Paul Stuart Haberman, Esq.
22 articles · 8countnews
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So Why Not Have a Boxing Dream Team?
A Look at the Potential Implications of Amateur Boxing?s Governing Body Allowing Professional Boxers to Retain Olympic Eligibility Amateur boxing has a rich history in the Olympic Games. For decades, many of…
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Adrien?s Groaner
This past Saturday, the now former WBO Super Featherweight champion Adrien (The Problem) continued his recent string of impressive performances with a fifth round TKO of Vicente Escobedo. Not as impressive, however,…
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VADA Mess!
A Quick Look at the Legal and Regulatory Issues Raised by the Cancellations of Khan-Peterson II and Berto-Ortiz II Following Positive Drug Tests In one famously bad month for top-level professional boxing,…
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What Can We Learn from Bam Bam?s Fight Being Reduced to Pebbles?
On paper, it was a solid consolation prize once Yuriorkis Gamboa decided the rattle the promotional cage and drop out of his potentially explosive bout with Brandon (Bam Bam) Rios for the…
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KO Victims Say the Darnedest Things
Professional boxing has been rife with controversy this past month or so, between the suspect ending of the middleweight bout between James Kirkland and Carlos Molina, Manny Pacquiao facing tax-related charges in…
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Standing 8 Courtside: Martinez-Macklin
On February 17, 2012 at Madison Square Garden?s WaMu Theater, middleweight champion Sergio (Maravilla) Martinez , one of boxing?s elite, played buzz kill to the large contingency of St. Patrick?s Day revelers…
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If Only Gregg Williams Were a Boxing Promoter
Why the Brewing Scandal Involving the St. Louis Rams? Defensive Coordinator Would be a Non-Starter in Professional Boxing Just a week or two ago, it was professional boxing?s turn again to come…
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Even If Ortiz Is The Victor?
A Quick Look at the Lessons to Learn from the Nevada State Athletic Commission?s Request That ?Vicious? Victor Ortiz Explain His Actions in the Mayweather Fight Before Being Licensed for the Berto…
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Will the Exception for Margarito Knock Out the Rule?
A Quick Look at Potential Implications of the New York State Athletic Commission?s Decision to License Antonio Margarito for His Rematch with Miguel Cotto About two-and-a-half years ago, Standing 8 Court explored…
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Standing 8 Court After the Bell: Hopkins-Dawson a Shoulder Check to the Issue of Uniformity in Handling Fouls
Boxing is a sport that can be quite cruel and uncompromising on its veteran boxers, notably those who stick around longer than most athletic commissions would still sanction them to compete in…
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@LosersbyTweetKO
There was a time a few years back when Twitter was primarily employed as a tool to spread news of interest from throughout the world to friends, acquaintances, and professional colleagues. More…
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Who Is It That Should Protect You at All Times?
Who Is It That Should Protect You at All Times? Is Boxing?s Oldest Adage Under Fire Following Floyd Mayweather?s Controversial and Crushing KO of Victor Ortiz? This past Saturday night, following a…
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Men Behaving Bradley?
A Quick Look at the Issues Raised by the Lawsuit Filed Against Junior Welterweight Champion Timothy Bradley Earlier this year, it appeared as if a ?Desert Storm? was going to wreak havoc…
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When Somebody?s ?0? Does Go
With Kirkland, LeMieux, Berto, and Lopez All Losing Their Undefeated Records This Month, a Quick Look at the Potential Contractual Implications of Losing an Undefeated Record In one of the most sensational…
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Pac Man Allows Fans and Skeptics to Gobble Up His Supplements
Pac Man Allows Fans and Skeptics to Gobble Up His Supplements: In an apparent response to lingering questions as to Manny Pacquiao?s use of dietary supplements and/or performance enhancing drugs, Pacquiao?s conditioning…
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Could Mike Tyson Get Crapped on for Keeping Pigeons in New York?
In honor of the debut of Animal Planet?s ?Taking on Tyson,? Standing 8 Court took a moment to research whether it is illegal to raise pigeons in New York, Mike Tyson?s home…
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Cracks in the Plaster?
This week, two of the United States? athletic commissions rendered a split decision as to the continued sway of California?s 2009 revocation of the licenses of former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito and…
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Will Texas Allow for Plaster of Pac Man?
A Quick Review of Texas? Regulations with Regard to the Suspensions and Revocations of Other States in Light of California?s Denial of a License to Antonio Margarito Pictured: Margarito's plastered handwrap By…
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Immigration Issues in Boxing
How to Obtain a Visa to Join Boxing’s American Express In Honor of Roy Jones, Jr.’s Debut on 8 Count News, a Quick Look Behind the Prospective Immigration Issues Surrounding Square Ring’s…
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Has the Mayweather-Pacquiao Drug Controversy Touched on The Cure for a Lack of Uniform Rules?
A Look Behind a Side Issue Raised by the Mayweather-Pacquiao Drug Testing Controversy: The Contracting for Testing That a Commission Does Not Require Consider the following hypothetical situation in light of the…