STAY TO THE END BOXING AT THE HARD ROCK

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com

UPON LEAVING FRIDAY NIGHTS MAYWEATHER BOXING CARD AT THE JOINT..... HARD ROCK........... LAS VEGAS......LVEN REPORTER GARY TURNER REMARKED TO ME...."WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS IN THE LAST ROUND WITH AN INSURMOUNTABLE LEAD AND NOT GET KNOCKED OUT"......BINGO................................ THERE IS THE STORY.

SOMEHOW THIS MULTI APPROPRIATE REMARK ESCAPED ME BUT, IT IS THE STORYLINE !

I AM ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE OUT AND HAVE NOT SEEN THIS SENARIO IN A LONG LONG TIME AND THE OUTCOME UNDERLINES THE REASON TO STAY AT ANY EVENT TO THE LAST SECOND...THE LAST INNING  AND THE LAST SECOND ON THE CLOCK.

MAIN EVENT ....LIGHTWEIGHTS....MICKEY BEY (18-1-1)  PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN AND JOHN MOLINA (26-3)..... LOSER OF TWO OF HIS LAST THREE FIGHTS PUT ON A NICE SHOW WITH BEY LEADING AFTER NINE ON ALL THREE SCORECARDS 90-81.....89-82 AND 88-83.    ALWAYS STAY TO END....HERE IT IS.......A MATCH WHERE THE FAVORITE WINS 9 AND A HALF ROUNDS AND GETS KNOCKED OUT WITH 59 SECONDS TO GO IN THE FIGHT.

TV REPLAYS ALWAYS THE KEY TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND WITH BEY CONTESTING THE STOPPAGE WE TOOK A SECOND AND THIRD LOOK AT REFEREE VIC DRAKULICH'S TKO STOPPAGE AND AS USUAL THE REFEREE IS ALWAYS RIGHT...BEY UNABLE TO DEFEND AND UNABLE TO FIGHT BACK.....WAS IN FOR A POSSIBLE FATAL 59 SECONDS....GOOD JOB REF !

INTERESTING MATCH WITH WORE TORN TOUGH LOOKING MOLINA PRESSING BEY FOR 9 ROUNDS...MOSTLY WITH HIS FACE AND BEY COUNTERING WITH THE MOST AND MOST EFFECTIVE BLOWS....AGRESSIVE FIGHT....ENTERTAINING....PRETTY DUMB AT THE END.

SURPRISING .......MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS TRAINERS FOR THEIR HEADLINER COULD NOT AVOID THE SURPRISING END....BEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO FIGHT IN ROUND TEN AND WON THE FIRST HALF OF THE LAST ROUND UNTIL MOLINA TURNED IT AROUND....COULD FLOYD MAYWEATHER SR HAVE BEEN THE TRAINER FOR BEY ?

NICE CARD FOR MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS....JOY TO WORK WITH THEIR MEDIA TEAM....8 BOUTS 3 AFTER THE MAIN EVENT 4 PRIOR TO IT......RAP MUSIC INBETWEEN ONLY SEMI OFFENSIVE AND SEMI LOUD....DECENT CONTINUITY OF EVENTS.

MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS HAD A LIVE WIRE WITH A MIKE DURING DEAD TIME GIVING T SHIRTS AND PROMOTING FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR 44-0 AND HIS UP COMING BOUT AGAINST SAUL ALVAREZ 42-0-1 AT THE MGM LAS VEGAS 14 SEPTEMBER.   I DIDN'T CARE FOR THE WHOLE ACT BUT I GIVE THEM LOTS  OF CREDIT FOR THIS CREATIVE IDEA AND THEIR PROMOTION WHICH HARDLY NEEDS ANY PUSH WITH A WORLD RECORD SETTING PAY PER VIEW IN THE FORECAST.  THE IDEA SOMETHING NEW TO ME AND I LOVE CREATIVITY.

SEMI MAIN SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT  EVENT BADOU JACK 15-0 A UNANIMOOUS 100-90...98-92 AND 98-92 DECISION OVER FARAH ENNIS 21-2....I THOUGHT ENNIS DESERVED A LITTLE BETTER BUT IT IS NEVER GOOD TO BE THE SECOND BEST FIGHTER IN THE RING.

NICE CARD....NICE PROMOTION...GOOD TEAMWORK...STARTED ON TIME...

FOR US OLD SPORTSWRITERS AND BOXING FANS A BIG THANK YOU TO MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS FOR PROVING GREAT CLUB CARD BOXING.

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