Dick Bouzakis writes Comeback: A Wrestlers Story of Triumph and Tragedy

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The Title for the book is Comeback: A Wrestlers Story of Triumph and Tragedy by Dick Bouzakis

The story will warm your heart with a humorous account of the life and times of a head injured man. Life is tough for everyone. Consider damage to the brain in the area where you can walk, talk, or move. One day you’re on top wrestling world as a competitor and 2 months later you wake up in a new body.

After suffering from a concussion Richard has Continued with life, never quitting and never accepting the alternative. Comeback: A Wrestlers Story of Triumph and Tragedy  is a story how he made it through life by exposing inner secrets and proving anyone with drive and persistence can do anything that a human mind can imagine.

The book comes complete with documents from notables like Mario Cuomo, Dan Gable, Ed and Lou Banach, and others. You’ll enjoy Richard’s complete New York State Wrestling History as well.

Richard is a college educated accident victim, supremely qualified to know how it feels to be in a coma, wake up, and go through life with a disability. Richard woke one day after 2 months of a supposed long term coma and went on to continued goals. He writes about the agitation and frustration that gripped him while he fought the coma’s forces through school and to his day’s at the Fortune 1000 company where he worked then continuing home for physical therapy.
Richard’s book Comeback: A Wrestlers Story of Triumph and Tragedy is written for all readers wanting to read a heart- warming story of personal triumph with notable liaisons. His story surely will resonate in the highschool and college wrestling communities. He talks about his brother who was arguably one of the best wrestlers to ever compete in NYS.

Head injuries are just now becoming “OK” to talk about. Richards story may be an extreme to some but it is more real than you can ever know. You need to know a story, a real story that you can relate to.

Richard writes: This is the first book to my knowledge written by a coma survivor documenting progress through rehabilitation and working with a disability. I have spoken for Mother Against Drunk Driving in Dallas and for Victim Impact Panel at ADAC of Orange County.

 

Current Super-Middleweight Titlist Andre Ward on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights’ Season Finale; Andrade-Brewer Featured in Main Event

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August 17, 2011

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra, will close out the 2011 season from Hammond, Ind. on August 19 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com when undefeated junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade (13-0, 9 KOs) and Grady “Bad Boy” Brewer (28-12, 16 KOs) meet in the 10-round main event. The card is presented by Banner Promotions/HITZ Boxing.

Joe Tessitore and Andre Ward, Ring Magazine’s No.1 ranked super-middleweight, will be ringside at the Horseshoe Casino describing the action, while studio host Brian Kenny will present the latest boxing news. Ward, a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist, who will meet Carl Froch in the Super Six World Boxing Classic in late October, is sitting in for Teddy Atlas who is in Russia training Alexander Povetkin.

Andrade, a 2008 U.S. Olympian from Providence RI., is coming off a second-round knockout win over Omar Bell. After the fight ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael wrote, “It was business as usual as he (Andrade) dominated the first round and then ended it in the second. He caught Bell with a left hand to the body and Bell went down. Although he didn’t look too hurt, Bell got to a knee and took the full count from the referee at 1 minute, 31 seconds.”

Lawton Okla.’s Brewer, 2006 winner of The Contender, is coming off a June fourth-round TKO win over previously undefeated Fernando Guerrero.

After the fight Rafael wrote, “Brewer took care of another highly touted youngster in shocking fashion. He pounded Guerrero with clean right hands and uppercuts, finally sending him falling through the ropes onto the ring apron for a knockdown. Guerrero made it to his feet, but he was done. As soon as the fight resumed, Brewer was all over him again. He continued to pound him with body shots and uppercuts until Guerrero finally slumped forward and fell to the mat. A stunning finish that ranks up there with any of the biggest upsets of the year.”

