Former three-time UFC heavyweight champion and two-time light-heavyweight titlist Randy “The Natural” Couture expressed interest this week in converting British professional boxer Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton into the world of mixed martial arts.

Couture (16-10), the only five-time champion in UFC history, is confident that Hatton (45-2, 32KOs) would benefit from his immense punching power and thrive in the octagon if he learned how to fight on the ground under his tutelage.

“He is a tremendous fighter and he has a lot of heart,” said Couture, 46, one of only two UFC fighters to have held a championship in two different divisions. “There is no doubt he could make a tremendous impact with his heart and determination in the ring.”

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Embattled Oakland Raiders Head Coach Tom Cable was accused Sunday on the ESPN show Outside the Lines of physical abuse by both of his divorced wives and an ex-girlfriend.

Cable, 44, a former offensive lineman for the Idaho Vandals and a scab replacement on the 1987 Indianapolis Colts strike team, released a statement in which he admitted that he hit a woman “on only one occasion in my life.”

“More than 20 years ago, during my first marriage, I became aware that my wife Sandy had committed adultery,” said Cable, who has helped lead the Raiders to a sterling mark of 2-6 to date. “I became very angry and slapped her with an open hand. What I did was wrong and I have regretted and felt sorrow about that moment ever since.”

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IBO and Ring Magazine light welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao is scheduled to fight WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Cotto (34-1, 27 KO), whose only “loss” came at the illegal hand-wraps of a cheating Antonio Margarito in July 2008, is a gritty and powerful fighter and he will give Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) more than he can handle in two weeks time.

“I consider this one of the hardest fights in my boxing career,” said Pacquiao, 30, who is rated by Ring Magazine as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer in the world.

Largely because of the manner in which Pacquiao brutalized Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KOs) and Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) in his two previous bouts, “Pac-Man” is a decided favorite to defeat Cotto, 29.

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The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 Wednesday night in the Bronx to win their record 27th World Series championship in team history.

The Yankees, who went 103-59 to establish the best mark in Major League Baseball in the 2009 season, simply outclassed the Phillies over the course of six games.

“I really believe in this club,” said Yankees Manager Joe Girardi, who was widely scrutinized for his decision to utilize a three-man rotation throughout the playoffs. “I’ve always believed in this organization, the job the Steinbrenner family has done, Cashman and his staff and it’s where we wanted to be and the guys did it.”

Despite New York’s exorbitant payroll that exceeded $208 million, Girardi stressed that the Yankees chemistry and perseverance is what ultimately brought another crown to the Bronx.

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The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 Wednesday night in the Bronx to win their record 27th World Series championship in team history.

The Yankees, who went 103-59 to establish the best mark in Major League Baseball in the 2009 season, simply outclassed the Phillies over the course of six games.

“I really believe in this club,” said Yankees Manager Joe Girardi, who was widely scrutinized for his decision to utilize a three-man rotation throughout the playoffs. “I’ve always believed in this organization, the job the Steinbrenner family has done, Cashman and his staff and it’s where we wanted to be and the guys did it.”

Despite New York’s exorbitant payroll that exceeded $208 million, Girardi stressed that the Yankees chemistry and perseverance is what ultimately brought another crown to the Bronx.

Continue reading "Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton, UFC, Tom Cable, Yankees, Raiders & Manny Pacquiao"

Former unified world lightweight champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz has agreed to a rematch with past IBF junior welterweight titlist Paulie “the Magic Man” Malignaggi December 12 at the UIC Pavilion on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

In their bloody initial encounter in August, Malignaggi (26-3, 5KOs) lost a very controversial decision to Diaz (35-2, 17 KOs) in the “Baby Bull’s hometown of Houston. 

“Boxing is full of shit,” Malignaggi, 28, said to Max Kellerman during the post-fight interview. 

Malignaggi, a native of Brooklyn who began boxing at the age of 16 in that borough of New York City’s legendary Gleason's Gym, also stated that he is disgusted with the fight game and the only reason that he will continue to box is to earn an income. 

