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Brian’s Boxing Mailbag, July 23, 2007
Thanks for stopping by for another edition of my boxing mailbag. This bag is for the fan’s entertainment so let’s have some fun, and get those questions in! Before heading into the…
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Doctor David Watson Sets Dangerous Precedent in Katsidis’ Bloody Saturday Night Victory
Being a ringside physician is a difficult task. These doctors must assess the condition of boxers on a moments notice, in front of thousands of fans. A live boxing match is not…
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Coming To Write: Mulvaney’s Las Vegas Notebook (Part One)
First—and most important—things first. Czar Amonsot is OK. But his days as a professional pugilist are probably over. At the end of his truly hellacious clash with Michael Katsidis on Saturday night,…
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US boxing commission to decide Czar’s future
After three CT-Scans detected only a superficial bleeding outside the brain, Czar Amonsot will be subjected to an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) test at the Las Vegas Valley Hospital today with the…
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No Mention of World Champs Donaire and Condes in Pres. Arroyo’s SONA
Boxing fans in the country waited in vain as Pres. Arroyo failed to mention in her nearly one-hour State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the joint sessions of the Senate and…
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GMA to welcome RP world boxing champs
MALACA?ANG IS rolling the red carpet for the country’s newest boxing heroes — the only ones who hold legitimate world titles — on Friday. Set to welcome newly-crowned International Boxing Federation (IBF)…
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Rocky Katsidis-Czar Amonsot Earned Artruo Gatti-Micky Ward Seal Of Savagery!
Maybe you missed Saturday's PPV show from Las Vegas. If you have trouble getting to sleep, be advised Hopkins-Wright will be replayed, set your snooze alarms now, as part of HBO's Vernon…
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Visiting Czar at the ICU
CHICAGO—Like most of the cubicles in Las Vegas’ Valley Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Room No. 15 was a smallish 6-by-20 foot triage. The walls and ceiling were lily-white, and cluttered with…
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How to lose a championship fight
THE Last Round wishes the best for Czar Amonsot, who apparently has suffered some form of injury to the head, the extent of which is still being verified. From where this writer…
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READERS REACT TO ROY JONES COMMENT ON PACQUIAO
Man, here’s what Roy Jones had got on his “blasphemy” against Pacman. In my column yesterday titled: “Will it be Barrera, not Marquez, who will Solve the Pacquaio Puzzle?”, the said prose…
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PACQUIAO TO INAUGURATE NEW SALUD GYM!
Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao will inaugurate the newly-refurbished, cutting-edge Rex 'Wakee' Salud Gym in Labangon in October after his next fight against Marco Antonio Barrera at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino…
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Katsidis Defeats Amonsot In Bloodbath
Las Vegas, Nevada (Mandalay Bay Events Center)—- At the end of the fight Australian tough guy Michael Katsidis looked like ground chuck. His left eye was a bloody mess and totally swollen…
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AMONSOT CUTMAN SAYS EVERYTHING IS FINE
Hereunder is an email message from Tony Martin, sent a few minutes ago. Martin was the cutman for Czar Amonsot in his fight against Michael Katsidis yesterday: I wont go into the…
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CONDES HANDLERS SPEAK!
The Promoters and Managers (Bobby Bostick "BBP", Cezar Trevino"TBI", Dante Ortiz "World Wide Manager" and Mr. Aljoe Jaro "Philippine Mgr.) are in agreement that IBF Champion Florante Condes will defend his title…
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THREE CT SCANS SHOW NO BLOOD CLOT ON AMONSOT
Three CT Scans conducted on Czar Amonsot following initial findings that he may have had a little blood clot in his brain following his brutal WBO lightweight title fight with Michael Katsidis…
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ANOTHER TEST ON AMONSOT
Czar Amonsot, the soft spoken southpaw who put up a gallant show but just fell short of winning the WBO lightweight title against hard-hitting Michael Katsidis whose face was a grotesque mass…
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PACQUIAO, LINARES ON COLLISION COURSE?
Yesterday's 'Coming To Fight' boxing event in Las Vegas which was headlined by Bernard Hopkins vs Winky Wright, Golden Boy Promotions had introduced two new faces to the American audience that they…
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Will It Be Barrera, Not Marquez, Who Will Solve the Pacquiao Puzzle?
Former pound–for-pound king Roy Jones has so much admiration on Marco Antonio Barrera that he emphatically told Doug Fisher of Maxboxing.Com: “I’d still say Barrera’s better pound-for-pound than Manny (Pacquiao). To me,…
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TEST SHOWS AMONSOT ‘STABLE AND DOING WELL’
According to Czar Amonsot's manager Michael Aldeguer, the test conducted today on his boxer showed that 'Czar is stable and doing very well,' which means an earlier prognosis of a blood clot…
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Career over for Amonsot?
Displaying guts and a big fighting heart, Czar Amonsot overcame two knockdowns to stay on his feet in losing a unanimous 12-round decision to unbeaten WBO interim lightweight champion Michael (Rocky) Katsidis…
