(Will Andrei Arlovski be the man to beat Fedor Emelianenko? Will anybody actually get to see it?)
Let’s get this out of the way first: If you didn’t watch Manny Pacquiao’s one-sided walloping of Oscar De La Hoya last night, click here. My God this Mexecutioner.
Okay now. We’ve already told you that boxing promotion juggernaut Golden Boy’s relationship with Affliction could be described as "non-committal" at best. What was originally announced as a grand partnership devolved into straight-up rivalry when GB scheduled a superfight between welterweight stars "Sugar" Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito on January 24th, the same night as Affliction’s "Day of Reckoning" event. And it gets worse: The match is slated to go down at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, about a half-hour drive (depending on traffic) from Affliction’s venue of the Honda Center in Anaheim.
"Day of Reckoning"’s original date of October 11th was canceled due to nearly non-existant ticket sales, and they weren’t even competing with a major boxing match on the same day for attendance and local media coverage. Simply put, Mosley/Margarito on 1/24 is a death-blow for Affliction. It’s hard to envision them filling an arena without rescheduling the event yet again. Still, Fabricio Werdum is under the impression that Affliction has promised 16 events in 2009. Quite a lofty goal for an organization that has put on exactly one event in the last five months. But hey — everybody gotta have a dream.
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"J Says:
Sun, 12/07/2008 - 12:47
Affliction will go down faster than:
a) Ken Shamrock's career
b) Kimbo against Petruzelli
c) Jenna Jameson
d) All of the above"
anyways i really hope to see Affliction doing their thing! at least one more to see Barnett vs Fedor
AA by tko rnd 2
My estimate was they lost AT LEAST 3 million dollars putting on that event.
Nobody said PAC was a mexican... It was stated that he is a Mexecutioner: one who executes mexicans....
on other news, Affliction is a joke...
I hope Affliction lasts for at least this one last show because i wanna see Fedor vs Arlovski.
a) Ken Shamrock's career
b) Kimbo against Petruzelli
c) Jenna Jameson
d) All of the above
On to the actual news, wow that sucks. I did not know that was on the same day, honestly all I want to see is the main event for both those events, so it shouldn't be too bad. I think Margarito will KO Mosley, even though I love Mosley. Also see Fedor KO Arlovski. Both should be good fights though. I think January is going to be a great month for fights. The week after these events is the GSP-BJ fight, not bad.
Anyways it seems like Golden Boy is trying to get Affliction to fuck off, sadly it might happen. I really hope they dont cancel this event. I need my dose of Fedor ass-kickery.
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