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EMANUEL AUGUSTUS ADDED TO JONES VS CALZAGHE UNDERCARD !!
Emanuel "The Drunken Master" Augustus fights #4 WBC, #5 IBF, and #15 WBA ranked contender Frankie Figueroa in the opening televised bout on the HBO Pay Per View, Battle of The Super Powers fight card. This card features Roy Jones Jr. versus Joe Calzaghe at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, on Saturday November 8, 2008.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (October 31, 2008) – Championship boxing returns to the world's most famous arena Madison Square Garden on Saturday November 8, 2008 when Square Ring, Inc. and Calzaghe Promotions in association with Madison Square Garden presents an exciting fight card broadcasted live on HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Other fights on the card will include bouts featuring Zab Judah, Daniel Eduoard, Dmitry Salita & Derrick Gainer.
In the main event of this live boxing telecast Roy Jones goes up against Joe Calzaghe in a twelve round light heavyweight fight for the Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Championship belt.
Square Ring, Inc. and Calzaghe Promotions in association with Madison Square Garden presents
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New York, New York
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I'm not saying Augustus is the best out there even though I'm a big fan of his. But to say he's a bum just shows how ignorant you are. He has never had hand picked opponents, shit most of his fights were on very short notice. I know I've seen fights that he filled in for and apparently he was not even in the gym really. He admitted to having a problem with weed and told how it kept him from really focusing.
He may seem like a cocky guy in the ring but he just does all that dancing to get a laugh out of the crowd, he does it in more of a goofy way. He is a really nice guy if you watch some of his interviews. I could be wrong, but at this point I really think he is taking it 100% seriously because he said he is tired of scraping by trying to take care of his family.
And please dont bring up the kid diamond fight. He was drained terribly. He gassed out after the 2nd round and if you watched him against ward you would know that is not normal.
Is there a boxing forum where at least half of the posts are intelligent?
I remember when everyone was excited about Augustus filling in against Kid Diamond, and he lost every minute of every round.
He also took that fight on 1 day's notice, and had to lose a significant amount of weight to make 135. He had been fighting at 140 and over for quite a while.
He was severely weight drained and unprepared.
The reason Augustus' record looks the way it does is mostly because of scenerios like that. He takes fights on extremely short notice as an "opponent" to make a living.
He may not be great, but it would be lunacy to imply that he is not better than his record suggests.
Agreed. He was shafted against Burton, and the scorecards were at at least too wide for the Ward fight.
Part of me thinks the judges punish him for his tactics and because he took a dive.
That's what I've always felt. He just puts on a good show, and he was competitive against a couple of decent fighters, so people seem to believe that he's actually good.
He may not be great, but it would be lunacy to imply that he is not better than his record suggests.
He's going to get schooled. He was never that great to begin with, obviously, and now he's pretty shot.
That's what I've always felt. He just puts on a good show, and he was competitive against a couple of decent fighters, so people seem to believe that he's actually good.
I remember when everyone was excited about Augustus filling in against Kid Diamond, and he lost every minute of every round.
But this time he has been in training for a fight, and with Roger Mayweather at that.
how many fights will be shown?? surprised that Zab is fighting i have not read anything about that. Any one know if it will be shown? who he is fighting?
Dude He gots to win...Man Im a fan of Augustus...Hes the only fighter thats entertaining and looks like hes having fun out there. This is great news!
War Augustus!!!!