I was reporting for my local newspaper from Ringside last night..

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  1. steve_dave

    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    :bears: Made the Calgary Herald today. I was covering Dale Brown's retirement show last night. Here's what they ran with....

    Dale Brown is calling it a career, but boxing in Calgary has a bright
    future.

    In front of an estimated 600 fans, super lightweight prospect Julius Odion
    improved his record to 9-0-2 with a dominating unanimous decision over
    Mexico's Jorge Luis Lopez at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino on Saturday night. A
    five punch combination dropped Lopez in the first round and Odion won every
    round afterwards.

    The night, however, belonged to former three-time world title challenger
    Dale Brown. Brown, who retired from the ring in January, was awarded an
    honorary World Championship belt before the fights. The usually even-keeled
    Brown choked back tears during a ten minute speech in the ring.


    On the undercard, Calgary's Goitom Ghebrezghi lost a technical decision to
    the game Eduardo Calderon. The fight was stopped in the third round after
    an accidental clash of heads opened up a cut over Calderon's right eye.


    To open the show, Dale Philips, Calgary, and Jegbefumere Bone Albert,
    Vancouver, both scored second round knockouts against over-matched Mexican
    opponents.
     
  2. Mitchell Kane

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    Congratulations.

    I guess the over-matched Mexican opponents shall go nameless. :lol:
     
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    :lol: They were fucking BUMS man. I didn't want to mention that both took clear dives.
     
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    I had to write that REALLY FAST. The fights didn't end until 11:20, and I had an 11:30 deadline. It was crazy... pretty cool though.
     
  5. Mitchell Kane

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    They were that obvious?
     
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    It sounds cool. Nice job.:clap:
     
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    The first one was. Albert, who opened the show, was making his bro debut. He's this huge nigerian kid... and he was fighting a short, chunky mexican fellow. A decent right hand sent the kid to the ropes and he just fell down and took a count.

    In the second fight, Dale dropped his opponent with a body shot. Looked like he could have gotten up to me, but even if he couldn't, he didn't need to be mentioned. :lol:
     
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    Thanks man.
     
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    That's easily the best article on boxing that i've ever read. :bears:
     
  10. steve_dave

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    I thought so. :clap:
     
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    Calgary? Holy Land or that other shithole???
     
  12. Rubio MHS

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    You suck at paragraphs. That's the type of drivel people are used to reading at Sherdog, this shithole and other internet sites. You have no business writing for a newspaper, except when they are in desperate, desperate need of filler. I mean, you say that Calgary has a bright future for boxing, but don't even attempt to support that view.
     
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  15. Bob N Weave

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    Wow, that sounds intelligent! :doh:
     
  16. Rubio MHS

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    Well, at least you managed to figure out how the "quote" feature works this time. I know, hitting that "quote" button and all... it can be confusing for less intelligent members.
     
  17. Bob N Weave

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    Yeah, a lot harder to hit the favorites button and copying something from Wikpedia. :laughing:
     
  18. Rubio MHS

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    I've never copied from Wikipedia.
     
  19. Bob N Weave

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    That's believable.:laughing:
     
  20. Rubio MHS

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    :dunno:

    This is getting kind of boring. You're saying the same thing over and over again, without any proof whatsoever. You sound like a Bush aide.
     
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    Good job, Andrew.:bears:
     
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    As I said, I had 11 minutes. It was a small, small story at the end of the sports section.

    And besides, I'm not really a print guy. I don't have much experience, but I think I did a solid job considering I was asked to do it the night before.
     
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    Let us see Rubio's published work here.
     
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  26. steve_dave

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    :lol: He won't bother me.

    I just thought it was pretty cool I made a newspaper. Hopefully I can do it again in July when there's another show.
     
  27. Rubio MHS

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    Mostly technical writing; user manuels, textbooks, etc... What have you published?
     
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    My stuff is in the World Boxing Hall of Fame, "Rubio."
     
  29. Rubio MHS

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    Isn't that just a website? Shit, anyone can do that, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame is a minor entity.
     
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    Yeah, start posting your stuff here, little man.
     

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