people around the world ain't talked this much about heavyweights since howard cosell talked this much about heavyweights ... way back in time, like, in the '70s when frazier & ali & foreman & norton were rumblin' in jungles & thrillin' in manila & all that pugilist stuff.
okay ... maybe i'm exaggerating. the '90s had some great heavyweight boxing matchups too ... but i've never seen this much heavyweight buzz on facetwittertube in either boxing or ultimate fighting (and, yes, i realize facetwittertube hasn't been around that long, people).
first off, we had the man dana white's priceless twitter smile, which was a tweet worth a thousand words (or perhaps 70-plus) ... everybody's main man elie seckbach & his youtube videos aptly captured the emotion of saturday's strikeforce stunner (see below) ... and shane carwin's woman--mrs. lani alexander-carwin (happy anniversary to you two!!)--probably summed up the respect best on her facebook page: "Fedor is amazing. And if the best in this sport doesn't have a spotless record, it's impossible. That's one of the things that makes this sport so exciting. Fedor is an amazing athlete and appears to be quite an incredible and honorable man. The Carwins still think he is ...
