Mandatory Eight Count: Sugar Ray Leonard v. Anthony Mundine in Australia
by Scott Christ on Sep 1, 2009 4:14 PM EDT
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That is the goddammdest picture I've ever seen.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Sugar Ray looks younger than Choc.
Bad Left Hook
"Well Howie, I think I'm going to stay outside and outjab him." -- Tex Cobb telling Howard Cosell how he would approach Larry Holmes
If I didn’t know any better, I’d say Sugar threw a few hooks of himself to Choc’s face.
"Penelosa is not human." -Max Kellerman on Gerry Penelosa during the Juan Manuel Lopes-Gerry Penelosa bout.
FWIW
El Feroz called out Camacho Jr. at the press conference. Not sure whether he’s considering getting back in shape and fighting again, but if he does, it would probably need to be at around 168 and he still wouldn’t be in fighting shape for a good six months.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
semi-unrelated note – is the 100 point alternative version of sugar ray worth it?
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