getting to know you thread
by sonofapsycho on Feb 11, 2010 8:27 PM EST
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I saw this on another SB blog (behindthesteelcurtain) and thought id just put it here. I thought this could be fun. Lots of new names have been popping up here recently and a bunch of old names nobody really knows anything about. I changed the questions to apply to boxing of course.
*About You*
Name:
Age:
Occupation:
Place of Residency:
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of:
*Boxing specific questions*
Favorite current fighter:
Favorite all-time fighter:
Best boxing memory:
Favorite Fight:
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About You
Name: Mike Fareri
Age: 29. yeesh.
Occupation: facilities maintenance manager. basically when stores have maintenance problems are need renovations done, they call me and i send someone to do it.
Place of Residency: south philly
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: I used to go to the local gym a lot (mickeys on 1900 chadwick st in philly) when i was kid, up till about age 13, never entered any competitions or anything for some reason. I was always more interested in training, promoting, managing aspects than getting punched in the head.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: this is hard. saying manny really isnt cool anymore so i think ill say a tie between steve cunningham, josh clotty and edwin valero.
Favorite all-time fighter: rocky marciano. honerable mentions to joe frazier, meldrick taylor, mike mccallum, tyson, ricardo lopez, kostya tszyu, naz, terry norris, g-man, hagler, i can go on and on.
Best boxing memory: another really hard question. a couple come to mind. the night frankie randall deated jcc, seeing mike tyson live at the spectrum in 95, going to ac to watch gatti fight, pacmans and bernards defeats of dlh. watching prince charles williams vs merqui sosa live on espn. many more.
Favorite Fight: i should changed the questions to “fighter(s), fight(s)”. its next to impossible to narrow to one. marciano v. walcott 1, gman vs. jackson 1, tyson vs. ruddock 1. williams vs. sosa 1 just to name a few.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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About You
Name: Scott Christ
Age: 28 next month
Occupation: guy who runs web sites with K-Y jelly ads plastered all over the place
Place of Residency: Saint Joseph, MI
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: nope. I was a fat kid that preferred baseball. You can be fat and good at baseball.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Izzy Vazquez or Shane Mosley
Favorite all-time fighter: probably Erik Morales. Hon. mentions to Mosley, Izzy, Juan Manuel Marquez, Micky Ward, Marvin Hagler, RJJ, Ricky Hatton, Nigel Benn
Best boxing memory: Tyson-Ruddock I. First fight I remember watching. Watched it with my grandpa.
Favorite Fight: Corrales-Castillo
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
Me
Name: Matthew Daniels
Age: 34
Occupation: Writer
Place of Residency: Cincinnati, Ohio (Newport, Ky. actually, in the city on the Ky. side of the Ohio River)
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: No. Baseball consumed my sporting life.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Bernard Hopkins
Favorite all-time fighter: Aaron Pryor (with Marvin Hagler a close second)
Best boxing memory: The second Arguello/ Pryor fight (believe it or not) when the Gentleman had to quit.
Favorite Fight: Leonard/ Hagler
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
About You
Name: Irvin Rodríguez
Age: 21
Occupation: Student
Place of Residency: Caguas, Puerto Rico
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: Yes, even though I was training for MMA one of the trainers wanted me to box and I did. A 3 round exhibition fight that ended in a draw ( I still think I won though)
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Ivan Calderon (Seeing him fight live is nothing short of amazing)
Favorite all-time fighter: Edwin “Chapo” Rosario
Best boxing memory: When the De la Hoya – Trinidad decision was announced
Favorite Fight: Morales v. Barrera III
forgot about chapo. great fights with jcc, camacho, ramirez and randall. destroyed livingstone bramble too.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 12, 2010 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
He was a great boxer
I didn’t actually watch him since I was very little I started watching his videos about 5 years ago, but he became my favorite just for the fact that if I talked to anyone about him the praise for him was incredible almost to the level of Tito Trinidad, the sad fact is that after all the praise you can sense the dissapointment in people when they talk about how his life turned out.
About Me?
Name – Loren Collins
Age – 26
Occupation – law student; law firm bitch
Place of Residency – San Antonio, Lone Star
boxing experience – 4 wins 2 losses amateur middleweight (to the same dude – yeah I’m looking at you Ivan Rodriguez of Lockhart Texas). Played tennis my whole life, Okie State – go Pokes!
Boxing Specific
Favorite Current fighter – Raymond Gatica (undercard on the Top Rank PPV)
Favorite all time – Marvin Hagler
Best boxing memory – Real Deal knocking hell out of Iron Mike
Favorite Fight – yeah that’s a really tough one to answer. I remember, early on, being just enamored by the way Pernell made DLH miss.
"Yes Gina, I am a Wise Cracker"
“law firm bitch” Say what?
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 12, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
yeh – they tell me what to do, I do it. And when they want, they make disparaging comments to me about me and I say “thank you may I have another” -
"Yes Gina, I am a Wise Cracker"
Unfortunately, that's a way of life at a law firm
It’s the same for junior associates as for paralegals, same for senior associates as juniors and same for partners as senior associates. All that changes is who is dishing out the punishment. Even the most senior partners at the firm have to take it from the clients. That’s one of the main reasons law firms get business – the clients can give them the work they don’t want to do in house at the times they don’t want to do it.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
How about it!
