Rock Allen

[Spicoli]

Seen him but I keep thinking he was hurt...?

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OK, this is something I didn't know. Rock Allen is Naazim Richardson's son? I've never heard that before but it's the Philadelphia Daily News they wouldn't be wrong. It explains Richardson's health problems as the reason Rock and Tiger have been inactive. I've never seen Tiger professionally but Rock was a stud. Hopefully he can keep competing even without his dad in his corner all the time. This is a bit of a downer if this is the reason for continued inactivity.

His father's back, and Allen's in the ring.
Byline: Bernard Fernandez

Jul. 23--LAS VEGAS -- There was a reason Rock Allen, the junior welterweight prospect from North Philadelphia, was fighting for the first time in 9 1/2 months.

Allen -- who won a unanimous, six-round decision over Ramiro Rivera (4-5, 3 KOs) on the undercard of Saturday's Bernard Hopkins-Winky Wright pay-per-view show at the Mandalay Bay -- is trained by his father, Brother Naazim Richardson. Richardson suffered a stroke on March 29, was released from the hospital on May 5, and only recently returned to the gym to work with his son and the other fighters entrusted to his care.

Richardson had no choice but to accept a secondary role to newcomer Freddie Roach in Hopkins' corner for the main event, but he was not about to turn Rock (11-0, 7 KOs) over to an outsider during his absence.

The time off -- the lengthiest of Allen's career -- has blunted his career momentum, but Richardson said that's about to change.

"I keep telling Rock and my other fighters that boxing is not a sprint, it's a marathon," Richardson said. "I'm getting back in sync with them now. They were all working out while I was out, but they were still emotionally touched. We canceled a fight [for Allen] on the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather card because I was just being released from the hospital that day."

"I thank God I had my pop back with me in my corner," said Allen, who added that he "felt good" and was able to make "some little adjustments" during the bout.

Also on Saturday's undercard, junior welterweight contender Demetrius Hopkins (27-0-1, 11 KOs), Bernard Hopkins' nephew, starched Haider Berrio (11-3, 7 KOs) in one round, flooring him twice.

"I'm taking my time," said the younger Hopkins, who is ranked No. 2 by the IBF and trained by Derek "Bozy" Ennis. "I'm still young and still learning. When I fight for a world title, I'll be ready."

[amat]

OK, so did a little more research and turns out he served as chief sparring partner to Hatton for the Mayweather bout which in a way is better then fight experience sometimes. Still, hope to see him in the ring sometime soon.

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I wanna see him against Berto.

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Jeez it has gotten slow all of a sudden here. It's midnight pacific time, and I'm watching this movie "The Mist". I'm in the middle of it right now. It's actually pretty good.

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Jeez it has gotten slow all of a sudden here. It's midnight pacific time, and I'm watching this movie "The Mist". I'm in the middle of it right now. It's actually pretty good.

Aww! He had to kill his own son? That is one fu<ked up ending!

[OumaFan]

He looked great a few times (albeit against limited comp but what fighter under ten fights fights good comp?) and then I saw him once where he looked very very mediocre and I heard he had another sub par performance after that. I've lost track of him the last few times out.

Not sure what to think of him really. At first he seemed like this really explosive guy but I'm starting to wonder about his power, and I'm not sure he's a pure boxer type either. He definitely needs to fight at 140 or less.

[BoomBoom]

Jeez it has gotten slow all of a sudden here. It's midnight pacific time, and I'm watching this movie "The Mist". I'm in the middle of it right now. It's actually pretty good.

Oh Sh@t dude, I was just visiting my old man and he was watching it too and it just started so I stuck around and watched it with him Just got home hopped on the internet and read this not 10 minutes after i finished watching it. Thats weird man.. anyways that was a crazy movie, especially the end

[amat]

I wanna see him against Berto.

They both need more time no need to pit them against each other so early.

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I wanna see him against Berto.

They both need more time no need to pit them against each other so early.

True.