THERE are more fights on telly tonight than in an entire episode of Jerry Springer.
With a nod to Amir Khan v Oisin Fagan, the biggest is Oscar De La Hoya v Manny Pacquiao, two men with countless titles between them and even more vowels.
Boxing is dictated by the dollar, just like most things – especially I’m A Celebrity.
Money talks, as Neil Diamond once crooned, but it don’t sing and dance and it don’t walk, he added.
And when the world’s No.1 pound-for-pound fighter (Pacman) takes on the sport’s most popular pay-per-view attraction you end up with a $100million fight, even in the middle of a recession.
Pacman is giving more weight away to his opponent than I did when I got married. The Filipino has never boxed above 135lb and is moving up three weight divisions, just like my missus.
De La Hoya has been operating at 154lb since 2001 and is coming down a division just like Sunderland.
In boxing they say a good big ‘un beats a good little ‘un and I wouldn’t want to argue with that logic, especially if the person saying it is a good big ‘un.
But I’ll stick by the saying I’ve based my philosophy on. Being punched on the nose don’t half hurt.
De La Hoya is the man to back at 1-2, and you’ll get no arguments from me if you take evens (Ladbrokes) the fight doesn’t go the distance.
