12/02/20 SHOW 27 : PUTTING THE DENT IN DETENTE

 after this past weekend’s rather anticlimactic exhibition bout between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., I convened this show’s production staff to attempt to determine which was the most memorable celebrity boxing encounter of all-time. ?As you would expect, there were nominations for Joey Buttafucco vs. the late Joanie “Chyna” Lauer, Manute Bol vs. William “Refrigerator” Perry, and most controversially, S-Club 7’s Hannah Spearrit vs. The Saturdays’ Vanessa White, but after several recounts, the (narrow) winner was the 1996 clash betwixt skateboarding’s Simon Woodstock and Suicidal Tendencies’ Mike Muir. Though the fight itself is not considered a wonderful advertisement for the sport, it was commemorated with the custom skateboard shown above, recently auctioned by Southeby’s for $17milllion US??DThis week’s show does not feature interviews with Woodstock or Mike Muir because I would like to respect their privacy. There is however, some music.