Name – Waldo Rastel
Age – 26
Occ – Grad student/science bitch
Place of Residency – East Bay, CA
boxing experience – Member of the Cal boxing club but mostly for fitness, has Vitali Klit like terrible footwork
Boxing Specific
Fav Fighter – Andre “The Truth!” Ward (Yea, its not his real nickname so what?)
Fav All time – Ray Robinson
Best Boxing mem – “The Bite” will never forget that one
Fav Fight – Ward-Kessler (being so close to the action and the atmosphere was unbelievable….)
East Bay? Hayward?
The Seattle Times linked to my website in June 2009. I wasn't aware of this until January 2010.
Close enough, give or take a drive on the 880.
I grew up in Hayward.
The Seattle Times linked to my website in June 2009. I wasn't aware of this until January 2010.
Name – Richard Barrington-Hill
Age – 25
Occupation – Web Team Leader
Place of Residency – West Midlands/UK
Have you boxed before – Always in and out of boxing gyms, training and sparring, never competed though due to band. (Need to keep my face nice :P)
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Ian Napa. (Only joking!) Worldwide – Mosely. UK – Clev or Brook.
Favorite all-time fighter: Absolutely loved Eubank, though he may be pipped by SRR.
Best boxing memory: Frank Bruno finally winning his World Title or RJJ’s knockdown over Toney. Or being at Calzaghe Kessler – now THAT was an atmosphere!
Favorite Fight: Eubank Benn 1. Or Calzaghe Lacy.
"Chris Eubank lost his recent comeback fight on points ... the main one being that he's a total git."
About you
Name – Brian Brock Azolukwam
Age – 29
Occupation – lawyer
Place of residence -currently London, UK, relocating to Kalgoorlie, WA
Boxing experience: I boxed once, was taken to school and decided to stick to kickboxing.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter – hmm. still Cotto
Favorite all-time fighter – Joe Calzaghe/Chris Eubank
Best boxing memory: night of the Calzaghe-Lacy fight
Favorite fight – incredibly hard, but maybe Vazquez-Marquez III/Corrales-Castillo
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Have you found gold in them WA fields Brian or what? London to Kalgoorlie?…That’s some spirit of adventure! A beautiful place so I’ve heard, and only a 30 hour drive across the Nullabor Plain from my joint. Good luck to ya bro !
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
I had no idea where that was even
Just looked it up. I didn’t even know “WA” meant Western Australia, just assumed it meant Wales for whatever reason. That’s really out there – what you moving out there for? Specialize in mining law?
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
no idea on mining...
specialise in employment, but will be doing some work with the Aboriginal Legal Service to start with. Am going out there to settle with the better half, who’s actually from your area Goatsnake ;) cheers for the luck mate
Ps Brickhaus thats comedy you thought it meant Wales :)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
About you
Name – Eric Rodriguez
Age – 27
Occupation – IT
Place of residence – Houston, TX
Boxing experience: I have a heavy bag and a speed bag at home if that counts.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter – Floyd Mayweather, Jr. It’s funny because I used to hate this guy something serious. I always rooted against him. Now I’m just kind of in awe of his skill.
Favorite all-time fighter – De La Hoya – simply because he kind of kept boxing in the limelight for the past decade when the heavyweight division went into a decline. You could usually count on him to give you a good fight.
Best boxing memory: Watching Bernard Hopkins school Tito Trinidad.
Favorite fight – Corrales – Castillo I and Ward-Gotti I
Favorite all-time fighter – De La Hoya
banned!
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 12, 2010 10:12 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
haha
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
LOL
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
About You
Name: Midnight Rambler
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: In the Chicago Park Leaage-Portage Park and Claredon Park from 1950-1959. Very successful until final year when I ran out of gas and lost the desire.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Valero, Jhonny Perez
Favorite all-time fighter: Bobby Chacon
Best boxing memory: Chacon beating Limon
Favorite Fight Chacon beating Limon
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 12, 2010 10:08 AM EST reply actions
It’s different…….
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 13, 2010 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
About:
Name: Don Judson
Age: Old enough to make the “Pop” in Pop Daniels sound like a joke
Occupation: College Instructor
Place of residency: Attleboro, MA
Boxing specific questions: A pretty mediocre boxer who competed one season in northern and southern New England Golden Gloves (novice). Only fights after that were against substitutes in attempted rematches with the kid who beat me in the finals. Finished 10-2 and back to street corners.
All time favorite fighter: I guess would be Ali. But that changes.
(Who wouldn’t cheer for Harry Greb?)
Current: Love to watch both Floyd and Manny. Hoping about Korobov.
Best Boxing Memory: For someone who has always loved boxing, I haven’t been to many live shows, so Hagler/Brisoce at the Spectrum has to be it.
Favorite fight: When Al “Bummy” Davis knocked that guy from Murder Inc. on his butt.
My kids call me Pops.
