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WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-11-05 00:34:54

>>Barrera outduels Tapia to extend impressive run<< By Doug Fischer, MaxBoxing.com / ESPN http://espn.go.com/boxing/s/2002/1102/1 ... tml >>Tapia Wins Over Crowd, Barrera Wins Fight<< 15 Rounds by Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com November 4, 2002 http://www.maxboxing.com/Kim/kim110402.asp >>BARRERA OUTBOXES TAPIA<< Ivan Goldman, HBO.COM Boxing November 4, 2002 http://www.hbo.com/boxing/columns/goldm ... x.shtml [Később ez a cikk majd a Previous Columns alatt lesz elérhető...]

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-11-05 00:15:29

Nemrég tette fel a Fightnews - és én most pofátlanul bemásolom ide: Tapia says arm was injured! Johnny Tapia says a bone-on-bone pain in his left shoulder prevented him from fully utilizing his left arm Saturday night against Marco Antonio Barrera. "I dont want to make excuses but my left arm was hurting," he said after the fight in a press conference. Cortisone shots taken in training camp did little to alleviate the pain and its a possibility that he could undergo arthroscopic surgery. Meanwhile, Showtime has offered Tapia a fight against Erik Morales should he defeat Paulie Ayala on November 16th, HBO has brought up Prince Naseem Hamed, and the WBO has expressed interest in having Tapia fight for their 122 or 126 pound title. 11/4/2002 Mi Vida Loca nem nagyon fog meccs nélkül unatkozva visszavonulni mostanában...

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-11-04 22:35:01

Edzői válaszok a kérdésre: "Mit mondana, ha Tyson felkérné, legyen az edzője?" >>Training Mike Tyson<< By Thomas Hauser, SecondsOut http://www.secondsout.com/usa/news_48604.asp

