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Monday news review (2/18/08)
By Zach Arnold | February 18, 2008
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.
- TKO Xtreme: Vancouver fighter shot in leg
- The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle (TN): Backyard MMA brawls pose controversy – unsanctioned, illegal fights put kids in danger
- The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska): Fight Club – local MMA bouts are more than just bar brawls (long article)
- Shu Hirata: DREAM – the ‘grand coalition’ was just a rehab plan for HERO’s
- Charles Jay: Background checks for UFC? They’ve got it down to a ‘Xyience’
- Five Ounces of Pain: The phenomenon of Kimbo Slice
- Bryan Alvarez: The lessons to be learned from the Kimbo Slice vs. Tank Abbott fight
- Any Given Saturday: Audio recap of Kimbo Slice vs. Tank Abbott EXC Miami event
- Sherdog: Jake Rossen channels Norman Mailer to talk about Kimbo
- The Dayton Daily News: EXC’s 3-ring circus a hit
- 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)
- The Houston Chronicle: Training harder gives Chuck Liddell a major boost
- MMA Predictions: Who is the most popular MMA fighter?
- The Sheboygan Press (WI): Meet Sam Alvey (who is heading to Russia to train soon)
- Japan MMA: Cage Force Featherweight tournament update
- 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 |
anybody want to count the factual errors in that CONDE NAST article?
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.
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.