September 17th, 2003

Another TV Viewer For De La Hoya

Over at Slate, Allen Barra explains why those of us watching the De La Hoya-Mosely fight at home last Saturday had a more accurate view of reality than everyone sitting ringside:

So, what we're left with is a situation in which the combination of television, taped replay, and punch-stat counts give any TV-watching knucklehead more evidence to work with than is available to the judge or sportswriter sitting right there at ringside. Yet it's the opinion of the latter pair

One Response to “Another TV Viewer For De La Hoya”

  1. Ben says:

    TSN (Canada) is showing the whole De La Hoya fight Saturday night free of charge. I wonder what their commentary will say about the decision.