Boxing has a long history that can be traced back to the infancy of mankind, in the “Cradle of Civilization” known as Mesopotamia. Ancient artifacts, from stone tablets to intricate vase paintings reference boxing and the types of gloves developed and used. The initial boxing “gloves” were nothing more than long, thin, leather straps, wrapped uniquely around the wrists and hands to provide anatomical support for one boxer while exacerbating the pain felt by the other. These “soft thongs” eventually evolved into “sharp thongs,” simply to increase the brutality of the sport, and purportedly, to enhance the entertainment value. The ultimate sense of violence, however, is attributed to the Romans, who developed a glove called a caestus, which, from a philosophical standpoint, was little more than a modern, switch-blade knife.
Surely, though, boxing is much older, given the fact that the act of striking another with one's fist is simply a basic defensive (as well as offensive) mechanism for survival. Little imagination is necessary to envision how the rudimentary nature of striking could evolve into training activities for hunting and warfare, and, eventually, into an organized sport such as boxing.
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The sport of boxing spread across the globe with the spread of African slavery. During these times and beyond, boxing was so popular, many stadiums were filled to standing room only.
This was the turnout for a match between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard
Famed African boxer, Dick Tiger.
Mike Tyson
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Elvis had a black belt in Karate. Here he stands with the Greatest, who everyone stood in line for a photo-opp. Next in-line, the Beatles. LOL!
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Who says a black man can't swim?
The greatest boxer in the recent history of the sport; Sugar Ray Robinson.
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Wonderful photos Mk.
I have to comment on the first though.
Quote: Two African boxers using the caestus.
NOT, two Babylonian boxers using the caestus. But two AFRICAN boxers using the caestus. As with European art, if they are obviously Black, then they are Africans or Slaves.
One of these days I am going to run into one of the degenerate MFing Albinos who write this bullsh1t, then I will have my opportunity at the sweet science.
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^ Thanks Mike I'm a HUGE boxing fan, and used to box at Middleweight in the Army.
Albinos have always had a tremendous amount of envy of African athletic prowess. Not surprising that they obscure the facts regarding the history of a world wide loved sport such as boxing.
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Another Ali KO
Timberrrrr...
Believe it or not, he won! RIP Velereo
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quote:Originally posted by Narmerthoth: ^ Thanks Mike I'm a HUGE boxing fan, and used to box at Middleweight in the Army.
Albinos have always had a tremendous amount of envy of African athletic prowess. Not surprising that they obscure the facts regarding the history of a world wide loved sport such as boxing.
I've seen it written the martial arts began in AE and spread to Asia and the Far East via emigrant blacks. IMO,the most effective martial art is muay thai-a total combat package,I've done some kick boxing myself and when time avails will train in muay thai in NAIROBI.
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^ I love Muay Thai! That's the only time I watch UFC is when Anderson Silva is fighting. I love the neck clasp and knee strike.
When I was younger, every black man in America was taking up martial arts. Their must have been at least 20 black belts on my block alone. I dropped martial arts (Gong Fu) for for boxing, but my younger brother stayed with it and is a black belt.
After he received his black belt in Gong Fu & Tai Qwen Do, he did what many younger siblings do, attempted to beat up his big brother (me).
While I was laughing at him, he caught me off guard with a round house kick that knocked the wind out of me. A good finisher, he then attempted to sweep me. Although I was still dazed, I had recovered enough to connect to his jaw with a sharp right uppercut. He dropped like a sack of potatoes. At that point he figured out that his black belt was still no match for my boxing, picked up and threw a shot glass and hit me squarely between the eyes. Then I saw red and intended to do some real damage to him, but the little rascal was also fast on his feet and I chased him for 5-6 blocks. I couldn't catch the little rabbit, and it's a good thing too, cause I was going to murder the fool. LMBAO @ it now, but that knot on my forehead from the shot glass wasn't too funny back then.
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quote:Originally posted by Narmerthoth: ^ I love Muay Thai! That's the only time I watch UFC is when Anderson Silva is fighting. I love the neck clasp and knee strike.
