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Mayweather Vs Hatton: Behind The Scenes

With one of the biggest fights in the last decade upon us (with the exception of Mayweather vs De La Hoya back on May 5th of this year), it's been an honor to say that HipHopDX.com has been the only hip hop outlet (media or print) who has been covering every workout, training session, press conference, weigh in and the fight itself.

Being as though I live in Las Vegas and have an affinity for the sport, it wasn't too difficult to get me to cover this event. While many have gotten a glimpse of both fighters and the hype surrounding this fight via HBO 24/7, I have to tell you that living in this atmosphere for the last seven days gives you an insight like no other. I've seen a lot of crazy things in my life, but nothing compares to the environment going into this event.

Hopefully you have enjoyed the coverage of Hatton and Mayweather that I've put together. I've always wanted to see a hip hop website that does more than just ask fighters who their favorite rap artist is or what they listen to coming to the ring. In all honesty, that shit is lame. In order for Hip Hop journalists to be treated like true journalists, we must be able to cover any topic knowledgably.

Hip Hop isn't about just rap music, its about this culture we live in. The politics, fashion, movies, sports, music, etc. Hip Hop is this generation and encompasses all. I'm glad to bring something different to our readers and hopefully you all appreciate and enjoy DX giving you first hand experiences at events other outlets do not cover like the American Music Awards, the Magic fashion convention, and this fight (there will be more to come).

So sit back and and enjoy today's updates on the fight as they come along. It's been a long ass week and I really wish I had more time to give you a daily journal of some of the things that transpired. From watching the finale of 24/7 with Oscar De La Hoya and the Hatton Family, being the only young black journalist at the media workouts and getting mistaken as one of Mayweather's entourage members, speaking with Floyd candidly about his image (some of which was revealed in "Floyd Mayweather Jr: The Ten Ring Commandments"), watching the cheerful Hatton fans literally take over the MGM and hunt down Floyd every chance they got, the Joe Calzaghe/Bernard Hopkins showdown in the media room, Mayweather's 100 or so fans from an elementary school at the weigh in getting bombarded by the 6,000 Hatton fans with chants like "You should be at school" and so much more. It definitely has been something to witness.

It's 11am PST on Saturday December 8th and I've been going hard since last week. Giving you feature after feature while spending tireless hours with both fighters, fellow boxing journalists (of which I still feel out of place), watching fight video (a ritual I do before every fight - big or small) and various other things I can't even recall at this time. I finally crashed last night after the British Invasion boxing card at the MGM and slept a good 13hrs.

But there's no rest for the weary, especially when the big fight is just around the corner.

I'll be taking off shortly to pick up my ticket and credential for the fight and will hopefully bring you round by round updates in our news or update you from the media room after the fight.

I know there still will be a good many of you that comment "This ain't hip hop" but family...how wrong you are. This is Hip Hop and don't let anyone tell you that if it ain't about rap, it ain't about hip hop. That's bullshit. We're changing the game and we need you readers to understand and appreciate that.

In the meanwhile, here's a little taste of the weigh in yesterday. You think you know what you saw on ESPN but to hear that crowd unfiltered and with no voiceovers was something to behold...

 

 

 

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