Day: September 24, 2005

Team Klitschko Looking for Excuses (Again)? Demand fight gloves be weighed

(SEPT 24) In what New Jersey State Athletic Commissioner Larry Hazzard described as a “new level of dumb,” in boxing, Team Wladimir Klitschko demanded that the boxing gloves to be used tomorrow night, when the former WBO champion faces Samuel Peter at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, be weighed to ensure they are the regulation 10 ounces. According to Hazzard, he was contacted by Klitschko “boxing adviser” Shelly Finkel, public relations advisor Bernd Bonte and K-2 Promotions coordinator Burt Watson and told that Klitschko’s camp would be bringing a small scale to today’s undercard weigh-in (the main event weigh-in was held yesterday) to ensure there was nothing irregular about the weight of either fighter’s gloves…an implication that enraged glove manufacturer Grant Elvis Read more [...]

Team Klitschko Looking for Excuses (Again)? Demand fight gloves be weighed

(SEPT 24) In what New Jersey State Athletic Commissioner Larry Hazzard described as a “new level of dumb,” in boxing, Team Wladimir Klitschko demanded that the boxing gloves to be used tomorrow night, when the former WBO champion faces Samuel Peter at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, be weighed to ensure they are the regulation 10 ounces. According to Hazzard, he was contacted by Klitschko “boxing adviser” Shelly Finkel, public relations advisor Bernd Bonte and K-2 Promotions coordinator Burt Watson and told that Klitschko’s camp would be bringing a small scale to today’s undercard weigh-in (the main event weigh-in was held yesterday) to ensure there was nothing irregular about the weight of either fighter’s gloves…an implication that enraged glove manufacturer Grant Elvis Read more [...]