Of all the shitty scores produced in this year's Olympics, Egan's Gold medal fight w/ Zhang was easily among the worst. Surprised to hear DiBella's going after him, though I guess it's par for the course for Lou to talk out of both sides of his mouth these days. Also curious if Not-So-Sweet Lou is keeping an eye on whatever comes out of Duddy's current stand-off w/ Irish Ropes
Spoke with Dibella a bit last night. He's really high on his heavyweight Tor Hamer (That's his real name). He wasn't gonna do anything in New York for a while but said something to the effect of, "Thanks to Irish Ropes, I'll have two shows coming up. On in late January and one in February." Maybe he's making that push.
I'm not saying that everyone should like amateur scoring, but the scoring in the Olympics this year was unlike any I have seen since 1990 or whenever they made the switch.
& REED Actually "Broke" the Yanez Story 1st, but APPARENTLY Cupey DIDN'T Want to Post it... REED:boohoo:
http://www.northtexasboxing.com/articles/reed/yanezsigns.html As for the Card, Yanez is Scheduled to Debut Against Julio Cesar Valadez, who's 3-2..."Handsome" Hector Beltran, a Member of Yanez's Camp, will Also B on the Card Along w/"Dallas Kid" Jesse Lara... The Promoters Said they DIDN'T Want an All Latino Card, so REED Suggested Charles Hatley...6 Bouts Total... REED:mj:
He was a LEGITIMATE Medal Threat for the U.S....But EXCESSIVE Weight Training, Mandated by Dan Campbell, Led to Russell's Difficulties on the Scales... REED:mj:
I didn't think Russell looked particularly good for a US olympian making a debut. He got hit way too much and didn't show me anything special...at all. He didn't suck or anything, but it was only a C performance, imo.
Super-Heavyweight bronze medalist David Price has turned pro with Haymaker promotions. Price is 6'9.......i'm not convinced that he'll go all that far but he'll be a handy sparring partner for David Haye.......Haye-Wlad is close to being finalised for June 20th in London.
nothing to do with current olympians but found this clip from seoul olympics of a 18 year old up and comer, sorry if off topic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yze-Ncpz6SM
Considering the dredge that is most of the HW division right now, I think Price might actually do well. The guy is BIG, reasonably quick and has plenty of pop. MTF