Wrestling Links (7-11-11)
How Do You Dress a Turkish Wrestler? In Olive Oil and Leather Britches Wall Street Journal It’s the annual Kirkpinar oil-wrestling tournament, which has been staged here for 650 years. To the uninitiated, it seems little more than an open field of oily mayhem. Not so to the appreciative crowd, which roars with excitement at sudden […]
Wrestling Links (4-29-11)
Schutta: New weights make wrestlers biggest losers NorthJersey.com The federation released a new set of weight classes to be used in high school wrestling for the 2011-12 season. They will be: 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285. While keeping the same number of 14 weight classes, … See all […]
Boxing Links (4-19-11)
Jeff Lacy accepts Nick Diaz’s challenge: MMA fan report Yahoo! Sports Former boxing world champion Jeff Lacy wasted no time accepting MMA veteran fighter Nick Diaz’s challenge. Nick Diaz, who recently made his intentions to compete as a professional boxer known to MMA fans around the world, listed Lacy as someone he … See all stories on this […]
CALZAGHE VS. JONES FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Below you will find quotes from the main event and undercard fighters from today’s final press conference leading for Calzaghe vs. Jones “Battle of the Superpowers” this Saturday November 8th at Madison Square Garden and live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Joe Calzaghe: “I am a person who does actions more than words. I am not going […]
Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. Fight Predictions
As “Super” Joe Calzaghe and “Superman” Roy Jones Jr., get ready to face each other Saturday night in “Battle of the Super Powers” at Madison Square Garden and live on HBO Pay-Per-View, some of the best fighters in the sport and a sampling of the top boxing writers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean […]
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