Pacquiao vs Cotto

Let me first say as some of you know I am a huge boxing fan, and Manny Pacquiao has been my favorite fighter for years now.

That said, I am a little worried about this fight with Cotto, and honestly didn't understand why Pac would take this fight to begin with. I just don't know why you would risk fighting a guy like Cotto when you have a payday with Mayweather waiting around the corner, especially considering he has nothing more to prove. Cotto has a hell of a lot to prove. He has always been a very good boxer and only has lost once, which was a very controversial loss. The loss was to Antonio Margarito, and if you didn't catch that fight, it was an absolute war. Margarito just wouldn't go down, even after taking many brutal shots and ultimately KO'd Cotto in the 11th. Cotto was ahead on all judges score cards in that fight too. Well, after Margarito's next fight he was found to have illegal plaster on his hand wraps, which in a fight is a very large advantage. Cotto's face looked like it went through a meat grinder, while Margarito really didn't look that bad, even though it seemed he took more shots. In my mind there is no doubt he had the plaster on his hands for that fight as well.

Now, I've been watching 24/7 on HBO (great, great show) and after seeing the first two episodes I am a little more concerned for Pac then I was before. I know they edit shit, and make things look different from what they are sometimes, but one thing I am convinced of is that Pac had a horrible training camp for this fight, and might be taking it a little too light. In other words, he might be getting too big for his britches thinking he's the greatest, something that I've seen many times in the past with other boxers.

For some reason he decided to hold most of his camp in the Philippines, and there was distraction after distraction. The country suffered two major typhoons within a week of each other, and Pac was there for the first one. The amount of stress and distractions involved with training over there definitely affected his training. Because of the typhoon he was unable to do his usual training in the hills like usual for conditioning and was forced to train in areas with an audience, also a big distraction. And also there seems to be a bit of a "I know it all now" attitude with Pac and he doesn't seem to be listening to Roach (his trainer) as much as he did in the past. In one of the episodes of 24/7 he gave major attitude to Roach, something I've never seen before, and also he was going easy in sparring sessions.

He finally got out of the Philippines earlier this week, and arrived in LA to finish up his training, only 2 weeks before the fight.

If I had to predict this fight I would think it is going to go the distance. I hope I'm wrong, but I've always been pretty good about picking fights, especially boxers I've watched a lot. The one thing that Pac has in this fight is speed, and that could be the X factor here. Cotto has never fought anyone of Pacs caliber, and he very well could end up looking sloppy, but he will still brawl and is perfectly capable of doing some real damage to Pac.

I just looked at the line for this fight, and it is +225 Cotto, -265 Pacquiao. I'm starting to think there might be some good value in the Cotto bet, especially if you can find it at a higher line. Probably best to stay away, but if you're looking for action this might be a decent value bet for some of you degens.

MAFIA HIT JUST RELEASED ON VIDEO...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle6895995.ece

News story from CNN with full video...



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Larry David getting heat for latest Curb

This is bullshit. Like all Curbs it was a funny episode. Larry is taking some pill that makes his urine stream really heavy to the point where it has a lot of splash back. He takes a leak in his assistants bathroom and some of it splashes up on to a picture of Jesus, making it look like he's crying. The assistant later sees it and thinks it's a miracle that needs to be shared with the rest of the world...lol

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/...urinates-jesus/

Comedian Larry David is under attack from critics who say he pushed the mocking of religion and Christian belief in miracles over the edge in the latest episode of his HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which the cable network defended as "playful."

On the show's most recent installment, which aired Sunday, David urinates on a painting of Jesus Christ, causing a woman to believe the painting depicts Jesus crying.

Deal Hudson, author and publisher of InsideCatholic.com, said he doesn't find any humor in the episode.

"I don't think it's funny," Hudson told Foxnews.com. "Why is it that people are allowed to publicly show that level of disrespect for Christian symbols? If the same thing was done to a symbol of any other religions -- Jewish or Muslim -- there'd be a huge outcry. It's simply not a level playing field."

Hudson said an apology from the show's producers and writing team should be issued.

