2007 was a pretty good year for fans of boxing.

I finally watched the re-broadcast of the Mayweather/Hatton fight from two weekends ago, and even knowing the outcome ahead of time didn't really diminish the value of the match.
It wasn't particularly thrilling, but it was a good, solid fight from two great, undefeated fighters.

This might be treasonous, but I'll admit I was rooting for the square-jawed Brit, Ricky Hatton. After seeing the pug-faced charmer having tea with his grandmothers and picking up his charming son from gymnastics class on the HBO reality show "Mayweather-Hatton 24/7," I couldn't resist. (I'm a sucker for old people and small children speaking with British accents.) And anyone who watched the show is familiar with Hatton's relentlessly goofy sense of humor. Add in a trainer with Billy Graham's name and Morton Downey Jr.'s face, and Hatton had me at "Hullo."

But of course Floyd Mayweather had him in the tenth round.
The scorecard did not reflect how close the fight appeared. Hatton would have lost on points anyway, had Mayweather not knocked him down twice in the tenth.

Anyways, it was a good fight for fight fans and coming from a couple of high quality, class act fighters, it capped off a year of great fights that restored some much-needed integrity to the sullied sport of boxing.