BOXING AT THE JOINT

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com


THIS...... LAS VEGAS BOXING AT THE HARD ROCK FRIDAY NIGHT


AS ALWAYS RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO THE EVENT


I ENJOYED IT....THEY STARTED ON TIME AND I SAW SOME INTERESTING FIGHTERS.


MANY MANY YEARS AGO I COVERED ALL LAS VEGAS BOXING HAVING DONE THIS IN 54 VENUES IN LAS VEGAS....STILL LOVE BOXING.....ESPECIALLY IN CONTRAST TO WHAT NOW INTERESTS THE YOUNGER  GENERATION.


ANY WAY.... 8 MATCHES AT A SENSATIONAL VENUE.."THE JOINT" HARD ROCK CASINO...GREAT SIGHT LINES.... NICE VIDEO SCREENS....EVERYONE AT THE EVENT YOUNGER THAN ME.


THIS A MAYWEATHER PROMOTION ON FOX TV TO HYPE THE SATURDAY MAYWEATHER MISMATCH AT THE MGM...LOTS OF PROMOS...LOTS OF IN HOUSE AUDIO WANDERING PROMOS ....AND WHY NOT ITS THERE BALL GAME..$65 PAY PER VIEW SATURDAY.


ALL EIGHT FIGHTERS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF BOUT SHEET WON...ALL BLUE CORNER FIGHTERS ALL MAYWEATHER TEAM MEMBERS...INTERESTINGLY 5 FROM OHIO.


I LIKED JESUS CUELLAR...GREAT PUNCHING FETHERWEIGHT....NOT STOP SLUGGER FOR 12 ROUNDS HE IS 24-1 FROM BUENOS AIRES ......MY OTHER FAVORITE A U S OLYMPIC TEAM MEMBER RAUSHEE WARREN NOW 11-0 A UNANIMOUS TEN ROUND 99-87 REALLY PRETTY GOOD FIGHT OVER MARTIN ALVARADO 7-3 
CARD ADVERTISED AT 330...AMAZINGLY ENOUGH STARTED RIGHT ON TIME 5 BOUTS BEFORE TV...25 ROUNDS FOUGHT IN THREE AND A HALF HOURS....75 OF 210 MINUTES....... TONS OF DEAD TIME.
SOME OF THE IN HOUSE VIDEO CONTAINED SATURDAYS PROMOS DURING LIVE BOUTS...WHAT...THEIR BALL GAME AGAIN
THEY PLAYED AN IN HOUSE GAME TWEETING PRIZES AND PROMOS....PROBABLY GOOD FOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTOOD THE GAME....AGAIN ALL THE FANS YOUNGER AND TECHNICALLY SMARTER THAN ME.
LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL YOUNG  WOMEN AT THE HARD ROCK.....WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ?
THEY INTRODUCED SOME NAME FIGHTERS AND NO ONE WAS IN THE RING...TOOOOO SEE THEM...IN PAST EFFORTS TO THIS EFFECT THEY (THE BOXERS) GOT INTO THE RING TO A BOW ?
LOTS OF UNKNOWNS FIGHTING HERE BUT WITH SUCH A GREAT VIEW IN THIS ARENA I ENJOYED ALL THE BOXERS...
MAIN EVENT A BUMMER WITH A TWO ROUND KNOCKOUT AT THE BELL....FORGETABLE....BUT THEN ALL THE MATCHES UNKNOWNS UNTIL THEY REVEAL THEMSELVES.
THANKS TO MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS FOR THIS NICE CLUB CARD...A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL....NICE CROWD FOR THIS TOO..


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