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  • !! Mr. Soprano
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    Michalczewski to hang up gloves!

    June 01, 2005 - Michalczewski hangs up gloves Dariusz Michalczewski, who simultaneously held three of the four major light heavyweight championships in 1997 and also won a world cruiserweight title, announced his retirement from professional boxing at a press conference in Hamburg, Germany. Michalczewski's reign as WBO champion lasted nine years and the IBF and WBA titles were unjustly stripped from him. According to the website of his promoter, Universum, Michalczewski will start a boxing management company. Born in Poland but based in Germany for most of his career, the 37-year old Michalczewski finishes with a record of 48-2, with his only losses coming in his last two bouts. His list of victories includes several boxers who held world titles at one time or another: Virgil Hill, Graciano Rocchigianni, Montell Griffin, Nestor Giovannini and Leeonzer Barber. In America at least, Michalczewski's legacy will be that of a very good boxer who always gave his best in the ring, but who avoided the defining challenge of his career, a bout against Roy Jones, Jr. In fairness to Michalczewski, Jones must also shoulder some of the blame, because neither man was willing to venture outside of their own country to wage a true world light heavyweight championship contest.

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    McKay, this is just not your best month..
    First Golota looses and looses bad. Than you loose your 18 Mil points and now Michalczewski retires.

    You have my sympathy.

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    • Neuraxis
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      #3
      Originally posted by vdiary
      McKay, this is just not your best month..
      First Golota looses and looses bad. Than you loose your 18 Mil points and now Michalczewski retires.

      You have my sympathy.
      It was for the best. There's no sense in continuing to box when you are shot which is something his LHW counterpart, RJJ, has failed to grasp.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Neuraxis
        It was for the best. There's no sense in continuing to box when you are shot which is something his LHW counterpart, RJJ, has failed to grasp.
        imo rjj will never step in the ring again. i think he was just strurring up rumors to help sell his dvd's.

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        • Bozo_no no
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          #5
          Originally posted by vdiary

          I think Jirov should return to rule the Division

          The Lt Heavy Division?


          This was long over due for Darius:

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            #6
            Originally posted by Bozo_no_no
            The Lt Heavy Division?


            This was long over due for Darius:

            Classy as usual. Once again this is how ****** you look.


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              #7
              Originally posted by Neuraxis
              Classy as usual. Once again this is how ****** you look.

              Why do you always cry?

              What's wrong with me posting a rare clip of Darius being KO'd?

              He should have retired after the 1st beating Richard Hall gave him.

              As for looking ******, take a look at your avatar, and photoshop your self in to the back seat with a goofy look on your face. That would pretty much sum it up.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Bozo_no_no
                The Lt Heavy Division?


                This was long over due for Darius:

                hey how do you make those lil clips

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Bad Intentions
                  hey how do you make those lil clips
                  Its a little more difficult than you might think, but search for and download a program called "Animation Shop 3".

                  That's what I use, and it's fairly easy to figure it out.

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