I know this will make Steve's ears hurt, but sometimes I cannot help myself when it comes to the gentle art of self defense, the sweet science, otherwise known as box-fighting. I know that the sport has recently been its own worst enemy, with paragons of morality and good citizenship such as Mike Tyson, Michael Dokes, Don King and Bob Arum leading the sport into the 21st century. Still and all, in Sin City on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Oscar De la Hoya [40-4-30 KO] will meet Manny Pacquiao [47-3-35 KO].
Pacquiao is probably the world's best pound for pound fighter now, but will be definitely be fighting way above his natural weight class at 147. De la Hoya is more comfortable at that weight, but is six years older than the 29-year old Pacquiao. The money line this morning showed De la Hoya a -170 favorite and Pacquiao a +150 underdog. That means if you want to bet $100 on the Golden Boy you'll have to lay out $170 of your hard earned money. On the other hand, if you'd like to place a wager on the People's Champ you could realize a return of $150 for a mere $100. Why would anyone place such a bet you might ask. Simple, it's a straight-up bet; win or lose with no odds and no points given or taken.
...should be a battle royal. Stay tuned.
Sorry, Steve. I promise I won't do it again.....soon.
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OK,
let me say this...AGAIN!
I am not Anti-sports, I like boxing, I like baseball, I like football, I even like Australian Rules Football, rugby, racing of every kind, I even like figure skating for crying out loud, and I'm STILL STRAIGHT!!!
What drives me nuts COLLEGE SPORTS.
I don't get it. Especially the NBA thug training system of bas'titbah.
I've had the misfortune of living and working in two hotbeds of college bas'titbah. NC and northern KY are crazy, idiot wild for the shit!! I HATE IT!!!
I simply cannot wrap my head around a system of sports affiliation where people who are high school drop outs, associate themselves with a college sports team, simply because it's in a state they have on their drivers license.
Hey there, people, I'm Shteve-o Brown
They say I'm the cutest boy in town
My car is fast, my teeth is shiney
I tell all the girls they can kiss my heinie
Here I am at a famous school
I'm dressin' sharp 'n' I'm
actin' cool
I got a cheerleader here wants to help with my paper
Let her do all the work 'n' maybe later I'll rape her
Oh God I am the American dream
I do not think I'm too extreme
An' I'm a handsome sonofabitch
I'm gonna get a good job 'n' be real rich
(get a good
get a good
get a good
get a good job)
Women's Liberation
Came creepin' across the nation
I tell you people I was not ready
When I fucked this dyke by the name of Freddie
She made a little speech then,
Aw, she tried to make me say "when"
She had my balls in a vice, but she left the dick
I guess it's still hooked on, but now it shoots too quick
Oh God I am the American dream
But now I smell like Vaseline
An' I'm a miserable sonofabitch
Am I a boy or a lady...I don't know which
(I wonder wonder
wonder wonder)
So I went out 'n' bought me a leisure suit
I jingle my change, but I'm still kinda cute
Got a job doin' radio promo
An' none of the jocks can even tell I'm a homo
Eventually me 'n' a friend
Sorta drifted along into S&M
I can take about an hour on the tower of power
'Long as I gets a little golden shower
Oh God I am the American dream
With a spindle up my butt till it makes me scream
An' I'll do anything to get ahead
I lay awake nights sayin', "Thank you, Fred!"
Oh God, oh God, I'm so fantastic!
Thanks to Freddie, I'm a sexual spastic
And my name is Shteve-o Brown
Watch me now, I'm goin down,
And my name is Shteve-o Brown
Watch me now, I'm goin down, etc.
Zank Frappa
(I continue, having taken the Mrs to work)
Pro sports I understand. It's grown ups, playing a sport, in which we have an interest. The affiliation of which is as old as time. My cave, hut, castle, city, province, country, AGAINST yours. We're better than you because we live HERE and you live THERE.
College sports, contrary wise, is a chosen affiliation, split sometimes among a single city, or state, based on some arbitrary "liking", often across nebulous territorial lines, by MFers who can neither read nor write!
Hell college football doesn't even have a true "champion" at the end of the season. The "champion" is CHOSEN, by sports journalists, most of whom have never played a college sport. So saying, after the interminable Bowl Playoff Series, "...my team whipped your ass in the VOTING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP...", seems simply foolish and frivolous to a simple dum'ace hi skewl drap owt lyk mee.
Now that's the way to do it! send the womemfolk off to earn their keep!
The "Golden Boy" is a bit tarnished now and will get a major ass kicking. He is not the hard-hitting, fast punching, exceptionally smart fighter he once was, but then again, who is. But keep in mind that he's now a promoter first, and a fighter second, so he'll get a VERY big payday for the ass woopin he's gonna get. Of course, if it's been "arranged" for him to win, that means he'll make another boat-load of money on the re-match.
The insatiable cretins who control the cable TV service in NYC, (Cablevision of NY) are charging $55. for the PPV event. I'll see it on HBO next week for free!
QUOTABLE QUOTES
"Politics is high stakes form of gambling which functions as a crude but effective National Lottery. Players are divided into two teams that are traditionally called 'Democrats' and 'Republicans'. The teams compete for points - sometimes called 'votes' - by making outlandish promises, intoning high sounding but meaningless phrases and accusing each other of everything from J-walking to the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Obviously, politics is an utterly irrational way to determine who runs a nation."
– Stealth Wisdom
I know you're not anti-sports, Stevie. I'm just teasing you. I have lost almost all interest in sports, pro or college. My younger daughter is a huge NO Saints fan and even has season tickets. I had to find her a sports bar that was showing the Saints-Jacksonville game last Sunday because it was not on either broadcast TV, cable or the NFL Network. All that, and the Saints lost. She was also unbelievably pissed that several of the Saints players were suspended for violation of the NFL's steroid policy.
Oh, and...
I agree with Spider that Oscar De la Hoya will get his head handed to him by Pacquiao. Both should make about $20 million from this fight, which, for Pacquaio is more than all of his previous fights combined.
OT
OJ Simpleton is about to get his ass incarcerated for a LLLLLLLONG time.
The judge, in her closing remarks prior to her handing down the sentences, told the Juice, "...when this trial started I thought that you were either ignorant or arrogant, turns out...YOU'RE BOTH!!!"
(Now THIS is a sports event I can watch.)
She just told OJ, in this state what the did amounts to armed robbery.
Update, 12.06.2008 10:16 PM PST:
"De La Hoya fails to answer the bell for the ninth round as he quits on his stool as referee Tony Weeks stops the bout. De La Hoya walks across the ring to congratulate Pacquiao."
Boxing commentary by Annie:
De la Hoya: Too old, too slow and no left jab as usual.
Pacquiao: Too fast, too good a boxer and great to the body.
Should'a taken some of the +150 action on Pacquiao. De la Hoya went off at fight time as a -190 favorite.
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