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Christy Martin Faces Dakota Stone in Rematch on March 12
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsFormer world champion female boxer Christy Martin and Dakota Stone will have a March 12 rematch of Martin's September 2009, 10-round, majority decision victory when they meet on the Showtime pay-per-view televised undercard of a main event featuring WBA junior middleweight (154 pounds) king Miguel Cotto against ex-belt-holder Ricardo Mayorga from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. The fight is promoted by Top Rank Promotions' CEO, Bob Arum and rival Don King. Martin (49-5-3, 31 knockouts), who turns 43 in June, and Stone (9-8-5, one KO), who will be 42 on Feb. 16, were last in the ring against ...
Christy Martin 'Burning' for Return to Ring
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsTop Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum told FanHouse that "everything is done" in a deal reached Thursday for former world champion female boxer Christy Martin to end a 14-month ring absence by fighting on the undercard of the Ricardo Mayorga vs. Miguel Cotto pay-per-view on March 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. "The deal is done. I will finish my career being promoted by the best, Bob Arum, of Top Rank. I'm very, very excited. I have the fire burning in me that was burning 20 years ago," said Martin, who was back in the gym on Monday, and who turns 43 in June. "I want to go back out there and ...
Christy Martin Meets With Bob Arum Concerning a Comeback
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsOn Nov. 23, legendary female boxer Christy Martin was hospitalized after being shot and stabbed in her Orange County, Fla. home. Two days later, Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesman, Jim Solomons , reported that the bed-ridden Martin's Apopka-area home had been burglarized. On Nov. 30, it was announced that Martin's 66-year-old husband, James Martin, was arrested in northwest Orange County as a suspect in the stabbing and shooting of his wife. James Martin was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a weapon. But on Wednesday, the 42-year-old Chrisy Martin (49-5-3, 31 ...
Why I Hate Year-End List Stories -- a Rant with a List
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThe Big News this week is that there isn't any Big News. Lots of snow falling on New York and the rest of the Northeast (save perpetually hot-air-filled Washington) does not qualify as a stunning revelation. That is -- and some of you may want to take notes -- what happens during winter. Even more predictable were the breathless accounts of grumpy travelers trapped at airports because America's much-envied and always-dependable air travel system somehow failed. Here's another shocker: The streets of Manhattan's Upper East Side (cue the snow-free pictures of Mike Bloomberg's apartment ...
Christy Martin Hires Celebrity Attorney Gloria Allred
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-A former women's boxing champion who police say was attacked by her husband last month in Orlando has hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred. Allred planned Wednesday to accompany Christy Martin to court where her husband, James Martin, was scheduled to have a bond hearing. Deputies say Martin stabbed and shot the 42-year-old boxer during a fight at their house last month after she said she was leaving him for a woman. James Martin was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a weapon after being on the lam for almost a week. The Los Angeles-based ...
Leslie Nielsen Took on Sports Before Death (Quotes, Video)
By FanHouse Staff - AOL NewsLeslie Nielsen passed away Sunday at 84 years old. Nielsen was one of the best comic actors of his time, often times looking to sports for his humor. Who could forget the exchange he had as Frank Drebin in "The Naked Gun: From the Files of the Police Squad!" with his love interest in the movie, Jane (played by Priscilla Presley)? Frank: "It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day." Jane: "Goodyear?" Frank: "No, the worst." But that's not the only ...
OJ Simpson Appeal Denied by Nevada Supreme Court
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Nevada Supreme Court refused Friday to overturn O.J. Simpson's armed robbery and kidnapping convictions, rejecting a claim that prospective jurors were dismissed because they were black. Simpson attorney Yale Galanter planned to take Simpson's appeal to federal court after his 2008 conviction in the gunpoint heist in a Las Vegas hotel room was upheld. "This is but the first step in a very long line of appeals that Mr. Simpson has before him," Galanter said. Galanter was trying to reach Simpson in prison but had not yet spoken to the former NFL hall-of-famer, actor and ...
Roger Clemens Stands Alone as Master of Self-Inflicted Disaster
By David Whitley - AOL NewsThe Brett Favre firestorm is currently a Category 4. One more alleged lewd text and he'll be forced to enroll in Tiger Woods' sex-rehab clinic. It's sad to see a man torch his own image. With all due disrespect to Favre, Woods, Michael Vick, John Edwards and British Petroleum, nobody has ruined their reputation quite like Roger Clemens. The other guys merely came off as bums, liars and letches. Clemens matched all that, then he raised the ante to a place only Milli Vanilli dared go. He turned out to be a fraud. While the others led kinky private lives, no one seriously questions their ...
OJ Simpson at USC: Legend to All Who Watched Him Play
By Lonnie White - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES -- Steve Grady was a highly regarded tailback at the University of Southern California in 1966 when he began to hear rumors about "this guy from Northern California." "Everyone seemed to be talking about this talented player coming to USC," said Grady, who was expected to take over as the Trojans' main ball-carrier as a senior in 1967. "The only question was what position he would play; whether it was at running back or wide receiver." The player in question turned out to be Orenthal James Simpson, and as Grady told FanHouse this week, "the rest is history". In the spring of ...
OJ Simpson in Buffalo: Out of Place, but Still the Best
By Dave Goldberg - AOL NewsWhen O.J. Simpson arrived in Buffalo in August of 1969, he was depressed about the city, depressed about the Buffalo Bills and depressed about a contract that, even after a holdout, paid him just $50,000, measly, he believed, for a Heisman Trophy winner who had been the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. For three years, his play depressed the Buffalo fans to the point that the most frequent word Simpson heard was "Boooooo!'' That he went on to become a Hall of Fame player -- the first to rush for 2,000 yards in a season -- plus an actor and a television personality for nearly 15 years ...
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