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BY MICHAEL KATZ - It is the best of times, the worst of times and the ****ens I say. This is more than a tale of two cities. It is an epic of three coasts, all on the 218th anniversary of the French Revolution, Charlie's bloody inspiration.
There are three welterweight bouts on the tube, two from the Atlantic, the other from the Pacific, but if you've got a touch of masochism, you can instead spring for $30 and buy the delusional Roy Jones Jr. from the Gulf Coast.
That's boxing. There is always a rotten apple - and to think, before he hit Montell Griffin while he was down, until I finally accepted that fighting poultry was just as bad as fighting dogs, I used to call Jones “the conscience of boxing” - to put the motley in Motts. But let's not dwell too long on Mr. Jones, although there's a good shot that Anthony Hanshaw will upset the rotten-apple cart and put Roy and us, out of misery.
Yes, it's good to be a boxing fan this Bastille Day and while I'd prefer to be dancing in the streets at the Place Contrascarpe in Paris, I'll happily plant myself in front of the TV, just as I did last weekend (yes, Wladimir was impressive, until you think about the opposition) - hell, just as I do most days I can tear myself away from the Web.
On July 14th,, I'll be concentrating not on Hanshaw's attempt to prevent a Jones-Felilx Trinidad battle of the Juniors, but on what looks like a solid card for $30 less. HBO will be taking on His Royness with wall-to-wall welterweights, including what could be a farewell to Arturo Gatti, but probably won't, as part of the Atlantic City doubleheader. With Floyd Mayweather Jr. considering taking on Ricky Hatton, and with Miguel Cotto and Sugar Shane Mosley hoping an opponent emerges this weekend, it is obvious that the 147-pound division is the class of boxing. [details]
There are three welterweight bouts on the tube, two from the Atlantic, the other from the Pacific, but if you've got a touch of masochism, you can instead spring for $30 and buy the delusional Roy Jones Jr. from the Gulf Coast.
That's boxing. There is always a rotten apple - and to think, before he hit Montell Griffin while he was down, until I finally accepted that fighting poultry was just as bad as fighting dogs, I used to call Jones “the conscience of boxing” - to put the motley in Motts. But let's not dwell too long on Mr. Jones, although there's a good shot that Anthony Hanshaw will upset the rotten-apple cart and put Roy and us, out of misery.
Yes, it's good to be a boxing fan this Bastille Day and while I'd prefer to be dancing in the streets at the Place Contrascarpe in Paris, I'll happily plant myself in front of the TV, just as I did last weekend (yes, Wladimir was impressive, until you think about the opposition) - hell, just as I do most days I can tear myself away from the Web.
On July 14th,, I'll be concentrating not on Hanshaw's attempt to prevent a Jones-Felilx Trinidad battle of the Juniors, but on what looks like a solid card for $30 less. HBO will be taking on His Royness with wall-to-wall welterweights, including what could be a farewell to Arturo Gatti, but probably won't, as part of the Atlantic City doubleheader. With Floyd Mayweather Jr. considering taking on Ricky Hatton, and with Miguel Cotto and Sugar Shane Mosley hoping an opponent emerges this weekend, it is obvious that the 147-pound division is the class of boxing. [details]