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damn. anyone watch FNF?
SOme good fights. Sad that Chris Byrd lost in the manner he did, but there's never any shame in a loss when it comes to boxing. I hate to write a guy off, but every dog has his day and sometimes you gotta admit that its a young mans world. Congrats to Byrd for makin that big move to improve his health! Byrd should take solis in the fact that most boxers are sent off on a down note =/
SOme good fights. Sad that Chris Byrd lost in the manner he did, but there's never any shame in a loss when it comes to boxing. I hate to write a guy off, but every dog has his day and sometimes you gotta admit that its a young mans world. Congrats to Byrd for makin that big move to improve his health! Byrd should take solis in the fact that most boxers are sent off on a down note =/
it's rare I feel bad for a fighter that I was never really a fan of in the first place, but that was awful. Byrd got his ass beat. Much props to George though, he did look good out there. Byrd on the other hand, looks like he's done. Really sad because all this talk about his career being reignited after going down in weight. He's a real nice guy too, classy. Time to hang 'em up though. He hung with the best at heavyweight, just took to much punishment.
Byrd passes out, hospitalized!
Saturday, May 17 2008
Tracey promises he won't fight again
In a scary moment, an unconscious former heavyweight champion Chris Byrd was rushed to a Las Vegas hospital Friday night shortly after his shocking KO loss to Shaun George. Byrd reportedly became unresponsive when a combination of valium and morphine were administered in his dressing room to relieve pain from a dislocated shoulder. Happily he was later revived and released. It appears, however, that the loss to George may have been the 37-year-old Byrd's last fight. "I'm not letting him fight anymore," Byrd's wife Tracey told fight scribe Tim Smith. And should Byrd have any notion of fighting again, Tracey warned, "He would have to try to do it without my support, and I don't think he wants to do that!"
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That's a little scary, hopefully everything is alright. I can definitely see how he dislocated his shoulder, the 1st Knock down in that final round he fell hella awkward, landing on his armpit with his arm stretched out.
Saturday, May 17 2008
Tracey promises he won't fight again
In a scary moment, an unconscious former heavyweight champion Chris Byrd was rushed to a Las Vegas hospital Friday night shortly after his shocking KO loss to Shaun George. Byrd reportedly became unresponsive when a combination of valium and morphine were administered in his dressing room to relieve pain from a dislocated shoulder. Happily he was later revived and released. It appears, however, that the loss to George may have been the 37-year-old Byrd's last fight. "I'm not letting him fight anymore," Byrd's wife Tracey told fight scribe Tim Smith. And should Byrd have any notion of fighting again, Tracey warned, "He would have to try to do it without my support, and I don't think he wants to do that!"
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That's a little scary, hopefully everything is alright. I can definitely see how he dislocated his shoulder, the 1st Knock down in that final round he fell hella awkward, landing on his armpit with his arm stretched out.
I didn't know where he was training, I just heard him say that he was running 7 miles a day and only eating one meal a day, which was a little concerning when I heard him say that. I think everyone, myself included, was impressed with the weight loss without knowing HOW he went about losing that weight. Doesn't sound like he went about it in the proper fashion. Also, he picked the wrong opponent, he should have picked a complete bum and allow himself some time to physically adjust to the new weight class.
Hatton: "I Won't End Up Like Naseem Hamed
By Mark Vester
Ricky Hatton has vowed to not end up like "Prince" Naseem Hamed. During the late 90's until 2001, Hamed was an undefeated superstar in Europe and the United States. He was drawing record crowds in both continents and set the standard for seven-figure paydays in the featherweight division.
Hamed's entire career came crashing down in April of 2001 when he was dominated in a one-sided fight by Marco Antonio Barrera. He took more than a year off, returning in May of 2002 and put on a very ugly performance in winning a twelve-round decision over Manuel Calvo. Following the win over Calvo, Hamed vanished from the ring. He never officially announced his retirement, he just vanished from boxing without notice. He was only 28-years-old.
Over the years, Hamed would announce a comeback, but he would never come back. He was never the same mentally after the loss to Barrera. Hatton suffered the first loss of his career last December when he was stopped by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas. He returns for the first time since the loss on May 24 against Juan Lazcano in Manchester. An incredible crowd of 55,000 is expected to attend Hatton's return bout. He promises that he will not end up like Hamed and crumble after defeat.
