April 30th, 2008
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Last week here at jabandgrapple.com we remembered the “Pittsburgh Kid” Paul Spadafora and wished him luck on his second comeback to the ring. His Friday bout in Erie versus punching bag Shad Howard went well.
Spadafora, now sporting longer hair, many more tattoos and, according to the Meadville Tribune, […]
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April 30th, 2008
Yesterday afternoon East Los Angeles middleweight Shawn Estrada became the ninth member of the American boxing team to qualify for the Olympic Games. He did it in determined fashion at the second American qualifiers in Guatemala City battling his Brazilian opponent Yamaguchi Florentine tooth and nail knowing that glory lay at the end of a […]
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April 29th, 2008
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It’s really hard to get excited about Saturday’s 150 lb. bout between Oscar De La Hoya’s tired, pragmatic, money-oozing sheen and The Contender graduate Steve Forbes‘ pleading payday-grabbing genuflection. No one expects a good fight. No one expects Forbes to have much of a chance. […]
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April 28th, 2008
WWE Backlash took place last night at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland and two major titles changed hands. In the main event Triple H bested former-champ Randy Orton, John Cena, and JBL to claim the most prestigious title in sports entertainment.Cena opened up the eliminations in the bout, submitting JBL with the STFU […]
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April 28th, 2008
Check out these links for your fill of recent mixed martial arts news:
Travis Lutter Cut From The UFC
Few TUF7 Cast Members To Fight At June 21st Live Finale
Former WEC Champion McCullough Returns On June 1st
Charles McCarthy Announces Retirement
HDNet Fights Announces Partnership With DREAM
EliteXC “Primetime” To Include Five Televised, Seven Preliminary Bouts
Terry Martin Still Under Contract […]
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April 28th, 2008
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Sunday was a good day for the United States Olympic Boxing Team. Both Shawn Estrada and Michael Hunter II won their bouts in the Guatemala City second Americas Olympic Qualifiers tourney while the rest of the team marched to a decisive 9-2 dual […]
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April 27th, 2008
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If you call your opponent a “sore loser” doesn’t that necessarily indicate that you’re a sore winner? In Joe Calzaghe’s case it just means that he’s a classless boxer who doesn’t know when to shut up or give a great fighter credit.
What this all means is […]
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April 26th, 2008
Shannon Moore def. WWE Tag Team Champion The Miz
Natalya def. Cherry
Edge def. CM Punk
Vladimir Kozlov def. Marty Garner
World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker def. Batista (No Disqualification Match)
As indicated by the results above Undertaker retained the world heavyweight championship last night on SmackDown, pinning Batista after a sweet chin music assist from Shawn Michaels helped the deadman […]
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April 26th, 2008
The full United States Olympic Boxing team is action this weekend. The eight members who have already qualified for Beijing are competing tonight against their Puerto Rican amateur adversaries in Philadelphia while the remaining three are vying for their Olympic spots at the second Americas Qualifier being held this week in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
The Philadelphia […]
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April 25th, 2008
This afternoon the UFC announced three additional fights for UFC 85 in London, England at the O2 Arena. Announced today were Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves, Rashad Evans vs. James Irvin, and Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben.
UFC 85 airs live on pay-per-view on June 7th at 3pm ET.
The complete card for the event is after […]
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