Award Time Again

I haven't given awards out in a long time so I thought I'd dish out some hardware today. Let's start with the Asshole of the Week Award. I know most of you hate when I stop talking politics, but if you know me personally, you know the other thing in life I'm passionate about is boxing.

Its an easy pick this time, Floyd "Money" Mayweather. Not for the punches, I thought he was completely in the right and thought it was perfectly legal. Classless, and he looked like a leva for doing it, but legal.

Ortiz was getting his ass beat. I told my friends on Facebook that Ortiz was the victim of the boxing hype machine. They had to hype him up in order to sell the pay-per-view. Ortiz quit in the middle of a fight in the not-so-distant past and so the intentional headbutt wasn't a surprise. He was frustrated, like many fighters before him, about not being able to land clean punches on Mayweather. He lost his head, fought dirty, and Mayweather busted his ass for it. Ortiz had it coming, so you shouldn't feel sorry for him.

He's AOTW because of the post-right interview with Howard Lederman. How are you gonna try to hulk-up and talk shit to a man that makes John McCain look young? A little in-ring payback to your opponent for trying to intentionally head-butt your opponent is one thing, but trying to take out your frustration on an old man who is just doing his job is bullshit. Mayweather surrounds himself with people who tell him how great he is all the time and when someone has the nerve to not bask in his glory, Mayweather loses it.

Mayweather is a talented fighter and will go down as one of the all-time greats in boxing someday. But that day isn't going to come until he fights the best fighters, while they are still in their prime. He's got big wins in the sport, and at least two, possibly three wins that were gifts from the judges. But one thing is for sure, he hasn't fought a great fighter in his prime since early in his career with Diego Corrales. 

Time to stop fighting the greats while they have one foot in the rest home and cement his place is boxing history. Its time to fight Pacquaio and quit ducking him.

Homeboy of the Week goes to, you guessed it, Howard Lederman. Despite being berated by a pro fighter who showed no class, Lederman stood his ground and even made a claim we all know is bullshit. He told Mayweather he wished he was 50 years younger because he would kick his ass.

No he wouldn't. Lederman would get his ass kicked.

But the fire and courage he showed was priceless. And he told Mayweather what he needed to hear. Not only that, he turned around immediately to do an interview with Ortiz and was a real pro getting back on track right away. 

Good for him.