Oct 12 2008
I must break you…..
As I am getting pretty excited to watch my first full Bears game in a while, as I have the day off, I missed Vitali Klitschko’s return last night to world of heavyweight boxing. I have always been an avid boxing fan, and I also enjoy MMA very much. It is fun watching the two sports jab at each other about who is the best. As much as I love boxing, it is in decline, mostly because of a lack of competitive fights, the 3 different sanctioning bodies, and I hate to say it, constant suspicion of corruption. But, boxing has been around for centuries and I don’t see MMA totally taking it over any time soon. Especially with the “mega” CBS fight with Kimbo and that no-name pink haired “horseshoe up my ass” guy fighting which had Kimbo get put to sleep in 14 seconds, and now an investigation around the event. Just what MMA needed, a Don Kinglike controversy to make everyone question whether MMA is above pro wrestling. Back to Klitschko, Vitali is the older of two brothers, and made a comeback after retiring. He was plagued with injuries and never could commit to any of the big fights that was on his schedule. The Klitschko brothers remind me of Rocky 4, and Ivan Drago. They are big, genetic monsters with superior reach, speed, but also glass chins. They both will dominate the division for a long time as no one can get inside on them quick enough to do any real damage. Maybe we need to get Stallone out one more time to make Rocky 7 and have a real fight, and maybe he can knock out one of those giants. But overall, that is what is making boxing not very fun to watch anymore. Even though he was a total thug, Tyson was fun to watch because not only was he tough as nails, he was smaller than just about everyone. He won on tenacity and attitude. Anyone who has ever boxed before knows how hard and frustrating it to fight someone that is just plain bigger and faster than you. It’s a painful lesson. The only fight I would pay to watch in the heavyweight division again would be in the two brothers decided to act like real brothers and fight each other. They both swore they never would do that. Hey, if they want inspiration, they should come to Illinois and watch my brother and I kick the crap out of each other for a few hours. Really guys…it’s not that hard.ML
