September 5, 2008
HBO Boxing After Dark has two matches this weekend. Here's the official word on it from the HBO site:
In the evening's main event, two former world champions - Houston's Juan Diaz (33-1, 17 KOs) and Australia's Michael Katsidis (23-1, 20 KOs) - meet in a scheduled 12-round, 135-pound contest. The engaging Diaz became a world champion at age 20, thanks to an exceptionally quick pair of hands. Outside the ring, Diaz is a college student, a community activist and one of the city's most celebrated personalities. With an extensive resume of thrilling fights, Katsidis is an exciting, all-action fighter who has scored 20 knockouts in 24 bouts, forging a reputation as one of the biggest, most relentless punchers in the lightweight division.
The evening's co-feature highlights two ambitious contenders, as Houston's Rocky Juarez (27-4, 19 KOs) squares off against hard-punching former champion Jorge Barrios (47-3-1, 34 KOs), of Tigre, Argentina, in a 12-round junior lightweight bout. Juarez is a 2000 Olympic silver medalist and hometown favorite looking to rebound after losing to Juan Manuel Marquez last November. Barrios is an experienced and exciting fighter who is hungry to regain his title.
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September 5, 2008
I thought I would throw out another cigar review roundup this week. As usual, hopefully you find something that sounds good for this weekend, or even something that would be a good idea to avoid. He's the sites and the links:
Cigar Jack
Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur - HERE
Macanudo 1968 Robusto - HERE
Kristoff Criollo Churchill - HERE
Leafy Times
Perdomo Habano - Connecticut Robusto - HERE
The Velvet Cigar
The Columbian Gold - HERE
Rocky Patel Nicarao - HERE
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September 5, 2008
The web site AskMen.com has recently done two surveys, one for women and one for men. The male questions cover Lifestyle, Dating, Sexuality and Power & Money. The female questions are a little more basic (it is called AskMen after all) and they just cover women's sexuality and dating trends.
I don't think that anything in here is going to be all that shocking, but it might be interesting to match your answers up and see where you stand on some issues against everyone else.
You can find the men's survey HERE, and the women's HERE.
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September 4, 2008
Esquire magazine is having a makeover contest. The idea is of course to get you to try Esquire magazine, but as with all contests, you can just opt to enter the contest, and not get the couple of free issues if you want.
The grand prize of the contest is $250,000 that you can use toward a personal makeover. Or really, whatever the hell you what to do with the money. The contest runs through January 15, 2009.
If you want the free issue or so of Esquire, you can enter the contest HERE.
If you just want to enter the contest, you can do that HERE.
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September 4, 2008
Absinthe was banned in the U.S. way back in 1912 because of it's famed hallucinatory effects. Well, makers of absinthe managed to find a loophole in the law. It seems that absinthe itself wasn't banned, but an ingredient called thujone, which what was thought to cause the effects. Turns out that even the old school brands of absinthe really didn't have that much thujone in them at all.
Through chemical analysis, makers found that the original brands of absinthe that caused it to become illegal had so little thujone in it that they would be considered legal by the letter of the law. After this fact was learned, all those modern bottles of honest to god absinthe (not some watered down or counterfeit version) that were illegal, turn out to be perfectly legal.
Since you can now buy absinthe anywhere that actually sells it, Esquire magazine has come up with the five best bottles you should go out and buy. You can view that list HERE.
There's a trick to drinking absinthe though, because the good stuff is usually 120 and 140 proof. The trick is to mix it with a little bit a sugar and some cold water. If you're not sure the best way to mix the drink, Esquire also has a how-to guide HERE.
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September 4, 2008
Dave&Busters, Sunset Tan and E! have teamed up to send one lucky winner and a friend to Vegas.
The Grand Prize winner of the contest receives a trip for two to Las Vegas, NV that includes roundtrip, coach-class air transportation for two; three nights standard accommodations at a hotel of Sponsor's choice; a $100 Sunset Tan gift certificate; a $100 Dave & Buster's Power Card; and $500 cash.
The contest runs through September 30, 2008, and you can enter it over at E! Online HERE.
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September 3, 2008
G4 has a series called Women of the Web, that does the obvious from the title, talk about hot women on the net.
