Calling me merely “not a boxing guy” doesn’t do justice to my lack of knowledge about the Sweet Science. I get why people dig it, but it’s just not for me. Therefore, I must appeal to the Uni Watch audience on this image from the Hopkins-Calzaghe fight, for a couple of reasons:
1. What’s with the fringes? Is that a new thing or just limited to most of the shots of the various bouts that occurred yesterday?
2. I’m assuming whatever is written on the tape on the cuffs of each boxer’s gloves is an OK from the sanctioning body in terms of gloves?
3. Any idea why the referee is wearing what I would describe as a police officer’s shirt? Standard apparel?
4. By calling it the Sweet Science, am I further exposing myself as a 30-year-old guy who knows nothing about the sport? As in, “Great, you know the ‘nickname’ but little else, moron.”
If you know the answers to any or all of these questions, pipe up. Of course, if the spam filter is still being persnickety, it might not matter what you say. But I’m checking in on the comments every so often and setting them free, so say it anyway. Just make sure to keep your comment easy to spot among the porn links, OK? — Bryan
#1 by John on 04.20.08 7:56 am |
I may be wrong on this, but I believe the writing on the glove tape is that proves the gloves have been inspected by the referee or an official prior to the fight and have been “Signed off” as acceptable.
#2 by chris on 04.20.08 8:03 am |
Brian, I used to be a boxing guy, but after watching UFC, I’ve given it up completely. I think the fringes are a new thing that boxers are wearing, I can’t remember any big fights 5 -10 years ago that had them. The only thing this picture is missing is the referee’s black bow-tie.
#3 by Skip on 04.20.08 8:59 am |
Hey
Fringes have been around for a few years. I guess they just consider it “artistic” or something. Personally I can’t stand them but Calzaghes’ are nothing compared to these : http://www.livefight... found on Ricky Hatton!
The writing on the gloves is from the glove men and the referee. The wraps inside the gloves are also signed by the referee, certifies that the gloves and wraps aren’t dodgy i.e no metal.
Referees uniform appears to be standard apparel from what I have seen of the referees in the US. UK referees wear white and they look like normal white shirts. http://www.raf.mod.u...
(apologies for no links, I couldn’t make the hyperlinks work!).
But if you think the fringes are bad it’s nothing compared to the oversized shorts, and the stupid boots they now choose to wear! http://www.boxnews.c... as illustrated by Audley Harrison (he’s the one laying on the floor with the ankle boots!).
#4 by TL III on 04.20.08 9:25 am |
I also know nothing about boxing aside from my career on Fight Night round 2. (Undefeated, if video games were real life I’d be rich)
The fringe was availible to select for your shorts so I assume its a normal thing. I dont think it would serve any purpose.
#5 by Paul Lukas on 04.20.08 9:56 am |
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#6 by martyn on 04.20.08 10:16 am |
In regards to yesterday’s comment about the Canadian ads on the Bruins boards, they definitely are not virtual ads. They’re on the boards.
A couple of similar examples that I can think of are when the Yankees or Mariners or another team with a major Japanese star come to town, the Rogers Centre in Toronto gets a bunch of new Japanese language ads on the outfield walls and camera bays.
Another example might be the arena that the Carolina Hurricanes, and for that matter, the Bruins themselves play in. They’re both Canadian banks. I’m not sure if there are TD or RBC branches in the USA, but I know in the case of the RBC Center in Raleigh, the company was drawn by all the coverage they’d get on Canadian television.
#7 by Thorold Blair on 04.20.08 11:12 am |
Apparently ads on the boards in places you wouldn’t think, isn’t that out of the ordinary. This is from the 08 World Junior Hockey Championships in the Czech Republic. It must be cost effective to advertise there for North American companies.
#8 by Agentrygraphics on 04.20.08 11:35 am |
Hey…what’s up with Chris Creamer’s site?
The CCSLC has been denying access to its forums.
…any clue if Chris knows about this?
I know alot of us post here AND over there…hence my question.
#9 by Ryan B on 04.20.08 11:47 am |
re: CCSLC
The board database went kablooey, thus the reason for the closure. I’m sure they’re working on fixing it.
#10 by Mark K on 04.20.08 11:56 am |
Notice the referee isn’t wearing the surgical gloves they always seem to wear these days. Always cracks me up to see that. Like sweat and blood flying into your face isn’t any more hazardous than separating the fighters.
The shirt does scream “Hazard County”.
