I picked up "Becoming Holyfield", Evander Holyfield's autobiography the other day and although it is almost as badly written as Hulk Hogan's 'autobiography'(hilariously,but accurately, described by PowerSlam as a work of science fiction!), I must admit to really enjoying it so far. I'm about a third of the way into it and am having a great time reading it. I'd hardly claim to be all that into boxing and do kind of see it as barbaric given the fact that it is essentially getting punched in the head for a living. Nonetheless, there is that idiotic macho kick out of watching two guys just go at it and punching the hell out of each other that comes with being a guy. Up 'til now any interest I had in boxing was largely restricted to the Rocky movies (and by proxy 'Rocky Legends' on the ps2 - awesome game, highly recommended) and rooting for Bernard Dunne when they showed his matches on tv. I suppose not having sky sports etc I just don't have access to many fights and might well check them out if I had the channels. Ditto a lot of things really I guess. Certainly not having Sky Sports to get my much needed dose of wrestling hurts; I haven't seen WWE in months now which is a total kick in the teeth. In any case "Becoming Holyfield" is an entertaining but ultimately poor literary experience but hey, what do you expect from someone who got punched in the head (and punched people in the head to be fair) for a living (and some living it was to be fair vol. II). I guess it goes into the simple thrill/easy kick category.
In other news my Sopranos addiction continues unabated. I'm up to Season six disc three at this stage. Damn it's just so good I'm actually not getting ANY work done on any of my dissertations or exams, I'm just watching The Sopranos and kicking it old school with friends all the live long days. Hopefully next week will be more productive.
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