Lord help me, but I loved the first one. Granted, it was like watching a trainwreck, but so much more fun.
Make your picks…
Ron “Horshack” Palillo vs Dustin “Screech” Diamond
Gotta go with youth in this one, Diamond over Palillo
Darva Conger vs Olga Korbut
Another pretty girl vs athlete match-up. I see this fight being similar to the Harding v Jones match of the last show. One good shot and Conger will run. Korbut.
Joey Buttafuoco vs Joanie “Chyna” Laurer
I know “wrassl’n” is much more show than sport (like figure skating), but you can’t deny the athleticism of those performers. I can’t imagine Buttafuoco surviving three rounds with a women with muscles better then those on most men. Chyna wins it.
Manute Bol vs William “The Refrigerator” Perry
This should be an interesting match. IIRC, Bol is listed as 7’7" while Perry is about 7 foot around. Reach vs Brawn. 220lbs vs, what, about 450lbs? I think Bol wins because he can move better and stay out of Perry’s reach.
Olga. Darva won’t focus on training, just regaining her privacy.
Joanie. I only hope she doesn’t kill Joey as that would end this most awful of Rupert Murdoch’s contributions to America’s decline. They are so mismatched as to make this actually dangerous.
I hope that the Fridge never corners Manute, cause there would be a terrible breaking sound.
Don’t forget, Bottafuco was supposed to fight John Wayne Bobbitt, who had to bow out…as he is under arrest for domestic violence against a woman…which is, of course, a total coincidence. That’s one I’d have tuned into.
I’ve got $5 on screech, my bro in law claims he saw a recent pic of horshack and said he was moderatly buff. I still think that the ~20 year age difference will be the decision maker.
I’ll also take Chyna over Joey B. She has to be able to hit pretty hard and if she doesn’t get KO’d early will definately have stamina advantage over the boofer in the final round.
Manute BOl vs Fridge…sheesh. I saw fridge on that FX Toughman show a couple years ago. He is FAT. F-A-T. He was throwing some haymakers but got winded very quickly. If fridge doesn’t win in the first one minute, I give it to Bol. Plus he probably has twich the reach that fridge does.
Korbut will destroy Conger, for the reason Boxcar mentioned above.
What exactly has Olga Korbut done to distinguish herselve since the 1972 Olympics? Why is she on this card? She’s not infamous. She doesn’t fit … consider:
- Horshak vs. Screech: geek battle
- Buttafuoco vs. Chynna (proxy for Bobbit): Butt and Bobbit was a natural battle of the sleazes; Chynna is not a bad sub, as she can “get Buttafuoco back” for women everywhere! :rolleyes:
Bol vs. Fridge: Fat vs. Skinny … ha-ha, big laughs! :rolleyes:
Conger (scratch) vs. Korbut: Huh? Conger vs. Marla Maples, I could see … battle of the gold-diggers. Korbut vs. Nadia Comenici, I could see. But the bout as scheduled makes no sense.
Since Darva has pulled out, I guess we’ll see what they come up with.
Conger v Korbut
Picked this one wrong. Conger put on a lot better show than I thought and used her height and reach to prevent Korbut from doing much damage. Both ladies took the hits and scored points but after three rounds it was Conger in a unanimous decision.
Palillo vs Diamond
Palillo was game but was totally mis-matched. Diamond had about 50lbs on him and about 6 more inches in reach. According to the bios, Diamond has some ring experience as well. They stopped the fight about half-way through the second round with Diamond scoring a TKO. Palillo fought but he should have been up against Barry Williams.
Bol vs Perry
This was an intriguing match. I thought Perry would give a good account of himself despite the reach and height disadvantage because of his size and, as a lineman, he should be used to taking punches. However, watching him wheezing his way through the rounds, one got the picture he wasn’t really up for this match. Not many punches thrown and those that scored were all thrown by Bol. Bol won the decision 3-0.
Buttafuoco vs Laurer
Another match-up I was looking forward to. I thought Laurer would have a bit easier time of it, but Buttafuoco came out with a good idea of how to use his size advantage. Laurer threw harder and better punches but Buttafuoco was able to push her around. He threw her down twice, not landing punches, just hooking her neck. The judges broke 2-0-1 to give it to Buttafuoco. Laurer was robbed. If they are going to count take downs then lets wrestle instead of box.