One of their recent installments, now up in their video feed area, was a pretty impressive top ten list. G4 states "There's no shortage of hot women on the internet, but we've got the absolute hottest. Forget the anonymous, barely clothed models you saw on various banner ads yesterday. Today's women have them outclassed."
You can see all ten in the video, including Nicky Whalen featured in the picture on the right, over at the G4 site HERE.
Hopefully this should hold you until the top ten finalists of the Maxim Hometown Hotties are announced next week.
Also, this probably isn't the best thing to do at work, but hopefully you knew that already.
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September 3, 2008
Over at Born Rich, they've compiled a list of the top 12 personal submarines that you can buy. As long as you have the money, that is.
The range goes from a two seater concept that will will take you and a friend around under water with a top speed of 4 to 6 knots, all the way up to the $78 million Phoenix 1000 that's a 65-meter luxury submarine with around 5000 square feet on interior space.
You can read all about them, with links to more detailed pages about each, over at the Born Rich site HERE.
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September 2, 2008
Bluff Magazine has a list of the 11 biggest poker blow ups of all time. Of course over half of them involve Phil Hellmuth. The bonus is that not only do they give you a pretty detailed description of what happened, all but one of them also have video of the event.
My favorite is from High Stakes Poker, where Hellmuth is up against Negreanu, and pretty much just acts like a calling station. After the hand, there's a few moments of silence from Phil, and then a full 10 seconds or so of bleeps as he curses. The Number one is of course Mike Matusow's complete meltdown at the 2004 WSOP Main Event.
You can read and see them all over at Bluff Magazine HERE.
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September 2, 2008
I'm already reading a lot about how Oscar may just be too big, with Pacquiao giving up five inches in height, and about six inches in reach. Stranger things have happened though. Here's the official line:
The wait is over and the fight is on. . .Olympic gold medalist and 10-time world champion “The Golden Boy” OSCAR DE LA HOYA will face current Ring Magazine No. 1-ranked pound for pound champion MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO on Saturday, December 6 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada in a bout that will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View.
Presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, Inc., the bout will be a 12-round, non-title fight contested at the 147-pound welterweight limit. This exciting and intriguing match-up pits two of the most recognizable and popular talents in the sport today in what will surely be the grand finale of the 2008 boxing calendar year.
“Manny Pacquiao is considered the best fighter in boxing today and I always want to fight the best,” said De La Hoya. “I am glad we were able to make this fight happen because while Pacquiao is at the pinnacle of his success and has defeated all of the top fighters he has faced, I am going to show the world that it stops with me. December 6 can’t get here soon enough.”
“This is my greatest challenge,” said Pacquiao. “When I take that walk to the ring to fight Oscar, I will carry all the people of The Philippines - the entire country - on my shoulders. I promise I will fight with all of my heart and that I will give everything I have. Like my trainer Freddie Roach says, I have what it takes to win the biggest fight of my life.”
Oscar de la Hoya has been a fan favorite and the most successful pay-per-view attraction in the history of the boxing. A 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist for the United States, de la Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) is a champion in every division he has competed in from 130 to 160 pounds and has faced boxing’s elite for over 15 years, including Floyd Mayweather, Julio Cesar Chavez, Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley, Felix Trinidad, Pernell Whitaker, Ike Quartey, Fernando Vargas, Arturo Gatti, Genaro Hernandez, Jesse James Leija and Hector Camacho Sr. In his fight against Mayweather on May 5, 2007, he fell short via a close split decision, but set records with the fight having the most pay-per-view buys and grossing the most revenue in the history of boxing. In his last fight against Steve Forbes on May 3, 2008 De La Hoya registered a dominating unanimous decision victory, winning nearly every round of the fight which took place in suburban Los Angeles at the outdoor Home Depot Center soccer stadium, another first for boxing’s star attraction.
Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) is recognized by most knowledgeable observers as the best fighter at any weight in the world today. Pacquiao, 29, has held world titles in four weight divisions, winning the WBC flyweight world title two weeks before his 20th birthday in December of 1998, the IBF junior featherweight world title at age 22 in 2001, the WBC super featherweight world title in March of this year and most recently the WBC lightweight world title in his last fight on June 28 against defending champion David Diaz.
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