It’s going to help me age gracefully IMO.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Feb 12, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
I, on the other hand,
represent the paradigm for not aging gracefully. I really thought that you were a boxing old-timer? A lot of wisdom on this site relative to the average age. I’ve been surprised.
BTW, I know another writer in Cincinnati—Thom Atkinson.
Big city, lot of people, but you never know. And sorry, I called you “Pop”—
Incredible, the typos I make.
by Don From Prov on Feb 12, 2010 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
No problem.
Don’t know Thom. Maybe I’ll chance upon him someday.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Feb 12, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
I’m so old I’m the last one left in my college graduating class.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 13, 2010 12:36 AM EST up reply actions
About You
Name: John Genco
Age:37
Occupation: Proofreader
Place of Residency: Atlanta
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: Trained as a youngster and got back into it when all these MMA gyms began to pop up and offer it all.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Kelly Pavlik
Favorite all-time fighter: Rocky Marciano
Best boxing memory: Kelly getting Taylor’s belt.
Favorite Fight: Bowe vs Holyfield…the saga
About Me
Name: Martin Brown
Age: 23
Occupation: Student/Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
Place of Residency: Currently Saint Denis, Reunion(Usually Logan, Utah)
Have I boxed before: trained for one year to make amateur debut, then injured my back, after recovery I realized I was too short to make it in my weight class(5’ 5", Welterweight, maybe 63" reach), especially as an amateur. As for the pro game, I knew from sparring that I didn’t have the chin nor the body protection abilities to make it far in the pro game.
Boxing Specific Questions
Favorite Current Fighter: Manny Pacquiao or Glen Johnson
Favorite All Time Fighter: If pressed gotta go with Roberto Duran
Best Boxing Memory: Shane beating shit out of Margarito
Favorite Fight: Can’t choose right now, too many great choices to choose from
About you
Name: Simon Ryding
Age:22
Occupation: Fix Whiteware (fridges etc)
Place of Residency: Levin, New Zealand
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: In and out of any boxing gym that would open then close due to lack of members. Now have more fun in my self made gym teaching my mates.
Favorite current fighter: Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather
Favorite all-time fighter: Ali
Best boxing memory: Finding Gatti – Ward I on the net that got me loving watching boxing again, or watching Naz Hamed when i was little with the family back in Wigan, England
Favorite Fight: Gatti Ward, Barrera Morales, Marquez Vazquez, the usuals
"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up." - Ali
Brickhaus
Name: J. H. Rupert Finkelstein (name changed to protect from Google)
Age: 31
Occupation: securities lawyer
residency: New York
Have I boxed? Nope. Didn’t really get into boxing until I was an adult, and I probably wasn’t athletic enough anyway. Tried light sparring a couple of times, so I can at least appreciate some of the pain.
Current favorite fighter: Not too sure at the moment. Pre-trilogy, Marquez and Vazquez were my two favorite fighters, but that’s faded some lately, plus Marquez rubbed me the wrong way at the end of fight 3. Maybe Yuriorkis Gamboa.
All-time favorite fighter: Roy Jones Jr. And I can’t stand that he’s still boxing. Can’t even bring myself to buy any of his PPVs.
Best boxing memory: Maybe not the ‘best’, but the most prominent was Tyson-Golota. We probably had a hundred people crammed into an apartment to watch that one, and there was nearly a riot in the place when it ended.
Favorite fight: Hagler-Hearns. Corrales-Castillo I and the whole Marquez-Vazquez trilogy follow.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
the thing with roy is, he was always saying how he would never ever stay too long in the game. He would go on and on about the dangers of staying too long and the dangers in general especially after mcclellan vs. benn. he said it over and over during his commentating days during the old BAD shows. He said Holyfield was staying in the game too long, kennedy mckinney as well, and a some others. rightfully so of course. he was dead on about those guys. he however, was at the end of the road when glenn johnson knocked him cold but has yet to hang them up himself.
its pretty damn fascinating.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 12, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Roy is definitely an interesting case in this regard. It’s one of the reasons I still talk about him so much, actually.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 12, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
I love Roy but he has possibly spoken more shite than any fighter Ive ever heard ( including Calzaghe ;-) )
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
His quote that he lost the third Tarver fight on purpose to spite his old man who was in the corner . The " look at my friend Gerald " stuff . The delusional Im back who else can throw 6 hooks in a row blah blah blah stuff after Lacy. Sad to see such a great fighter reduced to this . Still I remember Ali – Berbick and Holyfield – Donald so nothing much has changed .
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
About You
Name:Keith White
Age:24
Occupation:Musician
Place of Residency:Seattle
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of:
No, though I once drunkenly fell and knocked out some teeth while half boxing a friend.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Miguel Cotto
Favorite all-time fighter: Hard to say. I haven’t watched boxing long enough to develop that bond. Cotto/Ali/Tyson/Mayweather/Hagler/Dempsey/SLR all tickle my fancy in one way or another.
Best boxing memory: Don’t really have one.
Favorite Fight: Margarito vs Cotto
Name: Shane
Age: 43
Occupation: Owner/operator vegetarian restaurant
Place of Residency: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Have you boxed before?: Started boxing at 15 for the Lodge ABC Adelaide, South Australia, won junior and senior golden gloves state titles. Boxed in the UK for the Blackpool Boys Club.Trained at Newtown Sydney and the Tszyu Academy in my 30’s for fitness and sparring. Never turned pro, lost dedication in my 20’s.
