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Archive for April 2008

April 30th, 2008

Paul Spadafora’s Roller Coaster Ride Continues

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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, […]

By Michael Sedor -- 0 comments

April 30th, 2008

Shawn Estrada Books Ticket to Beijing

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 […]

By Michael Sedor -- 4 comments

April 29th, 2008

Oscar de la Hoya Fighting Saturday…Yawn

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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. […]

By Michael Sedor -- 0 comments

April 28th, 2008

Backlash: Triple H Earns WWE Championship; Matt Hardy Crowned US Champ

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 […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

April 28th, 2008

MMA Roundup

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 […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

April 28th, 2008

United States Olympic Boxing Team Has Good Sunday

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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 […]

By Michael Sedor -- 0 comments

April 27th, 2008

Calzaghe Thinks Jeff Lacy is Better Than Bernard Hopkins (and Other Gems from the Welshman)

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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 […]

By Michael Sedor -- 0 comments

April 26th, 2008

Undertaker Retains Championship on SmackDown

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 […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

April 26th, 2008

United States Olympic Boxing Team Battles This Weekend

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 […]

By Michael Sedor -- 0 comments

April 25th, 2008

UFC 85: Three Major Fights Announed For London PPV

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 […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

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