Clown: Well it’s time once again for a major boxing match. Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto live from the MGM Grand tomorrow night on HBO Pay per view. It’s very rare that you have 2 of the top 5 pound-for-pound boxers in the world facing off in their prime, but I think that’s what we have here.

I don’t know about you but in my circle (real friends, not fake internet friends) everyone is hyped up about this fight. Casual peeps who don’t know anything about boxing are talking this one up. I don’t know if it’s because of 24/7 or what, but it really took me by surprise because neither of the fighters is Mexican.

What about in your neck of the woods?

Roman: Truthfully, more of my friends were curious to see if Mayweather could still bring it. I have been frothing at the mouth for this fight but it hasn’t been a major topic of conversation. That being said, my biggest fight friend is my Dad and he is in Florida so that could be it as well. My other buddies are more consumed with sweaty naked guys rolling around. So in honor of that, I am going Double Barrel and putting the Free UFC fight on the other TV. In other news, my buddies are GAY. Read the rest of this entry »

I think it’s great that Tyson and Holyfield have made peace. Of course, only Oprah could’ve brokered a peace like this. She really is the greatest, and I wouldn’t be surprised if when she dies the nation shut down for a couple of days due to depressed housewives everywhere.

The sad part (for me anyway) is seeing Holyfield in his current state. He was a ferocious warrior in my childhood, but now he talks like he should be in a nursing home. I guess this is all a part of getting old.

Because we are the only non-fag members of MajorLeagueJerk Enterprises Inc LLC, RomanWarHelmet and I were emailing each other about the boxing main event this weekend. We were both too lazy to put together a post, so just pretend that instead of a copy-and-paste job, we spent a lot of time and research on an informative post.

Clown: Tomorrow night, Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Juan Manuel “Pee Pee Mouth” “Dynamite” Marquez will be facing off at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Pay Per View. Mayweather, at one time, was recognized as the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world and will be fighting around his normal weight at the 144 lb mark. Marquez is known for having beastly bouts with Manny Pacquiao and Juan Diaz, but will moving up a weight class. He had previously only fought at the Lightweight level (135 lbs). Mayweather comes in undefeated in 39 matches, Marquez has a career record of 50-4-1. Your thoughts? Read the rest of this entry »

Floyd Mayweather has been going on a publicity tour to hype his July fight with Juan Manuel Marquez and here he tries to dodge some questions about his ability to draw De La Hoya-esque pay-per-view numbers, why he came back from “retirement”, and why he announced his fight the week of Pacquiao/Hatton. Great stuff if you’re a fan of showmanship and/or boxing. The interview is kind of long, so you might want to watch after work or something.

I have no idea what that means either, but it’s what trainer Ann Wolfe said about Austin’s own James Kirkland, who fights this Saturday night on HBO. The card starts at 9 pm American Heartland Time.

My 9 year old stepdaughter got this crazy notion that she wanted to be a boxer and I took her to Ann Wolfe’s gym last summer for a couple of classes. I got to see Kirkland train there and he was a freaking workout beast. He, and the rest of her classes, would do all of these crazy drills and inside the gym it must of been 115 degrees. Seriously, it was mid-August and I would be drenched just waiting for my stepdaughter to finish up. I’m pretty sure that is I hadn’t slammed that 64 oz Diet Coke while they were working out, I would’ve died. Leaving the gym to go outside was like stepping into an air-conditioner – it was crazy. It was like the reverse of leaving the movies on a summer Saturday.

Here’s a clip to get you acquainted with Mr. Kirkland. Read the rest of this entry »