FIGHT SONG OF THE WEEK: GANG STARR

Guru and Primo are two of the best in HIP-HOP history and they have made so many contributions it is hard to count. STEP IN THE ARENA always gets me ready to go when I'm headed to the gym. They have so many songs that we could put a new one up each week. Me and Jay Green both met Guru a few years back and he is as cool as it gets, hope you enjoy.

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SPORTS BRAWL OF THE WEEK

In this weeks clip is an off the field fight between the Coney Island Warriors and the Baseball furies. I guess it was good luck for us the Warriors and the Baseball Furies met up the way they did. Everyone knows about the rivalry but who would have expected it to turn this ugly. The only cool thing that came out of this fight was some good fight footage. Both teams were kicked out of the New York semipro league for this incident. The two teams stayed together but in a different way, they both started gangs. It seemed that the Baseball Furies took being kicked out of the league much harder than the warriors. They still dress in their uniforms and carry bats but not really for baseball. We recently caught up with Jerry Hewitt of the Baseball Fury and he had this to say about Swan, " Swan and the rest of those pussy Warriors will pay for what that infamous night". Shortly after we talked to Hewitt of the Baseball Furies, the leader of the Warriors son Goose came up missing. Swan was unavailable for comment when we tried to call him. The sad thing about this rivalry is grown men are still fighting each other. The rivalry will live on as long as the gangs both exist, I think forever.


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WEEKEND BOXING RESULTS

WEEKEND RESULTS

Jean Pascal W 12 Adrian Diaconu Unanimous decision 116-112, 116-111, 115-112
Retains WBC Light Heavyweight title

Tim Bradley W 12 Lamont Peterson Unanimous decision 118-110,119-108, 120-107
Retains WBO Jr. Welterweight title

Vic Darchinyan KO 2 Tomas Rojas Time 2:54
Retains WBC Jr. Bantamweight title

Randall Bailey W 8 Germain Sanders Unanimous decision 78-71, 79-70, 77-72

Victor Ortiz RTD 7 Antonio Diaz unable to answer bell due to bad cut

Paulie Malignaggi W 12 Juan Diaz Unanimous decision 116-111, 116-111, 116-111

Vitali Klitschko W12 Kevin Johnson Unanimous decision 119-101,120-108,120-108 Retains WBC Heavyweight title

Ronald Hearns TKO 6 Shandrack Kipruto Time 2:33

Dominick Guinn W 6 Charles Davis Unanimous decision 58-56, 60-54, 58-56

Eric Lucas KO 4 Ramon Pedro Moyano Time 0:43

David Lemieux KO 2 Delray Raines Time 2:51

Nagy Aguilera TKO 1 Oleg Maskaev Time 1:54

Alexander Ustinov W12 Monte Barrett
Unanimous decision 118-109,117-110,116-112
Wins WBA International Heavyweight title

Johnathon Banks TKO 1 Marcel Zeller Time 0:37


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SPORTS BRAWL OF WEEK: OLD VS. YOUNG EDITION

Robin Ventura Charges Mound Against Nolan Ryan from CoasterNick3157 on Vimeo.

Watching Bernard Hopkins beat up Enrique Ornelas, Kelly Pavlik, and Antonio Tarver made me think. It is awesome how and old man can easily dominate a much younger man like Bernard has been doing. Every time people underestimate him and every time he wins. It doesn't happen too much in boxing or any other sport for that matter,but every time it does happen it reminds me of Nolan Ryan and Robin Ventura. Young athletes some times forget to respect their older counter parts and they need to be taught a lesson. Everyone remembers when Ali beat an invincible George Foreman, and then when George beat the young Michael Moorer. B-Hop has made a career of it and will continue to until he retires. Robin Ventura disrespected the old vet Nolan Rayn and he was taught a lesson. So all you young bucks out there who have no respect watch and learn. But more importantly all you older people just sit back, smile, and enjoy.

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DUMB OUT'S DREAM BOXING REMATCHES PART 1

REMATCH AS defined by Merriam-Webster: A second match between the same two contestants or teams. Most real people with a heart would like to prove to themselves after a loss or a close hard fought victory. Most of the best fights in boxing history are rematches, Ali vs Fraizer, Gatti vs Ward, Marquez vs. Vasquez, Corrales vs. Castillo, Zale vs. Graziano and so on. So I was just thinking of some of the match ups I would like to see.

Marvin Haggler vs. Ray Leonard

Quite possibly the best middleweight in the eyes of many was robbed in the great match up. He landed the harder more effective blows he was using ring generalship and effective aggressiveness to force Ray backwards. Leonard tried to steal the rounds by flurrying and trying to look flashy, while Haggler pressed forward attacking. It was a great fight and I believe if it happened again Haggler would have worked hard to the KO or a unanimous decision.

Tommy Hearns vs. Ray Leonard

I wish the rematch would have come in their primes instead of 8 years later. If it was an immediate rematch or in a reasonable time they would have had a trilogy. In the fight that took place 8 years later Hearns knocked him down 2 times and clearly won but was robbed and got a draw instead. Who knows who would have one the second fight if it were to happen in their primes. I tend to believe Hearns would have trained harder and wouldn't have gassed and got caught late.

Roy Jones Jr. vs Bernard Hopkins

The first fight was for the vacant IBF middleweight title and it was and it was against a totally different Bernard Hopkins. I would have liked to see the rematch take place at light heavyweight. Jones always talked about money being the issue, which I don't really believe because he didn't give rematches unless he lost. Hopkins would have beat Roy then and he would have been the one to expose who he really was. Hopkins never ducked anyone and Roy, well all I have to say is Dariusz Michalczewski. When they fight in 2010 it will be too many years later but B-Hop will destroy Jones easy.

Roy Jones Jr. vs James Toney

Jones won the first one against James at super middleweight and the fight was billed the UNCIVIL WAR. They were both undefeated but James was untrained and overweight for that fight. It was rumored that he had to loose up to 20lbs the week of the fight and he was sick also. People now a days still have problems with his lead hook and Toney ducked them with ease early in that fight, Imagine a healthy Toney. He has great skills and an Iron chin Jones wouldn't be able to hurt him and the knockdown in their first fight was because Toney was off balance and not hurt. I think James could have won that fight if he was in shape and, I think he could win a rematch. That could have happened at 168lbs., 175lbs, 190lbs or at heavyweight. The heavier weight classes would have better served James. Remember Roy Jones Jr. said his best opponent he ever fought was none other that James "Lights Out" Toney.

Pernell Whitaker vs Julio Cesar Chavez

The first fight between these two great champions was declared a draw. Everybody in the whole world knew "Sweet Pea" Whitaker gave Chavez the boxing lesson of his life. I remember watching that fight and saying to my brother "referee Richard Steele can't even save him from this loss". I was always a fan of Pernell but I respected the Mexican legend, he was 87-0 at the time of that bout. Pernell was too quick and showed him way too many angles for Julio to be effective let alone feel comfortable. Pernell scored at will and wouldn't let Chavez close all night easily winning the fight on my scorecard. Remember they were in San Antonio and it was a pro Chavez crowd and Don King was the promoter of that fight. The rematch would be no different except in that Pernell would actually get the win on his record like he should have in their first bout.

This is just the first installment of dream rematches, there are so many to choose from it will take a few more articles to even touch the tip of the iceberg. We would love to hear your thoughts and some that you would love to see so let us know.

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