Let's get ready to rumble
Yes, I subjected myself to Celebrity Boxing. It wasn't as fun as last time, but at least they kept William Perry's torso in check with a tank top (as opposed to the weigh-in). Unfortunately, more people probably saw that instead of the Arturo Gatti-Mickey Ward fight over the weekend. As the announcers said, it was a throwback to fights of the '50s, when they actually punched each other. Gatti would absolutely whale on "Irish" Mickey (reminds me a lot of the underrated The Great White Hype) for about a minute, then Ward would whale on Gatti and so forth. Lots of blood, lots of punching, lots of actual action. Don King has helped to turn boxing into a farce, but the fighters themselves have helped to do so as well. I think there were more punches thrown in the Darva Conger-Olga Korbut fight than in some 12-round title fights.