Mandatory Eight Count - Hope for the Heavies
by Brickhaus on Feb 21, 2010 12:58 PM EST
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Chagaev-Meehan final eliminator set | Sydney Morning Herald
Kali Meehan's had about as hard of luck as any fighter lately. The Australian construction worker beat DaVarryl Williamson over two years ago in what was supposedly a title eliminator. He's been sitting on the WBA's #1 spot ever since, but he hasn't had the opportunity to challenge for a title as the organization has worked out all kinds of silliness with mandatories that other fighters didn't earn, champions in recess, interim champs and the like. Since that fight, seven fights of his have been canceled, and Nicolai Valuev refused to face him as a late replacement when Chagaev failed a blood test in Finland. Meehan will hopefully finally get his shot when he fights Ruslan Chagaev in Germany in a title eliminator.
Hopkins still hoping for Haye next | The Daily Mirror
According to Steve Bunce, Bernard Hopkins is hoping for a matchup with David Haye, if both can win their upcoming matchups. Color me skeptical. Nicolai Valuev has the right to enforce a rematch clause with Haye, and I don't know if there's enough money in a Hopkins-Haye fight to get Valuev to go away.
Enter Eddie Chambers | 15 Rounds
A very well-written piece about a day in the camp of Eddie Chambers, who is preparing for the biggest fight of his life against Wladimir Klitschko.
Esther Phiri off to Miami for training | Post Zambia
For those who don't know her, Phiri may be Zambia's most popular athlete, period, a woman's boxing titlist in a country that doesn't have many athletes go on to have international success. Mostly this is interesting because it highlights the conditions in Zambia. Per Phiri, "It’s a good opportunity. They’ve good gyms. In our gym, we just have a punching bag and a tire, but the people we fight have got good gyms." She's trying for a title in her third weight class in late May.
Bursting of the Bernard Dunne Bubble | The Independent
A look back at Ireland's relationship with Bernard Dunne, whose rise and fall were both fleeting.
Zbik-Spada and Stieglitz-Gutknecht set | Universum Box Promotions
Sebastian Zbik will defend his completely bogus interim title in a rematch against Domenico Spada, who he narrowly beat for the strap. Robert Stieglitz will defend his super middleweight title for the second time against Eddy Gutknecht, who in his last fight beat Karoly Balzsay (the man Stieglitz beat to earn his title). Stieglitz and Zbik are two of the weaker titlists around, so while neither Spada nor Gutknecht is any great shakes, don't be too chocked to see an 'upset' in either fight.
Alex Arthur raring to go | News of the World
The former super featherweight titlist says he lost his motivation for a while, but now it's back and he;s ready to get his career back on track. Arthur lost his last time out to Nigel Wright, who had 2 wins in his previous 7 fights, 12 pounds over his normal weight.
Philippines looking for basketball players to box | Philstar
The Philippines amateur boxing association is looking to fill out it's roster and have a complete lineup of fighters; however, there aren't too many guys who can hack it at heavyweight over there. In order to fill heavyweight spots, they're looking for professional basketball players who have been cut. Move over Tye Fields....
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Danny Williiams once waxed Meehan in 31 seconds.
"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 21, 2010 2:49 PM EST reply actions
He doesn't have a good chin
and he’s slow as hell, but he deserves the fight already. They’ve been dicking him around for years.
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by Scott Christ on Feb 21, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Good piece
on Eddie Chambers at 15 Rounds. Writer could’ve done with fewer adverbs.
"Gowin on fourth and 14 will punt it away. He hangs it very high, angling it for the near sideline...HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!!! HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!! Brian Milne might've fallen on it at the ten yard line! It's the New Orleans Saints' football! Brian Milne, the most unlikely hero of them all, falls on the fumble, the muff by Hakim! There is a God after all!" -- Jim Henderson
by hakimdropstheball on Feb 21, 2010 4:21 PM EST reply actions
Hopkins
I know talk is just that but didn’t Hopkins say he was going to go after Dawson after the RJJ fight? Said he wanted to clear out the LHW division and then maybe do something in HW but only after his business was done in the LHW division. Then I see this nonsense about Haye again? WTF is that? I know that Hopkins is so good at ducking Dawson at this point that the WBC is going to give him a belt for it, but this is just ridiculous.
That Dunne article is one of the biggest piles of nonsense I have ever seen. A Writer who quite clearly has an ax to grind in a newspaper that is a complete joke in my opinion.
Agreed
What exactly the writer was attempting to get across in the article is hard to understand. Maybe Dunne didn’t enjoy a long reign as champion or open up the american market but who cares! The Cordoba fight was brilliant and he deserves full credit for that. This guy just calls it a fluke.
Then again, its probably just one of those “controversial” pieces were the editor asked him to stoke the fires of debate. We give the guy the attention he craves by letting it get up our noses. Well done to BD for a good career and also well done for acknowledging that he has peaked rather than fighting on against weaker opponents
I was hoping to get some local insight on this one, thanks. I read it and didn’t know what to think. To me, as an American who watched Dunne fight a handful of times on the RTE site or whatever, he really did seem to have an enormous connection with the audience, which the writer seems to question. I don’t think he’s far off on the discussion of Dunne’s in-ring career, but whether or not all those people are “real boxing fans” is kind of irrelevant. Not all of Muhammad Ali’s fans were super boxing fans either, same goes for Mike Tyson, Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Tito Trinidad, etc.
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by Scott Christ on Feb 22, 2010 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
My impression of the article
Was that the person was being unreasonalby snide about Dunne. It seemed like a frankly pointless article as well, conveying nothing of value, I reckon it was just a space filler. The Independent is a good paper but is prone otohighly opinionated writing, as may be on show here.
This article is more favourable to Dunne.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/boxing-feather-move-key-to-dunnes—future-1901177.html
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 23, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
*prone to
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 23, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
sorry i had forgot about this thread
The simple fact of the matter is that Dunne resurrected pro boxing here. He is a great ambassador of Irish boxing, and has left the sport in a strong position. He did great tv numbers and live attendances throughout his career.
The point about America was nonsense to. Dunne was (and still would be) a fantastic ticket seller locally, and the audience was always electric on fight night. A lot of guys fighting in America don’t sell any tickets. It would have made no business sense for him to stage a fight abroad unless they did the fight with Vasquez.
The journalist seemingly has a bee in his bonnet over the fact he has decided Dunne is “overrated”. In his mind, Ireland built Dunne up to be the second coming of sugar ray robinson, and that just wasn’t the case. We were all aware of his strengths and limitations; Dunne winning a title was considered a long shot even at home, and everyone was really proud that he managed to achieve it.
I watched the farewell speech that the guy was referring to. Firstly the live audience was very warm to him. And secondly, what point was he trying to make. He was appearing on a Friday night chat show that is mainly watched by older people. How does that have any relevance to his connection with the boxing public. It’s an absurd point to make. I would put more weight behind the fact that 10,000 people stood on their feet and cheered the hell out of him even in defeat.
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