When I was younger, every black man in America was taking up martial arts. Their must have been at least 20 black belts on my block alone. I dropped martial arts (Gong Fu) for for boxing, but my younger brother stayed with it and is a black belt.
After he received his black belt in Gong Fu & Tai Qwen Do, he did what many younger siblings do, attempted to beat up his big brother (me).
While I was laughing at him, he caught me off guard with a round house kick that knocked the wind out of me. A good finisher, he then attempted to sweep me. Although I was still dazed, I had recovered enough to connect to his jaw with a sharp right uppercut. He dropped like a sack of potatoes. At that point he figured out that his black belt was still no match for my boxing, picked up and threw a shot glass and hit me squarely between the eyes. Then I saw red and intended to do some real damage to him, but the little rascal was also fast on his feet and I chased him for 5-6 blocks. I couldn't catch the little rabbit, and it's a good thing too, cause I was going to murder the fool. LMBAO @ it now, but that knot on my forehead from the shot glass wasn't too funny back then.
LMMAO!
That was a funny tale indeed!
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Nigerian Boxing using the same soft thong hand wraps.
IronLion There is some special force at play between siblings, where the older cannot possibly allow himself to be bested physically by his younger sibling, no matter how talented they may be. LOL, I couldn't whip my older brother either, although I'm convinced I'm the better fighter. I guess losing to your younger brother is a setup for a turbulent future.
As I said above, Silva is clinch work perfection. Let's break down the steps Silva employed here:
* Use a missed punch to secure the clinch. * Lock in the clinch to control your opponent. Use your control and his momentum to constantly keep him off balance. * Work the ribs with knees in order to make your opponent focus his defenses on the body. * Once the arms drop, mix in knees to the head and look for the KO.
Beautiful, beautiful stuff here. Those knees to the ribs are viscous!
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You guys disappoint. Why isn't the African martial arts Dambe or Laamb (just to name a few) not included here?
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^ Sorry. The thread is open, so feel free to contribute.
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Great pictures and images.
I use to do Ba-Gua.
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Ba-Gua? Please educate me!
Mayweather-Cotto: 1.5 million buys
HBO Sports reported today that 1.5 million pay-per-view buys were generated from the May 5 super welterweight title fight between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The fight was promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. The 1.5 million buy total generated $94 million in pay-per-view revenue.
The performance of Mayweather-Cotto ranks as the second highest grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view event in boxing history. Number one all-time is Mayweather’s record-setting showdown with Oscar de la Hoya ($137 million) in 2007.
Floyd "Money" Mayweather received a $40M purse for the fight, and will also receive a nice chunk of the PPV sales revenue. He'll earn somewhere around $55-60M for this fight alone. Miguel Cotto received an $8M purse and PPV, which will bring him around $12M.
Out with the old (Don King & Bob Arum), and in with the new (Golden Boy & Mayweather Productions).
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Jack Johnson and his automobiles Back then, even whites (albinos) couldn't afford a car. Jack Johnson had a stable of them. No wonder they hated the man. Jack died when one of his sports roadsters hit a tree. Wonder if one of them boys played around with his brakes?
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Ali & Who?
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quote:Originally posted by Narmerthoth: ^ Sorry. The thread is open, so feel free to contribute.
Indeed, most of the below are different variations of traditional African wrestling. The only standouts are Dambe and the stick fighting in the south
Even with gloves and the safety of refs, rules, and regulations, boxing can be a dangerous sport.
Gerald McClellan had a fight with Benn, where he suffered from a blood clot in his brain. He lost his eyesight, ability to walk and became 80% deaf. He is now being cared for by his three sisters.
Sugar Ray Robinson fought Jimmy Doyle. Prior to the fight, Ray told his family and friends he dreamt that he was going to kill Jimmy if they fought, so when the promoters tried to make the fight he refused to sign the contract.
