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King Hippo To Retire

December 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Everyone’s favorite Toughman Boxer, turned professional boxer, turned MMA fighter, Butterbean, has decided to put away his Rocky Balboa-American Hero shorts and hang up his gloves: JASPER, AL (WBRC) – Jasper’s Eric “Butterbean” Esch has decided to retire from fighting. The martial artist will fight his last fight on Friday at Boutwell Auditorium. Esch says he [...]

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Tags: Boxing · MMA

The Mike Tyson Documentary is Awesome

July 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Over the weekend, I got the chance to see Tyson, the new documentary about the rise and fall former heavyweight champion of the world.  Its pretty awesome.  Its awesome in the way a 20 car pile-up on the interstate is awesome.  You get to watch video of a young Tyson caving in the faces of [...]

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Tags: Boxing · Movies

Ricky Hatton Celebrates With a Champagne Supernova

November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Well, not the drink. Though, we could be wrong, he might like a little pick me up after a fight. But Hatton did celebrate with Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher of Oasis on Saturday in Las Vegas. Ricky, where were you while they were getting high? Getting an 11th round TKO victory against Paulie Malignaggi.  

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Tags: Boxing

Holyfield to Fight Shaven Yeti for Money

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

A word to party planners…Include Russian strippers and mail order brides and you dress up any occassion Evander Holyfield, punchdrunk and owing various baby’s momma a dump truck full of child support payments has apparently gone high into the Ural Mountains of Russia, no doubt flanked by his trusty sherpa Pema, only to return with [...]

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Boxers Are Great Actors

August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

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Boxer Anthony “The Bullet” Bonsante, aka Boxing’s No. 1 Dad, must have learned some acting skills when he was a contestant on The Contender, likely from Sly Stallone. As you’ll see in this video (at approx. the 3:00 min. mark), he managed to convince the referee that he was knocked out cold in the first round [...]

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Larry Johnson, Mike Tyson Dranking in Vegas on a Tuesday Night

July 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Kenny Irons thinks your game is weak Larry Larry Johnson was busy getting ready to ruin the hopes and dreams of Chiefs fans for the upcoming NFL season on a Tuesday night at Pure in Las Vegas.  Mike Tyson was also there, obviously filing the clubs crazy quota for the evening. He looked thrilled to [...]

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Tags: Boxing · NFL