Favorite current fighter: Bernard Hopkins, James Kirkland
Favorite all-time fighter: Bernard Hopkins
Best boxing memory: My first fight in Mount Gambier SA (knocked the guy out of the ring) Fighting in Alice Springs Northern Territory. Sparring with Lester Ellis and training alongside Kostya. Sitting ringside for Fenech/Villasana in Melbourne was awesome.
Favorite Fight: Hagler/Hearns, Gatti/Ward, Hopkins/Tito, too many to list.
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
And also a very fine writer!
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 13, 2010 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
Why, thank you sir, you’re a true gentleman.
Gotta add Leonard/ Duran 1 and Hearns/Leonard 1 to my favorite fights. Absolute classics.
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
Name: Matt (duh)
Age: Freshly 40
Occupation: College Professor at Yeshiva University in Manhattan
Place of Residency: Brooklyn, NYC
Boxed before? Not really. I was a skinny bookworm growing up. I’ve messed around sparing a little, but nothing of significance.
Favorite current fighter: Probably Mosley at this point, though Andre Ward is a recent new favorite of mine.
Favorite all time fighter: Ali. As a student of American culture and a huge boxing fan, Ali and his complex legacy continue to fascinate me.
Best boxing memory: Probably Toney / Jirov, the final round. I had let boxing slide for other interests when this fight came around. I had been a Toney fan in the past (I still think he’s the all time funniest shit-talker in boxing), and this fight pulled me back into the sport big time.
Favorite fight: This is a hard one for me, but I might have to go with Corrales / Castillo.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
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Name – Mookie
Age – Somewhere between 13-20 (from there that’s your guess)
Occupation – Student
Residency – Seattle Area, WA (but representing East Bay, CA!)
Boxed before? – Martial arts but not boxing. Dad teaches me how to properly punch, though.
Favorite current fighter – Pacquiao.
Favorite All-time fighter – Arturo Gatti. May he RIP.
Best boxing memory – Watching Pacquiao knock Barrera out. Never heard of this guy before and then when I saw him destroy a legend I was in awe. Other great memory is Glen Johnson KO of Roy Jones. Still have that on tape.
Favorite fight – Bika/Codrington, Gatti/Ward I, Marquez/Diaz, Corrales/Castillo, Pavlik/Taylor.
The Seattle Times linked to my website in June 2009. I wasn't aware of this until January 2010.
If it's any consolation
I never would have guessed you were a youngin
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
me either, dude ;)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Me neither. Quite surprised by the average age on this thread, to be honest.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
The BLee2525 story
Name: Brian Lee
Age: 29
Occupation: Construction Engineer
Place of Residency: Charlottesville, VA
Ever Boxed?: No, though I was a pretty good high school wrestler, and my experience in that sport is what drew me to boxing in the first place.
Favorite current fighter: Cotto, with Pavlik a close 2nd
Favorite all-time fighter: Tito or Cotto
Best boxing memory: This is kind of interesting. In college, I worked security at a Great Lakes Regional boxing tournament that was a step towards Olympic qualifying. Over 2 nights, I saw some absolute wars, and some brutal KO’s. Several guys I saw those nights went on to have professional careers, most notably Andre Dirrell. One of the guys who eventually fought on “The Contender,” Rudy Cisneros, won a close decision over the “house” fighter at the Toledo Armory, and a riot nearly broke out. The single most impressive fighter from that tournament was a heavyweight named Robert Jacobs, who scored 2 one-punch knockouts in 2 fights (against guys in headgear, mind you), one over a guy who had mauled his opponent the night before. I can’t find where he ever got a Pro career started, though. But, holy shit. He connected with a right hand, and the guy he was fighting was out cold; turned 180 degrees, hit the canvas face first. In fucking headgear.
If I have to share a boxing memory that everybody else will remember, it’s probably Tito-De La Hoya.
Favorite fight: I had been a casual observer of boxing for a long time, but the fight that really sucked me back in enough to comment regularly on a blog about the sport was Cotto-Mosley.
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
I fought at Great Lakes several times between 1956-1959.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 13, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
And...
The man is also a Cincinnati Reds fan. Bless him.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Feb 17, 2010 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
About You
Name: Jose Ponce
Age: 22
Occupation: Student majoring in Criminal Justice
Place of Residency: Weslaco, TX
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: Only with pals
Favorite current fighter: Manny Pacquiao/Juan Diaz
Favorite all-time fighter: Manny Pacquiao, Juan Diaz, Mike Tyson, Arturo Gatti, Salvador Sanchez, Oscar De La Hoya, Alexis Arguello
Best boxing memory: Either has to be when Pavlik demolished Taylor or watching my first fight with my dad at his friends place (ODLH vs Mosley II)
Favorite Fight: Gatti-Ward I
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Feb 13, 2010 1:25 AM EST reply actions
Name: Oli Goldstein
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Place of Residency: London, UK
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: Have trained in a gym for about a year or so, but my rugby coach made me quit because it was messing with my 80-minute rugby fitness (supposedly).
