It's easy...it matters which sport you enjoy more! ME? It's tennis, although we watched Tiger yesterday and he is extraordinary to say the least. Apropos to nothing, I'm going to my first live boxing event in two weeks and I'm SO excited!
The problem with boxing is that it's only good if it lasts a while. Back in 1988 a good friend of my parents paid $5000 to go to one of Mike Tyson's title fight against Michael Spinks. Tyson knocked out Spinks a minute and a half into the first round.
Wow.... that comes as a surprise that you would want to see a boxing match. Cool.
I hope one of the fighters does not end up like one of the participants I was unfortunate to see in 1962.
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http://stjohnbeachguide.com/Griffith%20and%20Paret.htm
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In the spring of 1962, boxers from two Caribbean islands met in the ring at New York City's Madison Square Garden where they battled for the World Welterweight Championship.
The bout between Emile Griffith from the Virgin Islands and Benny "Kid" Paret from Cuba has been described as a grudge match and its tragic conclusion shocked the boxing world.
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In the 12th round Griffith backed Paret into a corner. Griffith connected with an assortment of uppercuts and hooks. Paret was in trouble. Paret started to go down, but his arm hooked onto the ropes and it held his body up. Griffith continued the ferocious assault. By the time the referee stopped the fight Paret was unconscious. He had to be carried out of the ring. The 25-year-old fighter went into a coma and died 10 days later.
Pachecho offers a possible explanation of the referee's fatal inaction, "…the referee, Ruby Goldstein, was recovering from a recent heart attack, and he was weak and ineffectual. On any night but this one Ruby Goldstein was the referee of choice… he had always controlled the fight, but not on this night.
"Griffith caught Paret in the corner, hurt him, and then lashed into him in a fury. Goldstein stood by glassy-eyed. He seemed incapable of stepping in. Paret's arm hooked on the top rope, and it held him up to more battering. The beating was savage, and compounded by the Fullmer beating three months earlier, it proved fatal."
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It was not pleasant.