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Monday, December 24, 2007

Weekend Results Plus Mark Cuban looking for a Posse to hang with?

Merry Christmas Eve and Happy Holidays to Larry's Little Lumpers.
So all this yapping about Floyd Mayweather Jr. thinking about moving to MMA is pretty nutty. Time and time again boxers think they can enter the MMA universe and time and time again they get lumped up badly. I love boxing but let's be honest, it is one dimensional compared to MMA. Now I agree Floyd is a true athlete, and when he puts his mind to something he gives it 110% effort, but how are those weak wrists going to hold up with MMA gloves that offer very little protection? The real comedy of this is the Mark Cuban factor. He is jumping on the Mayweather bandwagon hard core. How out of place did he look coming in the ring with Floyd's entourage during the Hatton fight? Is it just me or does this totally remind you of the time Bruce Willis was "hanging" with P. Diddy and his boys during the MTV Music Awards a few years back in Miami? Floyd stay the hell out of MMA, beat Cotto and Williams, then retire as one of the greatest of all time. That's what most fight fans would rather see you do.

Here is your weekend Boxing Results:

BEYNE-HEUSAY, Belgium (AP) -- Michael Henrotin, Belgium, outpointed Mantas Tarvydas, Lithuania, 12, to retain his IBF intercontinental super middleweight title.
MILANO, Italy (AP) -- Andrea Sarritzu, Italy, stopped Lahcene Zemmouri, Spain, 7, to retain the European flyweight title; Sergey Gulyakevitch, Belarus, outpointed Leva Kirakosyan, Armenia, 12, to win the European super featherweight title; Giacobbe Fragomeni, Italy, outpointed Rachid El Hadak, France, 12, to retain his European cruiserweight title.
HALLE AN DER SAALE, Germany (AP) -- Herbie Hide, Britain, stopped Mikhail Nasyrov, Russia, 6, to win the WBC international cruiserweight title.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Frumpster:

How about the latest list of ALL the Champeens in each weight division? How many "belts" exist in the heavyweight division? (over 10?). Would be interesting to see.

Frank said...

ESPN has a good list of the championship mess: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?page=boxing/champions/index

Frank said...

The best of the Eastern European Heavyweights is probably Wladimir
Klitschko, the IBF Champ. He fights the WBO champ, Sultan Ibragimov on Feb 23rd. Guess that will help make some sense of the Heavyweight Division but it's still a mess.