Historiography!

9/15/01: Boxing's Response To The Terrorist Attacks

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This was a fun one! We talk about boxing entrances (the walk a boxer takes from the dressing room to the ring) and I go through some of my favorites! Here is Fernando Vargas's shit show of an entrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcgesmEz7iQ And here is Prince Naseem Hamed riding to the ring on a magic carpet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHxfVtId6_Q Finally I talk about the the pre-fight paegentry during the Hopkins Trinidad fight, which provides a great example of how Americans were attempting to cope with the 9/11 terrorist attacks just days after it happened (this fight took place on 9/15/01) What conclusions can you draw from the ceremony? Here it is (watch from the beginning to around 28 minutes in) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAdJ2XzP4Ns