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By Mitch Abramson - He no longer wishes to be known as “Volcanic” Lou for his hot-boiled reactions.
He doesn’t freak out over silly stuff. Not anymore, the promoter Lou DiBella says.
The longtime promoter and current managing general partner of a San Francisco Giants minor league affiliate has mellowed some.
“I think I’m no longer Volcanic Lou,” the 54-year-old says. “And I don’t respond to criticism anymore with emotion. I think I’m a much more mature guy than I was five years ago or seven years ago. Because partially, I don’t care anymore what people think of me.”
So that means he didn't really freak out when he was widely condemned for allowing Jermain Taylor to fight again, even after he was found to have bleeding on his brain following a brutal loss in 2009. (Taylor was medically cleared to continue his career.)
Nor did Lou take it personally when after Taylor won a middleweight title earlier this month, he was disparaged once again for promoting a brain damaged fighter. And also one who was out on bail for allegedly shooting his cousin.
But DiBella is enjoying a very unlikely recent string of success that makes him breathe easier at night.
For one, Taylor recently captured the IBF middleweight title, beating Sam Soliman and opening up potentially bigger and lucrative paydays down the road for both himself and DiBella.
Then, just last week, the San Francisco Giants won the National League pennant, with a walk-off home run from Travis Ishikawa, a player who once played for DiBella’s minor league team in 2006. [Click Here To Read More]
He doesn’t freak out over silly stuff. Not anymore, the promoter Lou DiBella says.
The longtime promoter and current managing general partner of a San Francisco Giants minor league affiliate has mellowed some.
“I think I’m no longer Volcanic Lou,” the 54-year-old says. “And I don’t respond to criticism anymore with emotion. I think I’m a much more mature guy than I was five years ago or seven years ago. Because partially, I don’t care anymore what people think of me.”
So that means he didn't really freak out when he was widely condemned for allowing Jermain Taylor to fight again, even after he was found to have bleeding on his brain following a brutal loss in 2009. (Taylor was medically cleared to continue his career.)
Nor did Lou take it personally when after Taylor won a middleweight title earlier this month, he was disparaged once again for promoting a brain damaged fighter. And also one who was out on bail for allegedly shooting his cousin.
But DiBella is enjoying a very unlikely recent string of success that makes him breathe easier at night.
For one, Taylor recently captured the IBF middleweight title, beating Sam Soliman and opening up potentially bigger and lucrative paydays down the road for both himself and DiBella.
Then, just last week, the San Francisco Giants won the National League pennant, with a walk-off home run from Travis Ishikawa, a player who once played for DiBella’s minor league team in 2006. [Click Here To Read More]
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