Mandatory Eight Count: Agbeko-Perez Edition
by SC on Oct 30, 2009 12:30 PM EDT
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Yonnhy Perez: Joseph Agbeko Is 'Fighting A Real Man' (FanHouse)
"He's not facing a nobody, he's fighting a real, future champion. He's not fighting his wife, he's fighting a real man. But if he says that he's going to deliver, that's great. I'm ready for any type of battle to happen in the ring." -- Yonnhy Perez
King sails back into Vegas fight scene (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
"I wanted to bring back TLC -- tender loving touch to the people." -- Don King
Will Agbeko live to his middle name King Kong? (Ghana Business News)
"I’m small, maybe, in height, but I’m King Kong inside. I have the heart of the real King Kong. He’s in my bones and in my heart. I come out and fight like I’m really King Kong." -- Joseph Agbeko (My favorite thing is that there is apparently a "real" King Kong.)
Q & A with Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko (15rounds.com)
"Yonnhy is a good fighter, he’s a nice person. Nothing personal." -- Agbeko
Joshua Clottey Wishes Agbeko Well (Ghana News)
"King Kong remains our only world champion now so we have to pray for him to beat Perez and keep the title for Ghana. I wish him well and I know he will not disappoint us." -- Joshua Clottey
Joseph Agbeko Brings Momentum to the Desert (BoxingScene.com)
"I think bantamweight has good fighters, good names. I think I'll turn out to be the best among all of them." -- Agbeko
Don King says bantam bout to bring ‘glory’ back to Vegas (Las Vegas Sun)
"I'm just happy to bring Vegas back, to the extent of giving them the excitement." -- King
Perez not afraid of King Kong (The Press-Enterprise)
"Yonnhy is the best contender for my title, and I'm the only person that can beat him." -- Agbeko
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Agbeko-Perez is in Vegas? What idiot made that call? Not that either of those guys have big local fanbases, but still.
by taco pal on Oct 30, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agbeko-Perez is in Vegas? What idiot made that call?
Actually I guess the Don got a pretty sweet deal with the Treasure Island Casino to put this fight there, so I can hardly blame him. But still, what do you figure the live crowd is? 800? 1000?
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by SC on Oct 30, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where else were they going to put it?
St. Louis maybe because Spinks is on the card, but that’s about it.
I don’t think it will sell that horribly, unless they just put in no efforts on marketing. It’s actually a really solid card top to bottom, with a couple of potentially decent fights not being televised at all.
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by Brickhaus on Oct 30, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I realize there’s no easy solution. Gotta be something better than Vegas though (in terms of the overall benefit to the sport, I mean). Maybe at the Hammerstein Ballroom? There are Colombians and Ghanaians in New York. No site fee though, I know.
by taco pal on Oct 30, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That King quote is priceless. Nothing says “tender” like Don King.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
by Matt Miller on Oct 30, 2009 1:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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