any predictions on collazo vs hatton and barrera vs rocky juarez? i cant wait for the rocky fight. representing htown!
Shanna Moakler is a former Miss USA (1995), an actress (TV's "Pacific Blue" and movies such as "The Wedding Singer" and "Love Stinks") and the former girlfriend of The Golden Boy, Oscar de la Hoya, whom she is suing for $62.5 million (palimony). Because Moakler claims to be an expert on boxing, Page 2's Todd Gallagher hit her with 10 of our most pointed Burning Questions -- on fixed fights, the perils of life with Oscar, her current boyfriend (actor Dennis Quaid) and the rest of her storied love life. She came through beautifully. 1. Page 2: How many times do you get hit on in a given day? And don't give us that garbage, "You'd be surprised ..." Moakler: It depends on how I look. When I'm all dressed up, no one comes up and hits on me at all. Ever. Why? Moakler: I don't know. Either they're intimidated or ... I don't know. I've had boyfriends that I've had to go up to, where they were like, "I would have never gone up to you." That's weird, because most times you see a pretty girl somewhere and 20 guys are flocking to her. Moakler: Well, if I'm dressed down like I am now, they hit on me all the time. It blows my mind. I look horrible right now. When I'm all dolled up, they don't even come close. Sometimes when I'm in my car and I look horrible, they're like, "Hi." What am I going to do -- pull over and be like, "What's your number?" 2. Have you gone out with any guys who are really kicking themselves now? You know, everyone's got the "I was the biggest dork in high school " story. Moakler: No, I really was the biggest dork in high school. I know everyone says that, but I was 4-foot-11 and 75 pounds when I was 17. I didn't hit puberty until I was 17, so no one hit on me. 3. Were you a gymnast or something? Moakler: I was a competitive roller skater for 12 years. You mean Rollerblading? Moakler: No, roller skating. Everything you see in ice skating, except on roller skates. It's a big world, a lot of people don't know. But we're in the World Games, the Pan-Am Games. It's not in the Olympics, but it's huge. Italy, France, they all do it. When I was done with the roller skating and hit puberty, I got to fulfill all of those high school fantasies, like dating the captain of the football team and winning best-dressed. But until then I didn't date anyone in high school, because I was such a dork. 4. What's your most embarrassing sexual experience? Moakler: The most embarrassing was when I lost my virginity. My dad's a dentist, and this guy and I were in his office. My mom walked into the next room and turned the light switch on and was like, "Shanna?" The guy skyrocketed out across the room. Suffice to say, the passion never was the same between us. How old were you? Moakler: 18. I was a good girl. 5. Our "girlfriend" wanted us to ask: Who's better in bed -- Dennis or Oscar? Moakler: Dennis, by a landslide! And he's got a better body. You'd think Oscar would, being a boxer and training and everything, but ... 6. How did it go wrong with Oscar? Moakler: When he lost to Shane Mosley, things had a different feeling, but I never thought the problem was with our love and us. I thought it was more about his defeat. As a man, as a Mexican man, going through that ... I always thought it was just something he was working out. I thought the problem was the public humiliation of that loss. Before that, there were stupid little problems, like "Why didn't you call me?" or that he traveled a lot, but nothing serious. Naturally, there are going to be problems with a very conservative Mexican man being with a very independent woman. But there were never any problems where I thought we would leave each other. So what happened? Moakler: I'm sitting in bed, watching the Latin Grammy awards, feeling hurt that he went without me. Then, I see him there with another woman. I was devastated. I had no idea there were any real problems in the relationship until that point. He says he wasn't there with the woman. Moakler: He was. ... He just married her. Which is fine. How much of the problems with Oscar had to do with the fact both of you were young? Moakler: You can't look at Oscar like you would you and I. He didn't have a normal upbringing. He was extremely poor, not very well-educated, spent his entire life in the gym, never really got to go out. Or at least never got to go out at the right time, when you're supposed to go out and meet girls and drink beers. He never got to do that because he was always in the gym. Now, at a time when you and I are working on our careers, when his own responsibilities are heightened, that's when he's out sleeping with the world and gambling, drinking and acting like an ass. So in the big picture, I can understand where the poor kid's coming