"Naz was one of the greatest champions Britain has had," Hatton told Daily Mail. "He won world titles and had that wonderful knockout power. He went to the United States and did well but lost to Barrera, which was no shame because he was one of the best pound-for-pound boxers at the time."
"Naz had his comeback fight which wasn't one of his best and we never saw him again. I don't want the memories of my career to be put on the back burner because people say: 'The minute he got beat he was never the same'
By Mark Vester
Ricky Hatton has vowed to not end up like "Prince" Naseem Hamed. During the late 90's until 2001, Hamed was an undefeated superstar in Europe and the United States. He was drawing record crowds in both continents and set the standard for seven-figure paydays in the featherweight division.
Hamed's entire career came crashing down in April of 2001 when he was dominated in a one-sided fight by Marco Antonio Barrera. He took more than a year off, returning in May of 2002 and put on a very ugly performance in winning a twelve-round decision over Manuel Calvo. Following the win over Calvo, Hamed vanished from the ring. He never officially announced his retirement, he just vanished from boxing without notice. He was only 28-years-old.
Over the years, Hamed would announce a comeback, but he would never come back. He was never the same mentally after the loss to Barrera. Hatton suffered the first loss of his career last December when he was stopped by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas. He returns for the first time since the loss on May 24 against Juan Lazcano in Manchester. An incredible crowd of 55,000 is expected to attend Hatton's return bout. He promises that he will not end up like Hamed and crumble after defeat.
"Naz was one of the greatest champions Britain has had," Hatton told Daily Mail. "He won world titles and had that wonderful knockout power. He went to the United States and did well but lost to Barrera, which was no shame because he was one of the best pound-for-pound boxers at the time."
"Naz had his comeback fight which wasn't one of his best and we never saw him again. I don't want the memories of my career to be put on the back burner because people say: 'The minute he got beat he was never the same'
Chris Byrd: "Shaun George Took Me To School"
By Mark Vester
Former two-time heavyweight champ Chris Byrd (40-5-1, 24 KOs) did not try to sugarcoat Friday night's knockout loss to Shaun George (17-2-2, 8 KOs) at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas.
Byrd lost close to forty-pounds to try his hand in the light heavyweight division, but the weight loss may have been too much for his body to take, and combined with his age and past beatings - he was too slow and too weak to compete with George who dominated the action. In last outing in October of 2007, Byrd weighed 211-pounds for his knockout loss to heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin. He weighed 174-pounds for the bout with George.
According to boxing scribe Tim Smith, Byrd told his promoter Artie Pellulo after the fight - "I thought losing this much weight I'd run through this division. I couldn't keep up with him. He took me to school."
Byrd was stunned several times throughout the fight, dropped in the second round and two more times in the ninth before the action was stopped by referee Jay Nady. He suffered a right shoulder injury as a result of the first knockdown in the ninth round, and was taken to hospital after passing out in the dressing roon due to a bad reactions to pain killers. He was revived at the hospital and released later that night.
George told Smith that the world underestimated him. Now the Brooklyn fighter is looking for bigger and better things.
"I was the stronger fighter," George said. "Everybody underestimated me. I don't know whether he underestimated me, but I know everybody else did. I knew from the first day of training camp that he couldn't compete with me."
WBC light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson, who watched from ringside, told Smith that Byrd had lost too much weight in a short amount of time and was still fighting like a heavyweight instead of a light heavyweight.
"I think he lost too much weight too fast," said Dawson. "He was still fighting in heavyweight mode. He wasn't throwing that many punches and he was slow and he wasn't moving. You can fight like that as a heavyweight, but you can't do that at light heavyweight."
The loss to George likely marks the final bout of Byrd's career.
By Mark Vester
Former two-time heavyweight champ Chris Byrd (40-5-1, 24 KOs) did not try to sugarcoat Friday night's knockout loss to Shaun George (17-2-2, 8 KOs) at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas.
