Comments Thread For: Austin Trout Shocks Miguel Cotto With Lopsided Win

[BillyBee]

Albuquerque News Media Is A Bunch of Third Rate Hacks

I live in New Mexico (Albuquerque). It is a disgrace that the press here in this illiterate city (TV Media and The Albuquerque Journal, a 3rd rate rag) gave no coverage to Austin's monumental night at the Garden. The sorry excuses for "sports reporters"—including Rick Wright, a hack who is better at covering high school football for the Albuquerque Journal, and who is clueless when it comes to real sports news like Trout-Cotto—gave this big New Mexico Austin Trout story no coverage at all outside of reprinting the Associated Press feed or copying the NY Times story on the fight. Rick Wright, or any of the Journal staff could no more be at the level of a NY Times reporter than they could tell you preceded ***** as the Russian President. Ignorant sorry excuses for members of the news media. The Albuquerque Journal and the rest of the media here owe Austin Trout and his team an apology.

The local CBS newscaster, at 10:29 pm last night (Saturday, well after the fight was over) added a one-sentence comment before they signed off. And he had trouble reading the name, "Miguel Cotto." He actually stammered while trying to say his name.

[BillyBee]

Malignaggi Talks A Lot

He had it even! Paulie Malignaggi is dreaming. He accused Carmen Basilio of hitting him in the nuts a few years ago. I know the move that Malignaggi was talking about and he is full of it. Basilio taught it to Gene Fullmer one year at Canastota and Gene used it on me, and I fell for it every time. He feints to your nuts so you drop your hand and then he swipes you across the face. In fact, Gene said to me, after he'd done it to me about a dozen times, "You know what's funny about it? ...I never hit you in the nuts once."

Malignaggi says whatever he wants to say. Don't listen to him. He sure is good looking though. Pretty face.

Gene, Don and Jay. The greatest of the greatest. RIP Don and Mr. Basilio.

Keep talking Malignaggi.

[BillyBee]

I've got to say that Rick Wright of the Albuquerque Journal did come through with a well-written piece that headlined the Journal's Sports Section this morning (Monday). I was a little over the top in my remarks about him, so for that I apologize. I want to see Austin Trout succeed because he deserve the big pay days. He is a super-skilled world class fighter who needs all the publicity he can get and I hope the New Mexico media will do everything they can for the greatest athlete from this state since Bob Foster.

So? What if Cotto hangs it up, as he probably should? Will Alvarez and Golden Boy find another reason to not put him in the ring with Austin Trout? What more do they want before they will call Austin Trout "marketable"?