Wroclaw stadium will be opened on September. One of the events planned for the opening month is a boxing fight between Tomasz Adamek and Witajl Klitschko. It's advertised as the "fight of the XXI century".
When I hear about the "fight of the XXI century", I expect something like two geeks with joysticks, operating virtual robots displayed in 3D holograms for the audience. Perhaps even with virtual 3D blood all over. Not the two Neanderthals hitting each other exactly like it's the Stone Age or Friday’s night at Pasaz Niepolda [1].
A friend of mine is a boxing fan. He said that boxing is more about thinking than it is about hitting. I laughed hard. Right, so this is probably why all the boxing champions look like bookworm nerds, who fight between writing their PhDs on sociopolitical and cultural aspects of a right hook and reading Norwegian poetry from the Middle Ages.
I didn't manage to change his mind. He still believes that boxers are some kind of intellectual Titans, sensitive, sophisticated souls trapped in the body of Achilles, falsely mistaken for primitive brutes.
Does it sound a little oxymoronic? I guess paying real money to see something you could witness for free at Pasaz Niepolda might not even be “oxy”.
[1] Statistically speaking that’s the place with the cheapest tooth removal service in town. The variety of anesthetic available there would embarrass any licensed dentist.
