Evander did not embarass himself last night although he fell short in his quest for a fifth havyweight title. However, he displayed a symptom of many aging fighters-- he fought one punch at a time. Gone were the impressive combinations that marked his prime. He hurt the Russian several times, but it was always one punch and then stop, a problem if you do not have one punch knockout power. As he fought, when Evander would tag the Russian, I pictured Evander of old who would then leap in with vicous punch after savage punch. That man is gone, and in his place, a solid, but unspectacular run-of-the mill heavyweight.
