By Lyle Fitzsimmons - "When life gives you lemons...make lemonade."
Whether it was Dale Carnegie, someone's grandmother or an anonymous prescient soul who originally uttered that phrase, I've taken it upon myself to adjust it a bit this week as it relates to boxing.
"When life gives you De La Hoya-Pacquiao...make another fight instead."
So, armed with the determination to do our friends at Golden Boy Promotions and HBO PPV one better this Dec. 6, I enlisted the help of several colleagues by requesting they give me "one fight that's out there now that you'd most want to see."
And rather than relying solely on the cynical, left-leaning press with which I've been inexorably linked for nearly two decades, I scattered the outbox with representatives from other limbs of the sport's family tree as well - including promoters, publicists and television executives.
The response was rapid and varied, indicating to me that I may not actually be the only one disillusioned with the imminent 147-pound circus act, and at least temporarily renewing my faith in a sport that's never lacking for reasons to lose it. [details]
Whether it was Dale Carnegie, someone's grandmother or an anonymous prescient soul who originally uttered that phrase, I've taken it upon myself to adjust it a bit this week as it relates to boxing.
"When life gives you De La Hoya-Pacquiao...make another fight instead."
So, armed with the determination to do our friends at Golden Boy Promotions and HBO PPV one better this Dec. 6, I enlisted the help of several colleagues by requesting they give me "one fight that's out there now that you'd most want to see."
And rather than relying solely on the cynical, left-leaning press with which I've been inexorably linked for nearly two decades, I scattered the outbox with representatives from other limbs of the sport's family tree as well - including promoters, publicists and television executives.
The response was rapid and varied, indicating to me that I may not actually be the only one disillusioned with the imminent 147-pound circus act, and at least temporarily renewing my faith in a sport that's never lacking for reasons to lose it. [details]
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