Friday’s card will also feature former lightweight titlist David Diaz (36-3-1, 17 KOs) and “Hammerin’ ” Hank Lundy (20-1-1, 10KOs) in the 10-round co-feature. Chicago’s Diaz, is coming off a 10-round majority decision win over Rob Frankel, while Philadelphia’s Lundy is coming off a 10-round unanimous decision win over Patrick Lopez.

Wrestling Links (8-17-11)

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Rapids to punish entire wrestling team Wisconsin Rapids Tribune WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Four Lincoln High School wrestlers accused of misconduct in the locker room will be permitted to compete this year, but school officials won’t allow the team to participate in two major tournaments. The defending Division 1 state … See all stories on this topic »

Ex-wrestling couple fighting over photos FOXSports.com A Florida judge has ordered former professional wrestler Jerome Young to stop selling nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend, fellow former pro wrestler Terri Runnels, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday. Who made our list of the players we hate the … See all stories on this topic »

Wrestler Casey Martin chooses Marion Military Institute Port Huron Times Herald By PAUL COSTANZO The school in Alabama will have three former Blue Devils on its wrestling team, the latest to sign being Casey Martin. Martin joins Robert Clancy and Justin Russo — who had originally decided to wrestle at Neosho County Community … See all stories on this topic »

Japanese Sumo Wrestling: Foreigners Need Not Compete International Business Times Japanese Sumo wrestling is a unique sport given the fact that professional sumo wrestling is only practiced inJapan. Moreover, both Japanese and foreigners (perhaps for different reasons though) see sumo wrestling as the very embodiment and symbol of … See all stories on this topic »

WWE: CM Punk and John Cena Made Wrestling Cool Again Bleacher Report but I have visited the site almost every day and read countless articles in the wrestling section since then. Yes, I have stuck to the shadows and watched new writers come and go, commenting and writing only when I felt necessary. … See all stories on this topic »

Sunlake Wrestler Earns All-American Status Patch.com By Darek Sharp John Ortiz, second from left, stands with all of the 119-pound wrestlers who earned All-American status by their performances at the USA Wrestling Nationals in Fargo, ND. Lisa Bradford The USA Wrestling Nationals may be one of the most … See all stories on this topic »

Area Roundup: New Cal Poly assistant wrestling coach has Olympic medal San Luis Obispo Tribune By Tribune staff report Kelly was a two-time NCAA qualifier as a collegiate wrestler for Oklahoma State and won the silver medal at 1451⁄2 pounds at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece. He served as a head assistant wrestling coach at Harvard and … See all stories on this topic »

UFC Signs Deal with FOX: WWE and IMPACT Wrestling Should Follow Suit Bleacher Report If the WWE or even TNA wrestling were able to get a deal with one of the four major networks, this would be a huge boost to their ratings and, more importantly, their pocketbooks. This is the next step in the evolution of the WWE. … See all stories on this topic »                                                                                        Bleacher Report

The Quest For History: Iowa Releases 2011-2012 Wrestling Schedule Black Heart Gold Pants by RossWB on Aug 16, 2011 12:01 PM CDT in Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling Iowa finally released the 2011-2012 wrestling schedule yesterday, which is significant for a few reasons. One, it allows us to get a sense of what the season will be like and who they’re … See all stories on this topic »

Huntsville High assistant wrestling coach, 63, disarms mugger in Florida al.com By Dennis Pillion, al.com Richard Nowling, 41, was arrested and charged with armed robbery and aggravated battery after attempting to rob Huntsville High assistantwrestling coach Fred Kemp Thursday in Boynton Beach, Florida. … See all stories on this topic » al.com

 

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Mr. Hollywood Shannon Rose Gives Away Money For Birthday

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(Tampa, FL) – Usually on birthdays you give a present to the person celebrating the birthday, but this year Hollywood Reporter “Mr. Hollywood” Shannon Rose wants to give back to his fans for his birthday. He will do so by offering a video contest which the winner will win $100.00.

