Mandatory Eight Count - Rings, boxes and prisons
by Brickhaus on Sep 10, 2009 9:29 AM EDT
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Mosley-Clottey Hits a Snag | LA Times
While there is a verbal agreement for Shane Mosley to fight Joshua Clottey on December 26 at the Staples Center, the venue and the date still aren't set in stone. The sides are still negotiating whether the fight will indeed be at the Staples Center, and HBO doesn't want to host a fight so close to Christmas.
Johnny Tapia back in Jail | KOB
This time for a parole violation. Hopefully he hasn't fallen back off the wagon. Tapia claims he was given permission to leave New Mexico to look for his cousin, but he put the wrong date on his visa. Unfortunately, a guy with as many strikes as Tapia isn't going to get a ton of sympathy. Hopefully they'll let him out of the state for his hall of fame induction (there's little doubt in my mind that he should make it in).
Cris Arreola Getting Trim | The Ring Blog
According to Arreola's camp, he's weighing around 258 right now and hopes to be in the 245 range on fight night against Vitali Klitschko. On the other hand, he's still wearing a t-shirt while sparring. And frankly, 245 is still on the big side for Arreola. His endurance and stamina looked much better when he was in the 230 - 235 range.
Boxing Promotion Joins the Aughts | Las Vegas Sun
With two megafights coming back to back, the promoters are experimenting with some promotional styles that haven't been used too heavily in boxing before. Mayweather and Marquez have playlists up on iTunes. 24/7 is being made more widely available. The Canadian Press catches on as well, saying boxing is trying to reach a new demographic.
Andre Berto was insulted by his offer to make only 3/4 of a million dollars to rematch Luis Collazo or unify with Isaac Hlatswayo, so he's turning his attention to other potential income sources. Now, he's saying he wants to box Jay-Z. This follows on the heels of trying to drum something up between himself and Chad Ochocinco. Evidently, Berto's got 99 problems, and being a bitch is one of them.
Foreman and Salita trying to bring back the Jewish fighter | JTA
A little interesting gloss on how being devout affects their training and the like, but even more interesting information on their secret plot to become champions without actually fighting anyone of note.
Simpiwe Nongqayi Arrested | Independent Online
Nongqayi has a title fight against Jorge Arce in Mexico on Tuesday. On his way from South Africa to Mexico, he and his trainer were arrested and had to spend 7 hours in a German prison when they were unable to produce their visas. Not the best way to prepare for the biggest fight of your life.
Frank Warren and Amir Khan are Tools | The Telegraph
Warren and Khan are trying to get people to remove defamatory and/or racist statements from their facebook pages. As much as I don't approve of verbal racism, this is ridiculous. What's the matter Frank? Did a 14 year old hurt your feelings? Did they post something mean about you on Movie Poopshoot.com? I say you should go on a crazy road trip with an orangutan to chase these people down and beat up the offenders.
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That’s a little unfair to Foreman and Salita. Salita, particularly, is getting a title shot without fighting anyone of note, but if he beats Amir Khan, I’d say that’s a noteworthy victory. I doubt he will win, but if he does, he’ll have earned a title.
And Foreman holds victories over Andrey Tsurkan, Anthony Thompson, and Jesus Soto Karass — all solid wins (and of course, getting the title from Daniel Santos — which I don’t think he’ll do — would likewise represent a pretty big win).
Mostly a bad attempt at humor
Foreman’s resume is actually fairly solid.
What I find craziest about Salita is not that his best win is over Grover Wiley, but that he’s a mandatory at 140, even though he’s only made the 140 pound weight limit twice in his entire 31-fight career.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Tools for wanting to remove racist comments?
Making fun of his chin is one thing. Making fun of his ethnic background is another. Although you state otherwise, it sounds like you do approve of verbal racism.
Making people take comments off their facebook pages?
You heard of freedom of speech? I sure don’t agree with the comments, but unless what they say is illegal (i.e., posting pictures of kiddie porn), nobody should be making ANYONE take ANYTHING off their facebook page. It’s an avenue for everyone to spout off whatever kind of crap they want to, and if we don’t agree with what they say, we can choose to ignore it. But to say what’s on their mind is their perogative.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Ah, the ol' freedom of speech argument.
Last time I checked, I could not tell my hot coworker how nice her melons were.