Somehow they kept at him until he was convinced to take the fight. Probably because Jimmy's team brought a couple ministers and pastors in to help change Robinson's mind. During the fight, Jimmy went down from a series of punches and died in the ring that night.
To keep things in perceptive, far more people die in a coal, gold or diamond mine, or a steel plant than in a boxing ring.
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quote:Originally posted by Narmerthoth: ^ I love Muay Thai! That's the only time I watch UFC is when Anderson Silva is fighting. I love the neck clasp and knee strike.
When I was younger, every black man in America was taking up martial arts. Their must have been at least 20 black belts on my block alone. I dropped martial arts (Gong Fu) for for boxing, but my younger brother stayed with it and is a black belt.
After he received his black belt in Gong Fu & Tai Qwen Do, he did what many younger siblings do, attempted to beat up his big brother (me).
While I was laughing at him, he caught me off guard with a round house kick that knocked the wind out of me. A good finisher, he then attempted to sweep me. Although I was still dazed, I had recovered enough to connect to his jaw with a sharp right uppercut. He dropped like a sack of potatoes. At that point he figured out that his black belt was still no match for my boxing, picked up and threw a shot glass and hit me squarely between the eyes. Then I saw red and intended to do some real damage to him, but the little rascal was also fast on his feet and I chased him for 5-6 blocks. I couldn't catch the little rabbit, and it's a good thing too, cause I was going to murder the fool. LMBAO @ it now, but that knot on my forehead from the shot glass wasn't too funny back then.
Im Into Karate, I received a 1st degree Black belt in Shotokan. You aint lying when you say every black man in america was into karate.
Im a youngin and I attended one of the most highly melinated dojos in the state. All of my Senseis were black lol.
A famous Black Martial Arts legend from my neck of the woods. I had numerous opportunities to meet this man. He was co-founder of the USAKF organization which every year holds national Karate Championships. If you see Karate in the Olympic Games, It was this man who helped maked it happen Master Thomas "Lapuppet" Carroll
quote:The martial arts career of Sensei Thomas LaPuppet Carroll is legendary. He was a member of the Tong Dojo in Brooklyn and a member of their phenomenal demonstration team that performed at many events throughout the New York region during the early days of karate competition. Trained in the Shotokan system, his techniques were models of excellence for generations of karate students. As a fighter, he was exceptional, winning countless championship titles both here and abroad. His full-contact fighting team, the New York Puppets, was formidable. Sensei LaPuppet was named as one of the Top Ten Martial Artists in the United States, one of the Top Fifty Martial Artists in the World, and he was the second person inducted into the Black Belt Magazine Black Belt Hall of Fame.
After a stellar career as a fighter, Sensei LaPuppet began his involvement in the organizational aspects of karate, including participation in the effort to achieve Olympic recognition for karate. He was an executive officer of the USA Karate Federation and the US Jujitsu Federation and President of USA Karate of New York. He was a board member and Shihan of Kwanmukan International and a member of the Pan American Karate Federation. He was a nationally and internationally certified referee, Senior Coach for the USA Karate Federation’s national karate team and national Chief of Tournament Operations as well as a member of the World Karate Federation Organizing Committee for Olympic Development. Thomas LaPuppet Carroll was also inducted into the USA Karate Federation Hall of Fame and was a recipient of the USAKF Distinguished Service Award. He was one of the elite few to attain the rank of Hachidan (8th degree black belt) in karate, jujitsu and kenpo.
As an instructor, Sensei LaPuppet provided training for his own Ronin Shotokan Karate-Do group as well as for many other community-based programs. He privately trained former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netinyahu; Ralph Macchio, star of the Karate Kid movies; the late Steve McQueen and many other media personalities. He founded LaPuppet’s Ronin Shotokan Karate-Do, an organization that has produced numerous national champions and international competitors, as well as a number of exceptional first-generation dojos.
Sensei Thomas LaPuppet Carroll embodied the consummate martial artist. By any standard, he was one of the giants of our time. He will not be forgotten.
