Don King, on Mike Tyson


"Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter?
He went to prison, not to Princeton."



"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music
and the dancers hit each other."

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Mayweather bout judge stepping away from ring By KEN RITTER, Associated Press

In this photo taken Saturday, Sept. 14, 2012, boxing judge Cynthia C.J. Ross, left, waits to hand her scorecard to the referee after the seventh round of the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas. Ross is temporarily stepping away from the ring after drawing widespread criticism for scoring the fight a draw when two other judges scored Mayweather the clear winner. Photo: Eric Jamison
In this photo taken Saturday, Sept. 14, 2012, boxing judge Cynthia C.J. Ross, left, waits to hand her scorecard to the referee after the seventh round of the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas. Ross is temporarily stepping away from the ring after drawing widespread criticism for scoring the fight a draw when two other judges scored Mayweather the clear winner.
 Photo: Eric Jamison 
 
 LAS VEGAS (AP) — A veteran Nevada boxing judge who drew widespread criticism after scoring a weekend title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez a draw is giving up her ringside job, at least temporarily.
 
Ross scored the world 152-pound title fight a 114-114 draw on Saturday night, but Mayweather won a majority decision after two other judges scored Mayweather the clear winner. Those scorecards had the fight 116-112 and 117-111 for Mayweather, who remained an undefeated 45-0.



Ross also drew attention as one of two judges who scored Timothy Bradley the winner in a controversial split-decision welterweight title bout over Manny Pacquiao in June 2012 in Las Vegas.

State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer said Wednesday he respected Ross' decision to take time off and appreciated her more than 20 years of service to boxing.


Ross, a retired casino surveillance official and mechanical designer, said she has been scoring fights for 22 years and estimated that she had judged more than 30 previous championship bouts.

She defended her scoring of the 12-round Mayweather-Alvarez fight.

Ross said she thought second-guessing on social media has changed boxing.
 
 
 
 
 
 





Thursday, September 12, 2013

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, foe of Mayweather, stirs fan fervor


Floyd Mayweather THE FAVORITE in upcoming fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez

 

"Money" Mayweather is not only the superlative defensive boxer who can punch and give many different looks in the Ring... he is a pretty good money making machine for the cable Sportscasters.  Remember  his Uncle Roger was known for knocking out all the great Mexican Champions of his day.  Floyd has more talent than Roger and no one would like to see the Gravy Train come to an end.  My guess is that Floyd will find a way to offset the 23 yer old Canelo's strength and punching power. 


Shayne Mosley said nice things about Canelo but hinted that Floyd may have too much poise and talent for the kid to overcome. He said if Floyd gets his groove on, he will outpoint Canelo down the stretch because once he figures his opponent out, he becomes unhitable and unleashes his big punches at will.  Shayne says Canelo needs to 'jump on' Floyd immediately and keep up the pressure.  Unfortunately, CANELO IS A SLOW STARTER.
Let's hope the fight does not have the kind of end where Floyd sucker punched Victor Ortiz.  That was a real stinker...
How do you preserve Canelo's marketability and still see Floyd win?  AT 23 YEARS OLD CANELO HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO REDEEM HIMSELF.

The Wall Street Journal HAS A VERY GOOD ARTICLE THAT PRAISES FLOYD AND HARDLY TALKS ABOUT HIS OPPONENT'S TALENT:


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Floyd Mayweather Jr. dodges a punch from Juan Manuel Marquez in a 2009 bout using his patented shoulder roll.
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Floyd Mayweather: The Fighter That Nobody Can Punch

The Boxer's Rules of Elusion: Shoulder Roll, Check Hook, Jab



Every generation or two, a boxing champion captures the imagination of his peers.

Fighters in the 1970s looked to mimic Muhammad Ali, dancing around the ring with their hands down, flicking jabs. In the 1990s there were Mike Tyson wannabes.

Now, in almost every parlor of sweat and punch, you are sure to encounter amateurs and pros inching forward with their chin tucked, shoulders narrow—as though between two panes of glass—and left hand down at a 90-degree angle. They are practicing the sweet science perfected by Floyd Mayweather Jr. 

 
On Saturday in Las Vegas, in a bout sure to be one of the biggest financial bonanzas in fistic history, Mayweather (44-0, 26 knockouts) will scrap with 23-year-old Mexican sensation Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 knockouts).

