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Yet on September 16 in Las Vegas the perfect ingredients – with the recipe for a legitimate mega-fight to stand alongside the others in the rich tapestry of boxing history – will be added to the pot at the perfect time as middleweights Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez are, finally, allowed to come to the boil together...
Golovkin might have been at his absolute sharpest a year or two ago, but back then he may have been out of reach for Alvarez, who at the same time could have been considered too green and not fully-fledged at the weight.
Now, as things stand, you can make a case for Golovkin being on a gradual decline and ‘Canelo’ at his best, which makes the timing immaculate. That is not said to discredit Alvarez, merely a look along the respective form-lines.
A couple of years ago, when the boxing world began to buzz about the possibility of the Mexican redhead and the Kazakh brute meeting, you would have been hard pushed to have found an even split of experts picking the younger man to win. It is not so difficult today.
You would have either had to go out of your way to make a case for ‘Canelo’ or been a staunch supporter. But the right amount of ‘marinate’ has seen this develop into a first-class attraction and fight.
It has simmered. It is now ready to come to the boil. And everyone is ready to see it.
There were times when it felt it would never materialise, that the two leading fighters from 154 to 160 inclusive would not fight. We were teased with it, felt it was right there, then it was further away then ever. Then it was dead and buried, resurrected and here we are.
Former junior-middleweight champion Alvarez, 27 and 49-1-1, has filled out physically, grown psychologically, matured and seems to be hitting something of a peak.
During that development, 37-0 Golovkin – who seemed unstoppable a couple of years ago – was pushed to the absolute wire by Danny Jacobs in March, looked far from invincible against welterweight champion Kell Brook last year and he turned 35 in April.
The scales seemed to have balanced perfectly.
Some fights are left to ‘marinate’ for too long and end up producing something quite stale. Think Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao, even though that may have been destined to be more dull than many hoped whenever it happened. Worse still, while the marinade is working its magic, one fighter trips up and we do not see th...
Still, momentum had been lost. The fight never happened. Fans missed out.
With the aforementioned Pacquiao-Mayweather, financially the time was clearly right when they eventually met. Both made record-setting numbers, but fans felt short-changed with the stars of the show several years removed from their best. As an event, the time might have been spot on. As a truly meaningful fight, it had...
One is not particularly fond of the word, or the meaning behind ‘marinate’ in boxing. Too often it is a cover word for dodging, ducking, politics or any other number of excuses you could care to mention for the fights we want or need not happening.
It is better, certainly less frustrating, for the sport to use successful fights and fighters as infomercials to build longer feuds, with rematches, trilogies and multiple contests. It has been several years since boxing’s most recent great rivalries took place, since Juan Manuel Marquez bluntly knocked out Pacquiao (2...
But in this case, the promoters and the fighters have timed it just right. There is even time for a second fight. Or a third.
That's my most hated word in boxing. Should be left in the kitchen.
PARIS — Madison Keys was keeping an eye on a TV while getting treatment at Roland Garros the other day, watching her pal Sloane Stephens pull out a tight three-set victory.
The two young Americans are friends who have known each other for about a decade. They’re Fed Cup and Olympic teammates. They even debuted in a Grand Slam final together, when Stephens beat Keys for last year’s U.S. Open title. And now they’re both French Open quarterfinalists, each making it that far in Paris for the ...
The 10th-seeded Stephens was a 6-2, 6-0 winner against No. 25 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in 52 minutes, while No. 13 Keys beat No. 31 Mihaela Buzarnescu of Romania 6-1, 6-4 in 65 minutes.
If Stephens, 23, and Keys, 25, each picks up one more victory, they will face off for a berth in the championship match.
Stephens monitors her pal’s progress, too.
Next up for Keys, a powerful hitter who hasn’t always loved playing on red clay, is a match against 98th-ranked Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
Stephens’ quarterfinal opponent will be No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, the reigning Australian Open champion, or No. 14 Daria Kasatkina of Russia.
The fourth-round match between Wozniacki and Kasatkina was suspended because of darkness Sunday night in the second set. Kasatkina took the opening set 7-6 (5), and they were tied at 3-all in the second when play was halted until Monday.
Both Keys and Stephens have now managed to complete a set of quarterfinal runs at all four Grand Slam sites.