Thomas Also Trained alongside another Famous martial artist From Brooklyn, NY
Ron Van Clief- Appointed Black Dragon by non other than Bruce Lee himself
quote: In the wake of The History Channel’s recent release of the documentary, HOW BRUCE LEE CHANGED THE WORLD, I was compelled to seek out those who knew the man intimately, someone who Bruce had actually talked to, someone whose life was changed after meeting him.
“You are the Black Dragon.” Those were the words imprinted on Ron Van Clief’s soul after meeting Bruce Lee years ago. Those words changed Ron Van Clief. Many martial arts film aficionados have heard of Ron Van Clief and may remember him as the star of BLACK DRAGON and BLACK DRAGON’S LAST REVENGE.
Ron Van Clief, the five-time world karate champion and 15-time all-American champion, is a native of New York City, born and raised in Brooklyn. Ron and I discussed his early training, and mentioned many martial arts “heavyweights” as early instructors. “My first sport was bodybuilding. Most of my teenage years were consumed with becoming a gymnast and martial artist. I started my martial arts training in the 1950s with Moses Powell, Tom Lapuppet, George Cofield, and in 1959 with Peter Urban in the USA Goju [Karate] system.”
As I learned more about Ron, I tried to picture him on the streets of New York City during the late 1950s and early ’60s. I know he had participated and been successful in plenty of sanctioned events, but he also spoke on some closed-door type events saying, “The illegal tournaments that I attended were in New York City’s Chinatown. It was exciting! The tournaments were in dirty, stinky basements. Fighters who were hurt, laid on the dirty floor as the crowd screamed. I wasn’t afraid, just excited.” Ron’s training in the martial arts did not make him exempt from the blatant discrimination that was prevalent in this country during that time. Ron shared an experience he had while he served as an enlisted Marine (1960-65). “Racism was alive and well in the south in the 1960s… An elderly black lady was harassed by a white bus driver. I stood up for her. I was taken off the bus and put in a holding cell in Jacksonville, North Carolina. When I was released, I was attacked and beaten. I suffered a broken jaw, three knocked out front teeth, a broken arm, numerous cuts and contusions. I was hospitalized for four months. When I tried to report the incident, I was shipped off to Asia. I was sent to Vietnam and told, ‘If we don’t finish you, maybe the gooks will!’ I survived Vietnam.”
Ron had been “through the fire, to the limit” so to speak, and he “turned tragedy to triumph,” as he recalled. “I studied Okinawa-Te in Okinawa, with Grandmaster Shimabuku. I attained first-degree black belt while a marine at Camp Sukiran. I studied some Shoryn-Ryu, Isshinryu and also Kobudu weaponry. I competed in Okinawa’s Karate tournament in 1961. I fell in love with the martial arts.”
Although Ron managed to physically overcome his oppressors, the experiences in Vietnam have left psychological scars that may never heal. “After leaving Vietnam I was depressed. PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) affected my life. My PSTD has never gone away. I’ve been in therapy for over 35 years, learning how to cope. [I] learned to kill and had to learn how to live.”
Ron was honorably discharged in 1965. He came home to a new world filled with new thinking and attitudes. He recalls, “Coming back to the world was a great cultural shock. I became a hippie and beatnik. I hung out with Jimi Hendrix.”
Ron’s experiences with Jimi Hendrix had started years earlier while they were both enlisted. “He was a paratrooper and I went to jump school at Ft. Benning, Georgia. We smoked a lot of weed together… those were the days. He told me he wished he could do the martial arts like me. I wanted to play the guitar like him. Jimi and I had common interest like music and the martial arts. He had some Shotokan training and we played around with jiujitsu. I did security for him and the Band of Gypsys – real good friend and martial arts aficionado. He was a genius. Too bad drugs took over his life. He will always be remembered as a legend in rock and roll.”
