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By LaTaurus Harrison January 30th, 2008 All Boxing Articles
"The Viper" Is Running Out Of Patience!
"To have patience is the ability to wait for things that you wish to happen, happen! You sit, you toil and you tarry. You don't complain, you don't cry and you don't grumble. Soon that patience runs its course and frustration sets in. Logical becomes illogical, rational becomes irrational and sometimes in the blink of an eye, the sane becomes insane."
Allow me to introduce you to the man who these words were quoted from, a man once patient; Vernon Forrest.
Recently Forrest has gone from the quiet guy you whisper about to the loud guy you avoid. He has been on a verbal tear as of late, threatening to destroy everyone from Oscar De La Hoya to Floyd Mayweather Jr., and of course the man who has been a never ending thorn in his side, Ricardo Mayorga.
But is anyone listening? What has caused these recent outbursts from a once seemingly quiet fighter? Maybe it's time ticking on the clock?
Boxing, with the rare few exceptions of men like Bernard Hopkins and George Foreman, is a young man's game. Few are competitive at a high level past their mid 30's. Forrest recently turned 37 and has had a few major surgeries on his left arm. The combination of the two has forced Mr. Forrest to become a tyrant, a verbal bully if you will.
Forrest was once seemingly on the way to the top. In 2002, he had consecutive victories over then WBC Welterweight Champion and pound for pound elite, "Sugar" Shane Mosley. Victories that led him to being named Ring Magazines 2002 Fighter of the Year. More...
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By Jim Everett January 29th, 2008 All Boxing Interviews
Click for larger image © Star Boxing
 “Punchin’ at the Paradise” which is promoted by Joe DeDuardia’s Star Boxing will continue its eighth installment on Thursday, January 31st at the Utopia Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, NY.
The card will host a rare triple co-feature; former world champion Lou Del Valle 35-5-1 (22) against Newton Kidd 6-6-1 (4), Elvir Muriqi 34-4 (21) will return to the ring to battle Willis Lockett 10-5-4 (4) and in the last co-feature Alicia Ashley 13-7 (1) will face Brooke Dierdorff 4-1 (3) for the vacant NABF Super-Bantamweight title.
For Muriqi also known as the “The Kosovo Kid” this fight will mark his first appearance in the ring after his lone fight in 2007 against Antonio Tarver, a fight which he feels he won. Saddoboxing had the pleasure to speak with Muriqi in an exclusive interview to discuss his upcoming fight and his thought on his fight with Tarver.
SaddoBoxing: I wanted to talk to you a little bit about your last fight; how did the fight with Tarver come about?
Elvir Muriqi: “Tarver was coming off his loss from Hopkins and they thought I was the right opponent to make him look good. They gave me the opportunity of my lifetime thanks to Tarver and my promoter Joe DeGuardia. They wanted somebody who would make them look good and thought they would get a knockout or something.” More...
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By Jim Everett January 27th, 2008 All Boxing Interviews
**With Slideshow**
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing
The documentary Orthodox Stance began its exclusive theatrical engagement at Cinema Village (www.cinemavillage.com) yesterday in New York City featuring Dmitriy Salita, a Russian immigrant, undefeated professional boxer and a religious Jew.
Director Jason Hutt documents Salita’s journey over the course of a few years near the beginning of his professional career and describes the film as a portrayal of Dmitriy's maturation in each of these disparate communities, and the seemingly incompatible cultures and characters working together to support his rare and remarkable devotion to both Orthodox Judaism and the pursuit of a professional boxing title. In the end the film is about more than just boxing and religion, but about a young man's search for meaning in life.
I was fortunate to have watched a press screening of the documentary at the end of last year and was impressed with the director’s presentation of Salita and the challenges he faces within his boxing career and his faith in his religion. I highly recommend the documentary to anyone who has the opportunity to see it. More...
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