BOXING AT THE HARD ROCK LAS VEGAS

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com


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HERE OBSERVATIONS...REACTIONS AND RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE 11 SEPT 14 CARD AT THE JOINT ....HARD ROCK CASINO LAS VEGAS.


THIS A GOLDEN BOY-MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS COMBO CARD TO PROMOTE AN UPCOMING EVENT !  SURE WOULD HELP THEM TO CREDENTIAL LVEN TO HELP PROMOTE THEIR UPCOMING EVENT....WISH THEY COULD...THEY SHOULD !


11 FIGHTS SORT OF....86 SCHEDULE ROUNDS ...AMAZINGLY ALL OF THE BLUE CORNER FIGHTERS (GOLDEN BOY-MAYWEATHER) WON....HOWEVER EVEN MORE AMAZING WAS THE OUTCOMES OF THESE FIGHTS ....THE BLUE GUYS SCORED 8 KNOCKOUTS AND IN THE THREE UNANOUS DECISIONS THE RED CORNER DID NOT WIN A ROUND.....11 LOSES...8 BY KNOCKOUT AND NOT A ROUND WON....TRULY MATCH MAKING AT ITS PINNACLE TO SCHEDULE SUCH A ONE SIDED CARD...SALUTE TO THEM.... I AM SURE THIS MET THE DESIRED END....TRULY NOT A GOOD MATCH ON THE CARD....JERMALL CHARLO ...FORMER OLYMPIAN MIDDLEWEIGHT THE BEST BOXER ON THE CARD.


AMAZING TOO, THAT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG AT EVENT THE GUY THAT HITS THE RAP MUSIC AT THE END OF EACH FIGHT AND AT THE END OF EACH ROUND NOT ONE OF THEM ....HE NEVER MISSES ...NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING WORSE THAN RAP....MEXICAN RAP...WE ARE CLOSE TO THE END OF CIVILIZATION !


THE TWO TWELVE ROUND MAIN EVENTS WENT 4 MINUTES AND TWO MINUTES....I STAYED FROM 3 TO 930 HOPING TO SEE ONE MORE GOOD HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH....NOT ON THIS NIGHT !


AT 70 I REMAIN THE OLDEST PERSON ATTENDING WHATEVER EVENT I GO TO.....TWO THINGS....I AM REALLY OLD AND OR EVENTS I HAVE INTEREST IN ARE FREQUENTED BY MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF WHICH THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY MORE OF.


SOMETIMES VIDEO ON THE BIG SCREENS IN THE ARENA !


AS WE WERE ABOUT TO SEE A REPLAY OF THE SEMI MAIN EVENT IN SLOW MOTION.... THE PICTURE LEFT THE BIG SCREEN AND NEVER RETURNED....WHO WOULD HAVE WANTED TO SEE THAT ?  HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN ?


AT KICKOFF THE PALMS AND EVENT STAFF WERE IN GRAND CUSTOMER SERVICE FORM......BUT.......THROUGHOUT THE EVENT THEY MANAGED TO PUT DIFFERENT TICKET SEAT NUMBERS ON THE ARENA SEATING...NOT BEFORE THE EVENT....WHO WOULD BE UNPREPARED TO DO THIS ?


I WAS ABLE TO SEE A BOXER NAMED "PRITCHARED"...HOW MANY OF THEM COULD THERE BE?


LOTS OF BOXERS WITH NO LOSS RECORDS WERE ON THE CARD...SOME COULD NOT FIGHT...HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN ?


WHEN I GET TO HELL....I WILL KNOW WHAT THE SOUND SYSTEM WILL BE...IT WILL THE "NOISE" PLAYED HERE.....AND I WILL HAVE TO LISTEN INTO ETERNITY...UNLIKE AT THE JOINT WHERE I STIL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE !


THANKS TO OREILY AUTO PARTS FOR THEIR  MAJOR SPONSERSHIP.....THESE SMALL CARD EVENTS HAVE  A WOULD BE ROVING MICROPHONE REPORTER SWASHING THROUGH THE ARENA...PROMOTING...DOING GIVEAWAYS AND GENERALLY IRRITATING MOST.....IN JOURNALISM SCHOOL WHERE THEY TAUGHT SPEECH AND PUBLIC RELATIONS....SUCH A THING DID NOT EXIST IN THE 60'S...THAT WAS GOOD...WE HAVE DIGRESSED.


THE RING.....! ! !.....ANOTHER NEW RECORD....31 LINES OF TEXT ON THE MAT....THE MAT SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE SURFACE OF CANVAS....HERE 31 DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL ADS WERE PAINTED ON THE SURFACE OR STUCK TO THE CANVAS FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES....NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS...LOTS OF COLOR....ONLY ....ON SOME OCCASIONS THESE ADS HAVE PROVED TO BE SLICK AND SLIPPERY TO FIGHTER FOOTING....NOT HERE....BUT IT OCCURRED TO ME THEY COULD BE....THIS UNDER THE .."WHAT CAN GO WRONG HERE"....THEORY !  CAN'T PUT IT UNDER THE ICE LIKE HOCKEY ?  ALSO IN THE SAFETY CATEGORY THERE WERE LOTS OF ANNOUNCER BACKGROUND TV LIGHTS AT EYE LEVEL WITH THE FIGHTERS THAT WENT OFF AND ON ENDLESSLY...THIS OBVIOUSLY NOT A CONCERN ON THIS PRODUCTION TEAM !


THE TWO MAIN EVENTS WERE "INTERIM" WORLD TITLE FIGHTS....I LOOKED UP INTERIM IN THE DICTIONERY...."AN INTERVAL OF TIME BETWEEN ONE EVENT, PROCESS, OR PERIOD AND ANOTHER"...."TEMPORARY"......IS NOT THAT EVERYTHING ?   IN THAT THERE ARE NO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE 224 ALLEGED WEIGHT CATEGORIES THROUGHOUT BOXING THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DREAM TO FURTHER CLOUD THE ISSUE....SOMEONE MUST OBTAIN REVENUE FROM THIS ?


THIS" JOINT"....A PRETTY GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A BOXING EVENT...TOO BAD NO MATCHES WERE AVAILABLE...HARD TO GO 0-11 !


USUALLY TAKES ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET OVER THIS INCESSANT DRUM BEATING AT THESE EVENTS...HOPEFULLY I CAN LIVE THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND SEE SOME MORE BOXING....THANKS TO THE PROMOTERS FOR PRODUCING THIS EVENT !


SOME EFFORT AND SUBSTANCE WENT INTO THIS....THANK YOU !
REPORTER GARY TURNER CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY !


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