Stephens has a scrambling ability to extend points that works well on clay; it’s just that she had been 0-4 in the fourth round at Roland Garros until Sunday.
Keys’ big-hitting style makes her more of a natural fit on hard courts.
Many local charities and major art organizations have donor or member groups created specifically for young professionals. These groups allow budding philanthropists and networkers to get involved with institutions or causes they're passionate about, at a price they can afford. Membership also often involves parties, w...
Chris Cornell fans are on a mission.
The Soundgarden lead singer is releasing a new solo song, "Worried Moon," with a unique twist.
In order to find the song and other prizes — including its handwritten lyrics and video of a conversation about the song's inspiration between Cornell and filmmaker Cameron Crowe — fans have to complete a treasure hunt that starts on this website.
Too busy to complete the hunt? We understand — here's the song itself, premiering exclusively on Mashable.
The new song and treasure hunt are tied to the release of Higher Truth, Cornell's fifth studio album, set for a Sept. 18 release.
The singer tweeted out the first clue for the handwritten lyrics, asking fans to decipher which Higher Truth song is "the name of a commune in France."
The second clue asks fans to rewatch the "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" lyric video and figure out what word is written on the rocket.
The third hint, which unlocks the actual song, asks fans to pinpoint the exact time Chris's son shows up in the "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" video.
Cornell is no stranger to complex song releases. Last year, Soundgarden gave away the song "The Telephantasm (Resurrection Remix)" for free — but only if fans completed an online puzzle.
Kwon and Turner jumped out of a plane at 13,000 feet without problems until the small starter parachute, called a drogue, failed to fully inflate, Gregor said.
The two had descended approximately 10,000 feet before Kwon released the backup parachute. The backup parachute became tangled with the drogue for the main parachute, and did not properly deploy, Gregor said.
It’s not clear what caused the drogue for the main parachute to fail, he said. Both the main and backup parachutes appear to have been packed correctly, Gregor said.
Kwon did not have proper certification for tandem sky diving, according to the United States Parachute Association. The person who trained Kwon had his teaching license suspended by the association.
The lack of proper training for Kwon led the association to notify 140 instructors around the world to update their training credentials, because they received instructor from the same person as Kwon or another instructor at the Parachute Center.
The association is conducting an investigation of the center, separate from the FAA investigation.
The FAA sought to fine Dause almost $1 million for alleged mechanical violations several years ago, but Dause refused to settle the claims and it’s unclear what happened after the FAA forwarded the claims to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Bernie Sanders goes there: Let's have a "wealth tax"
You’re probably already aware of the growing popularity of Bernie Sanders among the furthest left wing of the Democratic Party. (Ironic, since Senator Sanders fled the party and re-registered as an independent as soon as his presidential bid ended.) One of his most often discussed proposals lately is a single payer hea...
When he introduced his Medicare-for-all bill last week, Bernie Sanders also put down on paper the idea he’s been talking about, sometimes loudly, sometimes with caution, other times not publicly at all, f0r more than 20 years: a “wealth tax” in the United States.
In 1997, in his book, Outsider in the House, he declared it “high time to establish a tax on wealth similar to those that exist in most European countries.” Nine years later, during his first race for U.S. Senate, his opponent quoted the passage online, printed it on brochures, and pushed it in statements: “Sanders’ Eu...
At first glance one might think that Sanders was just talking about a massively higher income tax on wealthier Americans. Don’t be fooled. That’s old news because Sanders and many of his allies on the left have been screaming about “taxing the rich” for years, and at levels many voters today have never known in their l...
This is not a tax on new income for the year or even carried interest. It’s an audit of everything you’ve managed to acquire throughout your life, followed by the receipt of a tax bill calculated based on your total net worth.
Let’s be clear about one thing here. A so-called “wealth tax” can be readily defined as follows: It’s the death tax, only they make you pay it every year long before you’ve died. Even if you earn no money in a given year after your retirement or receive no interest payments on your savings, if you own a house, a car, a...
That’s the socialist dream of eating the rich, torn straight from the pages of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Unfortunately for Sanders and his followers, while there are many people in the country who have achieved admirable success in their effort to grab a piece of the American dream, all of their wealth combined wouldn’t f...
