Craziest Things In Boxing and MMA

I am a fight fan. I watch box­ing a lot. One of my ear­li­est mem­o­ries was my father bring­ing me to our box­ing “col­i­seum” (I think it was really a cock­pit that was con­verted into a box­ing venue with the strap­ping of a ring) when I was 4 or 5 years old. It was fight night (and way past my bed­time). I don’t remem­ber the fight, who the fight­ers were, or who won. But there was the unmis­tak­able feel of excite­ment among the crowd as they cheered the box­ers on. I also watched Mike Tyson kick the liv­ing hell out of Spinks’ ass in a lit­tle under 90 sec­onds in one of the few restau­rants that had satel­lite tv in our place back in the day.

I’ve fol­lowed Fil­ipino box­ers from Rolando “The Bad Boy from Dadi­an­gas” Navar­rete (I saw him get knocked out in the 12^th round by Rafael “Bazooka” Limon). I saw Luisito Espinosa give a box­ing clinic to Manuel Med­ina and then get knocked out in the Araneta Coliseum–the same famed venue of the Thrilla in Manila– by Israel Con­tr­eras. Now, watch­ing Manny Pac­quiao fights is a reunion of sorts among us friends. I’ve watched his fights, writ­ten box­ing arti­cles and I’ve even given my two cents in box­ing forums. I think Floyd May­weather is good but his legacy is tainted because he’s just chicken. (sorry, just had to put that in. hehehe)

But box­ing is crazy. Case in point is this video here:

Monte Bar­ret is funny as hell. Hahaha!

And just when you think only box­ing can come up with funny stunts like that, here’s a video of the MMA, prov­ing that funny is not the exclu­sive turf of men with over­sized gloves: