Mandatory Eight Count: Viloria hoping to kickstart boxing in Hawaii

by Scott Christ on Aug 27, 2009 12:28 PM EDT in Other

Brian Viloria hopes to bring boxing back to the main stage in Hawaii. The island state's combat fight scene has been overtaken by mixed martial arts, but Viloria is confident he can help re-build the sweet science at home.

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Chinese boxers come to U.S. to train with Duva team - USATODAY.com
Chinese boxers have long been one of the great rarities of professional sports, certainly since the cultural revolution of the '60s, when prizefighting was banned in China for being too capitalistic. But after Muhammad Ali visited China in 1979, the the communist country re-embraced amateur boxing, and it culminated in a show of strength at the Beijing Olympics when China won two gold medals — including its first — plus a silver and a bronze.

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Billy Bob Thornton in the Ring for Boxing Movie - ABC News
Billy Bob Thornton is attached to star in "Pound for Pound," a boxing drama based on a novel by F.X. Toole, the author of the book that was the source for "Million Dollar Baby."

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i actually got an e-mail once asking if I knew trainers who would go to China

The Chinese government needs to get more serious about things if they want their guys to get on the map. It looks like they weren’t able to convince any high-level trainers to go over there, so while I’m not a fan of Duva, at least this is a step in the right direction. Their guy who fought at flyweight in the Olympics (Zhou Shiming, I think) has serious promise, and with 1.5 billion people, (plus tons of good athletes who are just plain too small to play a lot of the other more traditional major sports) China could become a powerhouse in boxing in no time if they use their resources the right way. I don’t say that to be racist or anything – I’ve been to China, and while there are plenty of normal sized people in the biggest cities, I remember being 6 inches taller than EVERYONE when I went to Datong, a city with a population of nearly 2 million a 6 hour train ride from Beijing.

By the way, I should be posting again in a few days. Moving, so no internet (and no cable, which sucks because I really wanted to see tomorrow’s FNF card) until Saturday night.

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