Monday, August 3, 2009

Is The End Is Near For Nate Campbell?

I'll admit I was wrong in my last post I was wrong about Nate Campbell. Being a writer or blogger you cant be bias you have to give the fighter the benefit of the doubt. Watching the matchup again and more closely i'll have to say Nate Campbell did indeed quit. Nate made sure the fight was over when he got back to his corner telling his people to end the fight. Theres a major difference between "end the fight" and "I cant see." But the exact words were end the fight then he said he couldnt see. When a fighter tells his corner to end the fight that is a TKO if he would have simply said he couldnt see it would be different the doctor would have examined the cut, and would have made a ruling as to whether or not the fight needed to be stopped. Nate Campbell did indeed quit that matchup. Is it the end? Something tells me that he will end up fighting on ESPN for the rest of his career. At the age of 37 he couldnt afford to lose, and he couldnt afford to quit warriors fight on despite the adversity. If there is a rematch which I think will happen Nate Campbell better win its a MUST for to revive his career. But at 37 one has to wonder if he really has the time to revive what he has left of his career its nothing like the Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard "No Mas" fight because Duran quit in the middle of the round. The difference is it took him years to rebuild his reputation and he wasnt the same 37 years old. He didnt get another big fight for a couple years he had to regroup and decide what he wanted to do with his career. He fought Wilfred Benitez and lost then fought a couple good but not great contenders until getting a big matchup with Marvin Hagler but Duran was only 28 when that happened. Nate your a great fighter and you could have kept fighting but you didnt but if you get a rematch you better seize that opportunity or you'll be fighting fringes for the next couple years and hope to get another big shot at the title

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