Marquez steals show from Mayweather on "24/7"
Marquez steals show from Mayweather on "24/7"
By Dan Rafael
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | Print Entry
Like many of you, I've been watching HBO's "Mayweather/Marquez 24/7" on Saturday nights as the program builds up to the Sept. 19 pay-per-view fight between the returning Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez. Mayweather remains cartoonish in the way he presents himself (or at least the way his scenes are edited). But we've been there, done that in previous editions of "24/7." I mean, how many times can you listen to Mayweather brag about his money and mansion, say he's the best and fib about his IRS issues without becoming ill?
At least seeing him on roller skates was something new, right?
But easily the most memorable moment through the series' first two episodes came from the other camp. It was watching Marquez's, um, interesting choice of beverage in the second episode. Even more disgusting than watching Marquez eat some of his purchase of 25 raw quail eggs (which he referred to as "turkey boogers") from a cup with a spoon was watching him drink his own urine.
Yes, his own urine. Does this mean we should refer to him as boxing's Whiz Kid?
Anyway, there's nothing like a camera shot of a man walking into the can with a glass and unzipping, followed by a quick cut to him walking out, sitting down on a chair and hoisting a glass of fresh pee in all of its glistening yellow glory … then downing it like a Coke on a summer afternoon.
I wish I was kidding. It was actually disturbing.
Ace publicist Fred Sternburg, who is not working on this promotion but has yet to encounter a subject he can't crack a joke about, summed up the series' jumping-the-shark-moment perfectly: "Now we know why the promotion is called 'No. 1.' It's a good thing it wasn't called 'No. 2.'"
While I'm on the subject of Marquez's choice of beverage -- which he said he has been drinking during training camp for the last five or six fights, supposedly to ingest additional nutrients (whatever) -- I thought maybe I'd pack an extra travel mouthwash to give him at the press conference next week in Las Vegas.
By Dan Rafael
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | Print Entry
Like many of you, I've been watching HBO's "Mayweather/Marquez 24/7" on Saturday nights as the program builds up to the Sept. 19 pay-per-view fight between the returning Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez. Mayweather remains cartoonish in the way he presents himself (or at least the way his scenes are edited). But we've been there, done that in previous editions of "24/7." I mean, how many times can you listen to Mayweather brag about his money and mansion, say he's the best and fib about his IRS issues without becoming ill?
At least seeing him on roller skates was something new, right?
But easily the most memorable moment through the series' first two episodes came from the other camp. It was watching Marquez's, um, interesting choice of beverage in the second episode. Even more disgusting than watching Marquez eat some of his purchase of 25 raw quail eggs (which he referred to as "turkey boogers") from a cup with a spoon was watching him drink his own urine.
Yes, his own urine. Does this mean we should refer to him as boxing's Whiz Kid?
Anyway, there's nothing like a camera shot of a man walking into the can with a glass and unzipping, followed by a quick cut to him walking out, sitting down on a chair and hoisting a glass of fresh pee in all of its glistening yellow glory … then downing it like a Coke on a summer afternoon.
I wish I was kidding. It was actually disturbing.
Ace publicist Fred Sternburg, who is not working on this promotion but has yet to encounter a subject he can't crack a joke about, summed up the series' jumping-the-shark-moment perfectly: "Now we know why the promotion is called 'No. 1.' It's a good thing it wasn't called 'No. 2.'"
While I'm on the subject of Marquez's choice of beverage -- which he said he has been drinking during training camp for the last five or six fights, supposedly to ingest additional nutrients (whatever) -- I thought maybe I'd pack an extra travel mouthwash to give him at the press conference next week in Las Vegas.
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