#11 by Teebz on 04.20.08 12:18 pm |
martyn said:
I’ll second this comment. This is true.
Canadian companies know that Canadians follow hockey like Catholics follow the Pope. Therefore, advertising Canadian companies on the boards makes sense from a TV advertising perspective. The reason there are French advertisements in Boston is because more people in Quebec will be watching the Habs and Bruins play, so it make sense to advertise to the local Quebecois population in Boston.
Also, unless the team owns the building, advertising is determined by building management.
#12 by Mardi on 04.20.08 12:30 pm |
I was on a Pittsburgh Penguins blog site called Letsgopens.com and i came across this post with these pictures. Take a look and see whats wrong with these pictures.
#13 by =bg= on 04.20.08 12:53 pm |
Pope appearing at Yankee Stadium today- no word if he’s going to bury a Pope jersey underneath the new stadium.
#14 by E_Ro on 04.20.08 1:08 pm |
Mardi said:
I see a lot wrong, since both teams are wearing the RBK edge uniform system. Also the playoff logo creep on the ice…. but I’m assuming you are baffled by the french NHL badge.
#15 by Janke on 04.20.08 1:14 pm |
The bar I was at last night was so packed people were turned away at the door. The only fights being shown on any TV were from the UFC. MMA is here to stay.
#16 by Jeff P on 04.20.08 1:16 pm |
martyn said:
Actually the RBC center is named after RBC centura, the US branch based in Raleigh. But it certainly helps the Canada branch two, which very well may have been part of the point.
Another ad related thing here: Did anyone else notice that the NHL configured the Playoffs ice so they don’t have to take out a sponsor logo? Usually it says “thank you fans” or whatnot where they have the playoff banners now, and the playoffs logo on one of the four spots in center ice.
#17 by Joe on 04.20.08 1:21 pm |
Mardi said:
I dont know, fill me in? Do you mean the NHL Logo? They are playing in Canada, bilingual country, LNH is french League National de Hockey, They have that in Montreal too
#18 by Eric B on 04.20.08 1:28 pm |
the KC T-Bones Mike Vick promotion appears to be off….sort of
http://www.kansascit...
#19 by Jim W on 04.20.08 1:29 pm |
Mardi said:
Um… nothing – “LNH” is the french version of “NHL”
#20 by Stevo on 04.20.08 1:30 pm |
martyn said:
TD Banknorth’s origins are with a collection of New England banks.
#21 by Dirk on 04.20.08 1:38 pm |
The writing on the tape of the gloves is “NSAC” or Nevada State Athletic Commision since the fight took place in Las Vegas. I don’t follow boxing much but I do follow the UFC and all the fighters will have that same writing on the tap of their gloves also. Just means the sanctioning body of the bout has signed off to the tape being ok and free of foreign objects.
#22 by Mike Engle on 04.20.08 1:45 pm |
Introducing Carey Price, Paul Lukas’s newest favorite hockey player.
#23 by Mike Engle on 04.20.08 1:50 pm |
(Retry of previous post)
Introducing Carey Price, Paul Lukas’s new favorite hockey player.
#24 by BullManUGA on 04.20.08 2:15 pm |
Corky Miller may suck at baseball but he knows how to wear stirrups. Braves broadcaster Joe Simpson even made a note of it.
#25 by Steven on 04.20.08 2:50 pm |
Not sure where to put this, but a couple weeks ago you were talking about the Spring Game uniforms….thought I’d share on Kentucky(played yesterday). UK wore practice shirts, Game pants and helmets w/decals…some players wore high socks, others did not.
#26 by Stevo on 04.20.08 2:51 pm |
Dirk said:
Also, after the fight the tape is kept with the gloves as evidence in case there is an inquiry or one of the fighters dies.
#27 by Jordan on 04.20.08 2:53 pm |
Interesting that you would bring up last night’s fight –I was wondering the same thing about the referee’s shirt last night. It does have the look of a Chicago beat cop with the epaulets and the flag patch. (…an does everybody have to have a flag patch or pin now? really?)
The style of boxing continues towards the “More is More” school of style — trunks get more detailed and textured as the boots get higher. This runs in conjuncture with the anomoly of Vegas fashion — rediculous no-tie tuxedos & eight button NBA draft suits both made out upholstery fabric and pneumatically enhanced women.
It makes one pine for the days of a young Mike Tyson who paid tribute to his predecessors by wearing simple black trucks and ankle high boots with no socks.
