Fakes and Feints: Just another day of boxing and politics
By Norm Frauenheim–
LAS VEGAS – Donald Trump and Oscar De La Hoya are accusing each other of cheating and lying. There’s nothing to the rumor that De La Hoya will be Trump’s running mate, either. At least, we don’t think so. But that could all change in a TMZ minute.
The only certainty Thursday was that boxing and presidential politics were one and the same when it comes to the truth. There is none.
In a sequence of tweets and news reports that turned into a rapid-fire farce throughout a few hours, Trump countered De La Hoya’s charges of cheating on the golf course, saying he had never played golf with the Hall of Fame fighter-turned promoter.
Then, TMZ posted video of De La Hoya on the golf course, playing a round of golf in 2010 with the former promoter-turned-Republican presidential nominee.
http://www.tmz.com/2016/05/05/oscar-de-la-hoya-donald-trump-golf/
De La Hoya can be heard praising Trump, who swings a club as if he got a lesson from Charles Barkley.
Trump also said reports of him attending the De La Hoya-promoted fight Saturday between Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan as “Totally untrue.” De La Hoya said at a Wednesday news conference at the MGM Grand that he had “confirmed” Trump would attend the fight at the T Mobile Arena.
De La Hoya had offered him two tickets. De La Hoya wasn’t sure where he would sit. Given the nature of any fight crowd and Mexican anger at Trump for his controversial comments about immigration, he might have had to watch the bout from a seat in an armored personnel carrier.
Meanwhile, Trump showed up in other photos and video, eating a taco salad. It was his way of celebrating Cinco de Mayo. He said it was made at a Mexican restaurant in the Trump Tower, perhaps by some of the undocumented immigrants he promises to deport if he gets elected.
Anybody for a game of liar’s poker?