Klitschko Jabs Brewster Into Submission

First, let me get the Lamon Brewster excuses out of the way. He was rusty, his eyesight was compromised coming into the fight, and he was fighting in Wladimir Klitschko’s adopted home country of Germany. None of these things mattered, as Klitschko used his battering left jab and sneaky right hands to turn Brewster into a live-action Bobble Head doll. They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. Well, what Klitschko dished out was downright frigid – a methodical beat-down that forced Brewster’s trainer Buddy McGirt to save his fighter from further punishment after six one-sided rounds.

Classy in defeat, the humbled Brewster offered none of the aforementioned excuses and simply said that Klitschko was the better man. He went on to ponder his boxing future, questioning his own desire to take the punishment necessary to succeed at this level of fighting. What’s next for Klitschko? If he continues to fight like this, it may not matter whom he fights.

Showtime Championship Boxing’s card featured two major upsets, producing some fireworks a few days after the Fourth of July. The little-known Nonito Donaire unexpectedly dominated the cocky flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan for four rounds, before knocking him senseless with a picture-perfect left hook in the fifth round.

The scintillating knockout is my early favorite for knockout of the year. Making matters worse or more entertaining, depending on how you look at it, the obviously concussed Darchinyan defiantly expressed his distaste for the stoppage, and even seemed to imply that he wasn’t even knocked down! That was a classic post-fight interview.

The main event produced another major upset, as Joachim Alcine wrested Travis Simms’s 154-lb. belt away, in a fight that was short on fireworks and long on clinches. Let’s hope no rematch is mandated for this one.