Mandatory Eight Count: Lions and Lambs
by Brickhaus on May 22, 2010 1:46 PM EDT
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Shane Mosley is Stripped, Senchenko Full WBA Champ | Boxing Scene
Mosley's WBA title was not on the line for his bout with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. As promised, the WBA stripped Mosley, meaning that two titles and an interim title in the weight class are all held by completely inconsequential fighters, despite the top of the weight class being quite strong.
Shannon Briggs Stops Dominique Alexander In 1st-Round | Eastside Boxing
Briggs destroyed Dominique Jones in 20 seconds, knocking him out with the first two punches he threw, a pair of left hooks to the body. Next week, he'll be fighting again, facing Rob Calloway.
Some of the more interesting tidbits - Mike Jones and Antwone Smith will be fighting on the same card on Shobox on July 9 to set up a future bout between the two; A rare-prospect prospect match will take place between Mike Dallas Jr. and Lenard "The Fighting Fireman" Lane, with Fernando Guerrero headlining the card; and Khoren Gevor resigned with Universum and is getting a shot at the interim title held by Sebastian Zbik.
Tua denied release | NZ Herald News
Maori TV declined an approach by David Tua's promoter Cedric Kushner to release Tua from his contract so Tua could earn more money.
Bogere batters Julio | Fight News
Sharif "the Lion" Bogere moved to 16-0 after defeating journeyman Ulidio Julio, despite taking the fight on only a week's notice. Bogere is one of the more entertaining prospects out there, and it would be nice to see him get back on TV in the near future.
Ali Chebah getting a chance of the world stage | Paris Normandie
In order to ensure that its belt is completely irrelevant during an era when the weight class is getting stronger, the WBC has ordered a title eliminator between Frenchman Ali Chebah and British-Nigerian Ajose Olusegun. Both are legends in their own minds, but neither is probably a top-20 fighter in the weight class, despite glossy records.
Arslan returning to the Ring | Universum Box-Promotion
On July 9, Firat Arslan will be returning to the ring for the first time since losing his title to Guillermo Jones back in September 2008. He'll be facing Steve Herelius. Incidentally, Jones hasn't fought since then either, and somehow hasn't been stripped.
Where do Marquezes rank among boxing brothers? | Ring blog
The author's answer: probably the second best pair of boxing brothers all time, after Mike and Tommy Gibbons.
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Good for Briggs
While his shot at fighting a Klitschoko, let alone beat one, remains long, it’s still good to see himself keeping busy, I’ve always been a fan.
The article
On the Marquez brothers was fairly interesting. Incidentally, Dougie’s Mailbag was also rather enjoyable. It contains quite the attack on the Ring’s p4p rankings.
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on May 22, 2010 6:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
From the guy who ranked Valero #4 before he died
Listen to me playing the world’s smallest fiddle.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I think the words “rather enjoyable” was used to qualify the mailbag. The guy isn’t bad if he isn’t talking about Valero, body punching, or Mayweather.
by Waldo Rastel on May 22, 2010 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I did think it was quite funny
As he did post his own top ten at the bottom, which contained Vitali Klitschko! Wladimir is defensible I suppose, but Vitali!?
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on May 23, 2010 10:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
So did Briggs stop Dominique Alexander or Dominique Jones?
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
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