COTM: Boxing, the life less ordinary

December 10th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

I fall woefully short of the qualifications necessary for a boxing enthusiast, but will always tune in for the big bouts — namely because someone I know has ordered them on PPV. In the bumper time between the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight and Hatton-Mayweather on Saturday night, I didn’t consume any media on the fight, (except for a bit of 24/7) talk with anyone about it or really realize it was going down till the day of.

But there I was Saturday night in a room full of people, hanging on every jab, every body blow, every ring of the bell. There’s just something so incredibly mesmerizing about boxing the sport. It’s the overt physical nature of it all, because honestly, how crazy do you have to be to be a boxer? You have essentially signed a contract that states: I agree to let my opponent try and punch the crap out of my face for an entire match. (Those slow-mo replays of the biggest hits from each round are amazing.)

But there’s also this sort of romanticism to it all that journalists and writers have seemed consumed with for years, finding the poetry and beauty in two finely-tuned foes duking it out. It’s man vs. man in a ring for all the glory. A boxing champ is a king; he’s a local hero; he’s an inspirer to the kids coming up in the training facilities.

Anyways, as for the fight itself? Yeah, that Mayweather dude is pretty good.

He just keeps punching

July 26th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

Yeah, this is probably not a good sign.

Floyd Mayweather Sr. is the Predator

May 7th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

This came up in a brunch conversation yesterday with my roommate and man, he was totally right. Just look at that. I’m still more of a fan of Marco Materazzi looking like the Jesus, though.

Still crazy after all these years

May 15th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

As noted on numerous sites around the Internet today, Mike Tyson reportedly loves the boy band Westlife so much that he wants to record a song with them/join the band. This is Westlife, folks.

Tyson has been in touch with their manager Louis Walsh to make it happen. Tyson admits he is “no Pavarotti” but is happy to have his voice digitally enhanced if it means he can record with the Flying Without Wings stars.

We could make some off-handed sarcastic remark about Iron Mike right now, but we’re just going to let this one sit in your brain for awhile so you can comprehend it. We think it’s better that way.