Since this is a holiday weekend I will make this a brief column, or at least I’ll try, with just a few thoughts on a few heavyweight fights one from last weekend with Evander Holyfield winning a decision over Lou Saverese in a better than expected fight and this weekend’s rematch of Wladimir Klitschko and the man who stopped him the first time out Lamon Brewster. 

Since my producer, Jon Hait, is just back after a two week whirlwind international vacation with exotic models, and since Jon not only has to do some TV work with me after this weekend’s Ricky Hatton vs Jose Luis Castillo fight, and more importantly since he has to spend hours editing these columns I do, I have decided to make this a very short column.  I will only dissect the Hatton, Castillo fight and that’s it. 

How much did Miguel Cotto’s 11th round stoppage of Zab Judah reveal about him as future superstar in the sport?  First off, he did his job of systematically breaking down Judah as I expected him to do.  It started with his total commitment to Judah’s body from round one on.  Some of Cotto’s body work strayed a little low and that’s OK.  When you work the body as he does it is going to happen, just like a pitcher from time to time hitting a batter and fighting in hockey, low blows are part of the sport, especially from a body puncher.

The Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya fight is over now, but we still have more to be excited about with the sport with another fighter who may not nearly be as skillful as those two, but he can box, he can punch and he can fight.  I’m talking about unbeaten middleweight contender Kelly Pavlik from Youngstown, Ohio.