You’ve made it happen…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@Oklahoman.com
Boneman’s Bout Blog? There’s nothing like a little alliteration in a blog title. Anyway, I had been pining for some sort of fight blog the last couple of months, but you never know if the interest is going to be there.
But on May 31, YOU showed the interest was there. The OKC market produced the highest rating of any CBS affiliate during the main event of the EliteXC bout featuring Kimbo Slice and James Thompson (and his ear).
With numerical proof in the bag, this blog has been created for everything that involves fighting in one way or another.
My interest in mixed martial arts began in 1997 with Ken Shamrock and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Remember back in the day when there were no rounds in the UFC?
Through the years I’ve had my favorites (Vitor Belfort and Mark Coleman come to mind), and I’ve had my, umm, let’s say not favorites (looking at you, Tank Abbott and Chuck Liddell). It’s been exciting to see the sport expand and even cooler because of the interest in MMA with former OU and OSU wrestlers.
So, we’ll dabble a little in the MMA world and try to sift through the vast amount of organizations to find the legit ones (including our very own C3 program).
Boxing is hands down my favorite sport. My love affair began on Dec. 19, 1998, with a doubleheader on HBO featuring David Tua vs. Hasim Rahman and a little known youngster named Floyd Mayweather against Angel Manfredy.
I remember being scared Floyd would lose. Ha, nine years later, it still hasn’t even come close to happening (save for one Jose Luis Castillo fight).
The OKC fight scene is trying to make a comeback. We still have “The Champ” Sean O’Grady. As long as we have a strong boxing mind like that in our back pockets, there’s always hope for bigger and better things.
And finally, with the Olympics coming up, I’ll be voicing my wrestling opinions. I’ll try to let my man-crush on both Teyon Ware and Sam Hazewinkel, former Sooners, not distract me, but I had a blast covering those two at OU. And yeah, you’ll probably hear a little WWE talk, especially when I head out to Raw at the Ford Center on June 30.
It’s The Boneman’s Bout Blog, the greatest thing to hit NewsOK since…uhh, well, we’ll come back to that later. How about I start putting up some entries first, and we’ll gauge it from there?
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