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-31 23:25:15

TAPIA AT THE FINISH LINE Ivan Goldman, HBO.COM Boxing October 28, 2002 Johnny Tapia, a master at the tail end of his career, is already the stuff of legend. Johnny's time in the ring is winding toward a finish, and fans know fighters like him don't come this way often. The situation is analogous to Frank Sinatra near the end of his career, when he filled concert halls around the world even though the strength and range of his voice had clearly faded. Fighters can't last as long as singers, and at age 35, Tapia is not likely to be his best when he fights the deadly Marco Antonio Barrera this coming Saturday night on an HBO show out of Las Vegas. But fans will want to see him anyway. As they face his impending departure from the squared circle, they're starting to miss Johnny already. I know I am. He's always been more than a fighter. He's folklore. When he hangs up those gloves he will leave behind a string of stories that are funny, human, sad, sometimes akin to a Shakespearean tragedy, and above all, inspiring. Part of Tapia's story reads like a fairy tale come to life. In his case, instead of a handsome prince saving a damsel in distress, it's a beautiful princess - his wife Teresa Tapia -- who pulls a tortured hoodlum of the night into her castle chamber and dares him to start life over. By now the major points of Tapia's life are well-known. When he was eight years old, someone raped and tortured his mother, then fatally stabbed her. The crime was never solved. The fatherless Johnny grew up as a tortured soul in the Albuquerque barrio. He trained, not always religiously, in a boxing gym. He won two national Golden Gloves championships, then blossomed into an immensely skilled pro. But he struggled against a cocaine habit and interrupted his career for three years while he ran the streets. Yet somehow he returned as an even better fighter. After his comeback, he tried to sell what undercover Albuquerque cops thought was a brick of cocaine. That's enough to put you away for life. But when authorities had the brick analyzed, it turned out to be soap. An important boxing writer from a very large newspaper announced to several of us in a ringside conversation that no matter how the court case came out, this spelled the end of Johnny Tapia. "He'll never be a big-time fighter again," the writer said. But of course Tapia came back bigger than ever. His record now stands at 52-2-2 (28), and the two losses were close and controversial. Boxing at its best is a vicious sport. That makes it a delight to Tapia. Inside the ring he unleashes a torrent of controlled rage that's almost always within the rules. But over the years many opponents, unable to cope with his ability, responded with foul tactics. Once I joined Johnny in his dressing room after he defeated an opponent who threw low all night. Johnny stripped off his groin protector and pointed to several nasty welts and bruises below his waist. "Look what he did to me," he said. Here's my favorite Tapia story. I was sitting ringside in July 1997 at UNLV's Thomas and Mack Stadium. Tapia's opponent was slugger Danny Romero. The younger Romero packed one-punch kayo power that many thought would trump Tapia's superior boxing ability. Emotions were high for this cross-town, super flyweight grudge match. Two weeks earlier, evidently fearing a riot, the Las Vegas Hilton unceremoniously pulled out of the deal. Promoter Bob Arum, with all 6,500 seats sold, saved the card by quickly changing the venue to the UNLV campus. Sitting next to me was LA OPINION's Ramiro Gonzalez, who had placed a bet on Romero. From the opening round Tapia boxed beautifully, throwing feints, setting traps, moving his feet, punching upstairs, downstairs. It was a boxing clinic. Pure Tapia. He was in range most of the time, but Romero couldn't hit him clean. And Romero was getting counterpunched regularly with clean shots. Somewhere around the fourth or fifth round I noticed Gonzalez, who naturally had been rooting for Romero, switched sides and started yelling his head off for Tapia. "What are you doing?" I said. "I thought your money's on Romero." "It is," he said, "but Tapia's boxing so beautifully, I can't help it." That's the effect Tapia has on people. Inside that ring he loves life. He's magnetic. And outside the ring, there's a human core to him. Fans identify with Tapia. He's a Humphrey Bogart kind of character, a tough guy who's frail on the inside. Tapia's fans hug him. He hugs them back. They love him as a vulnerable human being who can fight like the devil. Contrast this with Tyson's fans. Hypnotized by his potential for violence, they enjoy the fact that he's an unpredictable threat, a tiger who may or may not be tame. Tapia is approximately a 3-1 betting underdog against Barrera, a great fighter who hasn't finished improving. If the gamblers are correct, Barrera will defeat Tapia and Erik Morales will come out ahead against the smaller Paulie Ayala two weeks later. This would set up the lucrative third featherweight match between Barrera and Morales that virtually everyone wants to see. But both underdogs have plenty of bite. I wouldn't be surprised to see an upset in one of these contests. Ivan Goldman can be reached at: iggoldman@netscape.net Ivan Goldman - Index

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-31 23:12:14

McCullough picks Barrera in six By Wayne McCullough, SecondsOut http://www.secondsout.com/usa/news_48531.asp Mundine wants WBA title then Ottke rematch By Paul Upham, SecondsOut http://www.secondsout.com/world/news_48529.asp

