I have been a fan of boxing since I watched Cassius Clay who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 64. I wavered a bit when he was refered to as a draft dodger, but to each his own. I enjoyed watching him prance around and enjoyed the banter between him and Howard Cosell whom Paw Paw couldn’t stand and considered Cosell as a has been laywer that made up his own words.

There have been a lot of great boxers since Ali, but as far as I’m concerned none better. The biggest money making fight in history however was the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Oscar De La Hoya in 07 and now it looks like there will be a rematch in September at the MGM unless the venue is changed. They say that the winner has the advantage in a rematch, but you never know there could be an upset. I did enjoy Mayweather on Dancing With The Stars because that’s one of my favorite shows.

I don’t think this fight will generate as much cash as the last, but if they promote it right I guess it could. So the big question is, Is Mayweather retired or not? Was this just hype to build up the next big fight or not? How can they already be hyping ticket sales if they aren’t really going to do this thing. I think they will have the rematch and I think De La Hoya will win even though he will have been without a match for 16 months or somewhere around there.

I was just looking at the prices for the Mayweather/De La Hoya tickets and realized there is no way I can afford them even though they are quoted as being cheaper and better seats than if you purchased through the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Oscar De La Hoya tickets box office, I still couldn’t swing it even though we all know you will see some of the biggest celebrities that can and will be there.

Well, for those of us that are poor there will be PPV and there are always parties surrounding these events that will make it convenient to view even if it’s not like being right there. It’s still fun so long as the fight lasts longer than 1 round like some of Mike Tysons’. Now that would have really ticked me off if I had paid all that money for some of his fights unless it was the one he bit Evander Holyfield’s ear off in 97.