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(EMAILWIRE.COM, August 16, 2007 ) Wollaston, MA - Don King, with that grin of his stretching a now leathery face, announced with his usual bluster that finally, FINALLY, Felix Tito Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. will engage in a long anticipated (really?) super fight in early 2008. Both fighters were present at the press conference and they tried their best to look tough and sell this charade but it was all more than a little sad. Here were two, former world class champions, being paraded about by the biggest snake oil salesman in sports history and the implication was stunning. No matter how ridiculous this match up between these old titans is, people will pay good money to watch it. Therein lays Don King's double sided genius.RECENT BOUTS RECRUITED FANS! A sad fact about boxing is that despite wonderful bouts like the recent Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez rematch, or even the Erik Morales-David Diaz war, not many sports fans follow boxing anymore unless there are recognizable names. When I mentioned the Marquez-Vazquez rematch to a buddy of mine he asked me if he should get Showtime that weekend because he was having a party and a good fight would be cool background noise. I told him, this fight won’t be just noise, it will be an explosion. He didn’t get the fight because no one had ever heard of the fighters. Today that same fella asked me who he thought would win between Jones and Trinidad. When I said I didn't care, he was incredulous.RECENT BOUTS RECRUITED FANS! A sad fact about boxing is that despite wonderful bouts like the recent Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez rematch, or even the Erik Morales-David Diaz war, not many sports fans follow boxing anymore unless there are recognizable names. When I mentioned the Marquez-Vazquez rematch to a buddy of mine he asked me if he should get Showtime that weekend because he was having a party and a good fight would be cool background noise. I told him, this fight won’t be just noise, it will be an explosion. He didn't get the fight because no one had ever heard of the fighters. Today that same fella asked me who he thought would win between Jones and Trinidad. When I said I didn't care, he was incredulous. THE SQUARES JUST DON’T GET ITThey're great fighters Matty! This is going to be a war.” All I could do was nod and smile because I realized he just didn't get it. Jones and Trinidad are like Burger King and McDonalds to non-boxing fans. They’re brand names so they sell. That's why Don King has jumped on this sinking ship. Once he reaps the benefits he'll take the only lifeboat and sail off to the next rip off.PAY FOR VIEW, NOT PAY PER VIEWThis potential fight, which may never be finalized knowing firsthand how ridiculous Roy Jones can be during negotiations, troubles me because it lowers the bar for boxing right to the ground. If it would be on free TV or even ESPN then I would turn away and not be annoyed. But should it come off it will get the media attention that so many terrific young fighters like Vazquez and Marquez deserve but don't get and King and whatever media outlet sells the fight will charge people like my aforementioned friend fifty bucks to watch it. No doubt, King will load the under card with crap so the space cadets watching can get at least a six pack in their belly by the time the main event comes on. By then, no matter how bad the fight, those fans won't be feeling much anyway. I've always felt that was why King and his equally duplicitous nemesis Bob Arum so often stocked their under cards with dreck. They just wanted us to get drunk so we couldn't remember how we got taken for $50 bucks.”MIGHTY MATT RECALLS FOREMAN-FRAZIERWell, thanks but no thanks Mr. King. I don't blame you sir, because you're a shill, a man only out for himself and the all mighty buck that guys like me struggle to earn. It's all a photo opportunity for you and if it doesn't work out you step over the fallen fighters like you did Joe Frazier when he lost to George Foreman and glad hand the winner. It's all business with you. I can't really blame you for that, but I can thumb my nose at you. You're not getting my money pal. I can watch my DVDs of Trinidad and Jones when they were in their respective primes and smile. I won't pay you to watch two worn out guys scramble their brains any further.BATTLE OF WHEELCHAIR TYPES MIGHT SELLThis potential fight is the equivalent of Elvis Presley vs. Frank Sinatra. Not in their glorious primes but at their faltering, sad ends. I didn’t want to see that and I don't want to see this either. Look, it'll make money. But I like to remember heroic figures at their peak, not being sold at auction by a carnival barker like Don King. DID YOU HEAR “RING TALK RADIO?"Oscar De La Hoya opened the show. Yes, he will fight again. MMA's Gina Carano talked about her "attitude" and fighting style. Freddie Roach, the trainer dropped a bomb on Manny Pacquiao, and Nonito Donaire, an upset winner in the KO of 2007 thus far, when he drilled Vic Darchinyan in July, Nonito was in da' house! "Mighty Matt" HurleyNote: "Mighty Matt" Hurley is now featured exclusively at http://www.RingTalk.com.###This press release was issued through GroupWeb EmailWire.Com. For more information on press release distribution, go to http://www.emailwire.com.
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