Golden Boy No More

I managed to catch the B. Hopkins -vs- De la Hoya fight last night, and for the most part it lived up to the hype. The group that I watched it with shared my opinion that Hopkins was going to win, and he did with a well placed body shot in the 9th round. The crowd was behind De la Hoya the entire fight, and even booed Hopkins on his entrance to the ring. On top of that several times during the fight the crowd stated chanting "Oscar, Oscar". The purse on this fight also showed a huge discrepancy in what it takes to get paid in this business. Hopkins, the middleweight champion got paid 10 million in pursuit to his 19th successful title defense. De la Hoya on the other hand received 30 million ~ neither figure includes royalties from pay-per-view purchases or other royalties associated with the contract.

The under card of the main event was mediocre at best. The first fight took all of thirty three seconds to finish when the challenger knocked out the champion (See I cant even remember the names of either fighter). One shot to the jaw did it and the guy flopped, the second bout was a twelve round contest between a relative unknown in Salido and Juan Manuel Marquez. Salido took a very cautious approach to this fight, and it wasn’t until the late rounds that he seemed to come to life and show the he could at least contend on that level. Marquez on the other hand seemed to be in "cruise control" since his rematch with Manny Pacquiao had to wait at least one more fight.

So thats it for now, I will make another post a little later on. Until then make sure and yell out "Patrone!"