I got this as a bulletin via Myspace. It got my blood boiling. It's
idiots like this that got MMA events banned in Sioux Falls, SD. Feel
free to let CBS know what you think of Mike Freeman. I'd love to get
in a cage with this jerk for just 30 seconds. Here's the article by
the idiot of the year:


This is what the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather fight, one of the
most important events in recent sports history, really means: It's
boxing's last stand.

Boxing is fighting for its life, and in some ways the largest
obstacle to its rebirth is its greatest competitor -- the worst
league ever invented, the UFC. Which means it is good vs. evil, Halle
Berry vs. Courtney Love, true sport against the mosh pit of sweat and
bloodied skull fractures known as ultimate fighting.

De La Hoya and Mayweather can single-handedly save their sport from
deteriorating into dust while simultaneously stopping the advance of
the UFC barbarians at the gate, trying to destroy boxing by polluting
pay-per-view with their brand of low-brow, ghetto-fabulous
hooliganism.

This is it. This is when boxing emerges from its great depression
riding the shoulders of De La Hoya and finally strikes a blow to the
caged ignorance that is mixed martial arts. It will happen.

In the coming days, you will read foofs who will say boxing can never
survive, despite one of the more glorious bouts just several days
away. On Thursday, you will attempt to stomach the dopey ramblings of
my good friend Gregg Doyel, otherwise known as Captain Persnickety,
downplaying this grand moment in history. He's probably another
ultimate fighting apologist as well.

Mixed martial arts will never be as good as boxing on its worst day.
Many of the ultimates are nothing but thugs and ruffians. All that
league has done is take a few former nightclub bouncers, knuckle
crackers and parolees, put on some fancy TV graphics and told
them, "Kick the other guy in the nuts."

No skill is required to knee someone in the groin (and it happens
despite rules stating it is illegal). I'm kneeing Doyel in the groin
now. See, was that difficult?

Next on Spike TV: Man eats another man's face. Then some dork will
call it a sport.

The UFC has no credibility. UFC equals the Ultimate Farcical Clown
league.

And please do not wax poetic about the UFC's popularity. Of course
people watch the UFC. It's human cockfighting. It appeals to the
lowest common denominator of human existence.

The message boards and my e-mail will be irradiated with balderdash
about how the mainstream media is simply a bunch of snobs and we
don't "get" the Ultimate Farcical Clown league. I love the NFL. Only
Roman gladiators had a more dangerous sporting profession. The NFL is
more violent than the UFC, but football at least possesses a veneer
of being civilized.

Boxing is almost comically imperfect. It is full of crooks, con
artists and ear biters (and that's just a weekend in Atlantic City
with Mike Tyson). Despite its faults and notwithstanding the massive
greed that has caused boxing to collapse on itself like a dying sun,
boxing has more charm in its broken pinky than the Ultimate Farcical
Clown league does in its entire crappy organization.

No UFC goon has or ever will possess the grace and natural
showmanship of De La Hoya or the true fearsome fighting skills of
Mayweather.

Notice the word: skills. This match will not resemble a bar-room
brawl but meticulous, highly practiced, man-to-man warfare between
two skilled, all-time athletes.

It is only a matter of time before the UFC suckers, er, fans realize
they have been fooled by a Jedi mind trick.

The UFC should be banned; the De La Hoya-Mayweather bout should be
embraced.

The fact a non-heavyweight match is getting so much attention shows
that boxing still has appeal (and even I once thought it was dead).
The fact boxing has survived despite so many scandals and crooked
promoters demonstrate it has resilience.

"This (fight) is important because boxing is at its lowest point and
boxing has been at its lowest point for quite a while now," De La
Hoya told the New York Post. "Boxing is always taking these low blows
left and right from people. This will give it a good shot in the
arm."

The fight can do more than that. It can begin a resurgence perhaps
not seen before in American sports. If the fight is particularly
competitive, casual fans will give boxing another look and the all-
important advertisers will again open their wallets instead of
turning their backs.

Then maybe we can begin to put the sad joke that is the UFC behind
us.

And once again we can get excited about a real sport.