from, but the way he handled the situation with me and our kid was in poor taste and really kind of mean. 7. Have you dated any other athletes or celebrities? Moakler: I definitely won't date any other major athletes. What I've seen from my own situation and from girlfriends who have also dated athletes is there's definitely a spoiled-kid attitude going on there. I've dated other celebrities, but they're cheesy. Who are they? Moakler: No, I can't. Especially now that it's going to be written up that I just called them cheesy. Come on, we'll find out. Just give us a couple. If they're cheesy, we're sure they know it anyway. Moakler: OK, I dated Jordan Knight from New Kids on the Block, I dated a "Baywatch" boy named David Charvet, and I dated Billy Idol. That's awesome! We love Billy Idol. Moakler: He's so sexy. (English accent) You know he's got that English thing going on. We can't believe that works! Moakler: Yeah, it works. I'm a fan of accents. And the hair? Moakler: And the hair, and everything! He's a rock star ... he's so cute. What's something you can tell us about Billy Idol we don't already know? Is he sweet and sensitive, or some crap like that? Moakler: No, he's not too sweet and sensitive. But he's a gentleman. He's got a great mind for history, loves to talk about philosophy, and he is very intelligent. He's got a kid and is a great father. He's horrible in bed. Why? He's certainly had enough practice. Moakler: He has been a rock star since he was 18, and he never had to perform, because women just threw themselves at him. It just goes back to (Billy Idol impression) "I don't have to give anything because I've been getting it for years, dammit." But he's a good kisser. 8. Who's the most overrated actor? Moakler: Geez, there's a couple really overrated actresses. I'm just not into that entire "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" stuff. They're going in and doing movies, and it's like, "When did these women become sex symbols?" It's a part of Hollywood I don't understand. You know I love Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar for what they do, but Jennifer Love Hewitt playing Audrey Hepburn? It's things like that that drive me crazy. Like boy bands and cheesy teen movies. You see those Freddie Prinze Jr. ones and I'm like � I'm not getting it. Maybe I'm getting old. 9. What television do you watch? Moakler: "Will and Grace," "Friends" ... I know this is horrible, but I love those reality shows. I'm like "Survivor Africa," woo! Would you go on "Survivor"? Moakler: I would. I'd love to go out and challenge myself and see if I could win. No, you wouldn't. Moakler: I really would. I actually have the application, and I filled it out, but my manager was like, "Don't even think about it. I'll kill you." 10. What's you favorite sport? Moakler: Boxing. I love the whole world of it. Sadly, it's kind of difficult for me to watch it now. Who's your favorite boxer? Moakler: Sugar Ray. Sugar Ray Robinson? Moakler: Sugar Ray Leonard. How about currently? Moakler: I just love (Fernando) Vargas, because I think he's hysterical; he's just entertaining to me. God, (Bernard) Hopkins looks fantastic, and I do love (Felix) Trinidad, but I really love (Shane) Mosley; He's just the most articulate, sweetest thing. I also love Floyd Mayweather for a lighter fighter. And (Lennox) Lewis redeemed himself, which was cool. It sucks for a heavyweight champion to go out the way he did the first time. What do you think about boxing? It's such a mess. Moakler: Boxing is a mess, and what's really bummed out is that Oscar could have really helped change all that. If he really focused, he really could have made history. Well, he's already made history, but he could have made history. There's a difference between making a name with the rest of the boxers ... and changing the sport. He could have done that. Like with the scoring system ... Oscar was lobbying to have open scoring like every other sport, so you can see where you stand, round by round. To me, the inherent flaw in boxing is the voting. I mean, any athletic event anyone votes on is like figure skating, or roller skating. No offense. Have you heard anything about boxing fixes? Moakler: I have not ever seen a fight be fixed. But I definitely believe there are politics involved when there's something like a Trinidad-Oscar rematch, because everyone is going to make a lot of money, including the fighters. But actually approaching Oscar, or Oscar ever talking to me about that stuff ... Oscar did talk to me very intimately about things like that ... no definitely not. But with Don King, and things like that, it has to exist. You'd have to be a fool to think it didn't. Scary guy.
I would pay 50$ on PPV to watch Oscar beat up that tatooed freakshow tool drummer that his exwife is married to now.
