by Glenn Wilson
The media and the sports publications are announcing their 2009 best of awards. They are reminding us of the reason our sport is so great. But sometimes some of the things that made the year so great are lost or forgotten.
The year passes quickly so here are some of the events that you may remember or possibly forgot about in 2009. Included are some of the upsets, slugfests and mega fights of the first half of 2009.
January
10th Karoly Balzsay wins a 12 round decision over Denis Inkin to win the WBO super middleweight title.
17th Andre Berto and Luis Collazo put on one of the best fights of the year. Each man is hurt during the fight. Berto holds on to win a decision.
19th Jose Torres dies of a heart attack at the age of 72. Torres was the former light heavyweight champion who was inducted into the hall of fame in 1997. As an author he wrote biographies on Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. Truely one of boxing's class acts.
24th Shane Mosley stops Antonio Margarito in a huge upset. The fight was proceeded by Team Mosley finding Margarito wearing illegal handwraps before the bout. Margarito was subsequently suspended for one year.
30th Former heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson dies of Alzheimers at the age of 76.
February
5th Legendary cutman Chuck Bodak dies at the age of 92. Bodak worked with Muhammad Ali, Julio Caesar Chavez, Thomas Hearns and Evander Holyfield. to name a few.
7th Vic Darchinyan stops Jorge Arce in 11 rounds. Arce's trainer didn't help matters by not knowing how to fight a southpaw. Arce was continually going to his right which put him right in the line of fire as Darchinyan constantly landed straight lefts.
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