Book it now: We have our 2011 Unintentionally Funny Moment in Boxing Award winner already with the above video. Nothing else could possibly compare. Not in the "universe" or "galaxy" could there be such a "star" candidate for the award as that clip. Surprisingly, the clip is loaded up with wild hyperbole, too. And bad production values. And everything wrong. It's truly awful, but it's also so bad you can't stop watching it.
So let's talk about this "Star Power" welterweight fight and related things.
- Between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. venting his persecution complex when he's not being strangely placid and Victor Ortiz alternating between his weird aww-shucks thing and unintimidating tough-guy thing (Vic: you don't get toughness points by saying you were "going to smack" Floyd), this fight is going to be marked by some of the most awkward trash talk ever, if it keeps up like this. It's like two teenagers kissing for the first time. HBO 24/7 starts Aug. 27, y'all.
- When Mayweather vented his persecution complex at the first news conference, he claimed -- falsely -- that he never said Manny Pacquiao was on steroids. Several news outlets reported this very matter of fact. But when someone is flat out lying, you really should make a point of calling them on it in the story. A simple fact check would have been a good thing.
- Mayweather's in hot water with yet another alleged assault. Le sigh. And he tried to avoid giving a deposition in the Pacquiao lawsuit, but no luck.
- HBO is reportedly bringing to bear all of Time Warner's assets for Mayweather-Ortiz, although it's not clear what the specifics of that are. Top Rank's Bob Arum said that HBO is doing the same in a bid to win back Pacquiao's next fight from Showtime and CBS, against Juan Manuel Marquez. This is potentially a pretty big development, or it could be an incremental gain like with the Showtime/CBS deal -- the specifics matter here.
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