In case you haven?t seen it yet, here?s a shot of the prestigious Trainer Of All Trainers Trophy that Floyd Mayweather Sr. or Coach Freddie Roach will take home depending on whether Ricky Hatton or Manny Pacquiao wins the big May 2 fight.
I had a chance to see the impressive gonfalon before they slapped the descriptive wording on the front of it.
I can now reveal to the www.examiner.com and www.boxingconfidential.com audience that, in a continuing effort to save money in a period of economic distress, co-promoters Top Rank and Golden went out and located a used trophy.
?They went out to some yard sales and perused Ebay diligently,? our inflamed source said. ?Finally, one of the promotional operatives was passing through the Santa Barbara area when he came upon a backyard sale. The trophy was there but it was pretty ban ged up with nicks and dents all over.
?They took it to trophy specialist who reconditioned it and polished it up real good. Now it looks both spiffy and impressive. It?s what Don King would call a fabulous doodad and a gaudy artifice.?
Underneath the renovated exterior lies the revelation of the trophy?s former status.
It reads: FERN CLEANSERS, CHAMPIONS OF MONDAY NIGHT BEER BOWLING LEAGUE, HOLLISTER AVENUE BOWLING CENTER, GOLETA, CALIF.
Prestige of winning this glorious hardware? Priceless.
Cost to multimillionaires Oscar De La Hoya and Bob Arum: $14.
And now you know.
