Hurt- A Boxing Tribute
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Great video.
Yeah, boxing hurts like heck. Done it myself so I know first hand. My dad wouldn't talk about his experience back in the 1930s during the Great Depression when guys like him boxed every week (often on consecutive nights) for a ham sandwich and a cup of coffee. It must have been brutal. But he still loved the sport until the very end of his life.
Yeah, boxing hurts like heck. Done it myself so I know first hand. My dad wouldn't talk about his experience back in the 1930s during the Great Depression when guys like him boxed every week (often on consecutive nights) for a ham sandwich and a cup of coffee. It must have been brutal. But he still loved the sport until the very end of his life.
Pro boxing remains my passion in life and I often watch old matches on you tube.
Am currently reading Henry Armstrong's Gloves, Glory, and God:
Earlier today I was deeply saddened to learn of the recent death of Brooklyn's Joe Rein:
Rest in Peace, Joe Rein - TheSweetScience.com
his writings:
Joe Rein - TheSweetScience.com
He was an online friend who I corresponded with for over 10 years. Whether via PM or in forum chats, he treated everyone like you were his best pal. Nobody knew or loved pro boxing like he did. Despite suffering from cancer all these years, he maintained a very youthful appearance and only stopped working just a couple of months ago. Tributes for him appear from every corner of the world on a boxing website that I frequent. He will never be forgotten.
Am currently reading Henry Armstrong's Gloves, Glory, and God:
Earlier today I was deeply saddened to learn of the recent death of Brooklyn's Joe Rein:
Rest in Peace, Joe Rein - TheSweetScience.com
his writings:
Joe Rein - TheSweetScience.com
He was an online friend who I corresponded with for over 10 years. Whether via PM or in forum chats, he treated everyone like you were his best pal. Nobody knew or loved pro boxing like he did. Despite suffering from cancer all these years, he maintained a very youthful appearance and only stopped working just a couple of months ago. Tributes for him appear from every corner of the world on a boxing website that I frequent. He will never be forgotten.
Earlier today I watched the Brewster-Lyakovch match for the WBO Championship:
Lamon Brewster vs Sergei Lyakhovich - YouTube
This match is generally acknowledged as the best heavyweight match in the last 10+ years and well worth watching.
Lamon Brewster vs Sergei Lyakhovich - YouTube
This match is generally acknowledged as the best heavyweight match in the last 10+ years and well worth watching.
Jose Sulaiman, 82: World Boxing Council chief Jose Sulaiman dies at 82 - News | FOX Sports on MSN
I have checked several news sources and they generally report his death in a sympathetic manner. But in a boxing forum where I am a regular poster the commentators are actually quite hostile to the man and his memory. He, indeed, was a great self promoter, was overly protective of Mexican boxers thereby assuring many of them a stranglehold on many championship belts, sanctioned the alphabet soup of organizations which led to a multiplicity of belts and jurisdictions who either allowed or forbade title bouts, and created the rule where title matches were reduced from 15 to 12 rounds. While this latter change was well received by many folks outside of the sport, to boxing purists it was anathema.
While pro boxing remains my passion in life I am saddened that Sulaiman did nothing to eliminate the corruption that befouls the sport. In fact, a good case can be made for why he increased the problem. For this many boxing purists remain angry at him. Hopefully, people will be more charitable to his family for their loss. And let's hope that his errors will be corrected so that the sport can re-gain the prestige it once enjoyed.
I have checked several news sources and they generally report his death in a sympathetic manner. But in a boxing forum where I am a regular poster the commentators are actually quite hostile to the man and his memory. He, indeed, was a great self promoter, was overly protective of Mexican boxers thereby assuring many of them a stranglehold on many championship belts, sanctioned the alphabet soup of organizations which led to a multiplicity of belts and jurisdictions who either allowed or forbade title bouts, and created the rule where title matches were reduced from 15 to 12 rounds. While this latter change was well received by many folks outside of the sport, to boxing purists it was anathema.
While pro boxing remains my passion in life I am saddened that Sulaiman did nothing to eliminate the corruption that befouls the sport. In fact, a good case can be made for why he increased the problem. For this many boxing purists remain angry at him. Hopefully, people will be more charitable to his family for their loss. And let's hope that his errors will be corrected so that the sport can re-gain the prestige it once enjoyed.
Al Certo & Don Turner:
OLD SCHOOL BOXING TRAINERS... (Al Certo and Don Turner) - YouTube
Al (who works during the day time as a tailor) is one of my lifelong heroes - great Jersey accent.
OLD SCHOOL BOXING TRAINERS... (Al Certo and Don Turner) - YouTube
Al (who works during the day time as a tailor) is one of my lifelong heroes - great Jersey accent.
yup - it's called Dementia Pugilistica (DP)
no cure though largely preventable if only some of these guys would try to stop fighting when they know they've been beaten
no cure though largely preventable if only some of these guys would try to stop fighting when they know they've been beaten
believe it or not, he actually won via decision his fight over Ruslan Provodnikov = great fight last night