#28 by Matt on 04.20.08 3:06 pm |
Ottawa is almost on the border of Ontario and Quebec. It would make sense to have the bilingual version in the ice to accommodate both sets of fans.
The writing on the ice is new. The old ‘Thank You to the Fans’ thing only appeared after the lockout I do believe. It kinda gunks up the ice IMO.
#29 by LI Phil on 04.20.08 3:18 pm |
=bg= said:
yeah…a couple days ago i speculated he was gone slip a mitre in there
btw…anyone notice he had on a sean avery sweater under the vestments?
#30 by LI Phil on 04.20.08 3:20 pm |
BullManUGA said:
that he knows how to wear stirrups?
or that he sucks?
or both
#31 by Dave on 04.20.08 3:44 pm |
Haven’t been able to find any pics as yet, but the cricket’s new India Premier League commenced over the weekend… The NOB letters for the Kings XI Punjab seemed to be about a foot high! Completely excessive, and looked quite squashed with some of the longer Indian surnames. Also was red lettering on grey uni’s, so hard to read. Poor form.
#32 by Dave on 04.20.08 3:57 pm |
A follow up – highlights video showing the huge NOB.
Youtube Vid
#33 by Stevo on 04.20.08 4:05 pm |
=bg= said:
The Cardinal of Boston said in a press conference that he would be wearing his “Red Sox” and that he would try to bury a t-shirt in the outfield.
#34 by MPowers1634 on 04.20.08 4:27 pm |
Bingo!!!
Here’s the skinny on Bobby Abreu’s new cleats!
Abreu’s new angle: Yankees right fielder Bobby Abreu is the only player in the majors wearing B-Top cleats. He should know – he designed them.
Abreu is preparing for his retirement as a player by delving into the competitive sporting goods industry. He has started his own company in Venezuela and hopes to be selling cleats and sneakers within a few years.
“It’s all in the early stages now,” he said. “But I have control over everything.”
Abreu designed the cleats and chose the name for his footwear. B-Top doesn’t mean anything in particular, he said. “I just like the way it sounded,” he said. “We went through a bunch of different ones.”
Abreu has two pairs of prototypes that he’s trying out. Once he settles on a model that he likes, he plans to start production. He visited factories in the Far East over the winter to get an idea of what it would cost him.
“I’ve always been interested in that side of things,” he said. “It’s just something I do on the side. We’ll see what happens.”
Could Abreu be the next Phil Knight, the mastermind of Nike?
“I’ll take 1 percent of that,” he said. “I’m just a little guy.”
I had no idea how to contact Abreu or any of the Yankees people so I decided to e-mail two Yankees beat-writers from area newspapers, Peter Abraham of the Journal News and Ed Price of the Newark Star Ledger.
They were both helpful, albeit, very stingy with info!
Turns out that I was their muse! Abraham wrote the above quoted piece and Price was planning on writing something!
Too bad they didn’t mentioned UW or my name…
That’s alright…mystery solved!
#35 by MPowers1634 on 04.20.08 4:29 pm |
Bingo!!!!!
Here’s the skinny on Bobby Abreu’s new cleats!
Abreu’s new angle: Yankees right fielder Bobby Abreu is the only player in the majors wearing B-Top cleats. He should know – he designed them.
Abreu is preparing for his retirement as a player by delving into the competitive sporting goods industry. He has started his own company in Venezuela and hopes to be selling cleats and sneakers within a few years.
“It’s all in the early stages now,” he said. “But I have control over everything.”
Abreu designed the cleats and chose the name for his footwear. B-Top doesn’t mean anything in particular, he said. “I just like the way it sounded,” he said. “We went through a bunch of different ones.”
Abreu has two pairs of prototypes that he’s trying out. Once he settles on a model that he likes, he plans to start production. He visited factories in the Far East over the winter to get an idea of what it would cost him.
“I’ve always been interested in that side of things,” he said. “It’s just something I do on the side. We’ll see what happens.”
Could Abreu be the next Phil Knight, the mastermind of Nike?
“I’ll take 1 percent of that,” he said. “I’m just a little guy.”
I had no idea how to contact Abreu or any of the Yankees people so I decided to e-mail two Yankees beat-writers from area newspapers, Peter Abraham of the Journal News and Ed Price of the Newark Star Ledger.
They were both helpful, albeit, very stingy with info!
Turns out that I was their muse! Abraham wrote the above quoted piece and Price was planning on writing something!
Too bad they didn’t mentioned UW or my name…
That’s alright…mystery solved!
