The only boxer I ever met was Jimmy Thunder Peau (RIP), but it was bittersweet.
He was retired and fallen on hard times, camping out in a park in south LasVegas. I saw him and he looked a beat down, had matted dreadlocks, dirty threads, took a minute to recognize him. That's why he looked at me and said "What U lookin at?!!
I said Talofa you Jimmy Peau? and I told him I saw a lot of his fights on Tuesday Night Fights. After seeing I was a fan he turned out to be a pretty nice guy to me and talked a little. Then he hit me up for any spare $ I could afford before I left.
I came back to the park later and brought him some food and a gallon of water, and wished him the best.
From what I heard, he turned his situation around and got married to stay in the US, and lived on a Native peoples reservation for a while before he ended up back in New Zealand where he passed.
There's already a TV movie about Tyson (1995) starring Michael Jai White.
Relatively unknown flick.
I know this cause a guy I grew up with in da hood got a bit part playing Carl King (Don Kings son).
AWW YEAH!!! BBOOOMBSSSQUUAADDD!!!!
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After the Alabama Slamma dismantles Britain's top heavyweight, Usyk has to give him a shot to regain his title as the greatest that ever was.:boxing:
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It's all shoulda coulda at this point but yea, a well schooled disciplined heavy with that explosive power and athletic ability, combined with skills, discipline, and strategy would have made huge achievements in the game.
I remember before his fights with Fury I would tell my fight loving friends that were all on his jock that his lack of defense skills, reliance on power, atrocious footwork, and not being a student of the fight game, will be his undoing.
For starting late in the sport he did OK, could have done more.
It was not an "accident" but a collision/crash caused by dangerous driving. True "accidents" among motorists are rare, it's nearly always down to human error, distraction or recklessness.
"The accident was a result of a burst tire on AJ's vehicle."
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/47442977/anthony-joshua-injured-car-crash-nigeria-two-killed
Only a fool makes bold statements about things they don't even know.
Just think, if the fight actually happens and for some stroke of divine intervention Wilder gets lucky and lands the Alabama Slamma on Usyk and sparks him out cold, only to become a unified champ.:boxing:
..... this place would go bonkers.:rofl:
the loudest voices on social media are terminally online emotional wrecks who enjoy having something to be angry about?
Perfect description of yourself.
CHAOS is right, this is the weirdest card I've seen in a while. Between the extremely odd stoppages by the ref, stopping & restarting fights, poor judging, bad African rappers, and the overall low budget of it makes this almost comedy.
I hope the main & co-main makes up for it.
If being optimistic, I think at least Phase 2 of the Middleweight division (June) will be more competitive and entertaining wise.
Any fighters to look out for at heavyweight?
No idea, I just stumbled on this tournament on day 1, but I'll be watching for the rest of it.
Haven't researched any of the fighters yet but I think there's a website with at least their names.
I'm sure the heavies will have a lot of lopsided matchups in the first round, and some ugly KO's.
Not too crazy about the 30 second horn or "enhanced" scoring.
Baalla should not have got the win for only one round of good work, was outboxed for most of the fight.
So far, the Middleweight's fights haven't been as entertaining for me compared to 126 and 140.
I'd have to agree, we were spoiled with 2 days of very competitive bouts, but there were a couple of slugfests early, and some good looking middleweight prospects on display. Briggs (AUS) and Pomerleau (CAN) looked good.