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Carl Froch as a Brit – can’t help but love the fact that he’s so open to taking on any challengers at any time, and is very rarely in a bad fight (Andre Dirrell aside). I’m also a bit of a Floyd fan and have generally backed him as being in the right against Manny Pacquaio, although that’s also partly to do with Manny constantly managing to rub me the wrong way (I think it’s to do with the way he knocked out Hatton, but I’m not sure, he just gets on my nerves!)
Favorite all-time fighter: Prince Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank, Arturo Gatti
Best boxing memory: Danny Williams knocking out Mark Potter in the sixth, with his right shoulder dangerously dislocated. After that, it’s Carl Froch stopping Jermain Taylor with 14 seconds to go. That final round was one of the most exciting I’ve ever seen.
Favorite Fight: Hamed/Kelley, Hatton/Tzsyu, Gatti/Rodriguez, Gatti/Ward 1, Gatti/Ruelas, Eubank/Benn 1
"The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic"
JC40
Name: Jamie “boof” Age: 43 Occupation: Painter – Surf Bum – Professional Beach Breast Inspector Place of Residency: Have you boxed before: Started sparring and training as a seven year old at Reg Laytons Gabba PYC Gym . Did that until aged 13 then got into playing Rugby League. Favorite current fighter: Bernard Hopkins Favorite all-time fighter: Bernard Hopkins , Muhammad Ali , Johnny Famechon Best boxing memory: Watching Hec Thompson fights as a kid at Brisbanes Festival Hall with my Dad . Sparring against Tony Mundine sr as a 12 year old kid . Ali beating Foreman Hagler kayoing Tommy Hearns . Favorite Fight: Ali – Frazier 1 Holmes – Cooney Barry Michaels v Lester Ellis and Hopkins v Pavlik .
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
Ellis v Michael – Yep one of my faves too mate, classic fight!
Sparring against Tony Mundine as a 12 kid.
Bloody hell! – At 12 yrs old I was doing a paper round on my skateboard and discovering that my body was a playground!
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
Name: Matthew D’Agostino
Age: 17
Occupation: Student (English and History, currently working on 20th century American playwrights in the former and the American Civil War in the latter)
Place of Residency: Edinburgh in Scotland
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: No but I do a lot of sports with varying levels of competece. I have competed in Sabre Fencing internationally to little success!
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Timothy Bradley
Favorite all-time fighter: Manny Pacquiao ( I know that itseems contradictory not having him as both…)
Best boxing memory: Manny Pacquiao knocking out Hatton in the second round
Favorite Fight: Ali vs Foreman
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
About You
Name: Scott King
Age: 27
Occupation: Looking for a job has become my job. I have a blogspot about the Cincinnati Bearcats, and that’s the closest thing
Place of Residency: Louisville, KY
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: My brother and I would tape stuffed animals to our hands and punch each other when we were little, but that’s it.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Pacquiao, and Paul Williams
Favorite all-time fighter: Ali is tops, and I would recommend his museum if you are ever in the area. I loved Roy Jones in his prime as well.
Best boxing memory: Probably when Lewis was knocked out by Rahman. I was at a family gathering of some sort, and seeing Lewis go down was awesome.
Favorite Fight: Ali-Frazier I, and III, Vazquez-Marquez III, Corrales-Castillo and Gatti-Ward I
Name: Frank Maio
Age: 58, going on 12 (according to my wife, a small crafty southpaw).
Occupation: Geologist
Place of Residency: born in the Bronx, sentenced to Texas 23 yrs ago.
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of:
Had several bouts with Sister Germaine back in the late 50’s; lost all by brutal KO.
Favorite current fighter: Have to go with Lucian Bute, Tomasz Adamek, Arthur Abraham, Timothy Bradley.
Favorite all-time fighter: Rocky Marciano
Best boxing memory: Ali – Foreman fight on closed circuit at a theatre in Worcester Mass.
Favorite Fight: Marciano-Moore comes to mind right away; lately the Froch-Taylor KO.
"Sentenced to Texas"--
A great, and as far as I can tell (no offense) true statement.
Gave me a good laugh!
P.S. Maybe you could take Sister now; she must be getting up there in years. Pull a Bernard Hopkins and look for a rematch!
by Don From Prov on Feb 15, 2010 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
Sentenced to Texas
We have a native Texan daughter….but we love her anyway.
Hey, if future winters in Dallas are going to be like 2009-10, then there is NO reason to live here.
by FrankinDallas on Feb 15, 2010 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Frank has the beat
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 15, 2010 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
texas rules
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Feb 19, 2010 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
In Footbal, Yes. In boxing, ????
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 20, 2010 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
baby bull!!!!!
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Feb 22, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
What's your point?
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 23, 2010 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
texas is great thanks to the almighty baby bull
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Feb 23, 2010 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Hehe but he was no match
For the almighty power of Malignaggi!