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After a two-week search for a new opponent, former two-time welterweight champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams has agreed to fight WBC Super Welterweight champion Sergio Gabriel Martinez in a nontitle middleweight bout December 5 at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Atlantic City, N.J. 

Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) was originally scheduled to fight Kelly Pavlik on the identical date. 

However, the matchup was canceled because Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs) has not healed from two surgeries he was forced to undergo to treat a stubborn staph infection in his left hand. 

Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KOs), a physical specimen who is widely considered one of the top junior middleweights in the world, will prove to be a very difficult opponent for Williams, 28. 

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Hours after New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi helped lead the Bombers to their elusive 27th World Series championship in team history Wednesday night, he stopped his car to help a female motorist who had crashed her vehicle into a wall on the Cross County Parkway in Eastchester.

“The guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help,” Westchester County police officer Kathleen Cristiano said of the 2006 National League Manager of the Year. “It was totally surreal.”

According to police reports, Marie Henry, 27, lost control of her SUV and slammed into a guardrail at approximately two in the morning.

Fortunately, Henry suffered only minor cuts in the accident.

“As bad as the car looked, I was really concerned,” said Girardi, 45, who won three championships with the Yankees in the late-1990’s when he played catcher for the team.

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Former English cruiserweight champion David “The Hayemaker” Haye was awarded a majority decision victory over Nicolai “The Russian Bear” Valuev to capture the WBA heavyweight title Saturday night at the Nuremberg Arena in Germany.

Haye (23-1, 21 KOs) defeated the enormous Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs) despite the fact that he surrendered nearly a foot and 100 pounds to the tallest and heaviest champion in the annals of boxing history.

“Everybody thought I was crazy,” said Haye, 29, who vacated his cruiserweight titles to compete in the heavyweight division. “But I knew I could make him miss.”

The Englishman was able to win because he held a decided speed advantage over Valuev, 36.

“The key was my speed,” said Haye, a muscular pugilist who was born in London. “People don’t realize I am very fast. And I have a powerful punch. I’m athletic, and if I wasn’t a boxer I would be playing football or rugby.”

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The documentary Champions Forever: Ali – The Lost Interviews was released on DVD to great acclaim and fanfare on October 20, 2009 through Image Entertainment. 

The film, which features candid conversations with boxing legends Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes and Ken Norton, initially premiered in 1990. 

However, 30 additional minutes of revealing and insightful interviews from 20 years ago that were not incorporated into the original film are now shown in this enhanced version.  

“I’m claiming, though I couldn’t prove it, that this was Ali’s last interview. Or at least his last meaningful interview,” said Craig Glazer, who produced the film that now runs 142-minutes long.  “I think it’s an important part of history.” 

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Approximately 20 years ago, former Philadelphia Eagles superstar quarterback Randall Cunningham was featured on a cover of Sports Illustrated titled, “The Ultimate Weapon.”

Cunningham, 46, a four-time All-Pro selection who was awarded the PFWA NFL MVP in 1990, retired from the sport of football as an Eagle in 2002.

Since his unheralded departure from the gridiron, Cunningham has been relatively forgotten by the bulk of everyday football fans.

Although his play was periodically sporadic, Cunningham was a stellar signal-caller and he deserves to be considered a legitimate candidate for the Hall of Fame.

“I’m an impact player,” said Cunningham, who the Eagles selected with the 37th overall pick in the 1985 NFL Draft out of UNLV. “That is what separates guys like me, Michael (Jordan) Magic (Johnson) and (Wayne) Gretzky from the others. It’s a proud feeling.”

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Lefty Cuban pitching sensation Aroldis Chapman defected from his national team in July and he is currently a coveted unsigned Major League Baseball (MLB) free agent.

ESPN The Magazine reported in the summer that Chapman vacated his hotel room in the Netherlands, where Cuba was in the midst of participating in a baseball  tournament, and never returned.

