![]() I tried to tell Vivian as much, but he was already caught fighting another fight and couldn’t get out of it.”ĭuring the fight, “Manny” continuously told his charge to throw a short-counter left hook after that long right hand, and that would seal the fight for him, but round after round, Vivian would not follow his corner’s advice. Vivian would come back with a long left hook, but would miss because Maussa was so awkward and would bend out of position. I was watching him (Maussa) very closely and I could see Carlos throw a very long, slow right hand, and Vivian would roll the punch and make him miss. Vivian came out to make a statement and Maussa was able to get him wrapped up into the type of fight that he fought because Maussa appeared to be very slow and very awkward. We had a little bit of problems with him the last two weeks leading up to the fight because he was going all the time and we were trying to pull him back. It was very unfortunate in this case because he trained extremely hard for the fight. It’s a hard thing because that is something that also makes him a good fighter. “Vivian is a very good fighter, and like most good fighters, he is high-strung, and that can sometimes be detrimental. Steward had this to say about those observations. Harris is his own worst enemy and tends to march to the beat of a different drum. Most of the media has pegged “Vicious” as a fighter with solid skills, but one who lets his emotions get the best of him. He picked up were he left off, so after those first two rounds, he was completely and totally exhausted,” said Emanuel Steward via cell phone from his office at the Kronk Boxing Gym in Detroit, Michigan. There was a lot of confusion as the other two guys in the corner were also talking, so when the second round started, Vivian really did not get any instructions. I tried to tell him that it seems like this guy doesn’t get hurt every time that he thinks he is, and that was just his (Maussa’s) body movement. When he came back to the corner, Vivian was pretty much exhausted. Vivian went all out and tried to finish him off, but it didn’t happen. It appeared to be as if the guy (Maussa) was hurt to me and to everyone. Vivian, like many fighters who try to make a big impression on a big card like this, came out and, I guess that before I had even gotten off the steps after the first bell, I heard the crowd leap to their feet. I guess that’s just the type of fighter he is. What went wrong? “Maussa has a strange way of stumbling, fumbling, and falling all over the place and looks hurt all the time. Harris looked amateurish at times, and completely ran out of gas after the second round. It is not that he lost, as any fighter can lose at anytime, but it is the way he lost that baffles the mind. ![]() How could a fighter with as much potential as Vivian Harris, trained by such a legend as Steward, be embarrassed on a world stage so easily? ![]() Exposure was what happened that night, but not the kind that “Manny” was looking for as his charge ate a vicious left hook in the seventh round, and just like that, Harris was no longer a world champion. In fact, Vivian’s manager/trainer, the legendary Emanuel Steward, actually recommended to his charge that he take the fight against Maussa, which only paid him $70,000, for the exposure that a Gatti vs. Harris seemed well on his way to entering the “Who should Ricky “Hitman” Hatton next” sweepstakes. “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather pay-per-view card featured then WBA light welterweight champion “Vicious” Vivian Harris defending his title against awkward and rugged Colombian Carlos Maussa. On June 25, 2005, the chief supporting under-card bout of the Arturo “Thunder” Gatti vs. We will be back and Vivian will be a champion again, and soon.”– Emanuel Steward intends to guide Vivian Harris back to the top. Harris will also learn from this fight and will be back even better. “Life is a learning experience and we can only get better for our mistakes.
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