Jean Pascal will fight Chad Dawson August 14th in Montreal, Canada. The reason Pascal did not come to Irongloves for this training camp is because he wanted to stay training in high altitudes for Canada’s thin air. It is Canada’s biggest fight ever they say.
Read the whole lead up story at> FightNews.com
BoxRec.com for Pascal from Quebec, Canada
BoxRec.com for Dawson from New Haven, Connecticut
Here is some interesting facts about Jean Pascal> Wikipedia
Former three-division boxing world champion James Toney, was surfing the net awhile ago when he came across claims by UFC President Dana White. White had said that boxers can’t stand up to mixed martial artists, so Toney decided to prove White wrong. Toney has spent eight weeks at a gym in two-a-day training sessions, preparing for the bout against Randy Couture scheduled for August 28.
Who do you think will win and why?
Do you think this will settle the Boxing vs. MMA debate, or will it add fuel to the fire?
Why isn’t an MMA fighter stepping into the boxing ring?
D Dawg posted this in our Forum & is running a Poll. Check it out: Toney & Couture Poll
Here’s the story over at> Los Angeles Times
Canseco loses fight against a 60-year-old.
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This movie is due out this December about Mickey Ward — should be a good one.
Mark Wahlberg will play “Irish” Mickey Ward.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/
To bad for our friend Travis Walker, he was KO’d in the 6th round. Since Saturday, the video has had over 42,000 views. It is one the freakiest knockouts ever seen. Travis is wearing black trunks, Johnathon Banks is wearing blue.
Jean Pascal current WBC Light Heavy Weight Champion of the World. Jean stopped in to see us on Thursday March 11th. He wanted to show me his belt. He said if all goes as planned they will be setting up his next camp at Irongloves, he just loves our weather here. He is scheduled to fight Chad Dawson August 14, 2010. Be sure to check out Jean’s fight record at> BoxRec
Here is a pretty good article on James Toney beginning his new MMA career. He still hasn’t begun to do any ground work. He just hired a boxing trainer, when you’d think he’d be emphasizing on some mat moves. Here is a cool MMA site, read about James Toney at the CagePotato.com Be sure to read some of the comments, pretty good ones. Maybe they should bring back Mark “The Hammer” Coleman. He & Toney would be a good match.
This Saturday March 13th, can’t wait. For those that want to go to a bar to watch, I think the Fox & Hound in Gilbert will be showing it. Call ahead to verify. According to one of their employees, they show all the Boxing & UFC matches.
Fox & Hound Pub & Grill > website
1017 East Baseline Road
Gilbert, AZ 85233
(480) 507-2343
Good news — It looks like Travis Walker will be setting up his camp at Irongloves. He’ll be fighting March 20th on the under-card of Klitshcko.
Read the interview at> East Side Boxing
‘Our Historian Sport Icons’ – We all have sat around the table talking about our favorite athletes of all time. Pretty much the same names stick with us forever. Let’s see if you agree… who comes to mind first for you?
For instance… when you think of bodybuilding, who comes to mind first?
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Okay, here we go…
Question: Tennis? Answer: John McEnroe, Billy Jean King, & Bjorn Borg.
Question: Baseball? Answer: Hank Aaron & Babe Ruth.
Question: Football? Answer: Jim Brown, Walter Payton, & Joe Namath.
Question: Basketball? Answer: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, & Wilt Chamberlain.
Question: Soccer Answer: Pele’
Question: Martial Arts? Answer: Bruce Lee & Chuck Norris.
Question: Golf? Answer: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholson, & Tiger Woods.
Question: Olympics? Answer: Bruce Jenner.
Question: MMA? Answer: Ken Shamrock & the Gracie family.
Question: Boxing? Answer: Muhammad Ali & Mike Tyson.
Going way back, here are some our greatest boxers: Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Sugar Ray Leonard, Rocky Marciano, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Marvin Hagler, Thomas, Hearns, Larry Holmes. With all these names listed, what two fighters still come to mind more than any of them? It would still be> Muhammad Ali & Mike Tyson.
