I knew it – I just knew it. “Boxing hasn’t been good since the ’90s...” “The sport is a joke nowadays...” “That was a waste of time...” Those are the kinds of statements I’ve been hearing for seven days, and I can’t tell you how much they’ve been bothering me. Let’s start from the beginning. Last Friday, a 58-year-old Mike Tyson fought Jake Paul, a YouTuber, on Netflix. Yes, that was a real sentence and, yes, the fight actually happened. As soon as the fight was announced – months and months ago – I knew it was going to be a letdown. Want to know why? Because, no one cares. Now, look, I’m a massive boxing fan. I’ve never denied it, and I spend a lot of my weekends watching the sport at 2 a.m. when my eyes want nothing more than to shut. That’s how much I love it. On a side note, is there anything better than live boxing? I was lucky enough to watch James Perkins, of Lynn, fight at The Palladium in Worcester last year. I’ve also taken a train to New York City to watch Callum Walsh – a young fighter out of Ireland – fight at the Madison Square Garden Theater. Back to the stupid Netflix fight. Let me ask you a question: Would you pay to watch Bronny James play a retired Larry Bird one-on-one? Because, if you think about it, that’s really what this was. It’s not a boxing problem. It’s people choosing to watch this fight instead of the real fights that happen every other weekend. I know. I know. You wanted a “Rocky Balboa” scenario. I’m referring to the sixth movie, in case you didn’t know. In the film, an older, sore, beat up Balboa comes out of retirement to fight the heavyweight champion of the world. The Italian Stallion goes the distance and nearly wins the fight. Man, I love those movies. Even you, “Rocky V” with Tommy Morrison. But last Friday was real – not a fictional fantasy. You chose to watch it; I didn’t tell you to watch it. I guess I’m writing to say this: Outside of the clownfights between YouTubers and celebrities, boxing is still great. Watch Terence Crawford. Watch Canelo Álvarez. Watch Artur Beterbiev. Watch Shakur Stevenson. Watch Devin Haney. Better yet, the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk rematch is next month. The first fight was a down-to-the-wire thriller for the heavyweight championship. I’m not saying you have to buy the $79.99 pay-per-view fights every month, but find a favorite fighter or two and go from there. I’ll go. I can’t get enough of Gervonta “Tank” Davis and “King” Ryan Garcia. They have enough power in their left hooks to light up Las Vegas, as boxing broadcaster Mauro Ranallo would say. But hey, this is all just my opinion. I think the sport of boxing is in a great spot, if you’re watching the right fights.This edition of the Hidden Game is dedicated to . Say what you will about fighting in hockey and the frontier justice mentality that exists, but the Canadiens’ veteran forward wasted little time Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden settling a five-week-old score. And credit Anderson for taking the law into his own hands; someone had to. Before the game was two minutes old, Anderson put a beating on Rangers’ captain Jacob Trouba, landing right hands, repeatedly, on the New York defenceman. They briefly separated and Anderson, 6-foot-3 and 226 pounds, pounded the crap a second time out of Trouba, no Caspar Milquetoast at 6-foot-3 and 212 pounds. In World Wrestling Entertainment, they would have called this two out of three falls. Trouba, you’ll remember, delivered a clean — albeit vicious — hit on Canadiens’ defenceman Justin Barron when the teams met at the Bell Centre on Oct. 22. Barron suffered an apparent concussion on the play, although that was never confirmed by the organization, and defenceman Mike Matheson subsequently fought Trouba that night. The teams will meet a third time Jan. 19 in Montreal Canadiens fans might want to circle that date, given the hate these two clubs seem to have for each other. The Rangers ended a five-game losing streak — their longest in four seasons — with Saturday’s 4-3 victory. Montreal, idle since Wednesday, should have taken better advantage of a team that played in Philadelphia Friday afternoon. It was New York’s first set of back-to-back contests this season. Last season in the second game, the Rangers’ record was 11-1-0. : When New York’s Artemi Panarin opened the scoring nine minutes into the game, it was the Rangers’ first power-play goal in nine games, dating back to Nov. 12, against Winnipeg. The Rangers continue to beat the Canadiens like a rented mule. New York is 5-0-1 in its last six against Montreal and 9-2-1 dating back to February 2020. The win was the 1,700th in Rangers history on home ice. New York has won 13 games this season and has allowed two or fewer goals in all but two of those victories. Rangers forward Chris Kreider, who returned to the lineup after missing three games with back spasms, has a 9-0 stats line — the differential between goals and assists. The 33-year-old, who has been with the team since 2012-13, has been the subject of trade speculation. Panarin was at the point in the game’s seventh minute when his stick shattered. Kreider would have had a good scoring opportunity off a rebound one minute later — until he was held by . Kreider was guilty of holding Kaiden Guhle in the offensive zone nearly 13 minutes into the game. Credit Christian Dvorak for his screen on goaltender Jonathan Quick, allowing Matheson to snap the puck past him at 11:47 of the opening period. The Canadiens played a decent first period — until Vincent Trocheck scored New York’s second goal with 3.1 seconds remaining in the period. Montreal came out quickly in the second period, generating three shots in the opening two minutes. Kreider blatantly interfered with Anderson early in the period. Nonetheless, no penalty was assessed. Seconds later, Sam Carrick was called for unsportsmanlike conduct, with — of all players — unwilling to drop the gloves. This one would have been a mismatch, considering Carrick is four inches shorter and outweighed by 38 pounds. : Late in the middle frame, Trouba and Trocheck delivered a one-two punch on Heineman. It certainly looked like a routine check to us. Nonetheless, Anderson was penalized for roughing against Ryan Lindgren in the second period. Mika Zibanejad scored on the ensuing power play — his first goal in six games. is on pace for 50 goals after scoring his 14th from a tight angle at 4:16 of the third period. Brett Berard, playing only his fourth game this season, left favouring his right shoulder after being crunched against the boards by Kirby Dach in the third period. Lane Hutson to Nick Suzuki on the Canadiens’ third goal, with six minutes remaining in regulation time. It might have been an unfortunate break, but players must control their sticks. The struggling Dach, with one goal this season, took a double minor for high-sticking Zibanejad at 17:20 of the third period. With 23.3 seconds remaining, Kaapo Kakko scored the winning goal. Montreal went 0-for-3 with the man advantage. Matheson had four shots, was a plus-3 and logged a team-high 26:07 of ice time. Dach also had four shots. Samuel Montembeault faced 28 shots for a save percentage of .857. “I loved everything about our game, but I’m not going to talk about the refs,” Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis told reporters in New York following the contest. “I thought we deserved better, obviously,” Suzuki told the media in New York. “I thought we played better than them. It’s a tough way to end the game like that, giving up a goal that late.” “I thought we answered how we had to in the third period,” Alex Newhook said in New York. “It would have been nice to get one more. We had enough looks to get one more.” x.com/HerbZurkowsky1
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