Friday, June 29, 2007

Happy Birthday, Chuck Wepner

Okay, Chuck Wepner's birthday actually is February 26. Why, it's not even Chuck Bodak's birthday today.

But it's a slow news week.

We're in a lull between the big fights of June and the big fights of July. The Gatti-Gomez and Hopkins-Wright fights are coming soon. Promoters are putting together Mayweather-Hatton --- and could the pre-fight trash talk to whip up fan demand for the battle be any more obvious?

The Washington Post has a story today about the Emmanuel Nwodo - Darnell Wilson fight in Staten Island, N.Y., that will headline ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. Joe Tessitore has a piece about Wilson on ESPN.com. Tim Smith in the New York Daily News mentions that part of the proceeds from tonight's show in announcer Teddy Atlas' hood will go to Atlas' excellent charitable foundation.

3 comments:

Rootytoot said...

Zora Foley could kick his @ss!!!

Unknown said...

Have you seen the Wilson-Nwodo fight? Wilson decked Nwodo with one of the best left hooks I had ever seen. It is one of the most vicious boxing KO's in recent years. I thought Nwodo broke his leg when he collapsed. It's unforgettable.

Anonymous said...

refering to the Mayweather Hatton Fight, our english representative was all talk and no action... Pre-fight he was chatting how his fighting would do the talking - what a load of bull...

I lost £300 on this fight - my wife and kids won't be getting what they want for christmas and im gonna struggle to pay the mortgage... im starting to wish id used the money for some other kind of online sports betting. I would have been much more successful putting a bet on football or something...