De La Hoya vs. Mayweather
I cannot wait to see this fight! Boxing has been suffering for lack of quality fights. You gotta give HBO a ton of credit for really promoting this fight. The "reality" series 24/7 that follows these fighters as they prepare for their match The prodcuers of the show prepared us for the contrast in styles by showing their behavior at the press conference (pictured above) in which De La Hoya tried to conduct himself like a gentleman pugilist and Mayweather dressed in a track-suit acted like a total jackass - taunting De Lay Hoya and interrupting him constantly, "I'm gonna beat you till you call me 'pretty' Biatch." Mayweather wants to be the villain. The contrast was deepened as we see De Lay Hoya resting in his palatial kitchen in Puerto Rico, quietly watching Tiger Woods at the Masters with his father and son. Cut immediately to Mayweather in his Las Vegas home getting his hair cut and boasting at the camera. All of a sudden there appeareth 50 Cent riding a Segway!!! Gob Bluth-Style!!! Now that is a contrast. You're supposed to pull for the classy ageing veteran. But Mayweather chooses to wear a black-hat so black that its deliciously tempting to root for him.
The profile of Mayweather in ESPN magazine is just fantastic:
One night in March, Mayweather had what amounts to an epiphany. He was sitting in his home theater watching a lower-rung boxing card and marveling at the disparity of fortune. The guys on the television, he surmised, were making $20,000 or $30,000 per fight, less than he had in his pockets at that very moment.
"Hell," he says. "I bet more at the sports book every night."
As he sat there looking at men who aspire to be him, he reflected on his fortune. This was not a there-but-for-the-grace-of-God-go-I moment; Mayweather's not built like that. Instead, he felt the weight of the cash in his pockets, considered his abundance of wealth and said to himself, "God love me, and I'm a hell of a fighter." It might as well serve as his mantra. - Tim Keown
And below the fold, you'll find my second hero after Johnny Drama.
Gob Bluth - man of mystery.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
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If you want to see a real artist who can hit with power, then check out the fights of heavyweight Vladimir Klitschko.