Hatton wins in KO in 5th round. Rocky is a ****in scrub. Barrera will easily beat this guy. my prediction is a knockout body shot in the 6th. Only houston boxer that i am proud of is Juan Diaz, now THAT is a boxer.
bwahahahaha This sounds gay but I dont care - talk about trading down. I hope blink 182 saved it's money, because the only thing missing from taht picture is the double wide trailer in the background.
oh man i cant stand travis barker. yea she really traded down. i 'd love to see oscar wipped his hillbilly tatooed ass
NEWS FLASH Oscar injured in win! Planned September 16 fight could be delayed WBC super welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya tore a muscle in his left forearm on Saturday night during his demolition of Ricardo Mayorga in Las Vegas. According to the L.A. Times, he is also suffering from a slight tear of the rotator cuff. "I will not have surgery on my rotator cuff," he told the paper. "I will try to let it heal on its own along with medication." He did not specify what actions will be taken for the forearm injury. The Golden Boy has mentioned Floyd Mayweather Jr., Winky Wright and Ricky Hatton as possible opponents in what could be Oscar's last fight, tentatively slated for September 16 provided his injuries are healed in time. Mayweather Jr., is the son of Oscar's trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., who is against an Oscar-Floyd Jr. clash. ALSO Former welterweight champion Zab Judah and his father and trainer, Yoel Judah, were fined and had their licenses revoked by the Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday for their roles in an April 8 melee that erupted during Zab Judah's fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The commission came down the hardest on Zab Judah, who was fined $250,000 -- his entire cut of the $1 million paid by Top Rank to promoter Don King to deliver Judah for the fight -- and had his boxing license in Nevada revoked for one year. Yoel Judah was fined $100,000 and also had his license revoked for a year. He and Zab can reapply for licenses April 8, 2007. "I'm happy it's over but I thought it was very unfair," Yoel Judah told ESPN.com. "We stated our case and they gave us the hardest penalties. They came down hard on us. It was bad. They said they were trying to make a statement." Zab Judah told ESPN.com that he was shocked at how harshly he was punished. "I thought it was crazy," he said. "I don't think it was fair. A lot of BS was involved. I thought I'd get $100,000 fine and maybe a four-month suspension. I was very surprised at how harsh they were. They gave me the maximum out of everyone and Roger [Mayweather] started the whole thing." In addition, Leonard Ellerbe, a Mayweather adviser and one of his cornermen, was fined $50,000 and had license suspended for four months. His license will be re-instated Aug. 19. All three were involved in the 10th-round brawl that came close to igniting a full-scale riot inside the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The incident happened with five seconds remaining in the 10th round when Roger Mayweather, Floyd's uncle and trainer, entered the ring because he was upset at Zab Judah, who had hit his nephew with a blatant low blow followed by a right hand to the back of the head, both dangerous and illegal punches. As referee Richard Steele called timeout to give Mayweather a chance to recover, Roger Mayweather stormed toward Judah, which prompted Yoel Judah to also enter the ring. He went straight for Roger Mayweather and threw a punch at him. Seconds later, the ring was filled with members of the fighter camps, including Ellerbe, and security forces in a scary free-for-all that came close to sparking a riot among the 15,170 fans in the arena. During the melee, Zab Judah hit Ellerbe behind head and charged through two Nevada inspectors. After several minutes, order was restored and the fight continued. Floyd Mayweather eventually won a unanimous 12-round decision. "I was really shocked, especially for Zab, at how bad the penalties were," Yoel Judah said. "Zab thought I was being attacked [by Roger Mayweather] and he came to my rescue." A few days later, Roger Mayweather was fined his entire paycheck, $200,000, and had his license revoked for a year. At Monday's regular commission meeting, the final one in the tenure of longtime executive director Marc Ratner, the rest of the punishments were doled out. "They all apologized, and I think it was sincere. It was tough day," said Ratner, who is leaving his post May 13 for an executive position with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. "Everyone handled it very professionally. None of the licensees left smiling. The commission felt that it wanted to send a very strong message. This incident was so close to a full-scale riot that innocent people could have gotten hurt or maimed. The commission felt very, very strongly that this cannot happen again." The commission didn't punish Ellerbe as harshly as the others because he didn't throw any punches during the altercation, Ratner said. Zab Judah's previous history in Nevada worked against him, Ratner said. Judah was suspended for six months and fined $75,000 following a 2001 TKO loss to Kostya Tszyu. After that loss, Judah was so enraged by referee Jay Nady's stoppage that he threw a ring stool at Nady and shoved a gloved hand under Nady's chin. "It all comes into play," Ratner said. Also at Monday's meeting, Roger Mayweather's appeal of his punishment was denied. "We heard Roger's appeal and nothing was changed," Ratner said. The suspensions extend throughout the United States because states generally honor suspensions in other states. However, because none are medical suspensions, but rather for disciplinary reasons, Ratner said that it would be up to each state to decide whether it would license any of those punished. Yoel Judah said he hadn't made up his mind about appealing the ruling. Zab Judah said he didn't plan to appeal. "Nah, what's done is done," he said. "Can't cry over spilled milk. I'll just move on and pray for better things."