I’m fairly sure that you could never get such a “wealth tax” past the GOP majority (or at least I’m praying we haven’t gone that far astray yet) or even some of the more sensible Democrats. But if we slide too far in the wrong direction, that could be on the horizon for you younger folks. Best of luck surviving it.
I suppose the title of this would-be satirical musical says something about Tony Blair's past repute. Substitute Heath or Callaghan in the billing and it would hardly have the same resonance.
But, having decided that Blair was "the finest actor of his age" (though personally I think Ian McKellen or Simon Russell Beale might have the edge), the show has not much else to offer in the way of dazzling insights.
Written by Ian Hollingshead with music by Timothy Muller, the show rests on a simple premise: that Blair decides to present his political career in the form of a Broadway musical. But this runs up against an obvious problem: that, where American musicals traditionally end on a note of uplift, the Blair story leads to I...
Admittedly the first half offers a few moments of mild fun. An ensemble hymn to the hero by the Blair Babes pastiches the opening number of Sondheim's Company as cries of "Tony" reverberate. And the familiar caricatures of Brown, Campbell, Mandelson et al achieve a certain pathos when a disregarded Prescott sings "We'r...
What the show lacks is edge, originality or a strong point of view. The model, in this respect, is Alistair Beaton's Feelgood which attacked New Labour spin out of a belief for the need to return to socialist values.
This show has no visible political convictions and nothing to say except that Blair was a born thesp. Even this idea is more tellingly explored in Anthony Seldon's biography which defines the influence of Blair's school drama performances on his later career.
This is the third Blair musical this year: what we still await is the play that dissects Blair's mixture of moral conviction and hubristic vanity. But this toothless spoof gets nowhere near the target. All one can say is that Jessica Dawes' production manoeuvres the cast of 10 around a tiny stage. Joshua Martin also si...
WHITE BEAR LAKE – Goaltender Jesse Garcia had 24 saves to lead Granite City to a 5-0 NA3HL junior hockey win Friday night over Twin City.
Luke Richardson and David Kenney each had a goal and an assist, while Tanner Skaja and Travis Kothenbeutel both had two assists for the Lumberjacks (27-6-1) in the win over the Steel (19-7-2).
LITTLE FALLS – Dakota McDonald had 70 saves for Minnesota in a loss to North Iowa.
Zachary Johnston had a hand in all three Flying Aces goals, finishing with a goal and two assists.
Jake Mullendore led the Bulls with two goals and an assist, who improve to 28-6-1.
The Cheatham County Commission unanimously approved an amended lease agreement with Family Health Center of Ashland City to allow the care facility a possible expansion in the Sycamore Square Center on Frey Street.
The 3,200 square-foot health center amended its 19-month lease with the county – a successor to BP Ashland LLC, after closing on its purchase of the center last month – requesting to lease an additional space, totaling 4,400 square feet.
Cheatham County Mayor Kerry McCarver said the new five-year lease with the additional space would total $279,620.
The five-year lease with a five-year additional option for Family Health Center becomes effective March 1.
The commission approved the multimillion-dollar purchase of Sycamore Square Shopping Center at its October meeting, a deal which closed in December. The $3.1 million purchase will allow relocation of the county’s offices without running out the businesses already in place. Including renovations and other factors, the c...
McCarver previously explained that the purchase and renovations would be paid for using the 3 cents added to general debt services in the current budget a few months ago, as well as proceeds from the sale of the Tucker-Empson County Office Building, setting a 15-year note.
That means there would be no burden to taxpayers.
The Sycamore Square Shopping Center totals 102,500 square feet with approximately 29,310 available, which is more than twice the space the county offices in the Tucker Empson County Office Building take up currently. McCarver previously pointed out that including other offices and departments, the county’s space totals...
McCarver told the commission at its Jan. 22 meeting that he doesn’t see a need for the county to use the additional 1,200 square-foot space the Family Health Center requested.
He also said he’d been approached by another business – which he did not name – that is not currently located at Sycamore Square, but expressed interest in locating there, a sign, he said, of the economic impact of the purchase.
Existing businesses – such as Family Health Center – pay leases to the county. McCarver said previously that would generate approximately $280,000 annually.