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-31 22:45:35

Barrera, Tapia and the Strength of the Demons William Dettloff, HBO.COM Boxing October 31, 2002 When Marco Antonio Barrera goes against Johnny Tapia on Saturday night, he'll have every physical advantage a prizefighter could want over another. He's bigger than Tapia. He's stronger and a better puncher. He's younger than Tapia and he's more diverse; he fights equally well leading or countering. Most rate him among the three or four best in the world. Tapia doesn't break the top dozen. All of those are good reasons for making Barrera the 3-1 favorite he is. The pieces all fit. The romantics among us will tell you Tapia can win because of what's in his heart and in his gut. Everything else be d-a-m-n-e-d. [anti-****, WNB] He is the romantic's fighter. His story has been told many times and won't be repeated here. Just know that his existence isn't peaceful, even by prizefighter standards, and his past is either proof of the indifference of the world to its many lost children or testament to man's stubborn invulnerability. Probably it is both. It is revealing enough and probably trite too by now to say that Tapia feels most at home in the asylum that is the prize ring and you get the sense that when his career is done, he will be too. Know too that now, at the age of 35, the voices finally have worn him down. He's tired. And very nearly broken. He's a small, under-powered spirit going in against a very strong, hard featherweight. It does not look good for him. So the romantics, whose numbers are large among fight enthusiasts, will root for Tapia and it is hard not to. Many will have their opinions colored by the strength of his demons. They will fall for the myth that a desperate prizefighter will almost always defeat a stable one; that a man who has lived a hopeless life has more to fight for than one who has lived with hope. It is an attractive notion. It gives hope to the tortured. It tells us even the most afflicted can become heroes in the hardest game. Indeed, that they are better suited for it than their luckier but softer opponents. They're willing to die for it. The other guy isn't. If Tapia wins it's because of his demons. Sometimes it works out that way. Larry Holmes says today that he knew he would beat Gerry Cooney in their heavyweight title fight 20 years ago because he grew up terribly poor and hungry, while at Cooney's house dinner was on the table at the same time every night. That kind of hunger hurts a man. It makes him hard. Some it makes crazy. It's what drives many into crime or drugs or once in a great while into rings and gyms. But sooner or later demons are not enough. The fear of starvation isn't enough. Nor is poverty. Sometimes the fortunate ones come up with stuff they aren't supposed to have. Backgrounds and men didn't come harder than Jack Dempsey. But Gene Tunney, an erudite, scholarly heavyweight from a good family, whipped Dempsey twice. George Foreman grew up desperately poor. Muhammad Ali never missed a meal, yet Ali out-toughed Foreman and knocked him out. Sugar Ray Leonard grew up in a solid middle class neighborhood while Roberto Duran danced for pennies in the pitiable streets of Panama City. Leonard won two of three. And no one can claim to have more demons than Mike Tyson. But Tyson never could do a thing with stable, grounded Evander Holyfield. Barrera has no obvious demons. He did not grow up poor. Rather, he comes from a well-connected, upper-middle class family in one of the best parts of Mexico City. He does not have to fight. He has never had to fight. He could have been an architect or a doctor or an engineer. There is nothing desperate about him. He is quiet and humble and despite all that a hell of a featherweight. The differences between the two are not lost on Tapia. Speaking to a group of fight reporters last week, Tapia said that he is willing to die in the ring, and that without being disrespectful, he wasn't sure Barrera had that same level of commitment. It might be true; in Barrera's most thrilling fights - against Kennedy McKinney in 1996 and Erik Morales four years later - death in the ring seemed far from Barrera's mind. He appeared more than anything to be rather enjoying it all. What we'll have on Saturday night is a prizefight between a pair of good 126-pound fighters. Barrera should win. He's got everything going for him. If he doesn't, it will be because on that night, Tapia was better. That's all -- nothing more, nothing less. If you want, celebrate for Tapia if it goes his way. But don't celebrate his demons. He'd just as soon not have them. Bill Dettloff can be contacted at: dettloff@ptd.net Bill Dettloff - Index

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-31 22:18:06

Tuesday, October 29 Max: Barrera favored, but Tapia has a shot By Max Kellerman Special to ESPN.com http://msn.espn.go.com/boxing/columns/k ... >Wednesday, October 30 Tapia doesn't dodge dicey past before 'toughtest fight' Associated Press http://espn.go.com/boxing/news/2002/103 ... pia_ht.jpg[/img]

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-30 03:14:30

Interview: Paulie Ayala! Fightnews, By Alex Levin http://www.fightnews.com/levin52.htm

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-29 18:08:30

(Johnny Bos, McCline tanácsadója a Wlad elleni esélyeket latolgatja...) Bos likes McCline's chances! Fightnews, by Michael J. Woods http://www.fightnews.com/woods13.htm

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-23 04:30:09

[MaxBoxing, még] The Bojado Comeback (ez nagyon hosszú - de jó!, bár még én se olvastam végig ) By Steve Kim (October 19, 2002) http://www.maxboxing.com/Kim/kim101902.asp 2002 Hall of Fame Inductees Enter with Grace, Humor & Humility By Doug Fischer (October 20, 2002) http://www.maxboxing.com/Fischer/fischer102002.asp

