Sunday, April 24, 2005

Yeah, Klitschko def Castillo (yawn)

Wlad won. Hooray. This is how it went:

jab jab jab left
jab jab jab left
jab jab jab right

And so on, until Castillo went down in the fourth on a weak right that wouldn't have knocked down most lightweights, much less end a fight. But what that punch ended wasn't a fight, and was about as exciting and instructive as watching a group of four-year-olds play tee-ball.

The highlight of the fight? The normally insufferable Larry Merchant, who quipped during the third round "I think Castillo used his arms more when he was paddling away from Cuba." Score one for Larry, because that was freakin funny, especially if you were trying to stay awake to watch.

Frankly, that and the ridiculously over the top laser show introducing the younger Klitschko were both more entertaining than the fight itself. Castillo clearly didn't want to be there. I'm not sure if anyone else needed to be either. Klitschko could have won that fight with his right hand tied behind his back. Literally.

The upshot - Wlad still has a lot to prove. Maybe next time he'll get a real opponent.

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