PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC –Let freedom ring! Let the critics of Manny vs. Oscar be damned.
I just saw boxing genius and a truly great American here at beachside. His name is Don King and I reminded my one-time employer that he has to be credited with the greatest line of the Obama-McCain electoral fight.
As I wrote before, King was asked on the airwaves in Montreal whether America was ready for a black president.
?No, but they?re going to get one,? King replied.
But I digress as per usual. Could be all those formerly virgin pina coladas I tossed down here at the World Boxing Association convention.
Point is that a free country like America, watching the Manny vs. Oscar fight is a voluntary act.
In Moldova, where our Slava Koza was born, I think they had pay per mandatory. You could either watch state TV programs or get executed. Hey, they gave you a choice.
Let freedom ring! It?s your choice as to Obama, to McCain or to none of the above.
It?s your choice as to whether to buy the pre-Christmas PPV of the Pacman-de la Hoya fight.
They’re billing it as “The Dream Match.”
Sourpusses such as Ricardo Lois and John Chavez label it “The Nightmare Mismatch.”
I label them and others of their ilk as nattering nabobs of negativity.
No will force anyone to pay for and watch Oscar and Manny at gunpoint, trust me.
It?s a great country, isn?t it?