The commission also unanimously approved an open space in the plaza adjacent to Pizza Hut – previously Liberty Tax – to use for Chancery Court file storage, and discussed a drive-through window at the County Clerk’s office.
The plan to close on the Sycamore Square Shopping Center was meant to immediately bring in roofing repair bids and a design team. McCarver said at a previous commission meeting that the ideal timeline means being ready to bid by January and construct around March, ultimately setting the grand opening for approximately ...
The commission voted 11-1 to approve a bid by TS Construction & Roofing for $184,065 to make repairs to the Food Lion roof.
Commissioner Gary Binkley, speaking for the Capital Improvements Committee, that was the second-lowest of five bids. Commissioner Dale McCarver was the lone vote against the approval of the bid.
'TENS OF thousands of people plan to turn the nation's capital into a melting pot of dissent.' That is how the Washington Post describes the anti-capitalist mobilisation set for Washington DC in the US in two weeks time. 'We are planning large scale, well organised, high visibility actions to protest at the IMF/World B...
The 300,000-strong demonstration in Genoa in July against the G8 summit has had an impact. The police are planning a nine foot high steel and concrete fence to seal off around 50 blocks of the city.
This reflects the panic among the leaders of the global institutions at the mobilisations they face every time they meet. They have already reduced the annual meetings from a week-long conference to two days.
RAMI EL-AMINE, a member of US anti-capitalist group Left Turn, spoke from Washington to HELEN SHOOTER.
'THE POLICE have clearly been attempting to play on the so called violence of the protests at Genoa. They are playing all sorts of games about what areas will be included behind the security fence.
There is constantly something in the news about the protest. But they ignore the real issues and instead show clips of battles with the police. But it might be working to their disadvantage. There is a lot of local sentiment towards the protests here, and the momentum around the mobilisation has grown.
There are many events going on in the lead-up to the IMF and World Bank meetings. The Movement for Global Justice has sent out an action framework giving an idea of this.
An immigrants' rights march will kick the whole thing off on Tuesday 25 September. This shows the protests are likely to be a lot more racially diverse. On Saturday the call to 'open up' the IMF/World Bank meetings includes a plan for wake-up calls at the delegates' hotels from 3am. Latin American solidarity groups are...
On Sunday 'Another World is Possible' actions are planned, with feeder marches from around Washington DC. The AFL-CIO union federation and other groups are planning a mass march and rally on the Sunday afternoon.
The organisers are saying there could be 50,000 people on the protests, and the AFLCIO says it can mobilise 20,000 members. All the local unions in the AFL-CIO in Washington DC were due to meet this week. They invited the Movement for Global Justice to the meeting.
The unions plan to contact members by going round door to door and phone banking-setting up a room with lots of phones to ring people up to get them to the rally on the Sunday. Now the campuses have opened, the momentum is growing.
There are very good Green Party members locally who have organised quite a bit for Washington. Ralph Nader's increased public profile recently has given confidence to Greens on the ground. Some 40,000 people protested in Washington in April last year at the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.
AN ARTICLE in the Washington Post on Wednesday of last week gave a taste of who is mobilising for the protest. They include Jen Cohn, a medical student who is helping set up health clinic tents for protesters suffering from dehydration or any potential injury from the police.
'Pete Capano, a leader of the electrical workers' union, is only one of the many labour organisers coming to Washington for the protests,' says the article. Capano took a 12-hour bus ride to Quebec in April to protest at a summit of trade leaders. His 16 year old daughter marched alongside him.
AS THE protests get under way in Washington many people in Britain will join a conference in London organised by anti-capitalist group Globalise Resistance. There will be debates, workshops and rallies. The speakers include high profile Italian activist Vittorio Agnoletto, from the Genoa Social Forum.
John Pilger, Paul Foot, a Daily Express journalist and an Indymedia activist will discuss 'Controlling the message-the media and the movement'.
Lindsey German will lead off a discussion on 'Women and the new global economy'.
Globalise Resistance is offering an alternative to New Labour's conference the following day. The counter-conference will include a live link-up with the Washington protests.
Globalise Resistance counter-conference, 29 September, 10.30am-5.30pm, PoNaNa (Hammersmith Palais), Shepherd's Bush Road, and Riverside Studios. Tickets £12 waged, £6 unwaged.

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