Ron’s dedication to the martial arts would eventually open doors and allow him to enter the martial arts film world. “I started my film career as an extra and stuntman in 1968. One of my students was Harry Madsen, the president of the East Coast Stuntmen’s association. I worked in many films as a background, extra and set security. I got my SAG (Screen Actor’s Guild) card in 1973 and retired in 2002 after working on over 200 films. I worked on an additional 50 films in Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, and Korea.” Considering Ron’s extensive experience in film, I asked him what elements created a successful martial arts movie. He said, “The keys to success… good script, good action director, good stunt personnel, good director, and good martial arts coordinator. A good camera man aware of fighting sequences is very helpful in getting the right material on the screen. Lastly, a good editor who can make the right cuts and transitions.”
Through a previous interview I learned that Ron was a fan of many martial arts movies. He listed all of the Shaw Brothers classics with FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH among his favorites. Seeing how he was fan of some of the movies, I wondered if he ever imitated any of the actors. “I imitated Carter Wong and Alexander Fu Sheng,” he admitted. Both actors had successful careers in Hong Kong martial arts cinema and were good friends with Ron.
“My good friend was Alex Fu Sheng….Wang Yu (ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN) was also a friend of mine in Hong Kong. Bruce [Lee] and Carter Wong turned me on to the martial arts scene in Hong Kong. It gave me a new life.”
I asked Ron if he remembered the first time he met Bruce Lee. “I met Bruce in 1966 at the All-American Championships at Madison Square Garden,” recalled Ron. “Although I didn’t win the title, Bruce Lee told me that I was the ‘Black Dragon.’ It was something that I never forgot.”
Less than a decade later, Ron would star in BLACK DRAGON.
Although he worked on over 200 films, he counts BLACK DRAGON’S REVENGE and THE LAST DRAGON as two of his most memorable movie experiences. Taimak, star of THE Last dragon, studied with Ron Van Clief from 1981 until 2002. Although Taimak was the lead, many of Ron’s other students also appeared in the movie.
“My best film experience besides the BLACK DRAGON’S REVENGE was working as a fight coordinator on Berry Gordy’s THE LAST DRAGON,” remembers Ron. “I started working in 1984. I brought Taimak and about 30 of my students to the production. I was the senior fight coordinator and stunt coordinator. We worked on the film for one year. Eight of my students auditioned for the Bruce Leroy part. Several of my students played Shogun’s goons”
“What made THE LAST DRAGON so special is that it was shot in New York City and it starred an African American. No drugs, no prostitution. Just a clean Disney-like story. I consider it a martial arts fantasy. They used my Chinese Goju virtues in the film. It was excellent that over 30 of my students worked on the film. Taimak was selected from over 100 wannabes.”
Considering how Bruce Lee had changed his life, I went back to the topic to ask him how he learned of Bruce’s death and how he felt upon learning the news. “I was in Hong Kong when I heard about his death. My good friend Carter Wong told me. I was shocked. I had just seen him a few days earlier on the set. He was a legend in his own time. Bruce was a brilliant strategist and philosophically ahead of his time.”
Ron has left the turbulent streets of New York behind him. He is living in the Virgin Islands, raising and training his son. He is currently a tactics instructor for the Virgin Islands Police Department. He has also recently completed a pilot for Discovery Channel/PBS entitled “The Black Kung Fu Experience.”
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Melanin memory of martial arts.
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Rhadi Ferguson 2004 olympian, 5 time Judo champion, One of the Few Olympians to crossover to MMA
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NICE, Bonampak!
We need a comeback for grooming more warriors and strategists. All these sons being raised by single black women need to be in Dojos or boxing clinics around the country to counter the Wimp/Gay factor being seeded into our young boys by their single mothers.
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quote:Originally posted by Narmerthoth: Ba-Gua? Please educate me!
Mayweather-Cotto: 1.5 million buys
HBO Sports reported today that 1.5 million pay-per-view buys were generated from the May 5 super welterweight title fight between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The fight was promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. The 1.5 million buy total generated $94 million in pay-per-view revenue.
The performance of Mayweather-Cotto ranks as the second highest grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view event in boxing history. Number one all-time is Mayweather’s record-setting showdown with Oscar de la Hoya ($137 million) in 2007.
