The World is Watching..

So for my job I get to do what others may consider pretty cool stuff. Now in my field you never know what to expect or what is going to happen. I have gotten to meet a lot of well known people (some cool, some not so cool) like Jeff Daniels, Governor Jennifer Granholm, Former Governors, Mayors of Detroit(the Kwamster and the respectable Dennis Archer), Dave Dombrowski of the Detroit Tigers, Ernie Harwell, Willie Horton, Senators, State Senators, State Representatives and so many more. Yet I think out of all the things so far, the one to go down in my history book is interviewing (which I NEVER DO) boxing champions, Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather. Now let me tell you, I am not a boxing fan at all! I think it's horrible to enjoy beating each other up, and then call it a sport. So as a good producer (and amature interviewer) I was going to dig deep and do my research since I knew nothing about either one of them, except that Oscar is really a good looking. Ok, so after getting on the Internet and talking with Bob, I was ready to do the interviews. Things didn't go as I had planned yet here is what I walked away with....Oscar De La Hoya...three questions from Oscar, one on one, very nice guy, quiet, soft spoken and didn't really want to promote this fight that much. Nice interview, yet not enough time. Floyd Mayweather Jr....interviewed after the press conference with a bunch of other media....loud, flashy, mouthy, talked for a really long time, could of asked him a million questions and as long as he got to talk about himself he would have given us as much time as we wanted. Yet he did look me in the eye when I asked him a question and that I thought was respectful. Other than that, according to him he is a "MEGA SUPERSTAR" because he has talent that you can't learn, it's a gift from god. Let's hope that his gift doesn't land him in a state of mind like Mike Tyson...ouch! It was an experience...that's for sure, yet you know what....even though I don't like boxing, after meeting them both, and all the hype of this big fight, I think I will watch them beat each other up and then this experience will be complete!