“I walked out easily, right through the hotel door, and I hopped into a car and left,” said Chapman, 21, whose fastball has been clocked as high as 102 MPH. “It was easy. Now the plan is to sign with a major league team.”

Chapman, who has often been lauded as one of the “three greatest pitchers in the world right now who are not in the majors,” should be the New York Yankees top-priority to sign this offseason.

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IBO and Ring Magazine light welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao badly bludgeoned Miguel Cotto to capture the WBO welterweight championship by TKO in the 12th round Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs) showed tremendous moxie and determination and he remained very competitive with Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) throughout the opening rounds.

Unfortunately for Cotto, Pacquiao ultimately proved to be too quick and strong for the native of Puerto Rico.

“He (Pacquiao) hit harder than we expected and he was a lot stronger than we expected,” Cotto’s trainer, Joe Santiago, said.

Cotto concurred with Santiago’s assessment and he admitted that Pacquiao’s quickness was extremely tough to overcome.

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Kansas City Royals ace pitcher Zack Greinke was deservedly awarded the 2009 American League Cy Young Award Tuesday afternoon.

Greinke, 26, who received 25 first-place votes and three seconds for 134 points, went 16-8 and he posted a 2.16 ERA for the putrid Royals (65-97).

Greinke’s sterling earned run average was the lowest mark in the American League since Pedro Martinez recorded a miniscule 1.74 ERA in 2000.

The Seattle Mariners Felix Hernandez finished second in the balloting with 80 overall points.

The fact that Greinke won the most coveted pitching accolade in Major League Baseball is astounding when one considers the obstacles that the native of Orlando has had to overcome as a young adult.

Greinke, the Royals sixth overall pick in the 2002 amateur draft, led the AL in losses in 2005 when he went 5-17.

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UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was released from a hospital in Bismark, N.D., Tuesday and he is currently recovering at his home in Minnesota from Mononucleosis and a serious bacterial infection in his intestinal tract.

Last month, Lesnar (4-1), the 2000 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion at the University of Minnesota, was forced to cancel his scheduled title defense at UFC 106 against Shane Carwin (11-0) due to a previously undisclosed illness.

The bout versus Carwin, 34, was almost immediately rescheduled for UFC 108 in early-2010.

However, Lesnar, 32, indefinitely postponed his slated match with Carwin last week because his illness had yet to subside.

“Brock’s very, very sick,” UFC President Dana White told TMZ. “He’s not well and he’s not going to be getting well anytime soon.”

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WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler is scheduled to fight Andre “Son of God” Ward in the Super Six World Boxing Classic Saturday night at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

No matter what the outcome of this weekend’s matchup is, Kessler (42-1, 32 KOs), a Danish pugilist, will matchup against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch in the near future.

Ward (20-0, 13 KOs), who became the first American boxer in eight years to win a gold medal when he accomplished the feat as a light heavyweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, lives and trains in Oakland and he will inevitably have the hometown crowd in his corner over Kessler.

Ward, 25, is a tremendous talent and he exhibited some of his seldom seen power this past September when he defeated Shelby Pudwill by TKO in the third round.

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The New York Jets were defeated by the Jacksonville Jaguars 24-22 Sunday at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

The floundering Jets (4-5) have lost five of their last six games and the odds that Gang Green will now qualify for the playoffs are slimmer than Kate Moss.

The Jets soared to a perfect 3-0 record through the first three games of the season mainly because their defense was performing at a truly dominating level.

Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan was deservedly credited for the prowess the Jets displayed on defense.

Ryan, 46, who played defensive end at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, devised chaotic blitz packages that flustered the opposition into mercy and his “Mad Scientist” nickname seemed to be appropriate.

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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden announced this week that he intends to return to ESPN Monday Night Football as a color analyst next season and he will not seek any other job opportunities that would have him reappear on the sidelines in 2010.

