The Pious Pawn
I Can
Yep Warren will make him a very rich man for the minimum of risk . I think he is a good promoter in a bussiness with a lot of sharks . Shame to see calzaghe leave him ! the grass is not allways greener .
Khan V Gomez
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Kevin Mitchell did a good piece on Gomez before the fight. Apparently they are making a film of his life it's a bit Brad Pitt in Snatch. Good luck to him. Cut and paste below.
Gomez fights back
Michael Gomez is not supposed to beat Amir Khan when they fight in Birmingham on Saturday night for the prodigy's Commonwealth lightweight title. He is not even supposed to be alive. From the day he was born into a Gypsy family in Longford nearly 31 years ago, Gomez has lived precariously. His half-blind father had to take the wheel from his mother when she went into labour on the way to hospital. He crashed the car and Michael was born on the back seat.
They moved from Ireland to Manchester when he was nine, but broke up and Michael was put in care. He was acquitted of murder after a street fight in 1996. He was later stabbed and left for dead, saved in surgery after his heart had stopped beating.
In the ring, Gomez has had great nights and bad ones, none more curious than when he dropped his gloves against Peter McDonagh in Dublin in 2006 and fell, untouched, to the canvas. He got up, went back to his corner and quit. Suspicious betting patterns led to the suspension of their purses, but they denied skulduggery and were allowed to resume their careers.
Now Gomez is supposed to be washed up. He has lost eight of his 43 fights, five by stoppage, and bookmakers rate him 9-1 on Saturday, his birthday.
Well, boxing and boxers are full of surprises. Gomez is fitter than he has ever been. More importantly, he sees this as his last chance to redeem what has often been a miserable existence. Khan should be too young and quick for him. But bet on this: this extraordinary man will give the kid the toughest fight of his life.
Gomez fights back
Michael Gomez is not supposed to beat Amir Khan when they fight in Birmingham on Saturday night for the prodigy's Commonwealth lightweight title. He is not even supposed to be alive. From the day he was born into a Gypsy family in Longford nearly 31 years ago, Gomez has lived precariously. His half-blind father had to take the wheel from his mother when she went into labour on the way to hospital. He crashed the car and Michael was born on the back seat.
They moved from Ireland to Manchester when he was nine, but broke up and Michael was put in care. He was acquitted of murder after a street fight in 1996. He was later stabbed and left for dead, saved in surgery after his heart had stopped beating.
In the ring, Gomez has had great nights and bad ones, none more curious than when he dropped his gloves against Peter McDonagh in Dublin in 2006 and fell, untouched, to the canvas. He got up, went back to his corner and quit. Suspicious betting patterns led to the suspension of their purses, but they denied skulduggery and were allowed to resume their careers.
Now Gomez is supposed to be washed up. He has lost eight of his 43 fights, five by stoppage, and bookmakers rate him 9-1 on Saturday, his birthday.
Well, boxing and boxers are full of surprises. Gomez is fitter than he has ever been. More importantly, he sees this as his last chance to redeem what has often been a miserable existence. Khan should be too young and quick for him. But bet on this: this extraordinary man will give the kid the toughest fight of his life.
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
I enjoyed that tbh. Proper dust-up, both threw (and took) a lot of punches, thought it was brutal at times, not much technical skills compared to some but some good bravery and enthusiasm to give the crowd a proper contest.
Numbers
an ting!
I agree again. But with just the 1 fight left, I'm with him. RJJ at Las Vegas promoted by Golden Boy etc. - yep! why not, for me Calzaghe has NOTHING to prove, so why not a last bit of razzmatazz..
Just hope he don't lose
In the Khan fight, the time when he backed Gomez across the ring with about 10 shots, there wasn't enough in them.
Diaz v Pacman coming up will show what Khan will be up against. Can you just imagine him fighting someone like Pacman
