FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS @ THE MOHEGAN SUN













YESSIREEE BOB, BACK AT THE FIGHTS! THIS TIME WAS EXTRA SPECIAL WITH MY FAVORITE TWENTY SIX YEAR OLD BLUE EYED BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER!! I THINK THAT MY WATCHING SO MANY FIGHTS OVER THE YEARS MAY HAVE RUBBED OFF SOMEWHAT, EH? ANYWAYS I GOT SOME FREEBIE TICKETS FROM THE GOOD FOLKS AT MOHEGAN SUN. I THOUGHT THEY WERE FOR ESPN2 FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS BUT THEY TURNED OUT TO BE FOR BOXEO TELEFUTURA. ITS ALL GOOD BOXING LATIN STYLE! THE FEATURED FIGHT FRIDAY THE 23rd OF FEBRUARY WAS CT LOCAL ELVIN AYALA TRYING TO AVENGE HIS ONLY LOSS AGAINST OREGON NATIVE DAVID BANKS AT 160LBS.





I SNOOKERED OUT OF WORK EARLY TO AVOID THE HIDEOUS TRAFFIC ON I95, BUT IT STILL TOOK ALMOST THREE HOURS TO GET UP TO UNCASVILLE, CT. I CHECKED INTO MY $29 ROOM AN THEN MADE RESERVATIONS AT BIG BUBBAS BBQ FOR DIN DIN AT AROUND 7PM. MY LITTLE GIRL HAD TO WORK AND THEN FIGHT THE I95 TRAFFIC THRU HARTFORD AND WAS TO GET IN AROUND 7PM. WHAT WAS I TO DO? OH WELL MIGHT AS WELL LOOK AROUND AND MAYBE DO A LITTLE GAMBLING.








BAD IDEA, ENDED UP GETTING SPANKED AT THE TABLES. YIKES , DECIDED TO JUST PLAY SOME SLOTS TILL THE GREAT OFFSPRING OF JIMITHEGREEK ARRIVES! BINGO BANGO HIT A LITTLE JACKPOT FOR ABOUT 800 BUCKAROOS! GOTTA LOVE THAT DOUBLE DIAMOND DELUXE MACHINE. WAS GETTING HUNGRY NOW, VERY HUNGRY! I GET CRANKY IF I DON'T EAT EVERY COUPLE OF HOURS OR SO!

SHE ARRIVED A BIT LATE ( BUT THEN AGAIN WOMEN ARE NEVER ON TIME). WE MET AT BUBBAS AND ORDERED THE TRASH RIBS TO SHARE. THEY WERE QUITE TASTY, WE BOTH AGREED. I HAD THE PULLED PORK SANDWICH , WHILE SHE HAD THE HEALTHY GRILLED CHICKEN SANDWICH. MINE WAS TASTIER, PORK IS ALWAYS TASTIER THAN CHICKEN! A GOOD MEAL AND THEN OFF TO THE FIGHTS.

WE STAYED FOR ALL THE FIGHTS AND EVEN HAD SOME TREATY ICE CREAM. DAVID BANKS OUT HUSTLED, OUT PUNCHED AND OUT BOXED ELVIN AYALA FOR A CLEAR & CLEAN UNANIMOUS DECISION. AYALA HAS NOW LOST TWICE TO BANKS AND NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND DEDICATE OR DISSIPATE!

THE OTHER MATCHES WERE DECENT. IN A FLYWEIGHT BOUT, GABRIEL CRUZ LOST A 4 ROUNDER TO ICENDER BEAUCHAMP DESPITE FLOORING HIM IN THE FIRST ROUND. WE BOTH THOUGHT GABRIEL WON THE FIGHT. HE GOT JOBBED IN A HOMETOWN DECISION, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN BOXING. IN OTHER MATCHES UNDERDOG CASTULO GONZALES SURPRISED BARARO ZEPEDA IN AN EIGHT ROUND UNANIMOUS DECISION.

THE LAST FIGHT OF THE NIGHT WAS LOCAL HARTFORD HEAVYWEIGHT TONY GRANO VS BOSTON POLICEMAN TYRONE SMITH. GRANO WAS A CROWD FAVORITE AND CLUMSILY PUNCHED AND CHASED A GAME BUT OUTMATCHED SMITH ALL OVER THE RING FOR A UNANIMOUS DECISION. THE CROWD HAD A GREAT TIME AND IT WAS THE LOUDEST IT WAS ALL NIGHT. GOOD FUN FOR ALL.

IT WAS ALREADY PAST MY BEDTIME WHEN I WALKED THE HEIR TO THE JIMITHEGREEK EMPIRE TO HER CAR AND SAID GOOD NIGHT. I WAS GOING TO MY ROOM FOR A LITTLE SPORTSCENTER AND SOME WELL DESERVED SLEEP!

THIS WAS A WONDERFUL FATHER DAUGHTER NIGHT. LIFE IS GOOD