Las Vegas Super Fight Week: Assistance Required

First of all, I’d just like to say that I loathe all Manny Pacquiao fans.  I have never encountered a more pretentious, self-righteous, and condescending bunch of people in my life.

Okay I was only joking there.  But the quality of writing around here is exceptionally good, certainly of better quality than mine, so I have to find some way to get people’s attention.  I don’t loathe all Manny Pacquiao fans.  I only loathe some of them, for the rest I just have disdain.

Anyway, moving on, as I’m sure most Pacquiao fans have already, this is quite a self-serving article.  Almost as self-serving as Floyd Mayweather’s request for random blood testing.  What a jerk!

And that was my subtle attempt to win back the Pacquiao supporters that have not yet left.

So having alienated most readers, I will now move on to the topic of this article.  I’m using the term "article" quite loosely, by the way.  A Wikipedia article, which is the fountain of all knowledge, is defined as a page containing encyclopaedic knowledge on it.  On this fine Web site, most articles will generally provide an opinion or information. 

This will provide neither.  In fact, in many ways it is the opposite of a traditional article, in the sense that it is requesting opinions and information, rather than providing them.  But that’s okay, right?

For this article to have any shred of relevance, I’m presupposing that the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight is going to happen.  On Mar. 13th.  In Las Vegas.  Despite all the drugs tests, lawsuits, and the many thousands of words written on it, I don’t think this is an unreasonable presumption.  There’s a lot of money on the line for everyone involved, and ultimately, I think differences will be resolved.

I’m planning to go to Las Vegas for the fight.  I have already booked time off work and plane tickets have been bought.  The lack of a personal pronoun is significant there, however, as the plane tickets were bought for me by a very kind friend of mine.  Free stuff is always the best kind of stuff.

I’m 21, live in Ireland, and although I’ve been to America on a number of occasions, I have yet to sample the delights of "Sin City."  Apparently it is like no other place on Earth, and according to Ocean’s Eleven (you know, the one with Clooney, Pitt, and co. acting all cool and good-looking, and no matter how many times you see it, there’s always that small part of you that doesn’t quite know what happened at the end), when there is a big fight, the place resorts to a heightened state of delirium. 

I’ve often wondered (I actually haven’t at all, but bear with me) why that fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Lennox Lewis does not show up on official records.  The fight ended in a no contest, from my recollection, though Wladimir looked to be using his stiff left jab to gain the initiative.  Interesting.

Anyway, given that I have no experience of Las Vegas, let alone Vegas during a fight week, I have a few questions.  Firstly, what is the story with regard to obtaining a ticket for the fight?  I think I remember hearing that before the Mayweather/Marquez fight that they were struggling to sell all of the tickets for the event. 

However, I’m sure for this fight it will be a demand exceeding supply situation, so tickets will be at a premium.  In that case, where do you usually buy your ticket, how difficult are they to obtain, and what sort of price could I be expected to pay for one?

Well, that’s the fight sorted out, now onto the entertainment.  Unfortunately, the girl that bought me the plane tickets took the liberty of buying one for herself.  The b**ch.  Even so, I am sure that there are certain places and attractions worthy of recommendation? 

I would love to hear about any experiences you’ve had in Las Vegas in the past, good or bad.  Do bad experiences even exist in Vegas?  This is a once in a lifetime fight, so I am looking to make it a once in a lifetime trip.  And I know I could probably go to a travel Web site to get this sort of information, but I have great faith in the taste of boxing fans.  It could also make for an interesting discussion.  Indeed, a quick browse through King J’s profile suggests to me that he has a few stories to tell!

Is that libelous?

I’ve just realised that there is a chance that the girl who bought me the tickets could read this.  So with my best interests in mind, I must say: Mia, what I suggested before about not wanting you there is untrue.  I’m very grateful for the tickets, but it makes it even more special that you will be there.  This is a heavily male-dominated community, so I was merely trying to impress them by sounding cool.

We’ve all been there guys.  Don’t judge me.

If any of you actually managed to read through this twaddle, I would really appreciate any advice or recommendations.   I want to make this a great trip.

More importantly, if any of you are thinking about going to Vegas for the fight, I have this bulletproof idea for robbing a casino.  We would need 11 people though, and at least one attractive lady.  Just let me know.

Finally, as I’m sure the only reader to make it this far is saying right now, because this article does not fit within any of the categories, I’m tagging it as "humour."  Not because it is funny, but because it seems like the least offensive of the options.

Thanks,

Donal