"De La Chicken" he has continued to call out Felix "Tito" Trinidad, though Tito retired two years ago, Oscar does this when he thinks he hasn't been in the news often enough. This time Trinidad shocked Oscar and answered his challenge, of course this rematch will never, ever happen, for those who do not know or remember, Felix and Oscar, yes the very odd couple, fought back in 1999 at 147 lbs., Oscar was giving Felix a boxing lesson, winning most of the rounds thru the sixth, then Trinidad landed a huge right hand and Oscar began running a marathon, a marathon that took him to all four corners of the ring for the next 6 rounds, avoiding any and all contact with Trinidad, when the verdict was announced Trinidad had won by split decision, and Oscar has been whining ever since. Now Trinidad has answered Oscar's challenge, but not to Oscar's liking, Oscar wants to fight at 154 lbs, Felix at 160, now you say so what's seven pounds? It's not really just seven pounds, in reality it's more like 20 pounds, here's why.

Hold on, high school math is comin' at ya. If Felix walks around at a street weight of 195 lbs, he has to lose 35 lbs to get to the middle-weight weight limit of 160 lbs, most of that 35 lbs is lost in training thru exercise and diet, and by the night before the weight-in Felix would weight just about 160 to maybe 162, the overage is water weight, a little sauna and bang, Felix is 160 lbs for about 30 minutes, then boom, he starts putting on weight throughout the day, so by fight-night, generally 18 hours later, Felix is almost 175 lbs, more likely somewhere around 169 to 173 lbs. Oscar who is smaller than Felix, needs to eat to even get up to a 175 lbs, only has to loose 15 to 20 lbs to make weight, but Oscar being the naturally smaller man, can't add all that much weight back before the fight, so maybe he comes in at fight time at somewhere between 155 and 158, because Oscar has probably weighed in at 154 to 157, his body just doesn't hold 160 lbs very well, it's not a natural weight for him, remember these are true athletes, they have been training their bodies to hold certain weights most of their lives. So what we are now looking at is Felix Trinidad walking into the ring on fight-night weighing 12 to 16 lbs more than Oscar DeLaHoya, if you don't think it makes a difference it does. If Trinidad had to weight in at the Jr. middle-weight limit of 154, he would be depleted of power and stamina, where Oscar would be fresh as a daisy, able to move and punch in flurries throughout the fight, Oscar would probably win an easy decision or maybe even stop Tito at 154, but take this fight to 160 lbs. and Trinidad knocks Oscar out, probably within 8 rounds. Trinidad at 160 has his power and stamina, while Oscar at 160 is a slow, edgy, boxer without enough stamina to last 12 hard rounds because of all the extra weight he is carrying. This is why you will never see this rematch, that and no way will DeLaHoya split a purse 50/50 with anyone, even if he did loose to them once before, of all things, boxing is and always will be a business.

In other boxing news, the WBC, has ordered a Sam Peter/James Toney rematch, maybe they'll get some judges who can actually see above the ring apron this time and will get the scoring right.

OMG, what else can happen to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, now we are without our "Golden Child" QB, Chris Simms, this mutha is one tough son of a bitch, sometime during the game he managed to rupture his spleen, no one knows just how long he played with a ruptured spleen, it could have been for almost the whole game, hey I quit playing Madden when I get an hangnail and this MF is out on the field in damn near 100 degree temps, getting beaten upon, by a very good defense, and even comes close to winning the game, with a ruptured F'n spleen. Honey, I need a band-aid.

Okay, I have to say two things before I go, The Yankees are good, they are very good, and will go as far as their geriatric pitching staff will take them. The New England Patriots. Not So Much, the cracks are starting to show, we saw it last weekend against Denver, the better teams will make NE look what they are, a well coached team will little to no talent at the skill receiver positions, not a good sign. And is it just me or is Tom Brady starting to look a little frustrated, or dare I say disgruntled.

Hey, they're my opinions and I'm stickin to'em.