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Monday news review (2/18/08)

By Zach Arnold | February 18, 2008

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I’m surprised that there isn’t a lot of angry boxing fans ranting and raving on various web sites about Floyd Mayweather Jr. doing an angle with Big Show at last night’s WWE PPV in Las Vegas.

  1. TKO Xtreme: Vancouver fighter shot in leg
  2. The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle (TN): Backyard MMA brawls pose controversy – unsanctioned, illegal fights put kids in danger
  3. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska): Fight Club – local MMA bouts are more than just bar brawls (long article)
  4. Shu Hirata: DREAM – the ‘grand coalition’ was just a rehab plan for HERO’s
  5. Charles Jay: Background checks for UFC? They’ve got it down to a ‘Xyience’
  6. Five Ounces of Pain: The phenomenon of Kimbo Slice
  7. Bryan Alvarez: The lessons to be learned from the Kimbo Slice vs. Tank Abbott fight
  8. Any Given Saturday: Audio recap of Kimbo Slice vs. Tank Abbott EXC Miami event
  9. Sherdog: Jake Rossen channels Norman Mailer to talk about Kimbo
  10. The Dayton Daily News: EXC’s 3-ring circus a hit
  11. Conde Nast Portfolio: Smacked down – ‘ultimate fighting’ has boxing and pro-wrestling on the ropes (this article claims that UFC’s 2007 PPV revenue was the same as 2006, meaning over $200 million USD)
  12. The Houston Chronicle: Training harder gives Chuck Liddell a major boost
  13. MMA Predictions: Who is the most popular MMA fighter?
  14. The Sheboygan Press (WI): Meet Sam Alvey (who is heading to Russia to train soon)
  15. Japan MMA: Cage Force Featherweight tournament update
  16. Total MMA: Elite XC – what’s in an image anyways?

Topics: Boxing, Canada, DREAM, Japan, Media, MMA, Pro Elite, UFC, Zach Arnold | 3 Comments » | Permalink | Trackback |

3 Responses to “Monday news review (2/18/08)”

  1. johnnie says:

    anybody want to count the factual errors in that CONDE NAST article?

  2. UFC 4 Life says:

    Why would boxing fans be upset about Floyd? Its just marketing. He is just the latest in a long line of boxers who have done pro wrestling. Evander Holyfield, Ali, Tyson, Lou Duva and others have all done wrestling in the past.

  3. The Gaijin says:

    I share the identical sentiments as U4L – this is far from the first or last time boxers have been involved in pro wrestling angles.

    I don’t see why there’s all the uproar – but I assume these same complaints have always arisen any time you see a boxer involved in pro wrestling.

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