Rhino's 15 Minutes of Fame 10.31.09: The Debut

Posted by Ryan Bates on 10.31.2009

Everyone gets 15 minutes of fame. I'm taking mine every week though! As many boxing thoughts as I can cram into fifteen minutes.

Andy Warhol once famously stated that everyone will have fifteen minutes of fame in their lifetime. That's fine. But what if we're not paying attention when we get it! That would suck. "Hey, buddy, that was awesome, your fifteen minutes of fame!" "What? I was busy watching 'Dancing With The Stars!' NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

So, I'm determined not to miss my fifteen minutes of fame. That's why I'm in the gym working hard to one day have my hand raised in victory in the very boxing ring that I cover as a writer.

Until then, I'm going to write this column, cramming as many boxing things as I can think of into exactly fifteen minutes. And yes, I AM timing it. So readers, lovers of boxing, welcome to what may be "Rhino's Fifteen Minutes of Fame."

This week, the clock starts at 9:25pm. Off we go!



-- "Firepower" is only two weeks or so away! I'm really excited for this one. Isn't it great to have a tough pound-for-pound champion taking on a true warrior who's nearly the same weight? Other, former pound-for-pound leaders should take heart. Maybe it's the fact that this one is so hard to pick that's making it extra exciting. I'm standing by Pacquiao, but with all the recent turmoil in his camp, it could have an adverse effect! But I won't go into too much detail on that, since 411mania is going to be YOUR HOME for all things Pacquiao and Cotto in the weeks to come.

-- OK, so I'm 0 for 2 in Super Six picks right now (although I think I should be 1 for 2 since in my eyes Andre Dirrell won). But I'm going to stick with my original pick and say that Ward will defeat Kessler. I think Kessler (aside from JT) is going to be the disappointment of the tournament. Call it a hunch.

-- Both Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson were guests on "3 More Rounds" -- thanks for coming on, by the way! -- and it made me excited for their November 7 rematch. And to be quite honest, I can't remember the last time I was excited about a Chad Dawson fight. Of course, that may be because the last two fights were against Antonio "Mason Tarver" Dixon.



-- I swear I just heard a car crash! Guess it was just some animal in the trash. Animals who live on Las Vegas scraps have to be the luckiest animals in the world. How many other cities have strays who eat crab legs? But I digress.

-- So Shane Mosley and Andre Berto got into a little War of Words on Twitter. Berto is saying "quit talking smack to me," Mosley's saying "sign the damn contract," and the cynics are saying it's all hype. I dunno. Sounds like there might be bad blood brewing on this one. At least on Berto's end. He's the one throwing the first insults and the slams, saying that Jin Mosley (Shane's ex-wife) wore the pants in the relationship, whereas Sugar Shane is just saying, "I'm here, sign the contract." So, Berto's slamming Shane, and Shane isn't retaliating, but Berto just keeps doing it. That, to me, sounds like Berto's being those people who critique him. You know. The ones he calls "haters."

-- So you put Hector Camacho Jr. against Yory Boy "Night of the Living Dead" Campas and you think you have a blowout, right? WRONG! Camacho Jr won that fight by SPLIT DECISION. And that's after not one, not two, but THREE points being deducted - one for a blatant low blow, one for hitting after the bell, and one for excessive holding. HOLDING!! Against Yori Boy Campas! First off, how sad is that to say you just "squeaked by" Yory Boy Campas in 2009? I know grannies that can lay a whooping on Campas. Maybe if you didn't come in FIVE AND A HALF POUNDS FAT on the scale you'd have done better, huh? And I don't know the last time anyone's had three points deducted and still finished the fight. Hell, I don't know the last time anyone's had three points deducted! Sad, sad, sad. I'm actually glad Camacho didn't follow through on his promise of letting me take video footage of his training camp. There'd probably be some really embarrassing crap on there.

STOP THE CLOCK! It's now 9:40pm. You've just witnessed "Rhino's Fifteen Minutes of Fame" (for this week, anyway).

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