Who Knew This Was Such Hard Work?

Wow, an entire year since I've written anything on this blog.

So what happened with boxing?  It got a little disappointing.  Let's organize this by person.

Bob Arum
At eleventy billion years old, Bob feels the need to generate revenue for short term gain rather than drum up interest in the sport with intriguing fights.  It was fun seeing karma bite him in the ass with undefeated Juan Manuel Lopez losing his cherry to Orlando Salido.  There goes that Gamboa mini-megafight.  Then Yuriorkis Gamboa boycotts the fight with Brandon Rios which is fair considering Rios' scale is always off by 5lbs.

Manny Pacquiao
He peaked!  Sure he accomplished a lot but it seems he's at a point where his talent can't take him any further.  He is not the professor of boxing that Juan Manuel Marquez is.  Pacquiao can't outclass an opponent with anything but his physical gifts.  No shame though.  Talent alone got him about 4 legitimate titles.

Floyd Mayweather
Floyd is the entertaining person, but Pacquiao is the entertaining fighter. A 50-50 split of a potential purse is not out of the question.  Where does Floyd find the gall to call Pacquiao a $10 million  fighter?  By the way Floyd, she'll never marry you until you put away that prenup.  In the meantime, Vegas' strip club revenue plummets.

The State of Texas
Even the rocks are racist in Texas (anyone who understands that is my friend).  The Texas State Athletic Commission is chaired by a man named Dickie Cole.  His son, Lawrence, (who in the past has prematurely given out judge's scorecards before the bout ended, held Chris John's arms while Rocky Juarez's kept swinging, and will be a bigger contributor to Antonio Margarito's Parkinson's than Pacquiao and Cotto) is given every major bout in the state.  How can this go wrong?  In the past 4 months alone, a disqualification due to inattentive officials and Cloud/Campillo scorecards.  If you're ever boxing in Texas, just remember- KNOCKOUT.

The Ring Magazine
It started with some appealing format changes. More pictures.  An amateur section.  A women's section.  Card Girl of the Month.  Then in the timespan of one issue, Nigel Collins was out as editor-in-chief.  Michael Rosenthal was in.  Doug Fischer was pretty much given the entire RingTV website.  William Detloff, out.  Eric Raskin, out.  Ivan Goldman, gone.  Jeff Ryan, done.  Joseph Santoquito, goodbye.  Jabba the Hutt Emeritus, Jim Bagg, retired.  Now these were pretty much the only boxing writers in the English-speaking who are old enough to have danced at a disco.  The Ring Magazine retired them overnight.  Asking about it on the periodical's Facebook page earned me a block.  Hey Ring Magazine, why don't you and every girl I dated go have a party and laugh about it!