For all the hype behind it, months of buildup, a reality television series following the fighters, a plethora of mainstream media attention, and two of the most charismatic fighters ever, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Oscar De La Hoya cannot disappoint on Saturday, May 5. I don’t mean to say that the fight can’t be a stinker, it could be. At the same time, though, the buildup is much too large for anyone to walk away from the fight disappointed. At the end of the night, there will be a winner and a loser, there will be love and hate, and there will be a sigh from the collective boxing world. They will sigh as one man’s hand is raised, because the 10-count that preceded it will have counted down boxing’s last 10 seconds of glory.
More after the jump!
Archive for May, 2007
Like I’ve been saying for a few years now, John Gibbons is an idiot.
While I don’t mind him, overall, as a manager, he has consistently shown he has a distinct inability to manage a pitching staff. Whether it be his well earned nickname “Captain Hook,” the displeasure of members of his pitching staff (Ted Lilly, Scott Schoenweis), the poor development of young arms in-season (Shaun Marcum, Jason Frasor), or his extremely questionable decision making, Gibbons has shown that a career as a journeyman back catcher does not make you a haven of pitching knowledge.
More after the jump!
