Money May v. Pac Man

I have never been the Las Vegas. I have really been itching to take a trip there. I love gambling. I am a very lucky guy. Vegas and I are a good fit. It's only a matter of time until I get there. The challenge is finding the right time and opportunity to pop my Vegas cherry. I think we may have found it, with the announcement that Floyd Mayweather has agreed in principle to the parameters of a deal to fight Manny Pacquiao.

Now I know what you are thinking. There are a lot of drawbacks to being there on the weekend of that fight. The place will be a mob scene. A scene filled with scumbags and terrible people. Everywhere you go would be flooded with morally bankrupt jerks, more so than any other weekend in a long, long time. Some of the things on the Vegas checklist will have to be put on hold until the next visit, cause it is gonna be so hard to move around and do the kind of things you do in Vegas.

But the energy and electricity on that Friday night and all day Saturday would be epic. It would be mind-blowing. I have heard Tony Kornheiser say on a couple occasions that (paraphrasing) "there is nothing better and stronger in the world of sports then the electric feeling in the air and anticipation of a big fight night." That's not the case anymore. And hasn't been the case for probably 20 years. But this fight might live up to his old saying. This fight might be boxing's last hurrah. I would be interesting to see if there was some truth to that statement.

So when that fight date gets announced, it will immediately go up on my wall. It'll be something that I am gonna try and make happen. I would like to be part of boxing's last great fight. My trip in March for the first 3.5 days of the NCAA tourney might have to wait until next year. This fight and the energy and mystique that it could bring to me and a couple of my friends might be too good to pass up.