"Somebody should [apologize]," Hudson said. "When is it going to stop? When is common sense going to dictate that people realize this willingness of artists to do to Christianity what they would never do to Judaism or Islam?"

In a statement to Foxnews.com, HBO downplayed the controversy.

"Anyone who follows Curb Your Enthusiasm knows that the show is full of parody and satire," the statement read. "Larry David makes fun of everyone, most especially himself. The humor is always playful and certainly never malicious."

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, also criticized the episode, saying David should "quit while he's ahead," and that the show is proof that the comedian's best years are behind him.

"Was Larry David always this crude? Would he think it's comedic if someone urinated on a picture of his mother?" Donohue said in a statement. "This might be fun to watch, but since HBO only likes to dump on Catholics (it was just a couple of weeks ago that Sarah Silverman insulted Catholics on 'Real Time with Bill Maher') and David is Jewish, we'll never know."

During Sunday's episode, David, who created, wrote and produced "Seinfeld," visits a bathroom in his assistant's home and splatters urine on a picture of Jesus. Instead of wiping it off, David leaves the restroom. Minutes later, David's assistant enters the bathroom and concludes that Jesus is crying. She then summons her mother to the bathroom, where both women kneel in prayer.

"When David and Jerry Seinfeld (playing himself) are asked if they ever experienced a miracle, David answers, 'every erection is a miracle,' Donohue's statement continued. "That's what passes for creativity these days."

The episode, "The Bare Midriff," primarily revolves around David's assistant and her belly-revealing attire. According to the show's Web site, a "new pill" increased David's urine flow, leading to the "misunderstanding about a miraculously weeping Jesus."

HBO promoted the controversial scene on the show's site, complete with a "squirm-o-meter" that ranked the urine incident ahead of David's confronting his assistant about her exposed midriff.

After earning $110 mil, Antoine Walker is broke...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont...?urn=nba,198509

In 12 years, Antoine Walker(notes) made more than $110 million playing professional basketball moderately well. Take away taxes, throw in some adidas endorsement money and a "NBA Live 99" cover, and he's left with, what, $60-to-65 million?

Whatever the details, it was a big chunk of change, which, amazingly, wasn't enough.

That's right, during the last several months, the once multi-millionaire athlete has been pursued by multiple financial institutions for unpaid debts.

In fact, according to The Boston Globe, "Employee No. 8" owes more than $4 million to his creditors and is facing felony check fraud charges in Las Vegas. All of this at the age of 33. Wild.

Now I know what you're thinking: How in the world does somebody — not named Montgomery Brewster — even begin to blow through that amount of money?

The answer: fairly easily.

"[Walker] liked to move in an outsized entourage; his mother estimates that, during his playing days, he was supporting 70 friends and family members in one way or another. And speaking of his mother, he built her a mansion in the Chicago suburbs, complete with an indoor pool, 10 bathrooms, and a full-size basketball court. [...]

Living at the Bishops Forest condominium complex in Waltham during the Celtics season, Walker turned the pavement surrounding his home into a virtual luxury car lot — two Bentleys, two Mercedes, a Range Rover, a Cadillac Escalade, a bright red Hummer. Often, the vehicles were tricked out with custom paint jobs, rims, and sound systems at considerable added expense. He also collected top-line watches — Rolexes and diamond-encrusted Cartiers."

Condos, luxury cars, watches ... I guess that'll eventually force you into bankruptcy. Especially when you're not investing any money or collecting $200 with every fifth or sixth roll of the die.

But Walker's lavish lifestyle wasn't all "me-me-me." He was also a generous friend and teammate who had custom suits made for coaches, routinely picked up giant team dinner tabs and, when there were funds to spare, gave to underprivileged youngsters. He was basically spending money like it was going out of style.

And it did.

I guess Biggie was right after all: mo' money, mo' problems.

Pic of 2 girls that I really wanted to bang in high school

The year was 1987. These were two of the hottest girls in my high school that I never got to bang. The one on the bottom was ridiculous and stayed hot for quite some time. I will always wonder what could have been. They were always too busy banging dudes older than us.