Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer

Congratulations to David Martinez, boxing guru, on three great years for his website, dmboxing.com.

It’s been a long time since I last watched soccer, so I decided to give it another chance. I saw the second half of the USA v. Ghana, and found little/no excitement in it. They call if football, but I don’t see it. My opinion only, but I found it boring. I tried to compare it to boxing, but the only thing these two sports seemed to have in common are the dives some of the athletes take.

Like I said, soccer is not for everyone, and for those who can say that they really enjoyed the event, great. I’m looking forward to four years from now, for the next major soccer event. A long time in this case, at least for this old scribe, is not soon enough. But until then I can watch real sports, news and the always dumb infomercials on the idiot box.***

The Los Angeles based World Boxing Hall of Fame event will be held on November 19, at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Among the new honorees expected to attend are Julio Cesar Chavez, Mike Tyson, Dwight Muhammad Qawi and Bennie Briscoe. In the expanded category, Graham Houston, Jimmy Montoya and Joe Goossen get their well-earned rewards as well.***

In the who gives a damn department, the aforementioned Mike Tyson may forego his Hall of Fame award to fight again, this time against Evander Holyfield.
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