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Perhaps Sycuan Ringside, which
picked Baldy up through agent Sean
"Mister X" Gibbons after Top Rank
kicked the journeyman to the curb,
should be "Promoter Of The Decade."
Quite simply, the $10,000 Sycuan
paid to sign Baldomir is one of the
greatest investments in boxing
history, chump change for a fighter
who has now landed a purse of over
$2 million. And yet this is the same
guy who fought in Denmark, Germany
and Italy so often and wound up
going home with less than $10,000.
Based on physical attributes, there
is no way the doughy Baldomir can
beat Pretty Boy Floyd. But this
isn't a physique contest they will
be holding in Las Vegas, it's a
fight.
There is plenty of time to fight
those battles but Baldomir better
get a referee who will let him
fight, rough and tough but fair, on
the inside. Baldy can't be limited
the way Jay Nady limited Oleg
Maskaev against Hasim Rahman. Btw,
this will be the same format with
Baldy the outside fighter with the
outside promoter going up against
the 'house" fighter.
I'm telling you right now the
biggest reason Baldomir can win is
his mental toughness. He believes,
in his heart of hearts, and boy does
he have heart, that he can whip
Mayweather.
It's the same deep-rooted belief the
man from Santa Fe had that he could
and would defeat the mouthy Judah
and Boardwalk Poster Boy Gatti.
Baldomir did not care that Gatti
fought 92 times or whatever it was
on HBO. He came to win and he will
do the same on November 4.
Tavern On The Green, the jewel-like
restaurant inside Central Park, will
host the press conference for this
bout on September 6.
Knowing Baldy as I do, I am sure he
will do the press conference and
then run over to the Argentine Grill
to get one of their gaucho-sized
steaks.
But don't tell PBF that. Mayweather
should be told that Baldy eats only
raw meat…… With his hands!
It's a rough crowd over at the
Argentine Grill. You will find all
kinds of guys enjoying the Pampas
grass-fed steaks.
You might find a fellow named "Locomotora"
in there. You might see another guy
they call "The Wild Bull" chowing
down. Maybe even the Argentine
manager-promoter whose nickname is
"Al Capone." In the old days, they
say a heavyweight with a Beatle
haircut used to come in for steaks
and booze. The Beatle cut fit the
big guy because everyone called him
"Ringo."
You won't find anyone answering to
the less than macho name of "Pretty
Boy" there.
Tavern On The Green, la, de, la da,
sounds like the right spot for a
"Pretty Boy" to sip his tea and eat
his finger sandwiches. |