Barkley, Mamby fight tomorrow!
47-year-old and 60-year-old ex-champs return
By Matt Richardson
47-year-old former champion Iran Barkley and 60-year-old former champion Saoul Mamby are scheduled to headline a small fight card this Saturday in Lapwai, Idaho, Fightnews has learned. Mamby is scheduled to take on 32-year old Frank Bybee, a journeyman who has only won four of his 15 pro bouts. Barkley's opponent was still unknown as of deadline. Local heavyweight Chauncy Welliver, who is promoting the card, informed Fightnews that there had been difficulty securing an opponent and that Barkley's fight would likely be scrapped. However, according to sources inside the Nez Perce Tribe boxing commission, Barkley is actually on the schedule to face Welliver in the main event at the Pi-Nee-Waus Community Center. The Nez Perce Tribe commission was formed separately from the Idaho state athletic commission and therefore is not subject to the same rules and regulations as the athletic commission. Without the official regulation of the Idaho State Athletic Commission and the Association of Boxing Commissions (which oversee all state commissions) the Barkley and Mamby fights will be considered to be unsanctioned.
i'm betting they both die.
I met Iran Barkley at the boxing hall of a fame a while back....really nice guy, very humble. I'd really hate to see the guy get hurt in the ring. I read that he passed his medical? How about Saul Mamby, any word on what sort of shape he's in?
after meeting barkley 2 times in person he is not in shape to fight at all, nor was he in shape to fight 10 years ago lol dude is a corpse.
yeah teddy atlas said this last night, someone should step up and say NO MAS, is for his own health, this should not happen in these days in boxing
Iran Barkley told me he hadn't even heard of this fight happening, let alone went to the gym to prepare.
Huh? Then who's fighting? Either Barkley has really suffered some serious brain damage or there's some false promotion going around.