I thought that was a pretty good fight last night, Pavlik is a good story, plus, I hate to say it, but a white american champion, well you know.
So I open up the Las Vegas Review Journal sports page this morning expecting to read about the fight somewhere near the front. I literally had to re-read through the sports page three times to even find an article on the fight, at the very bottom of page 13, underneath a story of Manny Pacquiao preparing for a fight, and Arum and De La Hoya joining forces as promoters.
Now, of course the fight was late (football was still on when the fight ended), and it was in Atlantic City, not in Vegas. But Vegas is still a boxing town, or a perception that it is.
It just kind of struck that there are only a small handful of boxers that can make a front-page story these days.
So I open up the Las Vegas Review Journal sports page this morning expecting to read about the fight somewhere near the front. I literally had to re-read through the sports page three times to even find an article on the fight, at the very bottom of page 13, underneath a story of Manny Pacquiao preparing for a fight, and Arum and De La Hoya joining forces as promoters.
Now, of course the fight was late (football was still on when the fight ended), and it was in Atlantic City, not in Vegas. But Vegas is still a boxing town, or a perception that it is.
It just kind of struck that there are only a small handful of boxers that can make a front-page story these days.