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 24, 2010 4:48 AM EST up reply actions
+ twice
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 24, 2010 8:22 AM EST up reply actions
almighty boxing skills of a natural 140 lber and a terrible gameplan*
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Feb 24, 2010 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
Name: Mister Jonez
Age: 28
Occupation: “I’m unemployed…” – The Dude. Nah, I’m an RN and entrepreneur.
Place of Residency: Philippines
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: Just with my brother and friends using gloves my dad bought for us. I’ve got quite a good jab at 6’3", but that’s about it.
Favorite current fighter: Manny Pacquiao. Been on the train since back when it was a jeepny with bald tires.
Favorite all-time fighter: Mike Tyson. He simultaneously embodies everything that can be great and terrible about boxing.
Best boxing memory: Watching Oscar constantly seek out the best competition of his day and meet them in the ring.
Favorite Fight: Hagler-Hearns
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
About You
Name: Rich Wharton
Age: 26 this week.
Occupation: Student (final year)/Professional pool player.
Place of Residency: Cambridge, UK.
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: Had a total of 43 fights, kickboxing and boxing, at amateur/junior level. Considering I had zero ability, and relied on people punching themselves out (usually on my face), it’s amazing I’m still as pretty as I am. Overall I finished with a record (across both codes) of 43-41-2-0 (29), and from memory I think 17 or 18 of the stoppages I won were with my left hook. Haven’t put on a pair of gloves since injury (really bad groin tear) took me out of it when I was 17.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: David Tua, Edwin Valero, Marcos Maidana
Favorite all-time fighter: Marvin Hagler, Roy Jones Jr, Lennox Lewis
Best boxing memory: Funnily enough, Mike Tyson’s declaration that “if he doesn’t die, it doesn’t count”. That really sticks in my mind as one of my earliest moments of awareness of boxing. Ricky Hatton’s great, career defining performancevto beat a still great Kostya Tszyu. Winning a very tidy sum of money by betting on the first big-punching South American Amir Khan ever fought. Oh, and Rocky beating the count in the second Creed fight.
Favorite Fight: Hagler/Hearns, Tua/Ibeabuchi, Lewis/Mercer, Eubank/Watson, The Thriller in Manilla.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
I'd just like to say, I think these questions are really good, but;
I’d add:
1. Who is the best fighter you’ve ever seen? (Hagler is my favourite, but I think Jones is the best ever)
2. What is your earliest boxing memory?
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Pressed Enter too early.
3. What is your favourite knockout of all time?
4. If you could reverse any one fight result, what would it be? (Kudos to anyone that says “Floyd Mayweather’s first ever fight”, since then he wouldn’t have been so obsessed with protection of that ‘0’….)
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
1. Eubank
2. Seeing some old Ali fights with the dad
3. Allan Green on Jaidon Codrington is the most memorable in a morbid way, and the commentary post Randall Bailey KO of Frankie Figueroa explaining the ‘delivery system’
4. Simply because its the most recent one I saw, the last Ian Napa fight. Absolute joke, really, some of the scoring that goes on…
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Mine would be;
1. Roy Jones Jr.
2. A Naseem Hamed fight, I don’t recall which. That or the Tyson quote about Ruddock. Although I do have a vague and garbled memory of hearing my uncle talking about Eubank/Watson, and saying that Watson was going to kill him (unfortunate turn of phrase, as it happens), and then the shock when the fight turned out the way it did. Not exactly sure which came first, but those are probably my 3 earliest.
3. Tszyu/Judah has to be up there. Eubank/Watson for pure drama, although I’d give my left bollock to change what happened to Watson as a result. Tua/Ruiz is right up there for me.
4. Probably the Thriller. I think the face of boxing would possibly be unrecognizable had Frazier won that fight, as he deserved to. Lennox/Rahman I. Tyson/Douglas, even though I’m not a massive Tyson fan, simply because I’d love to see exactly how good Tyson could have been against the elite opposition of his day had the Douglas fight never happened.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
I forgot-
Tyson vs Michael Johnson was an amazing KO. The way Tyson sets up his feet before throwing everything into that shot is awe-inspriting for me. That was possibly the hardest punch ever thrown in the heavyweight division that I’ve ever seen.
Also, Pavlik Taylor I was a great KO.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
1. Mayweather Jr. or Roy Jones Jr. (prime of course). Mayweather just has amazing skills. Jones was crazy fast.
2. Hmmm….probably getting those Sugar Ray Leonard boxing gloves as a kid.
3. I really like Jones Jr. knocking out Hill with that body shot.
4. ODH over Trinidad. Even if it was changed to a draw I’d be happy, but to give Trinidad the victory was bullshit.
1. meldrick taylor and ricardo lopez. pacman not far behind.
2. hagler vs. hearns, mike tysons early espn fights.
3. tszyu vs. judah
4. taylor vs jcc
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 16, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
1. pacquiao
2. watching ODLH-Mosley II and the subsequent robbing
3. oleg maskaev – hasim rahman I. HE’S RIGHT NEXT TO ME, RIGHT NEXT TO ME
4. JMM-Baby Bull KO9. i would have reverse baby bull’s entire life, and give him some power in which he would have used to KO JMM’s whiny ass in 5
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Feb 19, 2010 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Name:Ryan Lefferts
Age:25
Occupation:2nd Class Petty Officer, United States Navy
Place of Residency: Jersey baby!!!! Currently on a island by itself in the pacific ocean.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Floyd Mayweather Jr ( you have to respect pure skill) Chad Dawson, B-Hop Philly represent!!! Theres a few others….