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-23 03:55:37

[MaxBoxing, 2002-okt-22] ### Jones Resurfaces, Issues Statement on Ruiz Fight In response to the overwhelming interest and speculation regarding the Roy Jones Jr. - John Ruiz fight, Roy said today, "I signed a preliminary agreement to show that I was definitely willing and ready to fight John Ruiz. I'm still willing and ready to fight John Ruiz. It's just a matter of time before I sit down to finalize the contract. "As far as any lawyer talking about how I can't get off the contract, I wouldn't have signed it if I was trying to get out. If I didn't want to do it, I wouldn't do it. So, I'm not doing this because of lawyers drawing up papers and saying, 'You're trapped because you signed it.' I'm doing it because this is what Roy Jones Jr., and only Roy Jones Jr., wants to do." Jones' advisor Brad Jacobs added, "We expect to finalize the long-form agreement in the next two weeks." ### (...Give 'em **** hell, Larry!!!!!!! ;D) [Kicsit off: Képességei alapján Roy lehetne az FKGP új egységet hozó, undisputed elnöke is, például - akit persze a gyáli lakodalmasházban koronázna meg a leesett állú, megszeppent és szótlan drTJ. (Közben meg húzná a bándá: "Áhogy én érvelek, nem érvel úgy senki-i-i-i-i...")]

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-22 21:46:55

Istenem, ha Roy lehetett volna a trianoni főtárgyalónk! Meglehet, még mindig hadban állnánk mindenkivel - viszont már írásbeli igérvénnyel rendelkeznénk egy balti- és egy fekete-tengeri kijáratra is - míg ő maga többnyire Fiuméban horgászva húzná az időt... Mementóként beidézem a még október 4-én kelt FN-hírt - összehasonlítás céljából: ##### Jones inks Ruiz document! Light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. has agreed in writing to sign a fight contract to face WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz next year, provided that his financial terms are met. ... Jones is reportedly seeking a guaranteed $10 million against 60% of PPV profits from the event. The ball is now in Don King's court. (More to come) 10/4/2002 ######

donvito · Hozzászólás Szerző: **donvito** » 2002-10-22 19:56:50

Jones - Ruiz Fight Almost Set AP Don King has a site, an eager heavyweight champion and an agreement on money for Roy Jones Jr. to move up and challenge John Ruiz for the WBA title. The only thing missing now is what King needs most -- a signature by Jones agreeing to the fight. One of the most intriguing heavyweight challenges in boxing history remained far from a done deal Monday for one reason -- Jones was nowhere to be found to make it happen. "Everything is a go except no one has heard from Roy directly,'' said Greg Fritz, a spokesman for Jones. "He does want the fight, it's just getting his house in order. Right now he's just hiding out like he does sometimes in Florida.'' King has already gotten Ruiz to sign and arranged a deal with a Las Vegas casino operator to host the fight March 1. And Jones agreed earlier to terms that would make him a minimum $10 million for the fight. But Jones has backed away from big fights before, and despite King's best efforts to back him into a corner where he has nowhere else to turn, Jones remained unsigned late Monday. "I'm sitting on the edge of my desk waiting for the contract to be delivered,'' said King vice president Bobby Goodman. "But until I have that in my hot little hands, I'm not making any announcement.'' King wants Jones, the undisputed light heavyweight champion, to move up to heavyweight and challenge Ruiz as part of a heavyweight semi-unification tournament among fighters he controls. As part of the plan, Evander Holyfield and Chris Byrd will meet Dec. 14 in Atlantic City for the IBF version of the title that Lennox Lewis gave up last month after King offered him $1 million and a Range Rover. Lewis holds the WBC title and is generally recognized as the true heavyweight champion, but he hasn't fought since beating Mike Tyson on June 8 and has given no indication he is ready to return to the ring just yet. "This will create some real interest in boxing,'' Goodman said. "Winners can meet winners. At least there will be movement among contenders.'' Jones would be making history if he were to beat Ruiz and win the heavyweight title. The only other light heavyweight to do that was Michael Spinks when he beat Larry Holmes in 1985. HBO, which would televise the fight on pay-per-view, has been pushing Jones for some time to fight big name fighters. Jones, who is under contract with HBO, last fought Sept. 14 when he easily stopped Clinton Woods of England. "Roy Jones Jr. versus John Ruiz would be a special event for boxing,'' said HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg. "We hope there will be an official announcement soon.'' Jones has been criticized for not risking his considerable boxing skills against better opponents, preferring instead to make $5 million or so every time he steps into the ring against a No. 1 contender mandated by one of boxing's top three organizations. Jones has kept open the possibility he will fight Antonio Tarver instead of moving up to heavyweight. Tarver, a 1996 Olympian, is a mandatory challenger and generally considered to be Jones' toughest competitor currently at 175 pounds. If the fight is held, it will be at the 19,000-seat Thomas & Mack Center, the UNLV campus arena, and sponsored by Park Place Entertainment, which operates Caesars Palace and other Las Vegas casinos.

