In hindsight, Canelo Alvarez never stood a chance. The early buzz was that we were in for a close fight. This man would pose the biggest threat that the champ had seen in years. The young Mexican pugilist prodigy. But on Saturday night in Vegas, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Canelo was taught a brutal lesson by the greatest boxer of the millennium: Floyd “Money” Mayweather.
Roger Federer is one of my very favourite athletes. And it pained me to watch him lose like he did yesterday at the US Open. This was an off day of unprecedented levels, where the Fed Express showered his opponent, Spaniard Tommy Robredo, with error after error, and threw away break points like a young millionaire might dollar bills. He made it rain free points. Such profligacy is painful to watch from a player always regarded for his clinical gameplay and his guile, grace and finesse. But even...