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Archive for April 2008

April 25th, 2008

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to Participate in Indy 500

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Could that headline be true? Could Floyd Mayweather, Jr. really be driving a 240+ mph open-wheel car at the Brickyard this year? Here are the top 10 reasons as to why that could be true.
1) The recently re-merged Indy Racing League and CART circuit needs publicity.
2) The […]

By Michael Sedor -- 1 comment

April 24th, 2008

Kane, “Familia” Brawl on ECW

RESULTS

Tommy Dreamer & Kelly Kelly def. Mike Knox & Layla
Jimmy Wang Yang def. John Morrison
Kofi Kingston def. Shelton Benjamin
Mark Henry def. Nunzio

Poor match booking from top to bottom this week on ECW. I’m struggling to find anything in the entire hour worthy passing along. The “Familia” as they’re now being called with Edge, Vickie Guerrero, […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

April 24th, 2008

Vicious KOs Highlight ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights

Last night’s Seminole Warriors Knockout Kings card on ESPN2 lived up to its name. All four fights broadcast featured vicious knockouts. We’re embedding the full youtube of Colombian southpaw Juan Urango’s startling 4th round right hand cannon to Carlos Wilfredo Vilches. Be alert, the punch happens quickly. We wonder: Will Vilches ever get up?

But Urango’s […]

By Michael Sedor -- 0 comments

April 23rd, 2008

Knockout Kings Card at Seminole Hard Rock Promises Big Action

Two big hitting southpaws, Brooklyn’s “Mean” Joe Greene and Colombia’s Juan “The Iron Twin” Urango, highlight tonight’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida card which will be broadcast on as ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights.
The 27-year-old light welterweight Urango’s (19-1-1) bout against Argentine Carlos Wilfredo Vilches (53-7-2) is the headliner. Juan’s biggest fight came […]

By Michael Sedor -- 0 comments

April 22nd, 2008

Regal Crowned King of the Ring on Raw

Though the tournament had hype the participants, and eventual winner, of the WWE’s King of the Ring tournament left much to be desired. Many felt that King of the Ring had massive potential this time around, and in my eyes the concept does still have its merits, but when William Regal, the Raw GM and […]

By Kris -- 1 comment

April 22nd, 2008

“Pittsburgh Kid” Paul Spadafora Returns on Friday

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Paul Spadafora begins his second return to boxing Friday night at Erie, Pennsylvania’s Avalon Hotel against journeyman Shad Howard. Since relinquishing his IBF lightweight title in 2003 Spadafora has been in and out of prison, emerging in 2006 to begin a comeback but swiftly violating parole and sinking further […]

By Michael Sedor -- 1 comment

April 21st, 2008

“The Race” Comes To WWE Raw (video)

STAMFORD, Conn., April 21, 2008 — The night before an important Pennsylvania primary, Presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain will each make a very special appearance on a three-hour edition of WWE®’s “Monday Night RAW” tonight on the USA Network starting at 8 p.m. ET.
The three Presidential candidates intend […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

April 20th, 2008

Calzaghe Remains Undefeated With Split Decision Win Vs. Hopkins

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Joe Calzaghe is no Ricky Hatton. He doesn’t bring legions of Britons to Las Vegas, he’s not gracious to his opponent in post-match interviews, he doesn’t want to fight dangerous young fighters, but, most importantly, he’s able to find a way to win, however controversially, against […]

By Michael Sedor -- 0 comments

April 20th, 2008

UFC 83 Quick Results

Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Serra via TKO - Round 2, 4:45
Rich Franklin def. Travis Lutter via TKO - Round 2, 3:01
Nate Quarry def. Kalib Starnes via unanimous decision
Michael Bisping def. Charles McCarthy via TKO - Round 1, 5:00
Mac Danzig def. Mark Bocek via submission - Round 3, 3:48
Jason MacDonald def. Joe Doerksen via TKO - […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

April 19th, 2008

Adamek TKOs Bell in the 8th

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Polish hero Tomasz Adamek got Saturday’s boxing night off to a cracking start with a surprisingly one-sided victory over Jamaican O’Neil Bell, Ring Magazine’s #3 ranked cruiserweight. After seven rounds of steady punishment Bell’s corner stopped the fight just before the eighth round’s start.
Bell’s body and […]

By Michael Sedor -- 1 comment