Sounds like Mayo is really humbled, from Nicaragua's La Prensa. “Qué puedo decirte hermano, el tipo me verguió. Me cogió duro y me da pena por todas las pajas que dije, pero qué le vamos a hacer. Al hijo de puta lo insulté tanto que se enojó y fui yo quien se echó para atrás. No tengo excusas, se paró y me verguió”, señaló un resignado Mayorga, mientras se tomaba un descanso junto a su esposa en su suite del Hotel MGM. TRANSLATION: "What can I tell you brother, dude whooped my ass. He got me hard and I feel embarrassed for the bull**** I said, but what are you going to do. I insulted that son of a b**** so much, but it was me who backpeddled. I have no excuses, he stood there and whooped my ass." “Ese golpe del primer asalto nos cambió todos los planes que teníamos. No pensé que De la Hoya se iba parar a pelear. Nuestra táctica era seguirlo. Pero al golpearme, me hizo ir hacia atrás y no pude enderezar la pelea”, admitió el ex monarca, quien tras el combate salió a dar un paseo por los casinos del MGM, junto a su esposa y Roberto Durán (hijo). TRANSLATION: "That punch in the 1st round changed all of our plans. I didn't think DLH was gonna stand and fight. Our gameplan was to follow him, but when he hurt me, he made me backpeddle and I couldn't reverse the fight." “De la Hoya pega más que Trinidad, pero además me jodió con su velocidad”, explicó el nica. TRANSLATION: "De la Hoya hits harder than Trinidad, but also screwed me with his speed."
In a recent survey it was discovered the 94% of American women lost their virginity to Larry Merchant. The other 6% were incredibly fat or ugly Most boots are made for walkin'. Larry Merchant boots ain't that merciful Google won't search for Larry Merchant because it knows you don't find Larry Merchant, he finds you Larry Merchant destroyed the periodic table, because Larry Merchant only recognizes the element of surprise Larry Merchant doesnt wear a watch, HE decides what time it is. Larry Merchant can win at solitaire with only 18 cards The pie scene in "American Pie" is based on a dare Larry Merchant took when he was younger Larry Merchant does not wear a condom. Because there is no such thing as protection from Larry Merchant Larry Merchant does not sleep. He waits. Larry Merchant counted to infinity - twice. Larry Merchant doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
Oscar-Mayorga 875,000 buys! HBO Sports reported today that 875,000 pay-per-view buys and $43.8 million in pay-per-view revenue was generated from last Saturday’s super welterweight title fight featuring Oscar De La Hoya and Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The fight was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Don King Productions. The MGM Grand Hotel & Casino was the host site. The 875,000 buys consisted of 475,000 buys from cable systems and 400,000 buys from satellite homes throughout the 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. The pay-per-view performance of Mayorga vs. De La Hoya is the best performing pay-per-view event since De La Hoya last fought 20 months ago. His September 2004 showdown with middleweight legend Bernard Hopkins produced one million pay-per-view buys and $56 million in revenue. "With his triumphant return to the ring, Oscar De La Hoya rocked the arena and the living rooms of pay-per-view households across America," HBO PPV's Mark Taffet said. "He reminded us that not only is he still a phenomenon, but he's bigger than ever." HBO replays De La Hoya-Mayorga on Saturday night (9:45 ET) along with a live bout featuring junior welterweight champ Ricky Hatton of England making his HBO debut challenging welterweight titlist Luis Collazo in Boston.
Mayorga fails drug test! Ricardo Mayorga has tested positive for a banned substance in his post fight drug test. The former WBC super welterweight champion tested postive for the drug Lasix and is now facing a NASAC hearing where he is likely to be fined, suspended or both. Rosendo Alvarez, who tested positive for the same substance last month, was fined and suspended by the commission until 2007.