A native of Grand Rapids, Mich., Mayweather hails from a city and family famous for its fighters. Hall of Famers Stanley Ketchel and Wes Ramey, to say nothing of Buster Mathis and Tony Tucker, developed their craft in Grand Rapids, as did Floyd Mayweather Sr. and his brothers Roger and Jeff.

All three of the senior Mayweathers were elite professionals, but the eldest, Floyd Mayweather Sr., was the one who taught his son the inimitable fighting form that "Money" Mayweather banks on. As Sugar Ray Leonard—who defeated Floyd Sr. in 1978—pointed out, "Floyd Jr. fights just like his dad. It is just that Junior hits harder!"

One needs to be a history detective to trace boxing techniques to their sinewy point of origin. Henry Grooms, who managed Floyd Mayweather Sr. for a good part of his career, contends that the style "was really one that Floyd Sr. developed on his own." Floyd Sr., who had his son in the gym at 10, said, "I picked a lot of it from Bob Tucker," the father and trainer of former heavyweight champion, Tony Tucker.

Floyd Jr.'s uncle and longtime trainer, Roger Mayweather, disagrees. "It was Dale and Mitch in Kalamazoo," he said.

Informed of the conflicting accounts, Mayweather Jr. chuckled, "To be honest, I think it was a style that came from all the great gyms in Detroit," he said.

Either way, the younger Mayweather describes his ring method as one based on "timing and inches." "You have to stay in the pocket, behind the left shoulder," he said.

The move widely associated with the Mayweather style, the shoulder roll, goes back to Walcott, Robinson and Moore. When Alvarez launches his powerful right hand on Saturday night, Mayweather likely will roll his left shoulder to the right with the incoming punch.

This technique doesn't tie up a fighter's hands and leaves him in perfect position to return fire.

All sweet scientists know the jab is an offensive and defensive weapon. A boxer uses it to attack and set up the big blows but also to gain separation.
Mayweather said he has "at least" three different jabs: a regular jab, an up-jab and a punch that his dad tabs the spear jab.

With the up-jab, Mayweather's left is held low and he simply whips it up like a stick at his rival's chin. As for the spear jab, "you slip inside the other guy's left and throw a hard jab."

After a pause, and with a twinkle in his eye, Mayweather added, "You will see a lot of fighters move to their left and jab, but I do something no one else does—I walk out to my right and jab."

The best pure boxer of this era, Mayweather, 36, can be vulnerable to the jab, something he remains wary of. "The left hook is the punch that can knock you out because you don't see it coming," he said. "I keep my right hand by my cheek to catch the hook. But I don't try to catch the jab."

Mayweather sports one of the best counter right hands in the history of boxing. Poke at him with a left and he will pull away, load up his power on his back leg and crack a right that will give any fighter pause about punching. Asked how he became so impossibly good with this shot, Mayweather grins, "God-given talent, I guess." And 25 years of practice.

For those who attack bull-like such as Ricky Hatton, whom Mayweather defeated in 2007, Mayweather has the "check hook," a devastating punch from a bygone era. Here, Mayweather slides a step in retreat, coils the springs of his back leg and unleashes a left hook that comes from outside his opponent's field of vision.

Balance is often the factor that distinguishes the good boxer from the great one. Mayweather is seldom off kilter. As elusive as a wraith in the ring, he prides himself on his unpredictable movements and balletic pivots. Pressed to the ropes, he will invariably slip under incoming blows, pivot out and reverse positions.

When most boxers release their power shots, they tend to tip forward and get off balance. Mayweather, however, can detonate multiple right hands without ever falling off the beam of punching position. On this point, he boasts, "Go back and watch my [2003] knockout of Phillip Ndou. I did it with four right hands in a row!"

The CompuBox numbers attest to Mayweather's supremacy. Bob Canobbio, founder of CompuBox, said that in his last 10 bouts, "Mayweather has a punch connect percentage of 41. The only one with a higher rate is Alvarez (42%)."
"However," Canobbio added, "Alvarez has not faced anything close to the same level of competition as Mayweather."

On the defensive side, Mayweather's opponents have only landed 17% of their punches. "The number that counts the most is what I call the 'plus/minus,'" Canobbio said. "You subtract the rate of punches that hit you from your connect rate." With a plus/minus of 24, Mayweather reigns as the statistical king of the ring.

