 Sunday, December 03, 2006
Why aren't you selling any more tickets to the Klitschko-Brock fight?
After growing up watching great boxers like Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Alexis Arguello, and Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran, the Tank has soured on professional boxing over the past decade or so because of the corruption and mismanagement that has plagued the "Sweet Science". However, my friend Boogie Down Bronx Jose taped some fights during the past year and we would talk about them. While listening to Max Kellerman on ESPN 1050 AM, I also got back into boxing as Max is an excellent boxing analyst.
Instead of travelling to Vegas or Atlantic City to watch a fight, the Tank went to the world's greatest arena, Madison Square Garden, a few weeks ago to watch the heavyweight champion of the world, Dr. Wladimir Wladimirowich Klitschko. Since the Tank went to the Brian Regan comedy concert earlier that evening, I wasn't sure when it would end so I didn't want to waste money by buying a ticket I wouldn't use. The Tank walked up to the box office but only the Will Call window is open. The main event was more than 30 minutes away and they weren't selling tickets, only Will Call. I could understand if the Garden sold out but there were still at least a few thousand tickets available. What's up with that?
I started to walk around the entrance of the Garden with one finger in the air. It wasn't the BNL insanity signal but I tried to scalp a ticket. The following is a brief transcript of a conversation:
Stranger: Are you a cop?
Tank: No.
Stranger: You look like a cop.
Tank: No, you look like a cop.
This didn't go anywhere so the Tank moved on. A Ukrainian adolescent about 100 feet away said to not to bother trying to scalp a ticket as he and about seven of his friends were sold fake tickets. They ask me if I understand.
Tank: "Da, ya znaio." ("Yes, I understand," I replied to him in Russian.)
Adolescent #2: "Where is the ESPNZone? Will it show the fight?"
Tank: "I am not sure as they are probably showing college football and pro basketball."
I give them the directions, buy a Klitschko scarf as winter is approaching and I can't find my Yankee scarf after moving, and try to find a bar that shows the fight. I walk up to nearby Jack Dempsey's Restaurant figuring they would have the fight as it was named one of the greatest fighters of all time. They didn't. You have to be kidding me.
Though I didn't get a ticket, at least Klitschko won the fight. Time to go to walk to the Pyramid Club to listen to some great music.
Posted by the Tank in NY.
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