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the misconduct was gross
In the wake of the most recent de la Hoya-Mosley controversy, I watched in amusement as de la Hoya and promoter Bob Arum, seething over the unanimous Mosley decision, claimed gross misconduct by the Nevada boxing commission in the selection of the judges. What has the boxing world come to I thought, when Bob Arum of all people, is crying foul?
While the Mosley victory was clear in my humble estimation, the questionable unanimous decision a week later by Chris Byrd over Fres Oquendo in a heavyweight tilt at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut had me shaking my head. How long can the inconsistency persist before the entire infrastructure of the sport crumbles?
The personal interests of Harry Reid aside, if John McCain needs to compromise on the regulation of networks like HBO, Showtime and ESPN, he should do it fast and do it now. The networks should be subject to financial disclosure.
As such, boxers with no business savvy or benevolent supporters will no longer have to wonder about the extent of television license fees or income paid by the networks to puppet promoters. With a comprehensive reform bill on the books, the financial **** of boxers by outside interests will go the way of Peter McNeely.
boxing needs enforcement
This is my modest hope. A good federal commission will give boxers collective strength and a voice in their career path. With real enforcement this time around and the tangible absorption of the Professional Boxing Safety Act and the Ali addendum, perhaps the sport can finally achieve harmony and assure bright futures, or at least hopeful ones, for its participants.
Under the au****es of a so-called professional sport, why should these athletes have it any different than their NBA and NFL brethren? They toil just as hard, suffer as much for their sport, if not more, yet save for a few fortunate exceptions, endure untold hardships after the gloves come off for good.
The best chance boxing has to score a decisive knockout in the fight against the cancerous sleaze that has plagued it since A.J. Liebling penned his tour de force almost 50 years ago is in the United States Senate. In the name of the Brown Bomber, Sugar Ray, Ali, Beethoven Scottland, and Joey Gamache, I pray that reason prevails and they clean up the "terrible, terrible, terrible mess."
It's high time to put the sweet back into the science.
Question: In 1998, the International Boxing Federation extorted $25,000 from Main Events promotion to give a boxer in their stable the number one junior middleweight ranking. Who paid the bribe and who was the boxer?
Answer: Former Main Events President Dino Duva and Fernando Vargas
In the wake of the most recent de la Hoya-Mosley controversy, I watched in amusement as de la Hoya and promoter Bob Arum, seething over the unanimous Mosley decision, claimed gross misconduct by the Nevada boxing commission in the selection of the judges. What has the boxing world come to I thought, when Bob Arum of all people, is crying foul?
While the Mosley victory was clear in my humble estimation, the questionable unanimous decision a week later by Chris Byrd over Fres Oquendo in a heavyweight tilt at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut had me shaking my head. How long can the inconsistency persist before the entire infrastructure of the sport crumbles?
The personal interests of Harry Reid aside, if John McCain needs to compromise on the regulation of networks like HBO, Showtime and ESPN, he should do it fast and do it now. The networks should be subject to financial disclosure.
As such, boxers with no business savvy or benevolent supporters will no longer have to wonder about the extent of television license fees or income paid by the networks to puppet promoters. With a comprehensive reform bill on the books, the financial **** of boxers by outside interests will go the way of Peter McNeely.
boxing needs enforcement
This is my modest hope. A good federal commission will give boxers collective strength and a voice in their career path. With real enforcement this time around and the tangible absorption of the Professional Boxing Safety Act and the Ali addendum, perhaps the sport can finally achieve harmony and assure bright futures, or at least hopeful ones, for its participants.
Under the au****es of a so-called professional sport, why should these athletes have it any different than their NBA and NFL brethren? They toil just as hard, suffer as much for their sport, if not more, yet save for a few fortunate exceptions, endure untold hardships after the gloves come off for good.
The best chance boxing has to score a decisive knockout in the fight against the cancerous sleaze that has plagued it since A.J. Liebling penned his tour de force almost 50 years ago is in the United States Senate. In the name of the Brown Bomber, Sugar Ray, Ali, Beethoven Scottland, and Joey Gamache, I pray that reason prevails and they clean up the "terrible, terrible, terrible mess."
It's high time to put the sweet back into the science.
Question: In 1998, the International Boxing Federation extorted $25,000 from Main Events promotion to give a boxer in their stable the number one junior middleweight ranking. Who paid the bribe and who was the boxer?
Answer: Former Main Events President Dino Duva and Fernando Vargas
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