“I love this game very much,” said Gruden, 46, who coached the Buccaneers to a 48-21 championship victory over the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. “This job gives me the opportunity to see the game at a different angle, and I’ll be honest – I just fell in love with it. I want to get good at it. I really like the team I’m on at ESPN. They’re really trying to help me be good.”

Gruden, who at 40 was once the youngest coach to ever win a Super Bowl, attended Clay High School in South Bend and his father, Jim, served as an assistant to Dan Devine at the University of Notre Dame.

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Almost immediately after Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao brutalized Miguel Cotto to capture the WBO welterweight championship last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, fans began clamoring for a matchup between Pacquiao and undefeated former titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“I don’t think it’s going to happen,” Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) said about a potentially lucrative battle with the man www.espn.com ranked #48 on their “50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time” list. “I am sure he doesn’t want the fight.” 

Pacquiao, 30, who is also the current IBO and Ring Magazine light welterweight champion, was asked to elaborate why he believes that Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) will again cower like the yellow clown pocket he has proven himself to be. 

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Despite posting a pathetic 23.5 passer rating in Monday’s 16-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, beleaguered Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn has again been named the starter for this weekend’s game versus the Lions in Detroit.

Quinn, 25, who shattered a startling 36 records when he quarterbacked the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for four years in college, is currently projected to throw a porous two touchdown passes this season in comparison to an unsightly nine interceptions.

More troublesome for Browns fans is the fact that Quinn is presently completing a subpar 54.6% of his throws on the gridiron.

Quinn, who was selected by the Browns with the 22nd overall pick in the 2007 NFL draft, inked a five-year contract worth $20.2 million to play for the team he rooted for during his childhood.

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In recognition of the impending Thanksgiving holiday, I decided to nominate the three biggest turkey’s to grace the sport of boxing over the course of the past 25 years. 

Without further adieu, below are my rankings.  

1)      Mitch “Blood” Green- Green (19-6-1, 12 KOs) won the New York Golden Gloves four times as an amateur and he was once ranked as high as #7 by the World Boxing Council. 

Unfortunately for “Blood,” he donned a hairdo like Randy Watson in Coming to America and he was crazier than a shithouse rat. 

In August 1985, Green suffered his first loss as a professional fighter to future WBC champion Trevor Berbick. 

The following spring, Green was again defeated when he lost a ten round decision to Mike Tyson. 

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Andre “Son of God” Ward captured the WBA Super Middleweight Championship from Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler in the Super Six World Boxing Classic when the fight was halted midway through the eleventh round by technical decision Saturday night at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

The referee decided to stop the contest due to cuts on Kessler’s face that were caused by Ward’s seemingly inadvertent head butts.

When the matchup was ceased, Ward (21-0, 13 KOs) was handily ahead of Kessler (42-2, 32 KOs) on all of the judges’ scorecards.

“I’m not a dirty fighter, everybody knows that,” said Ward, 25, a Bay Area native who won a Gold medal as a light heavyweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics in  Athens.

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The University of Kansas confirmed last week that they are investigating the obese head coach of their college football team, Mark Mangino, due to allegations that he has emotionally and verbally abused players during his tenure in Lawrence.

The investigation was deemed necessary by school officials after two former Jayhawks players publicly recounted some of Mangino’s alleged reprehensible behavior on the gridiron.

Former Jaywalks receiver Raymond Brown recalled how in 2007 he was comforted by his teammates after his brother was shot and wounded near his home back in St. Louis.

A couple of days later, an irate Mangino, supposedly ordered Brown to the sidelines after he made a boneheaded gaffe during practice.

“He went off on me yelling, which is fine,” Brown told The Associated Press. “I kept saying, ‘Yes, sir, yes, sir,’ to everything he was saying. A teammate asked me what happened. Then he started on me again and I said, ‘Yes, sir,’ and he said, “Don’t you ‘yes sir’ me. I’ll send you back to St. Louis where you can get shot by your homies.’”

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