 

For more information about the contest including all the rules visit his official Facebook Fanpage at http://facebook.com/shannonrosefanpage

 

This contest is a mock up from the old WWE days, where “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase claimed “everyone had a price”. To celebrate his birthday, and his work as a professional Wrestling Ring Announcer, Shannon takes this gaff from DiBiase and places it in his contest.
He wants to see what people will do for the money, because “Everyone has their price”.

 

The contest states that every entry tells him why they deserve the $100.00 prize. They do so in a video where they beg, plead, kiss up, persuade, put on a show or do whatever they have to in order to convince him to declare them the winner.

 

This two week contest ends at midnight on August 27^th, and the winner is announced on August 29^th, the day after Rose’s Birthday.

 

Applicants must be 18 years old, and upload their video to Rose’s Facebook wall or post it on YouTube and paste the link on his Facebook wall. Five Judges will determine the winner based on creativity and the ability to make them laugh yet still convince them why they deserve the money.

 

“My character “Mr. Hollywood” is over the top in the ring, yet he’s one of the most accurate and called upon as a Hollywood Reporter. I want these videos to match that and bring a smile to my face for my birthday, which is the best birthday gift anyone can give” says Rose.

 

Rose hopes this contest helps everyone celebrate his birthday from coast to coast. “Mr. Hollywood” continues to entertain the masses, and he hopes that they can entertain him.

 

For more information about Shannon Rose visit http://imshannonrose.com

Team Trout: What is Anthony Mundine Talking About? He Backed Out on Us and We Can Prove it!!!

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The problem with former world champion Anthony Mundine’s claims that he is being ducked by WBA Light Middleweight champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout is that when Mundine’s people backed out of the fight, they did it in writing.   Trout (23-0, 13 KOs) and his promoter, Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions, say they are aggravated and disgusted by Mundine’s fraudulent claims that it was them who backed out of a proposed fight. Mundine recently announced a deal to face Rigoberto Alvarez on September 21 for the WBA interim championship.   “I don’t mind he ducked me to fight somebody else, but don’t go to the press and say it’s the other way around. At least let’s be honest if you don’t want to fight me,” said a still incredulous Trout. “Fight me or admit it’s you who doesn’t want to fight. Stop pretending. I’ll fight you any time.”   “We’d be happy to furnish the emails from his manager/promoter,” adds Cohen. “We came to an agreement and I said ‘are we in agreement on this, this, this and this? He said ‘all good.’ I sent the contract and didn’t hear from him until I got another email saying ‘the new WBA rankings just came out and Anthony has moved from #3 to #1, so we’re backing out of the deal. In the deal we came up with, I was only getting one option on Mundine, but they didn’t want to give us any options. Now that their guy is the mandatory, they don’t have to give us options. So, they made a business decision and backed out… how Anthony Mundine then comes up with these outlandish stories about us changing contracts and hiding from him and all this other stuff is beyond me.”   Trout, who successfully defended his title against Sonora, Mexico’s David “The Destroyer” Lopez (40-13, 23 KOs) on June 11 at the Auditorio Miguel Barragan in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, has been actively looking for a worthy foe for his elective title defense and says it’s crazy to suggest he’s avoiding anyone.   “I’ll still fight him as a mandatory. I don’t care. I’ll fight him any time. If he wants to duck me, that’s up to him, but don’t blame it on me and try to tarnish my reputation. I’m not avoiding anyone. I’m right here saying let’s get it on! I will fight anyone, anywhere, call my promoter to make your offer!”

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Balker Ready For Turba Showdown This Friday

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London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker is back in action this coming Friday, when he faces tough Blackpool based Slovakian Richard Turba at the Robert Waterman Promotions event at the Tower Circus in Blackpool.

Balker will be looking to put on a top class performance, against Turba, in preparation for his upcoming challenge for the Netherlands Cruiserweight title, on October 4th in Amsterdam, and his participating in the inaugural Maltese professional boxing event ten days later on October 14th.

Following a training session, at the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town, on Monday Balker spoke briefly on the upcoming clash with Turba, as well as his upcoming international bouts, “I think it’s going to be a very exciting fight for the public.

