What is Wrong With ..................YOU!?: A Look at this Weekend’s Sporting Events

Wow! What a weekend for sports! With what is expected to be one of the biggest boxing matches in Pay Per View history slated to take place Saturday, May 5^th, the 122^nd running of horses at Churchill Downs also on Saturday, lots of basketball and hockey playoff games all weekend, and a Red Sox series in Minnesota all scheduled to take place, this should be quite a weekend to remember.

First, the boxing match. Oh the hype! This fight, featuring Oscar De La Hoya (38-4 30 KO's) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (37-0 24 KO's) should be a doozie. It is already projected to be the top grossing Pay Per View event of all time.

Mayweather, the undefeated and current WBC Welterweight champeen, is the son of De La Hoya's former trainer! What's more is that Floyd Mayweather Sr. is not the biggest fan of his son! Some say that Mayweather has no weakness and if I were face to face with the man I wouldn't have any qualms about telling him that his left jab clearly is his weakness, then when he'd attempt to prove me wrong I'd dodge his weak jab and counter with a right hook and combo into my patented Shamalamadingdong as performed by Otis Day and the Knights and knock the living daylights out of Mayweather.

In fact, Floyd… that is a direct challenge. You… Me… the Garden… July 4^th Pay Per View. I know I'll be there, if you don't show… that's your problem.

Oscar De La Hoya literally means "Oscar of the Hole" no joke, but I translate it differently. For me it's "Oscar De La No Holes In His Style". The man is a living legend and did I mention that he is gorgeous to boot!? Well he is. He dresses right, fights right, eats right and looks right.

That said, here is my prediction… Mayweather with the left jab into Of The Hole's temple knocking him to the carpet and out cold in an instant in the 2^nd. Why? Because its May and the weather is nice, so therefore Mayweather must win. Enjoy paying $54.99 to watch some guys punch each other. I wish every household in America would pay me $54.99 to get punched.

Next on the menu is the 122^nd running of the steeds at Churchill Downs. The bigness of this event is overshadowed by the attendance of the Queen of England. She and some of her royal family will attend this year's Kentucky Derby and she will undoubtedly lose hundreds of dollars betting on the wrong trifecta. But enough Queen bashing, I am actually very proud of the Queen. In a gesture of good faith she visited with some of the families and survivors of the April tragedy at Virginia Tech. Nicely done Queen.

Now, here are the field and odds for the race:

And here is my educated pick:

"Storm in May"-Win, for the same reason that Mayweather will win,
"Tueflesberg"-Place, because obviously it's one of two Jewish horses in the race,
"Sedgefield"- Show, because this horse is clearly the other Jewish horse in the field, and because it is the fastest, has the best position and currently is possessed by the soul of Barbaro.

Barbaro, may it Rest In Peace

There are also basketball and hockey playoffs... COOL

The Red Sox have a tough series in Minnesota starting tonight with matchups of Wakefield (2-3) vs Silva (2-1); The Immortal Tavarez (1-2) vs The Average Santana (3-2) Saturday and the final game of the series Schilling (3-1) takes on Ponson (2-3) I predict a sweep!

Also, Spiderman 3 debuts, the spring concert at UMass is Sunday and don't forget to get your Meat Loaf tickets Monday for his August 20^th show at the Pavilion in Boston.