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Oscar won't retire, so don't fret

1219956757_medium The press conference is over, the fight is confirmed, and Oscar de la Hoya is backing off of "final fight" talk, which means that his December 6 clash with pound-for-pound ruler Manny Pacquiao will not be his final fight.

I'd try to be more "reporter"-like about this and speculate what it could mean, but I think we're all big enough boys (or ladies, if there are any) to know that when a fighter suddenly stops talking about retiring, he's going to fight on.

I have to assume that if he lost to Pacquiao, he'd reconsider, because who does he fight then? He'd have lost to a little guy that he should have beaten and would have annihilated in his prime years, which would mean he's so far past those prime years that he shouldn't fight guys his own size.

Though, of course, that probably wouldn't be the plan anyway. There's talk of Ricky Hatton at Wembley Stadium again, which would be a great event. There's talk of Mayweather coming out of his fake retirement to fight Oscar next year (which will happen, if you ask me). And there's talk of Margarito (which will never happen).

As an aside, I know I bust on Yahoo! Sports columnist Kevin Iole a lot, but it's never meant to be personal. As I've said before, sometimes I totally agree with him. This is one of those times. Mr. Iole has been steadfastly against this fight since the beginning, and while I've fluttered back and forth about liking it or not, I've drawn my own conclusion that the fight is just not what I really want to see from either of them. Iole is still hard on the case, though. He won't let this one go. I dig his conviction in this instance.

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Question for You from The Rivalry Esq

I have a question for you SC. I want to start boxing, or at least learning the ropes because I am a 150 lb newbie…And I was wondering if you knew of any good gym in the Detroit area (suburbs included) where I could start out…Hope your enjoying the Big 10 website, too bad about that Miami game

Graham Filler
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by grahamfiller10 on Aug 29, 2008 9:37 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Too bad Kronk isn't around anymore

I’m by no means an expert on gyms, but reportedly the fighters who worked out of Kronk mostly went to the Gold’s Gym in Dearborn. I believe the most well-known gym in the area is Cooper’s, although I take it they focus more on MMA these days.

Here’s a thread that came up after a quick google search – can’t vouch for it, but it’s probably a start.

http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/5/150995.html?1218541826

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Aug 29, 2008 10:54 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, thanks a lot RedHawks

I honestly haven’t heard too much good news coming out of Detroit boxing in a while, especially after the closing of Kronk. I’d suggest just calling around to a few of them and seeing what they specialize in. A lot of them do mostly kids, but there are others that work more with adults who are either serious about it or just want to learn the art and do the training. I would’ve suggested Cooper’s, too, but Brickhaus is right, they mostly do muay thai now. Or at least I think so.

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by SC on Aug 29, 2008 5:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hate to say I told you so

I said it before he still looks like he has atleast three more fights under his belt. I think his next one will be somewhere around 5 de Mayo. Oscar is bigger but I’d put my money on the munching punching machine.

"I'm sure he'll be watching. I'm sure he wants to see who will win the fight and how real fighters fight." -Antonio Margarito on Mayweather

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Aug 29, 2008 10:06 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh and According to Kevin Iole...

Saturday fight is John Ruiz’s last chance at reputation redemption. Really? I thought that was a long long time ago, sad I gonna try to avoid this at all cost and try to catch the Calderon and Casarez

"I beat him so bad, he ended up in the Hospital. And I am still pretty." -Cassius Clay

by CRAZEDANG1280 on Aug 29, 2008 11:16 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Who's fretting?

I take it your post’s title is ironic

by Matt Miller on Aug 29, 2008 2:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bingo

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Aug 29, 2008 5:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This all makes too much sense

Oscar beats Manny to regain some fake talk about him being regarded as one of the p4p kings when he beats what most consider P4P # 1

Then Floyd loves the hype up and comes back

by Option27 on Aug 30, 2008 3:02 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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