It’s going to be a good fight, definitely a very good fight, I’m looking forward to it.

I’m just going to do my job, win the fight and it’s definitely going to be a good win for the TRAD TKO gym, definitely.

I’m looking forward to the fight in Malta, it’s already on BoxRec. It’s going to be another very good fight because it will get me ready for the big fights and of course looking forward to the Amsterdam fight, my first title fight.

That’s going to be three fights already, that’s very good, that’s what I’m here for, that’s why I stay in shape, for this kind of times. I’m looking forward to it.”

Mitchell Balker versus Richard Turba will be supporting Matthew Hatton versus Andrei Abramenka for the vacant IBF International Welterweight title at the Robert Waterman Promotions event at the Tower Circus, Blackpool, on Friday 19th August 2011.

Mixed Martial Arts Links (8-17-11)

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Heart attack killed 37-year-old MMA trainer Tompkins Toronto Sun Mixed–martial arts trainer Shawn Tompkins poses at the Tap Out Training Center in Las Vegas last month. (Photo by Steve Marcus for QMI Agency) Well-known mixed martial arts trainer Shawn Tompkins died of a heart attack, says his brother-in-law Sam … See all stories on this topic »

San Jose confirmed for UFC 139 USA Today Fights scheduled for the event so far: San Jose’s main association with mixed martial arts has been through Strikeforce, which started there. Strikeforce’s inaugural MMA event in March 2006 set a US record for the sport, with a paying crowd of 17465 … See all stories on this topic »

Report: UFC signs long-term deal with Fox Yahoo! Sports The last one aired 16 months ago, and there have been no announced plans for future shows since the April 2010 show drew an anemic 1.76 rating and ended with a big brawl inside the cage. Dave Meltzer covers mixed martial arts for Yahoo! Sports. … See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Sports

Strong UFC 134 demand has boss optimistic about future in Brazil MMAjunkie.com Now headed back to what’s widely considered to be the birthplace of MMA, White said the UFC plans to hold more events in cities across Brazil, and UFC 134 is an important first step in establishing a foothold. “Obviously, Brazil has exploded in … See all stories on this topic »                                                                                                         MMAjunkie.com

Jared Shaw Talks Kimbo Slice’s Boxing Debut and Dana White Bloody Elbow You think just ’cause he wasn’t winning in MMA or knocking people out he wasn’t born and bread for this sport you’re crazy. If you really know both sports you know that in mixed martial arts you have a much more squared up stance, there’s takedowns, … See all stories on this topic »

UFC Undisputed 3 seeks to expand its audience San Jose Mercury News (blog) Despite its meteoric rise, mixed martial arts hasn’t arrived yet as a sport. Sure, it’s popular but it still lags behind the four major sports, including hockey. Part of the reason is that the mainstream doesn’t understand its nuances. … See all stories on this topic »

Chael Sonnen: Established MMA Practitioner or PR Guru in the Making? Bleacher Report There is no denying that Chael Sonnen is the undisputed king of MMA smack magniloquence and he uses every opportunity to let us know. To some he might come across as a funny and intellectually astute guy, to others, he goes beyond what is morally and … See all stories on this topic »                                                                                                                               Bleacher Report

Ex-QB Trent Dilfer moving up the NFL analyst ranks at ESPN USA Today MMA TV: Fox will annually air as many as four Ultimate Fighting Championship cards, giving the mixed–martial arts body its first broadcast network exposure. Fox and its FX cable channel, via a long-term deal, reported by SportsBusiness Daily, … See all stories on this topic »                                                                                          USA Today

Lytle serves up lesson at UFC Live 5 ESPN By Josh Gross A rare Sunday excursion for the Ultimate Fighting Championship meant fight fans had three straight nights of televised mixed mixed martial arts to watch, were they so inclined to do so. I’m guessing most weren’t, which isn’t meant to be … See all stories on this topic »

 

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