A Couple of Quick Thoughts

First: I am very surprised by the result of Pacquiao-Hatton. I thought Manny would win, but I assumed it would be a unanimous decision type of scenario, with Hatton being beaten by Pacquiao's speed more than anything else. I really did not anticipate a knockout, especially not in the early rounds. It seems like one of two things has been happening recently: a.) Pac-Man is picking his fights very well, finding guys who are still very much in the public eye but are subtly declining (well, not so subtle in De La Hoya's case); or, more likely, b.) he is just a freak. I think it's interesting the way Pacquiao has moved up weight classes so easily and smoothly. Part of that, in my opinion, is the fact that he was more than likely actually undernourished as a young man, when he won the 112 pound title as a teenager. It's very possible that he is able to put on so much weight without losing anything simply because the full potential of his frame was never tapped at a young age. In any case, he is definitely on top of the world right now- who knows, maybe by next year he'll weigh in at around 210 and take down Witali Klitschko.


And, second, I just discovered the show "Kings" for pretty cheap on iTunes ($10 for six hours worth of the show). It seems to me that all the shows I find interesting lately are either in severe decline (Family Guy, The Simpsons) or canceled or very likely to be canceled (Firefly, The Black Donnellys, now Kings). The premise alone is good enough to merit watching it- a retelling of the Saul-David-Jonathan story in a modern setting- but it's really incredible. Ian McShane (the dad from Hot Rod and one of the guys from Deadwood) is the king, Silas, and is great in the role. But Kings is currently getting a sub-1.0 Nielsen rating and the second half of the first season was delayed until summer, which means that I'll be rewatching the first five episodes for over a month- hooray. I really hope this one makes it, because it's my favorite new show on TV.