I bet if I wrote about how juicy they look on my facebook page, and she found out, she could get me fired or sue me for sexual harassment. Why couldn’t she just ignore it? It was only my prerogative.
by Polish Rifle on Sep 11, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
The difference is that this hot coworker is required to be at the workplace. She is not required to look at your Facebook page. Hence sexual harassment laws in the workplace.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
I don't know if you heard
But some broad here in New York got fired for calling Obama “O-dumb-a” on her Facebook page.
Normally, I’d probably frown on this sort of thing, but she was an “assistant deputy press secretary” (or some such nonsense) for the notoriously useless Manhattan “Borough President.”
If they just dissolve her incredibly unecessary position instead of re-hiring, me and Stringer are square… we’ll call it “spending reduction.” Even better, Stringer should fire himself, padlock the office and kick that whole budget back in the kitty. We could really use the money.
"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
And they could push for retribution at those person's places of work
I don’t have a problem with that. Make a dumb decision, live with the consequences. Unless they’re saying something that’s actually libelous, I stand by my stance. For instance, I don’t think that what happened with Autoadmit is okay. But this is a bit different, especially with Khan being a public figure.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
agreed on all points
That a press secretary would be this stupid about her Facebook page doesn’t bode well for her competence.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
Maybe I just don’t know how to use Facebook, but I checked out Khan’s page for a few minutes and I didn’t see anything derogatory about his race or anything else. It sounds like they are just trying to cook up some press or get some sympathy or both.
"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
Their whole campaign is absurd.
I’m still trying to get my head around the idea of Khan going all PC on Facebook. If he thinks that harassing Facebook for what users post makes him look good, he’s crazy. It makes him look like a whiner. You can’t stop people from saying racist things. You can condemn them. You can ignore them. But if you try to censor them, you are opening up a huge and very messy can of worms—and making yourself look like an over-sensitive and ill-informed dummy in the process.
Keep in mind, this isn’t the same as Scott or someone here deleting racists posts in the threads (which we have done, although the need rarely arises in this community). Obviously people should have the ability to moderate what kind of speech appears on one’s own site, blog, or social networking page. Khan and company are talking about getting Facebook to delete posts from the users’ own pages, not from Khan’s own. In fact, they can already moderate their own walls, if they know how to use Facebook.
There are settings that users can take advantage of to prohibit this stuff from appearing on one’s own “wall.” The Khan camp should learn to avail themselves of these resources, rather than engage in their quixotic mission to cure the world of the harsh words of idiots.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
Oh, okay
I didn’t get that part. It was just as I feared: I don’t know how to use Facebook.
Anyway, if Khan and Warren are trying to harass a bunch of morons for what they write on their own Facebook pages then Brickhaus is correct: They are Tools… or possibly “douchebags.” it’s really semantics at that point.
Anyway If spouting a bunch of racial garbage on pages bearing their name and likeness is how some people would like to represent themselves to the world, I say “good.” Wear it on your sleeve so the rest of us know who you are. The sort of reputations they are building for themselves are hard to live down. Potential employers and everyone else reads those pages, so they’ll probably get just the sort of life they deserve.
"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
I’m a professor at Yeshiva University in Manhattan, and while I am not Jewish myself, all of my students are orthodox Jews, and as you might imagine, I spend a lot of time talking with orthodox Jews, both among my students and my colleagues. Occasionally, it has come up that I am a big boxing fan, and immediately the name Yuri Foreman arises. He’s a real hero in this community. Especially with the male students at the uptown campus, he’s a Pacquiao-like figure to some. His ring entrance with orthodox reggae giant Matisyahu was a significant moment for a lot of young people here in NYC. His fighting style may turn some off, but his presence as an athlete is something special.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
I just spoke to Clottey at the Yankee Stadium
He said the deal is almost finalized; however, the date is unsure.
"Penelosa is not human." -Max Kellerman on Gerry Penelosa during the Juan Manuel Lopes-Gerry Penelosa bout.
I like Andre Berto
but his act is starting to get annoying. He seems to be holding out for a name, and I don’t know who is out there besides Shane if the Clottey fight is off. His fight with Urango was boring and I want to see him challenge himself like he did against Collazo.
hey somebody HAS to give brick some major props. monstrous slam on berto by the brick. great job
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