Scott Hirsch denies being a lawyer...lol

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Responding to an article that boxing scribe Tom Hauser recently penned, manager Scott Hirsch had the following reply: "First I want to make the declaration that Tom is a heck of a boxing writer, and that I respect his work. That being said, in his article he implied that I am insane, an insincere phony, and that I was crooked and might bribe officials. He even inferred that I was a lawyer. I'll let the first four things go, but get this right: I am not a lawyer and how dare you insinuate that I am."

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[Mr. David]

Except Hauser said none of the above. The closest he came to any of it was the "short of the brown paper bag" phrase.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3071436

Earlier this week, Scott Hirsch (the manager of Jameel McCline) announced his intention to file an official protest with the WBC regarding his fighter's loss by decision to Samuel Peter at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 6.

Team McCline is not seeking to overturn the decision (which would require a ruling by the New York State Athletic Commission). Rather, it's asking that the WBC order a rematch based on the silly contentions that (1) referee Mike Ortega gave Peter too much time to recover from the knockdowns he suffered in Round 3 and (2) the fight was closer than the judges' scorecards indicated. In his announcement, Hirsch made the mandatory declaration, "We have a tremendous amount of respect for Jose Sulaiman and the WBC."

If Sulaiman and the WBC grant this request, they will have forfeited whatever respect they have left in the world of boxing. Short of a brown paper bag, it's hard to see how any sane person could side with the McCline camp on this issue.

Team McCline would be better off focusing its energy on reports that a grand jury has heard testimony that McCline received more than $12,000 worth of steroids, human growth hormone and related drugs in 2005 and 2006.

As an aside, it should be noted that, on Oct. 16, the New York State Athletic Commission took action against Dino Duva (Peter's co-promoter) for "misconduct." On three occasions during Peter-McCline, Duva left his seat and, despite being warned repeatedly by commission officials not to do so, sought to look over the shoulder of the commission official who was tabulating the judges' scorecards. There is no evidence that Duva transmitted any information to the Peter corner during the fight. The NYSAC suspended Duva Boxing's license for six months and fined the company $10,000.

[Super_Lightweight]

Maybe there is another article that you do not know of.