NYS Golden Gloves

[H2O Man]

23. I think that's

an interesting fight. It's definitely good for the heavyweight division, which has recently become much more competitive. I tend to favor youth over age in this one. Klitschko has never had a great chin, and this young man has real punching power. At the same time, I don't rule out a Klitschko win, if he can bring it to the middle-to-late rounds without being hurt. I watched their pre-fight interview show -- similar to what Max does on HBO -- and thought the old man got inside Joshua's head a little bit.

Coming from a small town, my son has had the same experience my brother and I had: going to people's home town, and fighting their top guys, even at a serious weight disadvantage. He's sparring a couple of MMA fighters who weighed 260 and 275 pounds, and had to hold back on his punches. So the undefeated fellow who had 25 lbs on him was acceptable to him. In fact, he's hoping for a rematch soon.