*R.I.P Super Six ? It was more than head trauma that did in the ambitious collaboration between Showtime and various promoters. From the end of a very promising first round (Arthur Abraham being lowered into the arena from a futuristic capsule wearing what looked to be llama skin while the Scorpions put on a live performance of ?Are You Ready to Rock? in the background sold me) there looked to be trouble in paradise. Injuries, venue disputes, match delays, early withdrawals and questioned decisions put the idea back on the drawing board and the super six feet under.
*Possible ideas for the next tournament might include shortening the tournaments length ? over two years in boxing terms could be the rise and fall of a career.
*It is major collapses like the Super Six debacle that add credence to Oscar De La Hoya?s cry for a singular promoter to govern the sport.
*If the Super Six were run like the Ultimate Fighting Championship Carl Froch would have been Kimbo Sliced long ago.
*Speaking of UFC, Brock Lesnar had a run in with the World Wrestling Entertainment?s Undertaker after Lesnar?s loss to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121, a run in that WWE?s Jim Ross quickly attempted to dispel on his blog at JRsbarbq citing UFC would never let Lesnar take a story line back at the WWE due to his contractual obligation. Trust me Jim, where there?s a bill, there?s a way.
*There is no truth to the rumor that ?Money? Mayweather will put his undefeated WWE record on the line against Lesnar at Wrestlemania 27 in a match titled ?The Great Pretender.?
*The week?s best quote comes from Manny Pacquiao?s conditioning coach Alex Ariza on the pound-for-pound king?s lackluster training camp concerns: ?You know Manny is a thinker now. Before in the past he was just reckless, just go in there like a soldier. Now he?s a thinker, he?s watching tape, he?s studying Margarito and he?s thinking, ?I can beat this guy. Maybe not only on my best day, but maybe even on my (worst) day I can still beat this guy.??
*Quotes like those make you think that Margarito, once considered the most feared fighter at welterweight, might have a chance.
*Speaking of Pacquiao-Margarito, isn?t it a sad state in the boxing world when one of the best Top Rank undercard fights in a long while is Kelly Pavlik in a comeback match against a plodding forward moving fighter made to showcase the knockout power of ?The Ghost?.
*That being said, I can?t wait to see Pavlik back into hard-hitting, damage inflicting knockout reel form.
*Does anyone else think the Fight of the Year will be a tossup between Marquez-Lopez and Martinez-Williams?
*I?ll take Marquez in the upset.
*It is interesting that Mike Tyson was embraced by the crew of the Hangover and Mel Gibson was shunned by them.
*I would say that Tyson is still the more lethal weapon but Gibson might go off without warning.
Cheers till next week