Mayweather's core strength is his uncanny ability to anticipate punches, said legendary trainer Brother Naazim Richardson. "I don't look anywhere in particular when I'm fighting," Mayweather said. "I scan their whole body and in about two rounds I have them figured out."

Unlike some of his boxing brethren, Mayweather has no urge to acquire the macho credentials that come with being able to absorb punishment. With a glance that belies an appreciation for the perils of the gloved game, he said, 

"Defense is an art and with a great defense you can last a lot longer in this sport."




A version of this article appeared September 11, 2013, on page D7 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: The Fighter That Nobody Can Punch.



Friday, September 6, 2013

Kitten Speed Bag

Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee


Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist.

Ali was both idolized and vilified.

Originally known as Cassius Clay, Ali changed his name, after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, the same year his friend Malcolm X would leave, subsequently converting to traditional Islam; Ali would follow suit in the ’70s.

In 1967, three years after Ali had won the World Heavyweight Championship, he was publicly vilified for his refusal to be conscripted into the U.S. military, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War – “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong… No Vietcong ever called me nigger” – one of the more telling remarks of the era.
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Ali is generally considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time by boxing commentators and historians.

Ring Magazine, a prominent boxing magazine, named him NUMBER 1 in a 1998 ranking of GREATEST heavyweights from ALL ERAS.
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You can read more of this extrodinary man’s life, HERE:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali .







Marijuana Argument Given By Superior Court Judge James P. Gray

Th8is is an old video but little has changed in most states....

 uploaded on Oct 28, 2009


 
Retired Superior Court Judge James P. Gray testifies in favor of a marijuana legalization bill in the California Assembly on October 28, 2009. Judge Gray is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, which any citizen can join for free at http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com.

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Muhammad Ali

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“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be.
I’m free to be what I want.”
― Muhammad Ali


Monday, September 2, 2013

Migraines 'can cause permanent brain damage'

BATTROBORG - MOTION CONTROLLED BATTLING ROBOTS

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Remote Control Fighting Robot Cyborgs - Tomy BattroBorg 20 #DigInfo


Battroborg updates Rock'em Sock'em Robots for the Wii generation, we go hands-on  

When Battroborg hit shelves in Japan last June we were, admittedly, a tad jealous. Where were our tiny, motion controlled boxing bots? Well, if you can be just a bit more patient, the vicious little toys should be landing stateside in time for Christmas.  

... beyond the obvious Wii and Rock'em Sock'em Robots comparisons, what's it like piloting these puny pugilists through battle?

When Tomy rep, Jamie Kieffer, took out the Battroborgs we were immediately struck by how small they were.   ... at about two or three inches tall, they're damn-near pocketable, which was a tad unexpected, we'd say they were cute. 

Their exceptionally light plastic bodies have two arms with joints at the elbow and shoulder, which allow them to throw straight rights and jabs. 

We also discovered, accidentally, that if you pop the elbow joint out of place you can "teach" the little guys to throw a hook.  

  ...accelerometers that translate your furious flurries into robot rights and lefts.

Operation is pretty simple. 
   

Edgar Alvarez contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/25/battroborg-updates-rockem-sockem-robots-for-the-wii-generation/ 

 


With Battroborgs, you punch using hand-held radio controllers.



August 27, 2013

Forget the Punching Bag, Try the Robots

Battroborgs, an electronic update of the old Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots toy, are a lot of fun, and hardly need the hype that the marketing team for the toy has thrown at it. 

The advertising, Web site, and the free Battroborg Trainer app show animations that variously make the Battroborgs look as if they shoot sparks, use martial arts moves and have light-up eyes. They don’t. 

They do two things: Throw a punch with the left, and throw a punch with the right. 

And that’s plenty enough to have fun. 

You punch using hand-held radio controllers. Hold one in each hand, and when you throw a punch, the Battroborg does too. Alternating lefts and rights move the robot forward. Throwing repeated punches with one arm turns the Battroborg. It can take a little bit of practice just to get them in fighting proximity. 

The toy also comes with a “fight arena,” something like a boxing ring, which can be set up so the ropes restrict the toys to advancing toward each other, a help to wee ones impatient to get to the punching. 

