There was a big-fight feel around the weigh-in for Jaron Ennis and Xander Zayas today.
They shared a staredown that lasted more than a minute – and I still don’t know if there’s much to be taken from such things – but the crowd popped.
I was sat next to Thomas Hauser, who left to go to lunch with Russ Anber and Bruce Trampler. He invited me, but I’d already eaten.
Still, I digress. I’d taken it for granted that it was cooler here in New York than back home and left the hotel in cargo trousers and a V-neck T-shirt. It was so uncomfortable out there in the sun. I’d underestimated it enormously.
Anyway, I got to see Matchroom’s Anthony Leaver, distributing credentials, and it was wonderful to catch up with him.
He features in an episode of Boxing Life Stories and he was in the UK for the rebirth of Matchroom in the boxing space and then helped lead the media side of things in the US when they expanded.
It’s been quite a trip, and I’ll get to that.