#36 by MPowers1634 on 04.20.08 4:38 pm |
Bingo!!!
Check out this link concerning Bobby Abreu’s cleats!
Scroll down to where the Bold Writing states: Around Baseball!
#37 by Eric B on 04.20.08 5:08 pm |
LI Phil said:
not sure about that but i understand he wears high stirrups under there.
#38 by =bg= on 04.20.08 6:16 pm |
think about the shoe deal the Pope could get.
“The Pontiff Pump” I by Reebok.
#39 by James Craven on 04.20.08 6:38 pm |
Tell THAT to those who had to watch the golf and ice hockey online in NYC, and were forced to watch the Lakers-Nuggets on ESPN2…
#40 by LI Phil on 04.20.08 7:26 pm |
=bg= said:
air popedans
sunday alts
rookie year signature shoe
“cross” trainers
women & young boy line
#41 by allen on 04.20.08 7:48 pm |
the performance new era’s still don’t work.
http://i91.photobuck...
#42 by allen on 04.20.08 7:50 pm |
the 5950’s still don’t work very well.
just before the dodgers start losing some more
#43 by =bg= on 04.20.08 9:09 pm |
Mets P tonight wearing a mouthguard on the mound.
Screenshot link to follow.
#44 by =bg= on 04.20.08 9:27 pm |
Met’s P with mouthgard:
http://img.photobuck...
Miller/Morgan says its for TMJ:
http://en.wikipedia....
#45 by LI Phil on 04.20.08 9:47 pm |
=bg= said:
i thought it was so he wouldn’t tip his pitches
course…after utley took him deep…does it matter?
also…miller gets affected with morganosis…to wit:
man on first, 2 out, 3-2 count…miller literally screams…”AND HE’S TAKING OFF”…seemingly shocked at this development
#46 by Les on 04.20.08 9:51 pm |
An example of logo creep. Today Ajax Amsterdam played their last game of the season. They wore special shirts with dance4life on the front instead of their normal shirt sponsors ABN AMRO.
http://www.footballs...
The interesting thing is that these special shirts had the three stripes of adidas down the arms whereas their normal shirts for Eredivisie games do not have the stripes. The stripes were originally removed back in 2000 when Ajax fans complained that the stripes ruined the look of the shirts.
http://us.macbay.de/... (scroll down to story)
Here are pictures from the match:
http://english.ajax....
Interestingly, after the match there was a ceremony for Johnny Heitinga who is leaving the team at the end of the season. He came back on the field with the ABN AMRO sponsored shirt and it had no stripes on the sleeves.
#47 by Daniel Sagal on 04.20.08 10:23 pm |
I would have to agree with you on the lack of knowledge when it comes to boxing. I truly just don’t get it but it is what it is… funny post!!
#48 by Ryan on 04.20.08 10:38 pm |
Teebz said:
The TD Banknorth Garden is owned by the Bruins themselves…so there goes that idea…
#49 by LI Phil on 04.20.08 11:47 pm |
there can only be one
not everything about the nba playoffs is bad
#50 by Gibby on 04.20.08 11:54 pm |
Hey Paul,
I was watching NHL playoffs on CBC this evening and they were showing the Boston Bruins during practice. The Bruins were wearing their new 3rd jerseys for next season (black w/ alternate logo on the front, no coloured yoke). Not sure if anyone else saw it and got a screen grab, but it happened.
#51 by Teebz on 04.21.08 1:08 am |
Ryan said:
How does that idea go to the wayside? The Bruins sell advertising on the boards that anyone can buy. Quebec companies pay the Bruins to advertise their products on the boards in Boston.
#52 by Bernd Wilms on 04.21.08 2:56 am |
In European soccer, foreign ad boards have long been a regular occurrence in international competition. As an example, here is the 1989 UEFA Cup Final. Note the German ads in Naples (Italy), especially the one for tic tacs (for some reason in Europe they’re advertised to this day as having 2 calories, not 1.5 as here!)
Witness the 1997 UEFA Cup Final, 1997 2nd leg, Inter Milan vs. Schalke 04. Behind one goal, Telecom Italia Mobile is advertised right next to German mobile company e-Plus.
A relatively recent development is the dual advertising method used at international friendlies. At the England-Germany game at Wembley in 2007, for example, BBC viewers got ads for Nationwide and Carlsberg while the German cameras on the other side captured ads for Buderus and Nutella, with the German bench being adorned with German Postbank logos.