Floyd Patterson, 1935-2006 http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...rts/PATTERSON.php&sa=X&oi=news&ct=result&cd=1 Floyd Patterson, 71, world champion, dies Frank Litsky The New York Times FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2006 NEW YORK Floyd Patterson, a gentleman boxer who emerged from a troubled boyhood to become the world heavyweight champion, died Thursday at his home in New Paltz, New York. He was 71. The cause was prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease, said a grandson, Kevin McIlwaine. In the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Patterson won the middleweight gold with five knockouts in five bouts. In a 20-year professional career, he won 55 bouts, lost eight and fought one draw. His total purses reached $8 million, a record then. He won the heavyweight title twice, knocking out Archie Moore and Ingemar Johansson. In the first instance he became the youngest heavyweight champion to that time; in the second, he became the first fighter to regain the title. He lost the title twice, defended it successfully seven times and failed to regain it three times. He generally weighed little more than 180 pounds, or 82 kilograms, light for a heavyweight, but he made the most of mobility, fast hands and fast reflexes. He was a good guy in the bad world of boxing. He was sweet-tempered and reclusive. He spoke softly and never lost his boyhood shyness. Cus D'Amato, who trained him throughout his professional career, called Patterson "a kind of a stranger." Patterson acknowledged his sensitivity. "You can hit me and I won't think much of it," he once said, "but you can say something and hurt me very much." Floyd Patterson (he had no middle name) was born Jan. 4, 1935, in a cabin in North Carolina, the third of 11 children. His father, Thomas, was a manual laborer. His mother, Annabelle, worked as a domestic and then in a bottling plant until the family moved to Brooklyn. He became a frequent truant. At 11, he could not read or write. He would not talk. When someone talked to him, he refused to look that person in the face. His mother had him committed to Wiltwyck School, a facility in upstate New York for emotionally disturbed boys. His new teachers helped him learn to read and encouraged him to take up boxing. Patterson returned home but quit school to help support his family. At 14, he started working out at the Gramercy Gym on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a battered facility owned and run by D'Amato. In 1950, he started boxing as an amateur. In 1952, after his Olympic success, he turned professional. When Rocky Marciano retired as the undefeated heavyweight champion in 1956, Patterson was matched against Moore, the light- heavyweight champion, for the title. Patterson stopped the 42-year-old Moore in five rounds and to become champion at age 21. In 1959, at Yankee Stadium, Patterson lost the title when Johansson knocked him down seven times before the referee stopped the bout in the third round. He became the first heavyweight to regain the title when he knocked out Johansson in the fifth round at the Polo Grounds, New York, in 1960. "It was worth losing the title for this," he said. "This is easily the most gratifying moment of my life. I'm champ again, a real champ this time." The boxing historian Bert Sugar said Thursday: "You try to tell people how kind Patterson was and how difficult it was to reconcile that with boxing. In their second fight, Patterson knocks him silly, then picks him up and drags him back to his corner. I've never seen anything like that in the world of sports." The glory days ended with Patterson's two title fights against Sonny Liston. In 1962, in Chicago, Liston knocked out Patterson in the first round and became the champion. An embarrassed Patterson drove home wearing dark glasses, a mustache and a beard. He insisted on a return bout because, he said, "If I stopped now, that would be running away." "I did that when I was a kid. I've grown out of that." The return was in 1963, in Las Vegas. Liston won by a knockout in the first round. Patterson kept fighting after that, but never at his championship level. In 1965 in Las Vegas, Muhammad Ali all but tortured him before winning in 12 rounds. In 1970 in Madison Square Garden, Ali opened a cut over Patterson's left eye and beat him in seven rounds. After Patterson retired in 1972, he became a respected representative of his sport. He was chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission from 1995-8. In 1983, he told a congressional subcommittee: "I would not like to see boxing abolished. I come from a ghetto, and boxing is a way out. It would be pitiful to abolish boxing because you would be taking away the one way out." Link to slideshow: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2006/05/11/sports/20060511_patterson_ss_index.html [/URL]
Uhhhh... Oscar De La Hoya was born in East Los... That joke of a double-sided flag he waved should be banned... no country (eithe U.S. or Mexico) should allow that at all... ... pick one and go with it, Golden Boy...
Anybody remember Prince Naseem? He won't be fighting anytime soon, I miss his spectacular ring entrances (flying carpet!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2kCjwwoPE&search=prince%20naseem SHEFFIELD, England (AP) - Naseem Hamed, the former world featherweight boxing champion, was sentenced to 15 months in jail Friday for dangerous driving that resulted in injuries. The 32-year-old former IBF and WBO champ was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court by Judge Alan Goldsack, who also banned him from driving for four years. A man suffered a broken leg and two broken arms when Hamed's Mercedes crashed into two other cars in northern England in April 2005. Prosecutors said Hamed was driving at least 90 mph when he tried to overtake a car and crashed into two vehicles. The flamboyant Hamed, who boxed as "Prince Naseem," last fought in May 2002 when he was booed out of the ring after a contentious decision over Spain's Manuel Calvo in London. Hamed lost to Marco Antonio Barrera in Las Vegas in 2002, his first defeat in 37 fights. Hamed pleaded guilty to dangerous driving on March 31.
