Trying to look hard after falling over in front of thousands is not easy....
Afternoon all. Yes, it's a miserable Monday - but here's something to brighten the start of your week. This clip comes with a Mark Heath guarantee of laughter, and that should not be taken lightly.
So, let me set the scene. Britain's brightest young boxing star, David Haye, started his assault on the heavyweight division of world boxing on Saturday by battering American Monte Barrett to defeat in five rounds.
This was no surprise to anyone but Monte, who had been telling everyone all week that he would derail Haye's ambitions and that he had been disrepected, overlooked, etc, etc. The usual boxing pre-fight macho chat and posturing.
It was fair to say our Monte was a little fired up. Indeed, so adrenaline-charged was he that he eschewed the usual moody, slow, intimidating walk to the ring in favour of sprinting to the squared circle like a mad man.
Once there, he vaulted over the top ropes and stalked round the ring like a caged beast ready to explode. Damn, he looked cool. Or at least that was the plan.....
In actuality, he sprinted out to the ring, went to vault the ropes and tripped, falling into the ring like a damn fool. Kind of hard to look either menacing or cool when you've just made an a*se of yourself in front of thousands of people. I love the commentator's advice that perhaps 'he should have taken his time and thought about it.'
Anyway, the Angry Blonde and I laughed ourselves giddy at Monte's mishap. And at least he stayed consistent, spending most of the night falling to the canvas and rolling around as Haye decked him five times.
If you didn't catch the fight or see the highlights, you can watch the final two rounds, including the bout-ending three punch salvo, here.
Now Haye looks set to fight one of the imposing - but certainly beatable - Klitchsko brothers for a world title next year. And it looks like the fight might be at Stamford Bridge.
In other news, for those of you desperately waiting for a long-overdue update on the progress of my fantasy league team, you'll be pleased to hear that the Greatest Show on Turf continue to play up to their name.
90 points this week has my Ronaldo, Lampard, Bosingwa-inspired team of heroes sitting second in the table and nicely poised for a post-Christmas title run. Meanwhile, a collegue of mine - whose name rhymes with bonathan jarnes - set a league record this week with 109 points. 109! I suspect performance enhancing drugs are involved, and demand a league inquiry.
Apparently, he's now expecting a call from the Newcastle board seeking to fill the Toon hotseat......
Right, that's it for now. Have a good week -and let me know if you can think of any other sports stars making idiots of themselves on tape. I'll have the links up quicker than you can say 'Monte is a fool.'
Cheers!