When a Battroborg takes a punch, a light on its backpack signals the level of damage until blinking red signals it’s game over and shuts down the Battroborg. 

There is also a single-play mode, “Auto Drone,” that lets you play against a Battroborg throwing automated punches. 

Some of the marketing hype is in good fun. The head of the Battroborg, where you aim your punches, is referred to invariably as the “Neurocranial-Optic Visor.” The on/off switch is on the “Triton Processor.” Cardboard cutouts you can practice punching with are “Training Drones.” 

The toy kept two adults entertained for a good 15 minutes, which would have been longer except for looming deadlines — and the fact that the batteries need a recharge at about 20 minutes. A full recharge also takes about 20 minutes. 

The Battroborg play set is $80 with the arena and two Battroborgs. Additional Battroborgs are $35. 



 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/technology/personaltech/forget-the-punching-bag-try-the-robot.html





Tuesday, August 20, 2013

And here’s the super slow-mo replay to end all replays:






In the main event of Fox Sports 1′s boxing debut Monday night, cancer survivor Danny Jacobs defeated Giovanni Lorenzo with an epic third-round knockout that reaches stratospheric levels of epic thanks to Fox’s super slow-mo camera.



Wow, Danny Jacobs. Just wow. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Wow, Danny Jacobs. Just wow. (Al Bello/Getty Images)




Here’s the regular replay: Click on Picture to go to Vine and slow motion...





https://vine.co/v/hOtKTtmHwtw


Source:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Nonito Donair

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WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Nonito Donair


Rigondeaux has A STANCE LIKE A FENCER.







Fighting desn't Make You Smarter


Marcino vs Walcott


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IQ suffers from fighting injuries among teens



(dailyRx News) They say that "boys will be boys" when the roughhousing gets too rough. Yet both boys and girls get into serious fights during their teen years. And the effects could last well beyond graduation.

A recent study found that teens may experience a small drop in IQ points for each serious injury they receive from fights.

The decrease in intelligence was greater for the females than the males, though it's not clear why.


The study combined all injuries together so it could not distinguish between head injuries and other kinds of injuries.

"Teach your kids to avoid fights."

This study, led by Joseph A. Schwartz, MA, at the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University, looked at the possible impact of injuries from fighting on a child's intelligence.

The researchers used data collected between 1994 and 2002 from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. This survey involved over 20,000 youth, aged 12 to 21 in the first wave, who came from 132 middle and high schools across the US.

The second wave a few years later included 15,000 youth who were also included in the first wave. Then a third wave occurred five years later (2001 and 2002), providing long-term data for the same teens.

The teens were asked at each of these survey follow-ups about personality traits, social relationships and certain behaviors.

One question asked how often in the previous year the teens had been in a physical fight in which they were injured and required treatment from a doctor or nurse.

This information was compared with an intelligence score (IQ) based on a picture vocabulary test that the participants took.

The 22 participants who reported being in more than 10 serious fights were not included in the analysis since they might have skewed the results.

The researchers took into account the participants' socioeconomic background (household income and education level), sex, age and race in their analyses.

Overall, 7.2 percent of the participants had been involved in at least one fight that resulted in serious injury. This group included 10.2 percent of the males surveyed and 4.5 percent of the females surveyed.

The researchers determined that "each fighting-related injury resulted in a loss of approximately 1.89 IQ points even after controlling for changes in socioeconomic status, age, race and gender."


The loss in IQ points was different based on different sexes. Boys saw a drop of about 1.62 IQ points for each serious fighting injury, and girls saw a drop of about 3.02 IQ points for each one.

The researchers saw bigger drops in IQ over time for those involved in more fights.

"Fighting-related injuries have a significant impact on subsequent cognitive functioning and intelligence," the researchers concluded.

They also noted that one limitation of their study was that all fighting injuries were lumped together.

Therefore, the possible effects on IQ of a head injury compared to other types of injuries could not be separated out in this study. That also means, they said, that head injuries in particular may result in larger drops in IQ.

"Although adolescent fighting is generally discouraged, all too often it is viewed as 'boys will be boys' when in reality fighting may be promoting cognitive decline later in life," the authors wrote.

"These findings may also have implications for related sources of physical injury, such as contact sports," they wrote.

The study was published July 26 in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

The research was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development along with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations.

The authors declared no conflicts of interest.