Did he watch Froch get nailed in round 10 by Dirrell? Didn't he see Jermain Taylor almost get dropped in round 9 or so? Didn't he see the beautiful body punching by Abraham? Iole has been covering MMA a little too much and is totally missing the boat on this one. This was a GREAT night of boxing, makes no mention that this was a FREE event (not payPerView), and we had 4 of the top 6 super middle fighters of the world fighting back to back across two different countries.

The article then goes on to mention,

Yet in the same article he says if he could make a welterweight tournament, he would definitely make it 8 people so as to include the likes of "Luis Collazo and Zab Judah."

Are you kidding me? You knock Taylor by calling him a "sacrificial lamb" possibly not deserving of the tournament yet would love to see the likes of "Luis Collazo and Zab Judah" in a Super 8 welterweight tournament? Judah has lost 6 and been KO'd twice! He doesn't even belong at 147lbs! Collazo is a good fighter but doesn't belong in the elite class of welterweight contenders. My point is don't knock Taylor for being a "sacrificial lamb" then in the same article say you want to see Zab Judah in a Super 8 Welterweight tournament.

Lets get the record straight. What we had was a GREAT night for boxing with some brutal KO, great body work and boxing stars getting their due on FREE INTERNATIONAL TV being streamed across TWO continents. This was not an evening where there was almost "nothing" to cheer about, on the contrary there was PLENTY to get me off my seat and say it was a great night for boxing.

I'm out!

Swodogg

Comments (15) >>

socalboxer said:

dayum swodogg put Yahoo on blast! i love this pice bro. big props for calling him out. i've been saying it for a while, Kevin Iole is a CLOWN! The super 6 kicks ass and i can't wait to see ward vs kessler. Hindsight is 50/50, why didn't he call Taylor out before he got dropped? Quit knocking boxing you sell out!

20 October, 2009

Swodogg said:

Bogus...thanks...I call em like i see em. Don't talk smack about Taylor then say you want to INCREASE the tourney style to 8 people so you can include Zab Judah and Collazo. HUH??? Im out

20 October, 2009

Gun Ru Hammer said:

hahaha, i thought the same thing when I read his article this morning. I kind of Like Iole sometimes, but he seems all over the place at times. Good article Swodogg.

20 October, 2009

dipsta said:

ese wey es una pinchi basura! some of us from here are better than that vato!

20 October, 2009

Homer said:

This guy is a little pro MMA, which is fine, just don't cover boxing. He did an all time great match ups article one time that was just pathetic. I wish I could find it.

20 October, 2009

layzie guy said:

way to go Swodogg! well said and a great read

20 October, 2009

JoeLuis said:

Yahoo boxing news are a joke. There's plenty of good online sites.

21 October, 2009

Jandro83 said:

That guy is on crack, Taylor had nothing to show? as far as i can remember the 1st half Taylor was jabbing and hooking the shit out of Abraham, and Abe didnt throw shit back, guess Iole didnt notice the cut over the right eye and the swollen left eye on Arthur's face. And as for the schooling Dirrell gave to Froch? that was amazing, damn judges were blind though. As for a super 8 ww tournament, i'd include Collazo (he is an entertaining fighter and deserves a chance as he did beat Hatton and Berto), my super ww 8 would be, PBF, Mosley, Cotto, Quintana, Clottey, Berto, Collazo, and Margacheato. frankly theres no one else to fill the ww super 8, plus all those combination will make for very exciting fights.

21 October, 2009

boxerharris86 said:

I grow more and more tired of that guy every day, he'll be the first to tell you he's a MMA fan... Which is fine and i respect the sport, but don't trash our sport just because two americans lost. Abraham and Froch are pretty damn good.

21 October, 2009

JoseB said:

Whats he expect? TWO Sensational last second KO's to write something positive abt boxing? Daaaaaaamn It was a great night for the sport....lookin forward to the next stages!!!

21 October, 2009

355X6 Bench said:

Its Chumps like that that make me sick, Kevin Lole dont know shit about boxing. These guys have never been in the ring in their lives and want to say if a guy is good or not, Boxing is gangster, homeboys only! You need to stick to your tennis, and carebearfa##sport.

21 October, 2009

barrykil1980 said:

This Kevin Iole is a bollocks.He hasn`t got a clue.

21 October, 2009

sundown220 said:

I totally agree with this article, and when I was reading Kevin Iole's column I was thinking the same thing. Cheerio

21 October, 2009

lukeblaze said:

great article. The fights were fun and entertaining on Saturday. Based on what you said Kevin Cole doesnt know what he is talking about. The mere mention of Zabs name was enough. Dont make comments about the sport you know nothing about. If you a MMA guy, be MMA. I watch MMA here and there but Im a boxing guy. I would talk crap about something I dont know.

21 October, 2009

jaytee said:

if anyone of you so call fight fans think that frosch won that fight then you know nothing about boxing......darrell made him look like the idiot he is and everyone knows iy....tell me,,why is mohummad ali the greatest of all time..its not because he stood there and leta brawler beat the hell out of him....he out classed his apponants, out boxed,stuck and moved,showed everyone the beauity of boxing...and didnt get a one sidded decission like frosch did for doing nothing

13 November, 2009

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