There's really only one good reason to watch a boxing match: ass-kicking. Face it: you can talk about sportsmanship, you can talk about guts, grit and determination, you can talk about technique. But when it all comes down to it, there are two men in a ring and one of them is going to get his ass kicked. It's either going to be your guy, or your guy's going to pound someone until the bell rings done. The question is, is it going to be quick or protracted and bloody -- and is your guy going to be the one still standing? Last time, my guy got his ass kicked. Bloody. "Oh-my-God-make-it-stop!!!" bloody. It was June 28, 2008, and Chicago boy/Olympian/World Boxing Council lightweight champion David Diaz was taking on Manny "The Mexicutioner" Pacquiao at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for bragging...
- 9/24/2009
- by Esther J. Cepeda
- Huffington Post
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