Tuesday Night Notes: Top Rank signs Samuel Peter
by Scott Christ on Jul 21, 2009 9:50 PM EDT
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Former heavyweight titlist Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KO) has signed a deal with Top Rank and will fight on this weekend's Latin Fury 10 card in Mexico. Peter will take on Marcus McGee (22-16, 11 KO), who has been knocked out five times in the past. McGee has lost two in a row and will in theory serve as nothing more than a rebound opponent for Peter to get his career back on track.
The 28-year old Peter has lost two in a row, quitting last year against Vitali Klitschko and getting outboxed by Eddie Chambers in March. Peter has enough sock that if he dedicates himself to training and all that, he's still a wild card in the division, but his days as a top five heavyweight are probably over. There was a time when the boxing world thought he would've been the best challenge for the dominant Wladimir Klitschko, whom he knocked down three times in a 2005 fight, but I think after his last two bouts we can all guess what would've really happened in a rematch.
- Top Rank is fielding Cotto-Pacquiao ticket requests from the likes of Kobe Bryant, Derek Jeter, Carlos Beltran and top players with the New York Giants, who have a bye that week. "I love Manny," Bryant said. "I enjoy being around people who are just as competitive, who have the same passion and work ethic. If I don't have a game that night I'll be there." It's interesting that major sports stars like this are all over Cotto-Pacquiao. Where are they for Floyd?
- Joe Calzaghe is back in the fight game -- as a promoter. Calzaghe Promotions fighters will be trained and managed by Joe's father and former trainer, Enzo, and work out at the Newbridge Boxing Club. Enzo's only great achievement in the sport was his son, but it was quite an achievement.
- Here are some photos from Mark Wahlberg's The Fighter, his passion project film about "Irish" Micky Ward. Wahlberg is playing Ward, with Christian Bale as Dicky Eklund. I am really excited about the movie.
- Here's a good fluff piece on Gerry Cooney, who has become quite the philanthropist since his in-ring career ended. He's one of the good guys.
- Sugar Ray Leonard will be in New Zealand and while there will lend a hand promoting the big domestic heavyweight clash between David Tua and Shane Cameron. Hey, why not?
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mark wahlberg looks like a beast. where’s the cross tattoo though
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Jul 21, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions
SC = One hard-bloggin mofo lately
You’ve really been on your game today, Scott. What? 10 posts in the last 24 hours alone. All quality, and some downright terrific. Nice job my friend.
Side note: I’ve been having some kind of weird problem with the site. When I try to load it, it often stalls and then freezes. It seems to be happening while loading the ads, but I could be wrong. The stories that have loaded disappear after it freezes, and about all there is left is our BLH image in the upper left and the general links at the bottom of the site. If I reload, it sometimes works as normal and sometimes does this again. I can always eventually get the site to appear as normal, but it sometimes takes a few tries and is a bit of an inconvenience. I’m using Firefox and XP, all patched and updated. Is anyone else having this issue?
Thought you’d want to know.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
including two posts at the ungodly hour of 5 am
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by battle axe of doom on Jul 22, 2009 4:26 AM EDT up reply actions
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