The Boxing Tribune

Boxing's Independent Media

  • Home
  • News
  • Videos
  • Best Of
  • Staff
  • Advertise With Us
  • Write for Us

Paul Magno’s Daily Grind: Thursday, July 22nd

July 22, 2010 by Paul Magno 2 Comments

0
SHARES
ShareTweet

…Freshly Ground Plagiarized Grind, Yours Daily…

* According to Ricardo Lois of The Boxing Truth, November’s rumored Nonito-Donaire-Fernando Montiel bout is far from being reality. In a personal phone call with Montiel yesterday, the WBC/WBO bantamweight champ told Lois that Top Rank has had no discussions whatsoever with him or his people regarding a bout with Donaire.

….Deja vu?

* On the other hand, an August 28th jr. flyweight unification bout between WBA champ, Giovanni Segura, and WBO kingpin, Ivan Calderon has apparently been green-lighted. The bout would be held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

…Can we all just agree this, for sure, is a real fight fan’s fight? But I’ll believe it when I see it, probably somewhere during the ring walks.

* Randy Couture, apparently, is not too concerned with James Toney’s boxing style as he prepares for their August 28th bout at UFC 118 in Boston. Couture has not added a single boxer to his team to try and emulate Toney’s style. On the other hand, Toney has been working with some submission/take down heavy hitters and, allegedly, doing better than expected. Regardless, Couture has opened betting as a -575 favorite.

…All I can say is that if Couture loses, Dana White will never hear the end of it. Couture should win because it is his sport, but I think he should face Toney next in a boxing ring…It’s only fair, right?

* Outrage has traveled across the boxing world as a result of the controversial Danny Green-Paul Briggs fight in Perth, Australia yesterday…well, about as much outrage as could be generated by a Green-Briggs bout in Perth, anyway…

The 29-second bout ended when Briggs crumpled to the canvas following a glancing jab to Briggs’ left sideburn. After the bout, with the crowd calling for blood, Green addressed the angry mob and promised to withhold payment to Briggs.

Today, however, the story has changed.

According to the Herald Sun newspaper, Green, at a post, post-fight press conference is now claiming that the punch was legit and that a slowed-down replay of the shot in question convinced him that Briggs wasn’t faking it.

“I caught Briggs on the soft part on the skull on top of the head,” Green told a packed media conference. “I viewed the footage this morning and slowed the footage down to an incredibly slow speed and I’m happy I did that, because you can actually see the blow that lands. To the naked eye it appears it hasn’t … (landed) but this is proof he’s been felled by a legitimate blow to the head and actually a brain stem kind of injury has occurred … it’s almost like a collision. He was legitimately hurt.”

Green also conformed that Briggs would, indeed, be paid in full, about $250,000.

In a poll on Fightnews.com, 89% of all respondents felt that Briggs took a dive.

The IBO, which sanctioned this pretend cruiserweight title fight, is calling for a formal investigation and may consider stripping Green of their pretend belt based on the pretend nature of the pretend title defense.

Ok, then…More Grind Mañana…



Your Ad Here

Paul Magno on Email
Paul Magno
Paul Magno
Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

Filed Under: News, Opinion Tagged With: Danny Green, Fernando Montiel, Giovanni Segura, Ivan Calderon, James Toney, Nonito Donaire, Paul Briggs, Randy Couture

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Best of The Boxing Tribune

Inflatable Dolls, Twin Chinless Wonders, and an Elderly Black Gentleman:  Involuntary Visual Requirements for the Contemporary Boxing Fan

Inflatable Dolls, Twin Chinless Wonders, and an Elderly Black Gentleman: Involuntary Visual Requirements for the Contemporary Boxing Fan

Being Gale Van Hoy; Magno’s Monday Rant

Being Gale Van Hoy; Magno’s Monday Rant

My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Epilogue)

My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Epilogue)

Canelo, Golden Boy Still Taking Steps Backwards With Chavez Fight

Canelo, Golden Boy Still Taking Steps Backwards With Chavez Fight

My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Part Two)

My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Part Two)

More of The Boxing Tribune's Best

Follow Us

Facebooktwitteryoutube

Alexa Traffic Rank

Sportsbook odds for all Boxing matches

Search

Recent

  • RIP Ted Sares: All Bull, No Bullshit
  • The Mental and Physical Benefits of Boxing
  • Interesting Similarities Between Boxing and eSports
  • 5 Boxing Rules Every Boxer Should Always Follow.
  • HOW TO GET STARTED IN BOXING