My Weekend In Vegas (Gossip Boy Edition)
by Option27 on Sep 15, 2008 7:35 PM EDT
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PrintI don't wanna bore anyone with all the fun that I had in Vegas this past weekend but I just thought that there was some radness to share. Obviously I went to Vegas for the fight, but a couple spectacular things happened whilst there.
1) Had the chance to meet and party with Mike Tyson at Wet Republic and Drais. Oh, and for anyone who gives a rats ass, the guy was wearing the same exact "Curb Your Enthusiasm" shirt the whole weekend. But he's genuinely a really nice guy but only likes to take pics with girls. Seems to not care for boxing as much. Just likes to be noticed, which is probably why he's at so many fights.
2) At the fight : I also re-watched the fight when I got home. First off, I'm kinda digging the Golden Boy - HBO merger thing they had going on. Uhh, Mario Lopez . . . not so much. I really wanted to see the scorecards but I guess they didn't mention them. I had Marquez up by 2 rounds going into the 11th from my view.
Also worth mentioning, PPV showed a few fighters at the fight but not all of them. My seats were so freaking great that the celebs would pretty much have to walk by me to get to their seats. All the fighters I saw at the fight - Winky Wright, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Paul Malignaggi, Antonio Margarito and Yuriorkis Gamboa.
3) Ok, now the real news. After the fight at the Palms Hotel. Spotted - Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. sitting at nearby tables both speaking to the Maloof brothers. You maybe wondering why? Spoke to them afterwards and apparently the Maloof brothers were desperately trying to convince the two fighters to sign on for the much talked about rematch that Floyd backed out on earlier this year. And the result . . .
::Drum Roll Please::
Floyd told them that if Oscar beats Manny on December 6, he will come out of retirement to fight Oscar. I don't know why he wouldn't want to fight Manny if Manny won, but hey . . . I'll take anything I can get outta Floyd right now. The return is imminent!
PS - Also watched the Bradley fight last night. Dude is athletic as hell. Has an extremely bright future. Just hope he gets some big fights eventually. Doubt it will happen anytime soon.
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small quibble about Tyson
But he’s genuinely a really nice guy
No he isn’t, and the sooner the boxing community stops acting like he is, the less it will hurt delusional fans of his when he fucks up again. Which is inevitable. I’ve really gotten sick of them pointing Tyson out every time he shows up to a fight. He’s exactly the type of history boxing DOES need to ignore.
That’s an awesome weekend, though. I’m psyched for Oscar-Floyd II. I’m so psyched for the idea presented here that I hope Manny knocks Oscar’s head off to prevent it.
TV didn’t show Margarito, but I saw Gamboa in the ring with Casa. They made no mention of him however. If you aren’t Golden Boy / working with Golden Boy somehow, I guess you don’t get mentioned.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
The guy apologized to me for taking too long in the bathroom!
And he bought me drinks.
I mean I can’t speak for anyone else’s encounters with the man but he was hella nice.
I’m sure he’s generally polite and cordial. I also root for Mike to find peace and stay that way. But it can’t change the things he’s done.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Sep 15, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
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