WNB · Hozzászólás Szerző: **WNB** » 2002-10-21 19:05:11

Vito, ne szííívass ezzel a Mi Vida Loca chattel - csak a szappanopera folytatásért kockáztatom az egészségem - egy Tapia-chat nem tud lázba hozni. Amúgy sem lehet (kis túlzással) olyan kérdés ilyenkor, amit ne tenne fel N ember - azonkívül, ha jól emlékszem, akkor Boxfunnak nincs is időeltolódás - őt kell kínozni. [Egy értelmes kérdésem azért lenne: nem Barrera-e az édesanyja családneve?] [Most visszaadom a topik eredeti nevét - a hibát felismerve és kihasználva.]

donvito · Hozzászólás Szerző: **donvito** » 2002-10-21 08:47:07

Rankings spankings: WBA hears critics, redoes its heavyweight numbers Boxing Notes/by George Kimball (Bsoton Herald) Yo, Gilberto, you got some 'splainin' to do, having bungled the World Boxing Association's September heavyweight rankings so egregiously that a federal investigation seemed imminent. The WBA attempted to mollify the public outcry by conducting an open hearing in New York Wednesday to revise its top 10 ratings. Sen. John McCain, who already alerted Attorney General John Ashcroft to the irregularities in the WBA's ratings, did not attend, although he was in New York to tape last night's "Saturday Night Live,'' which he guest-hosted. However, a veritable Appalachia Conference of promoters, lawyers and managers were on hand as Los Bandidos, for the first time in memory, conducted their sordid business in the public eye. The WBA's seemingly harsh treatment of Canadian Kirk Johnson attracted the most attention. Johnson dropped from No. 1 to No. 5 after his July disqualification loss to Chelsea champion John Ruiz, but after he appealed the result and lost, his stock tumbled another five places in apparent retribution. In an apparent compromise, the new and revised WBA ratings list Johnson No. 8. Less clear was the status of Larry Donald, who advanced to No. 3 in the September rankings on the strength of a win over a heavyweight who had lost six of his previous seven fights. Donald was justifiably moved back to No. 10, but here's the rub: The WBA left its No. 2 spot vacant, with the promise it will be awarded to the winner of Donald's fight against Vitali Klitschko, if and when it happens. Wednesday's dog-and-pony show, claimed WBA executive Gilberto Mendoza, demonstrated "that we use a democratic process and that we're human and we make mistakes. We're not the best sanctioning organization in the world, but we're trying.'' Mendoza unwittingly provided the high point of the day's levity when, in response to a question about former WBC champion Oliver McCall's absence from the rankings, revealed that McCall was dropped as a contender "because he went to Yale.'' No, the meeting wasn't taking place in the Harvard Club, and his audience finally figured out that Mendoza was trying to say "jail.'' Here, in any event, are the new rankings: Champion: John Ruiz; 1. Evander Holyfield; 2. vacant; 3. Vitali Klitschko; 4. David Tua; 5. Hasim Rahman; 6. Mike Tyson; 7. Jameel McCline; 8. Kirk Johnson; 9. Fres Oquendo; 10. Larry Donald. Ruiz camp ready The mercurial prospect of a Ruiz defense against light-heavyweight champion Roy Jones took a new twist over the past couple of days. Jones hasn't uttered a peep since inking that deal memorandum two weeks ago, but Ruiz' people have determined that the memo constitutes a binding contract now that the champion has signed it as well. Does this mean the fight is definitely on? No, but it doesn't mean it's not going to happen either. The terms Jones agreed to remain in place: the challenger will be guaranteed $10 million against 60 percent of the proceeds, while Ruiz' end will be 40 percent. You'd have to say things are looking better now than they were a week ago since the WBA title fight now has a date (March 1), a site (UNLV's Thomas & Mack Arena) and a broadcaster (HBO pay-per-view). Bally's Las Vegas will officially be the host, having paid Don King an all-encompassing site fee to host Ruiz-Jones as well as the Dec. 14 Holyfield-Chris Byrd fight for the vacant IBF title. How certain is Team Ruiz about the fight? ``What Jones signed is a legally enforceable contract,'' said Ruiz lawyer Tony Cardinale yesterday. ``Put it this way: We'll either see Roy Jones in the ring on March 1, or we'll see him in federal court before that.'' Ladies first The Dec. 6 Christy Martin-Mia St. John pay-per-view "Battle of the Covergirls'' found a site - the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. . . . Two of Lou DiBella's unbeaten young stars, 11-0 lightweight Paul Malignaggi and 3-0 super-middle Sechew Powell have been added to the Nov. 23 Micky Ward-Arturo Gatti II Atlantic City card. Malignaggi and Powell scored KO wins over, respectively, Chad Lawshe and Jonathan Taylor a week ago Friday on ESPN2's black-tie card at the Regent Hotel in New York. In the main event of that show, previously unbeaten Tokunbo Olajide, who took a 17-0 record into his bout against Epifanio Mendoza of Colombia, suffered a first-round TKO loss when he fractured an ankle hitting the deck after a knockdown and was unable to continue. Olajide underwent surgery last week and faces an uncertain future, while Mendoza, a late sub, is now 16-0. . . . Happy birthday, Harry Simon.