Floyd "Money" Mayweather received a $40M purse for the fight, and will also receive a nice chunk of the PPV sales revenue. He'll earn somewhere around $55-60M for this fight alone. Miguel Cotto received an $8M purse and PPV, which will bring him around $12M.
Out with the old (Don King & Bob Arum), and in with the new (Golden Boy & Mayweather Productions).
Bagua Zhang is the Eight Diagram, a technic based on the Iching. Making use of pressure points, punch and chi technics.
The classic movie White Lotus shows this style.
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TP, thanks for the explanation.
Isn't Iching a form of massage? Zatoichi (the original) is one of my all time favorite Japanese series.
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Name: Isaac Chilemba Alias: Golden Boy Birth Name: Miguel Isaac Chilemba Zuze Born: 1987-05-17 (Age:24) Birthplace: Blantyre, Malawi Nationality: Malawi Hometown: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Stance: Orthodox Height: 6′ 1″ / 185cm
IBO Super Middleweight Title (2010) WBC International Light Heavyweight Title (2009, 2011) African Boxing Union Light Heavyweight Title (2009) WBO Africa Light Heavyweight Title (2009)
Chilemba is part of the Lemba people of Africa who trace their roots backs 2500 years and ancient Judea - he is of Hebrew heritage.
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quote:Originally posted by Narmerthoth: [QB] ^ I love Muay Thai! That's the only time I watch UFC is when Anderson Silva is fighting. I love the neck clasp and knee strike.
When I was younger, every black man in America was taking up martial arts. Their must have been at least 20 black belts on my block alone. I dropped martial arts (Gong Fu) for for boxing, but my younger brother stayed with it and is a black belt. You're lucky! If he were a god muay thai guy,you wouldn't even have gotten close. Those trained shins pack a ton of force- I was once tapped 'lightly'on my thigh and shudder to think if it had been full force. This is what muay thai vs boxing looks like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDjE4BywrE4 As you can see he doesn't stand a chance! [QUOTE]
NICE, Bonampak!
We need a comeback for grooming more warriors and strategists. All these sons being raised by single black women need to be in Dojos or boxing clinics around the country to counter the Wimp/Gay factor being seeded into our young boys by their single mothers. Too true! Defaggotization of culture should be a prime focus for all black men. Loss of behavioural control and drama now pass for masculinity thanks to single mothers and ABWS,Angry Black Woman Syndrome. I truly think they deliberately inculcate the worst of their traits in their offspring-that's a topic for another thread.
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South African Warrior Vusi Malinga of Zulu Royal Blood
Matching leopard Skins
VUSI Malinga, the latest in a line of South Africa's "Fighting Malingas",
Malinga is a cousin of Thulani, better known as Sugarboy, who was twice WBC super middleweight champion, and Samuel, a former SA light welterweight champion. He is the brother of Peter, a former IBO and WBU welterweight champion, and Patrick, a former SA lightweight champion.
Tonight 6-2-12 is against leo Santa Cruz for the IBF title Leo Santa Cruz [19-0-1, 11] Vusi Malinga [20-3-1, 12]
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quote:Originally posted by Narmerthoth: NICE, Bonampak!
We need a comeback for grooming more warriors and strategists. All these sons being raised by single black women need to be in Dojos or boxing clinics around the country to counter the Wimp/Gay factor being seeded into our young boys by their single mothers.
Anderson Silva says at the launch of his biography: "The world is gay"
"I was a little afraid to expose myself. I'm metrosexual assumed, and I said yes, the world is gay, but not mine (laughs). I have nothing against gays," said the fighter Anderson Silva to launch his biography The Story of a Champion in Ring and Life, on Tuesday (24), in Rio de Janeiro. Information is the Ego site.
Recently, the fighter posed alongside supermodel Izabel Goulart for People Magazine This is a guy and declared to be vain.
"I like to look after. I'm kinda metrosexual. I like the cream of Victoria's Secret. So do the eyebrows from time to time. And also do waxing. It has nothing to do with the fight, "said the champion.
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