As Ralph says, “Mares is a talented and likeable youngster who’s got a real shot at being a star. He’ll be headlining this week on the Versus Television Network.”
He is 18-0 with 11 KO’s and a former Mexican Olympian.
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When he heard that his longtime friend, former welterweight champion Vernon Forrest, had been gunned down in Atlanta on Saturday night, Bernard Hopkins thought about all the good things that Forrest — the man who knocked Shane Mosley from the unbeaten ranks and the only one ever to knock him down — brought to boxing and to life.
“You never heard anything bad about this guy,” Hopkins, one of the great all-time middleweight champions, said Sunday night. “And let’s not forget the disabled kids his foundation (Destiny’s Child) helped (find homes for). He was doing that way before the cameras came in and before the big fights came in. He had that mentality.”
Forrest, 38, a 1992 Olympian who had a 41-3 pro record, was shot during an apparent robbery in southwest Atlanta, according to an autopsy report released Sunday. Chief medical examiner Michele Stauffenberg said death was caused by “multiple gunshot wounds involving the torso and thigh.”
According to police reports, after being robbed at gunpoint at a gas station, where he stopped to put air in the tires of his Jaguar, Forrest grabbed his gun and chased the suspects. Gunfire was exchanged.
Atlanta Police Detective Lt. Keith Meadows, citing a witness account, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that “Vernon walked up to the guy” he was chasing, “then, at some point, (Forrest) turned and walked away.” That’s when the man shot the boxer seven or eight times in the back, Meadows said.
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AKA The Peoples Champ
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AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
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Sugar Shane Mosley Vs. Vernon Forrest (Forrest tattoos Mosley)
Arturo Gatti was a good kid who grew into a mostly good guy. But his sport has a dark side, and with it comes an almost self-fulfilling prophecy of self-destruction. Now Gatti has joined a hall of fame list of fighters who died violently.
Rocky Marciano, avoidable small plane crash. Sonny Liston, suspicious drug overdose. Trevor Berbick, hacked to death with machetes. Salvador Sanchez, crazy-speed sports car crash. Same for Carlos Monzon. Diego Corrales, motorcycle crash, just last year. Alexis Arguello, suicide, just last week. Now Gatti. There are many more, and many more to come.
The list of those who end up ill or feeble or impaired, or prematurely dead for health reasons is longer. Start with Muhammad Ali. Even longer is the list of those who end up in jail, or addicted to drugs, or broke and back on the streets where they first found the sport of temporary salvation. Mike Tyson, to name one.
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Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her on Sunday of killing him at an upmarket seaside tourist resort in Brazil.
Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions in her interrogation and presented a formal accusation against her. Prosecutors will later decide whether she will be charged.
Rodrigues, who denies any involvement in her husband’s death, was the first to find the slain boxer’s body early on Saturday inside the vacation apartment they were renting at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil, police said.
The former junior welterweight champion was apparently strangled with the strap of a purse, which was found at the scene with blood stains, said Milena Saraiva, a spokeswoman for the Pernambuco state civil police.
She told The Associated Press that the Canadian also sustained a head injury.
Police said Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours inside the residence without noticing that Gatti was already dead.
Rodrigues told police she had a fight with Gatti after dinner on Friday night and he pushed her to the ground during the altercation, causing her to sustain minor injuries to her elbow and chin.
She told authorities Gatti was drunk and that a third party likely committed the crime after he went to the apartment by himself.
Witnesses had reported to police that the couple fought and that Gatti was drunk.
Authorities were told the couple was extremely jealous of each other and that Gatti constantly complained about her clothing when she travelled to Brazil, Saraiva said.
Acelino “Popo” Freitas, a four-time world champion Brazilian boxer, told Globo TV’s website on Saturday that he was a close friend of Gatti and his wife and that he “knew they were having some sort of problem and were about to separate”.
They had planned to spend a month in Brazil on holiday.
The couple’s one-year-old son, who was unhurt, was handed to Rodrigues’ sister, Saraiva said.
The 37-year-old Gatti, whose epic trilogy with Micky Ward made him one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, retired in 2007 with a career record of 40-9 and 31 knockouts.
Known for his straightforward punching and granite-like chin, Gatti captured the super featherweight title in 1995, when he defeated Tracy Harris Patterson in Atlantic City. He won the junior welterweight title in 2004.
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AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
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The wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti was detained as a suspect by Brazilian authorities Sunday following his death at a posh seaside resort.
Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions in her interrogation. Gatti’s body was found early Saturday in a hotel room at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil.
The former junior welterweight champion was apparently strangled with the strap of a purse, which was found at the scene with blood stains, said Milena Saraiva, a spokeswoman for the Pernambuco state civil police. She told The Associated Press that the Canadian also had a head injury.
The investigation was not complete, but Saraiva said authorities were preparing to present a formal accusation against Rodrigues, who denied being involved in her husband’s death.
Police said Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours in the room without noticing that Gatti was already dead.
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