donvito · Hozzászólás Szerző: **donvito** » 2002-10-21 08:36:57

Az ESPN oldalán okt. 25-én (magyar idő szerint okt. 26, hajnali 3 óra) lehet chat-elni, illetve kérdéseket feltenni. Mi Vida Loca személyesen válaszol. Éjszakázók hajrá (bízunk benned WNB!) vito

donvito · Hozzászólás Szerző: **donvito** » 2002-10-21 08:29:27

Ali lauds Lewis Muhammad Ali believes that Lennox Lewis is the rightful heir to his tag as 'The Greatest'. The boxing legend was speaking at a Canadian Football League game in Toronto. Ali was there to raise funds for research into Parkinson's disease, the affliction which has blighted his life since he retired from boxing. "I'm now no longer the greatest," he told the crowd. "He's the greatest, he's the champ," he said, pointing to Lewis, who crushed Mike Tyson in his last fight in June. Greeted with chants of "Ali! Ali!" from the 25,000-strong crowd, Ali, 60, showed he had lost little of his sharp wit nor his showman's instincts though his body has been slowed by Parkinson's disease. He mock sparred with Lewis before saying: "Don't worry, I wasn't going to hurt him." Two other heavyweight greats, Larry Holmes and Evander Holyfield, were in attendance to pay tribute to Ali, the first man to win the heavyweight title on three occasions. Ali's appearance, broadcast live across Canada, was also aimed at boosting dismal attendance records for Toronto Argonaut football games which have averaged 20,000 per game. He also told reporters his illness was God's way of challenging him. "God has ways of testing people and he can pull you down. And when you're down, you keep praying. It's a big test," he said. "(You have to) take your medicine all the time and don't give up. "I give up sometimes, thinking I don't need this stuff (medicine) and have a hard time walking, a hard time talking."

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