Gonzalez's Boxing Trunks Lose Fashion Match in March 7 Fight

Let's get ready to rumble, Jose Gonzalez! Momma Maxx has just decided that your trunks are the big losers in the fight with Jason LeHoullier on March 7, 2008, at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. Yes, I realize that you took the fight on short notice Jose, but those trunks just didn't work out for me.

OK, here's what I need you to do. I'm going to stand right here in the ring and hold your trunks at waist level while you jog up to the back of the arena. See? Your loop-dee-doo curly little numbers look like a bulls-eye dead center on the back of your shiny red Everlast trunks. Laughing!!! Are you blushing? Well, stop that. We have some serious work to accomplish.

I vote that we keep the shiny red look. Red is a color that irritates the eyes. What this means is that eyes are drawn towards red. If your opponent has eyes that automatically want to stare at the red, instead of at you, you should have more chances at a knockout. On the other hand, red also guarantee's that his eyes will always be on you. This is not the color choice to use when you are going into the ring as the underdog.

Everlast brand... We keep that. You are nobody in boxing without that Everlast logo firmly attached to your gear, and we all know that. Everlast is the lucky logo. Although, while choosing your Everlast, you have got to remember that every style does not look good on every body. Jason LeHoullier looked stronger in his trunk-style than you did.

Go grab your tape of the fight, and check out Jason's trunks. LeHoullier wears them up about 8" from the knee so that his lower bulging thigh-muscle is peeking out to intimidate you. There's a difference in looks between those who have muscles showing and those who only have bird-leg twigs hanging out on the bottom.

Jose, your trunks look sloppy because they appear to be 2" below your knee during most of the fight. As you bend or weave the trunk hems go down lower on the leg from where you saw them last in the mirror. If you must wear the longer trunks, keep the hem a little shorter than the actual length that you want them to appear to fans. You'll look stronger.

Let's chat that curly 6-2-0 on your seat. Are you aware that Everlast only charges .99 for each letter that is 2" or 3" high? Come on. Are you going to try to tell me that we can't afford to go with bigger and easier to read 1.99 numbers like the other guys use?

Hummm... Bigger numbers do away with that horrible bulls-eye effect, but we still need to define those numbers as special. Everybody curls words over their backside, but you just have three digits to work with. Curling isn't working for you because, like your hair, there simply isn't enough there to curl.

Got it! Have you thought about maybe sliding upward into a pair of Everlast trunks in style: EDESIGN 17 - Named: Champion Style. (Click here to view.) These trunks can come in red on red if that is what you want; the style-design would sure help the visual spot-lighting toward your numbers being special.

Take a look at this top photo. Maybe put your numbers on back like that? Or, if you stay in the Everlast in-stock, bottom-of-knee, red at 29.99 ones that you are in, maybe you can put the numbers in a straight line on the back similar to this photo? That would work to highlight them as special. Look at how special that Everlast logo looks placed where it is in their photo.

That no-sock look works for you, Jose - It's a keeper... Right along with those trunk matching shoes. Your corner looks good too; we just need to get your trunks punched-up a little, and back under control.

In my mind, you should have won the fight last night, Jose. I can't help but wonder if the tie ended up happening over judges being influenced by visual effects. Jason LeHoullier looked the part of a fighter with bigger muscles because of the way he dressed. His trunks defined muscles as he moved which might have influenced how judges scored the rounds.

I know. Boxers don't always grasp that their appearance is judged in the ring. Trunk color choices produce different emotions, and reactions in people. Red is the hostile color. While irritating the eye, red produces an unconscious negative feeling in people; much like the bull charging at the red cape in a bull-fight.

Appearance also influences favoritism, making people want to watch the pleasing before the unpleasing. A well dressed man will be assumed successful, before having to prove himself. A sloppy dresser will be assumed unsuccessful, and then needs to prove who he is under the clothing. This is just how our minds work. Fight judges have minds.

When people meet, a specific process of identification goes on in the mind. We take our first-sight visual knowledge and pigeon-hole this information into comparisons with things we already know. We know that nice looking things are normally desirable. This is why nicely dressed people are assumed instantly superior to their peers. We give favoritism unconsciously.

My guess Jose Gonzalez, and Jason LeHoullier, is that your fight last night ended up in that shocking tie over your fashions producing an unconscious effect in scoring.

Jason? Don't touch a thing about your appearance. You've nailed-it beyond anything that I can do to help you. Those glossy black Everlast trunks with the higher-level slits on the sides were bouncing white lightening bolts every time that you moved under those arena lights. They sang a warrior song to me, and every other fight fan watching.

Black is the color that models choose to appear in-shape, elegant, and graceful. Black trunks that shoot white lightening bolts under arena lighting are the perfect fit for a boxer concerned about being the underdog in the ring. Our eyes tend to ignore black and white while concentrating on brighter colors. Fans and judges saw class, while your opponent had to work to keep your color defined position in mind.

I can hear you! Who is this Momma Maxx? Well, boys... It goes like this. You have two groups of fight fans out here: There are those who are devoted to boxing and those along for the ride with a loved one who loves boxing. I represent the latter group. I'm a fan of boxing trunk styles, referee attire, announcer jackets and ring-girl glamour.