MGM Grand Boxing

Three new chips from the MGM Grand Las Vegas for the collection.

1. New house chip. Nothing fancy. In fact, it's pretty tough to notice the difference. I thought I had the same chip for a second. But upon closer inspection there are two noticeable differences. The first is a small top hat/cane icon just above the "Las" in Las Vegas. The second is a thicker red circle around the white inlay. Way to change things up MGM.

2. DelaHoya-Hopkins. Quest for History - 9/18/04. The infamous "body shot" fight. Hopkins KO'ed The Golden Boy in the 9th round and did it very impressively. Oscar would fight just 4 times after this one, going 2-2 with losses to Mayweather and Pacquiao. Hopkins meanwhile has gone 6-3-1 since this fight, losing twice to Jermain Taylor (I attended the second one) and beating Winky Wright, Antonio Tarver, Kelly Pavlik and Roy Jones Jr. Of course, that Jones victory would have been more impressive 15 years ago. Back to the DelaHoya/Hopkins fight - it was in the 9th round that you could hear Hopkins' corner calling for a body shot. Seconds later, B-Hop crushed Oscar with a vicious left hook to the body, that dropped the former champ for good.

3. Mayweather-Mosley. Who R U Picking? - 5/1/10. Derby Day 2010. While we sat in the rain and cheered on Super Saver, Floyd beat the ever-living crap out of Shane Mosley. 119 on two cards and 118 on the third for Pretty Boy. Mosley did rock him once in the second, but Mayweather never went down, regained his composure and put on a clinic. Unfortunately, that's the last time we've seen Floyd in the ring, although he had reportedly been out hitting people in the Las Vegas area. Meanwhile, fresh off a draw against Sergio Mora, Mosley gets the guy everyone wants Mayweather to fight - Manny Pacquiao. Awesome.