margarito – Carson Jones, Canelo Alvarez, Miguel Cotto, Gennady Golovkin, Oleksandr Usyk, & Manny Pacquiao \u2013 Jeff Horn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By \u201cKap\u201d Kaplowitz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for checking back on my weekly Smoke Ring column, gentlepersons. And thanks to Ringside Report for having me back. Fittingly, I am surrounded by wildfire smoke. The Pacific Northwest is ablaze and I live in a valley wherein it all settles. The overly-manicured young man whom read this morning\u2019s local news copy has instructed me to stay indoors. The air quality is \u2018hazardous.\u2019 Pardon me whilst I step out onto my porch\/office, light this cigar, commence:<\/p>\n

People adore controversy. Boxing fans more than most. We look for it. Crave it. Wallow in it like pigs in mud. Commentators with agendas nurture it like a momma bird barfing into her screaming kid\u2019s beak. Teddy Atlas deems Loma numero uno and leaves \u201cGGG\u201d off the list. Come out fighting at the bell, armchair combatants! It\u2019s bait, and fight fans eat three meals a day of hooked worms. May\/Mac? Why that was an electronic lure. I digress. <\/p>\n

Controversy! For I am above nary a fray, gentlepersons. Antonio Margarito seemingly quits on the stool and defeats Carson Jones down South a\u2019 the Border. Chihuahua, to be exact. My wife has two. They have stomach issues and ain\u2019t overly house-broken. Ya\u2019d think I\u2019d identify with them more. Here\u2019s why controversy sells: why else would a journeyman like Carson take on a washed-up fighter like Margarito be forefront on my alleged mind sans shadily controversial outcome? A second stanza head-butt which was ruled accidental, opened a gash over Margarito\u2019s bum peeper. It bloated and bled as the pugilism unfurled. The third man in the ring, one Sr. Ricardo Manjarrez deducted a point from Carson\u2019s tally for punching with his cranium in the fifth. Twixt seventh and eighth, the ringside physician called the bout. The scorecards were added up and Carson was far from Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Technical decision: Margarito. The very same pug still hated for getting caught red-handed and loaded-gloved against Shane Mosley.<\/p>\n

A technical decision victory\u2026 or a robbery? Let\u2019s talk about it. Oh. We already have. I seem to have developed a bit of a cough. Must be the lettuce \u2018twas snuck in on my cheeseburger. Stuff\u2019ll murderize ya. It\u2019s not the healthy diet that\u2019ll do it; it\u2019s the hope of living forever because of it.
\nSaul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez is openly uninterested in taking on Miguel Cotto after he faces Gennady \u201cGGG\u201d Golovkin in their 9\/16 showdown in Lost Wages, Nevada. It\u2019s then David Lemeiux whom looks good for Cotto\u2019s finale. What swan-song is complete minus unnecessary brain trauma? The Crackin\u2019 Canuck will supply just that. Unbeaten IBF Welterweight boss, Errol Spence, JR. is readying himself for a reported December\/January first defense. Collazo would be intriguing; Petersen lesser-so. But Lamont Petersen is the bigger money, and easier row stylistically\u2026 so I see that one a-happenin\u2019. Happening too, a mid-round stoppage for JR.<\/p>\n

Oleksandr Usyk Vs Marco Huck will soon occur, with the WBO World Cruiserweight title at stake in a World Boxing Super Series Cruiserweight offering. No TV deal less than a week to go till kick-off. Brought to you by Cart Before the Horse Fight Promotions. You pitch the idea. You line up the TV deal. You then, and only then, fill the bracket and announce particulars. Instead: this. Maybe they\u2019ll pick up an idiot box deal for the latter rounds. You do not use the show to pitch the show. Usyk is an apex predator. A possible sociopath. He impresses me like almost none-other. Unfortunately, he\u2019s naturally closer to a Light Heavyweight than Heavyweight — and I like my action big. For wherest goes the plus-size division, goes the sport\u2019s health and wealth.<\/p>\n

As I type, the cigar\u2019s heat comes closer to my mitt. I\u2019ll finish strong in these, the championship rounds of this week\u2019s Smoke Ring. Or at the very least, I\u2019ll finish…<\/p>\n

Senator Manny Pacquiao versus Jeff Horn II hath been postponed, even as no date was set. Pacquiao has political duties and too, wants the eventual fisticuffs to be hosted in the Philippines. A decent request, seeing as the first match was in Australia. But also indecent because c\u2019mon, Manny: ya just don\u2019t need this. He hasn\u2019t been the same since JMM put him to sleep. Where\u2019d the power go? It\u2019s suspicious, soitenly. Legs go. Reflexes go. Power stays longest. Musta been the Flintstones vitamins Pacquiao stopped ingesting. But I ain\u2019t here to breed controversy. Also, I\u2019m a dang liar. I\u2019m sorry, I just won\u2019t apologize ever. Although this is the truth: keep yer chin tucked till I type at ya again.<\/p>\n

To read and hear more of \u201cKap\u201d Kaplowitz:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

www.Kaplowitz.xyz <\/a>and Kaplowitz Radio are the blog (daily) and podcast (Sundays & Wednesdays) homes of \u201cKap\u201d Kaplowitz. In broad strokes, topics include: lifestyle, sports, and fashion. In more narrow strokes: cigars, boxing, baseball, and sweatpants. Want more? Advice and etiquette. Still more? Schtick Yiddish & Pig Shakespearean. Have you Kaplowitz\u2019d to-day? Every week, Kap will make an appearance here at Ringside Report; smoking a stogie and unloading his boxing brains.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n