Byrd lost close to forty-pounds to try his hand in the light heavyweight division, but the weight loss may have been too much for his body to take, and combined with his age and past beatings - he was too slow and too weak to compete with George who dominated the action. In last outing in October of 2007, Byrd weighed 211-pounds for his knockout loss to heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin. He weighed 174-pounds for the bout with George.
According to boxing scribe Tim Smith, Byrd told his promoter Artie Pellulo after the fight - "I thought losing this much weight I'd run through this division. I couldn't keep up with him. He took me to school."
Byrd was stunned several times throughout the fight, dropped in the second round and two more times in the ninth before the action was stopped by referee Jay Nady. He suffered a right shoulder injury as a result of the first knockdown in the ninth round, and was taken to hospital after passing out in the dressing roon due to a bad reactions to pain killers. He was revived at the hospital and released later that night.
George told Smith that the world underestimated him. Now the Brooklyn fighter is looking for bigger and better things.
"I was the stronger fighter," George said. "Everybody underestimated me. I don't know whether he underestimated me, but I know everybody else did. I knew from the first day of training camp that he couldn't compete with me."
WBC light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson, who watched from ringside, told Smith that Byrd had lost too much weight in a short amount of time and was still fighting like a heavyweight instead of a light heavyweight.
"I think he lost too much weight too fast," said Dawson. "He was still fighting in heavyweight mode. He wasn't throwing that many punches and he was slow and he wasn't moving. You can fight like that as a heavyweight, but you can't do that at light heavyweight."
The loss to George likely marks the final bout of Byrd's career.
Cant wait to see this film....
Standing ovation for 'Tyson!'
By Lisa Scott
The documentary on Mike Tyson, entitled ‘Tyson,’ premiered at the famed Cannes Film Festival last Friday and received prolonged standing ovations from critics and audiences alike. News out of Cannes report that after the films red-carpet screening, Tyson and director James Toback approached the dais to address the audience, only to receive more cheers from the packed house. Tyson, who was visibly moved by all the adulation, stated “I’ve never experienced anything like this in my whole career. It’s kind of intimidating. I had no idea this thing was going to ever make it to such a grand scale. I feel totally overwhelmed.” The former champ also added: “I lived a wild and strange life. I've used drugs and had physical altercations with dangerous people. It's just a miracle I’m here. Jim (Toback), he just elicited all this stuff out of me, I don't know how he did it.”
A choked-up Toback, who has known Tyson for over 23 years and gave him small roles in two of his movies, said he believed he had succeeded in presenting Tyson as a “complex, iconic and noble human being.” The film, which blends in old video footage and TV interviews, is told entirely from Tyson’s point of view in graphic detail and has been described by many as “shocking” and “moving.” Festival chief Thierry Fremaux, introduced the picture as “a very special film that conveys the memory of a man and the memory of a sport.” ‘Tyson’ is scheduled for major release this Fall.
Sunday, May 18 2008
fightnews.com
Standing ovation for 'Tyson!'
By Lisa Scott
The documentary on Mike Tyson, entitled ‘Tyson,’ premiered at the famed Cannes Film Festival last Friday and received prolonged standing ovations from critics and audiences alike. News out of Cannes report that after the films red-carpet screening, Tyson and director James Toback approached the dais to address the audience, only to receive more cheers from the packed house. Tyson, who was visibly moved by all the adulation, stated “I’ve never experienced anything like this in my whole career. It’s kind of intimidating. I had no idea this thing was going to ever make it to such a grand scale. I feel totally overwhelmed.” The former champ also added: “I lived a wild and strange life. I've used drugs and had physical altercations with dangerous people. It's just a miracle I’m here. Jim (Toback), he just elicited all this stuff out of me, I don't know how he did it.”
A choked-up Toback, who has known Tyson for over 23 years and gave him small roles in two of his movies, said he believed he had succeeded in presenting Tyson as a “complex, iconic and noble human being.” The film, which blends in old video footage and TV interviews, is told entirely from Tyson’s point of view in graphic detail and has been described by many as “shocking” and “moving.” Festival chief Thierry Fremaux, introduced the picture as “a very special film that conveys the memory of a man and the memory of a sport.” ‘Tyson’ is scheduled for major release this Fall.
Sunday, May 18 2008
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