Leave it to HBO to treat boxing like it was their own personal version of the Kardasians or Jerseylicious, guess the fight hype was just to stale for the broadcasting giant, that they had to treat viewers to the implosion on global TV of the Mayweather family.
The Victor Ortiz rags to riches, success by hard work portion of the 24/7 show segways right into the spoiled rich kid turns bad boy to Daddy segment very nicely, as the Mayweather family performed like a bad episode of ?Intervention?.
Guess HBO figured that Kim Kardasian was so distracted by her recent wedding and honeymoon that they would pull a coup and steal the reality show crown from the star. Perhaps they were simply attempting to set a new world record for the usage of the term mother trucker, and kill the sport just a little bit more, has if their half-baked Pay Per views don?t cast enough shadows on boxing.
The whole damn thing reads as a conspiracy to destroy boxing and have HBO swoop in and join forces with the UFC to control the world of combat sports, knocking out boxing and leaving the chaos to ESPN and Showtime, on the newest season of ?The X Files?.
Was this the HBO answer for ESPN Friday Night Fights kicking their proverbial butts all year in quality boxing matches?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. seems to be taking this ?Money? persona he has created to a new level, or perhaps it is not a persona at all, it?s just the ?Pretty Boy? all grown up and being the real Mayweather, instead of the young Floyd that the boxing world fell in love with representing our country in the Olympics and the first decade of his career.
Guess HBO figured that the Mayweather ? Ortiz fight was so boring a match-up that we needed to be subjected to the family antics of the Mayweathers to brighten and peek our interest, they may be correct but the obvious play on the good guy versus the bad guy, in boxing was corny, scripted trash much on the level of the Hogan family archives.
Has Boxing lost its freaking mind, are we suddenly a side-show for HBO, and are they now issuing casting calls instead of bout agreements for pay per views?
I?m half expecting Vince McMann to announce that WWE has bought the sport of boxing!
In the previous two months we have had three blind mice, one rotten referee, and now we have the ?Mayweathers go Manic? on HBO.
What?s next for us in boxing, perhaps we can see Floyd on the next version of COPS, or Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. doing a disposition for the slander suit presided over by Judge Judy.
Delvin Rodriguez, K9 Bundridge, and Austin Trout have all been doing the ?Amazing Race? with Pawel Wolak, chasing after the big payday and in today?s episode they threw in a kicker, Vanes Martirosyan. K9 had taken the lead from Delvin but Don King threw a wrench in the plans by asking for what Manny Steward declared as out-dated, over the top options.
Paris Hilton makes boxing news with visits in the Philippines with Manny and Jinkee Pacquiao, hopefully not to get Manny involved with her new series ?The World According to Paris? because it just got axed by TV network Oxygen.
Both Povetkin and Helenius come out winners over the weekend in the auditions for the next heavyweight titlist to Wladimir and Vitali, but Evander Holyfield may have upstaged the entire show with his appearances and the entire heavyweight division in the United States are performing like boxing needs its own version of ?America?s Got Talent?. Evander Holyfield appears to have the lead role at the moment in taking a title shot to Las Vegas.
The Brazilian authorities so botched up the Arturo Gatti death that longtime friend and trainer Pat Lynch has had to invest heavily in doing his own version of ?CSI: New Jersey? to prove what many believe to be the homicide of the legendary champion. Why the American government didn?t do this for Boxing instead of it falling on Pat?s shoulders bewilders me, as Arturo sure paid the IRS enough money over the years to get a little assistance and justice.
Manny Pacquiao, VisionQwest, Bob Arum, and Michael Koncz are putting a new spin on the show Donald Trump made famous, ?The Apprentice? and so far at one point or the other, everyone has gotten ?Fired?. We all thought Koncz was a goner, but it appeared that he formed an alliance with Bob Arum forcing Pacquiao to eliminate his accounting firm making VisionQwest the latest victim, but they promise that we have not heard the last from them, as Michael Lodge, VisionQwest?s CEO promises it will go into the courtroom.
Steve Cunningham is still hoping for clues in the newest knockoff of ?Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. Boxing Fans are not entirely thrilled with ?Where the hell is Kelly Pavlik? but it may make a return engagement in the future.
Will someone please, just get in the ring, and fight already!
Ciao
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