Month: December 2018

Braekhus v Lopes : Shields v Hermans

 

Cecilia Braekhus is facing Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes in a HBO fight card that is featuring the Colombian born Norwegian resident Braekhus in a fight for best female fighter pound for pound in the world. The last outing saw Braekhus outpoint Kali Reis in a spirited battle that just made me want to see more of the 34-0 phenom. The fight, on 12/08/2018 should prove to be a good one.

In the co main event Claressa Shields, the middleweight champion, takes on Femke Hermans in what should be fast and furious, I want to say 10? maybe 11? Who knows what they’re up to now, the point being the current champion and gold medal winner should be in display with her fast hands and numerous combinations. I, for one, am not going to miss this event.

Good for HBO. Broke the model on their last fight by breaking from the norm and making the leading ladies of the sport the highlight. Maybe if they get enough viewers, HBO will come back to boxing.

SENDING PRAYERS AND WELL WISHES

adonis stevenson

Adonis Stevenson, former WBC world Champion, is in critical condition following a match with newly crowned WBC Champion Oleksandr  Gvozdyk. Stevenson was on his 12th defense of his title that he won in 2013 when he KO’ed Chad Dawson in the first round. His match with Gvozdyk was a seesaw battle that saw Stevenson hit the canvas in the 11th round. Following the boxing match, and a brutal KO, Stevenson was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury. He is currently in an induced coma and underwent emergency surgery. Our prayers and well wishes are with the long running former champion. We are confidant that he will pull out of this fight triumphantly, like most of his bouts. While his career has most certainly has run its course, Stevenson was a great champion that has a lot more to offer the world.

 

WTF: SO……

Las Americas

I love my son so it killed me when a grown man on his cellphone starts flirting with him at a Las Americas, restaurant in Roselle, NJ, until I intervened. That individual looking at my son like he was a colombian meal until I looked at him and questioned what the fuck he was doing. That individual spooked and left without his food but didn’t forget that cellphone of his. These individuals are the reptiles of the planet. They are cold blooded predators that don’t give a shit.