There’s a horse racing in the Kentucky Derby named “Itsaknockout.” The Kentucky Derby is on the same day as Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, the biggest fight in years. This was too good for some promoters to pass up. The horse is serving as a walking billboard for the Fight of the Century.
Kentucky Derby horse Itsaknockout is a Mayweather-Pacquiao billboard
Nobody is more in touch with the Biggest Sports Day Ever than Itsaknockout, the boxing-themed horse at the Kentucky Derby.
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He’ll walk up to the starting gates with this blanket on:
Great cross promotional branding by 11W Marketing. Derby horse Itsaknockout with PPV ad blanket pic.twitter.com/iMgNunvcEQ
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 30, 2015 And this is his stall in the stables:
Kentucky Derby contender Itsaknockout is also pumped for the fight! pic.twitter.com/RIGy93wRep
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 1, 2015 The New York Daily News explained how the deal came to be -- and how the horse got his unique boxing-themed name:
“His sire Lemon Drop Kid reminded me of a boxing personality,” (the horse’s owner) said. “So I went with Itsaknockout.“Don’t expect Itsaknockout to win -- he had 33-1 odds Saturday morning.
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