Favorite all-time fighter: Ray Robinson, Marvin Hagler, Pernell Whitaker, Joe Louis, theres a few more on this list too….
Best boxing memory: Mayweather beating up Gatti in AC. People were depressed like they lost a son!
Favorite Fight: Hagler vs Hearns
I’ll take a guess; I bet the average age is close to 28.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 16, 2010 3:08 PM EST reply actions
hmmm
I guess 32….
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Wheres me truss and walking stick
Christ Ted Im starting to feel old LMAO . Goaty , Mr Bill and I might be the oldest blokes here apart from our respected elders (You and Prov) . It gets a bit warm in Kalgoolie Brian make sure you take plenty of blue work singlets and shorts mate( the Aussie mining town uniform) . Those blokes know how to drink piss too. Should be an adventure for you mate.
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
truss
JC….I think only Ted is older than me here…or anywhere.
How’s things in WA, mate? Good friend of mine has a step son who boxes…Mark deMori. Good looking HW, I hope he gets some fights here in the US. He was in Don King’s stable but isn’t getting many bouts.
by FrankinDallas on Feb 16, 2010 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
Arrgh erragh
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 18, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
cheers Jamie
will do, and I’ve heard that they drink hard in that town. I won’t even try and keep up!
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
x
About You
Name: Jon McCoy
Age:30
Occupation: Litigation support
Place of Residency: DFW
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: I’m pretty good at Mike Tyson’s Puchout
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Floyd Mayweather
Favorite all-time fighter: Floyd Mayweather
Best boxing memory: Watching Tyson win the title with my father.
Favorite Fight: Mosley/Magaritto
OK, ok. How come so many lawyers? D o you all work at the same firm as I suspect?
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 17, 2010 4:44 PM EST reply actions
There are lawyers/law students all over the SB Nation blogs. It’s a strange phenomenon.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 17, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
What else are we supposed to do
While we’re listening to boring law lectures?
by AsianSensation on Feb 18, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, I know you from Scully’s site, right?
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 18, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
Which site is that? I don’t think it was me.
by AsianSensation on Feb 18, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
Is your last name Songila?
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 18, 2010 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
Well now I know you!
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 18, 2010 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
....So that when they get banned they can sue SB Nation's ass for discrimination
Of exactly what I have no idea, but that’s why I’m not a lawyer.
The Seattle Times linked to my website in June 2009. I wasn't aware of this until January 2010.
I don't know of any other boxing fans at my firm...
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
It’s a strange phenomenon indeed.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 17, 2010 10:52 PM EST reply actions
Asian Sensation
Name: Ben
Age: 28
Occupation: 1. Paralegal at a non-profit (Think legal aid for family court)
2. Law Student (Just graduated)
3. Punch Zone Trainee (I started training with CompuBox and HBO last
month.)
Place of Residency: New York City
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: No.
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: Manny Pacquiao. Honorable Mentions: Glen Johnson, Izzy Vasquez, Timothy Bradley, Edwin Valero and Miguel Cotto
Favorite all-time fighter: Aaron Pryor, Henry Armstrong, Jack Johnson, Muhammad Ali, Bernard Hopkins, Manny Pacquiao
Best boxing memory:
1. Boxing Writers Association of America dinner in 2007. That was where I met Manny Pacquiao for the first time. I generally don’t care about celebrities, but I act like a hyper six-year old when I meet boxers. I also met Jake Lamota that night and ended up hanging out with a bunch of the boxing writers at Jimmy’s Corner after the dinner. Other than meeting fighters and writers, the best part of the dinner was being put at the table farthest from the stage. Normally that’s a bad thing, but my wife and I ended up at the same table as the ring card girls who were presenting the awards.
2. Boxing Writers Association of America dinner in 2008. Got to meet Pacquiao (again) and Izzy Vasquez, Joe Calzaghe and Genaro Hernandez. However, by far, my favorite memory of that night was watching Iran “The Blade” Barkley hit on my wife. Barkley went after my wife, as if she was Tommy Hearns. At one point, he slipped her his number. Yes, I have Iran Barkley’s home number.
Favorite Fight:
1. Pryor-Arguello I
2. Cotto-Judah
Generally, whenever Cotto fights at MSG then night before the Puerto Rican Day Parade the atmosphere is electric. Cotto-Judah in 2007 was the best I’ve ever witnessed live. The Garden was packed to the rafters that night with 20,000+ people in attendance. The crowd was mostly Puerto Rican and pro-Cotto, but a sizable portion of Brooklyn was also on hand to cheer on Judah. Not even the crappy under-card could quell the crowd’s enthusiasm. The main event did not disappoint- we wanted a fight and that’s exactly what we got that night.
Yes, I have Iran Barkley’s home number.
Hehe very amusing!
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 18, 2010 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
3. Punch Zone Trainee (I started training with CompuBox and HBO last
month.)
how in the world did you get that gig?
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 18, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
By hanging out in bars
Actually, I don’t drink, but whenever the boxing writers are in town for their annual dinner or to cover a fight, I make my way to Jimmy’s Corner to hang out with them. One night I chatted with one of the original Punch Zone operators. We became friends over time and he gave me a heads up when they were looking to bring another on board.
by AsianSensation on Feb 18, 2010 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
What did you drink? Saspirilla?
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 19, 2010 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
Ginger ale. Alcohol has never done much for me, I prefer to sit back and relax with a decent cigar.
by AsianSensation on Feb 19, 2010 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
Then I presume you will become a member of my next Cigar and Scoth Club?
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 19, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
That’s what I’m talking about!
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 19, 2010 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
It is beginning to strike me that we have a pretty damn savvy bunch of posters on here.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 18, 2010 2:58 PM EST reply actions
Areglado
Name: Let’s just stick with Areglado for now.
Age: 30
Occupation: Writer
Place of Residency: Burbank, CA
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of: Got off to an extremely late start at 23, but was a real gym rat for a few years. I sparred a bit and was enjoying myself until I accidentally cut a buddy of mine right on the bridge of the nose on a straight right hand counter. Right then and there, I discovered that I didn’t have the stomach for the game. I froze. He promptly popped me on the mouth.
Favorite current fighter: Overall, Pacquiao. Stylewise, Marquez.
Favorite all-time fighter: Roberto Duran, hands down.
Best boxing memory: Gerry Penalosa tying my gloves.
Favorite Fight: Roberto Duran-Iran Barkley
1. Who is the best fighter you’ve ever seen? Roberto Duran, hands down.
2. What is your earliest boxing memory? Dad teaching me the ’ol 1-2.
3. What is your favourite knockout of all time? tie between Douglas KO 10 Tyson, and Pacquiao KO 2 Hatton.
4. If you could reverse any one fight result, what would it be? Eric Morel SD 12 Gerry Penalosa. Because Gerry deserved better.
Name: Gerald
Age: 28
Occupation: Remodel/electrician
Place of Residency: Los Angeles
Have you boxed before. if so provide any details on your success/lack there of:
19-3 amateur record. Career ended when left wrist was shattered in 5 places
Favorite current fighter: Rafael Marquez
Favorite all-time fighter: Terry Norris
Best boxing memory: Watching Marco Antonio Barrera-Kennedy McKinney live at the Great Western Forum
Favorite Fight: To many to name
If a man ain't found something worth dying for. He ain't fit to live.
by Violent Demise on Feb 21, 2010 12:16 AM EST reply actions
THAT’S SOME WICKED SNOT!!!
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 22, 2010 1:40 PM EST reply actions
i could be wrong but i think its a chick snorting coke.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 22, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
Says the guy with the hot dog covered in fois gras
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
*foie
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
and its a duck sausage btw.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 22, 2010 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
whats wrong with foie gras?
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 22, 2010 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing, I love foie gras
But there are some who would say it’s as morally repugnant as snorting coke.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
thats just silly uneducated, animal rights nazi talk.
anthony bourdain had a segment on the sillynesss of the foie gras controversy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABeWlY0KFv8
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on Feb 22, 2010 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
it was a joke……..
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 22, 2010 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
Name: CRUZ
Age: 33
Occupation: FORCED INTO RETIREMENT
Place of Residency: HAYWARD, CA
Have you boxed before: BEEN TRAINING AT B STREET BOXING IN SAN MATEO, CA WITH FORMER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE CONTENDER EDDIE CROFT http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=5490&cat=boxer
Boxing specific questions
Favorite current fighter: MANNY PACQUIAO
Favorite all-time fighter: MIKE TYSON
Best boxing memory: PACQUIAO/MORALES II
Favorite Fight: HAGLER/HEARNS
Name: Matt
Age: 31
Occupation: Bricklayer/Builder
Residency: Leeds,UK.
Have you boxed before?: Played rugby in my school years then joined my local amateur boxing club around age 20 where i trained and sparred on and off for 4 years or so,mainly for fitness.Was asked to fight a few times but never did as i didn’t really have a killer instinct and was pretty average too!
Had a good punch in either hand though,so i was told.I’m glad i kept what few brain cells i have,looking back :).
Favourite Current Fighter: Manny Pacquiao.
Favourite All Time Fighter: Muhammad Ali.
Best Boxing Memory: Ali v Cleveland Williams.
Favourite Fights: Holyfield v Bowe 1+2,Toney v Jirov,Ali v Frazier 1.
by Matt (Yorkshire) on Feb 23, 2010 8:45 AM EST reply actions
My dad gave me a tape called Ali’s Greatest Fights when i was about 10 so that’s where the Ali v Williams memory comes from.Poetry in motion,Ali was in that fight
by Matt (Yorkshire) on Feb 23, 2010 8:58 AM EST reply actions
That was Williams post the shooting incident though. Not that I think he’d have had a chance against Ali even if he was completely healthy. I just think that because of the damage he sustained there was no way he was ever going to lay a glove on Muhammad that night. Ali vintage 1967 is the greatest heavyweight I’ve ever seen.
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