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Essence
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01-12-2002

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This fight is crazy...

Anthony has lost his mind in this fight. I think he thinks he is wrestling or something.

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OMG! Anthony is totally acting like a fool. I can't believe he picked Ishe up like that? This is not the Ultimate Fighting Championship or a street brawl, it's BOXING! I think Anthony better find a different way to support his kids.

ETA: At least Anthony acted like a good sport at the end.

Ishe would have KILLED Brent. As was said during the Brent/Jeff fight, there's a difference in looking good and being in condition -- Brent looked great, but he was NOT in condition.

And may I just say that this is FUN watching the fights live on Yahoo! :-)

Luvmykitties
Member

01-02-2004

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was thinking the same thing Essence. Anthony picked up Ishe - was he going to try and flip him over?

I came in at the 4th round - and that's when Anthony was just fighting dirty.

I hope they have the whole fight uploaded on Yahoo so I can see the earlier rounds.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anthony has lost his mind. How many times did the ref have to warn him? Then he went to Ishe's corner to tell him that he was all over it. Kidney punches, laying on his back, pushing him down from behind ... oh please ... he should be sanctioned.

Essence
Member

01-12-2002

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Winner of the fight...


49-43
49-43
49-43

Unanimous decision... Ishe Smith!
Nice sportsmanship at the end.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm glad Ishe won that fight so decisively.

Luvmykitties
Member

01-02-2004

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does Ishe's hat say "I'm the #1 Daddy"?

If so - that's funny!

I agree Max - watching the fights on Yahoo is better than thru The Contender show - because it's not edited and dramatized.

I wonder how many penalties/fouls Anthony ended up getting.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm just sad that my connection here at work isn't as good as my connection at home. I didn't get a good look at Ishe's hat, if it said that, that is too funny, lol ...

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If that's what Ishe's hat said...that is hilarious! I give him huge props!

Bec21969
Member

09-20-2003

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
that is what his hat said - I thought it was hillarious. :-)

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, get this ... over at fox reality board, a poster posted this:

quote:

Here is the dish:

According to the official site, Tarick/Jimmy, Anthony/Ishe and Jeff/Brent are the final matchups. Turns out Jeff and Brent both weighed in under the minimum weight required for the fight, and the Nevada commission wouldn't allow the original matchup because of it.

Update: Apparently, part of the incentive to keep all the boxers happy with the switch is the that the boxers in the newly configured fights now have fixed pay no matter how they do in the fights themselves. Anthony get paid $125,000; Jeff and Ishe each get $75,000; and Brent gets $25,000.

This was the info snagged from a community on LJ I belong to. We normally are pretty dead on and have gossip seekers everywhere. I bet Anthony didn't want to fight Ishe because he knew he was going to get whipped.




Essence
Member

01-12-2002

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wonder why Anthony gets so much more than the others and Brent gets so much less?

Luvmykitties
Member

01-02-2004

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I figured Anthony had to be offered something good for him to concede and fight Ishe.

I don't see why Ishe wasn't also offered $125,000.

Luvmykitties
Member

01-02-2004

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Why was Jonathan Reid's name mentioned at the beginning of this last bou (something about Mark Burnett should put him on The Apprentice). Is he participating in some form?

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought Jimmy wasn't going to be able to fight due tot he rib injury????

Johnathan Reid sang the National Anthem prior to the first fight. He probably sang it again at the start of each bout, but they only showed it once. Not a bad voice, even though he got a little creative with some of the words. :-)

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
E, that is a good question ...

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I imagine that the dollar amount was derived based on the ranking of votes they received in the "fan favortie" poll that decided the players in these final matches. Just a guess, though.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Joey is the fighter that is injured, not Jimmy.

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think it's because Anthony didn't have much of a chance to win against Ishe. He knew it and would have refused to fight Ishe, if he was supposed to fight Brent, which is a fight he probably would have won easily.

So there has to be an incentive for Anthony to fight Ishe knowing he probably isn't going to win...$125,000 is his price.

Brent probably isn't going to win against any of these guys, so he doesn't have any bargaining power. It's probably not in his nature to kick up a fuss. (That's what being "nice" gets ya.)

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nevermind, it was JOEY that had the rib injury, not Jimmy. :-)

Essence
Member

01-12-2002

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For some reason I'm not able to view this last fight as well. The feed keeps breaking up. Reminds me of trying to watch the BB feeds.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
E, I had to lower my connection setting ...

ETA: LOL, Jimmy keeps going to the wrong corner between rounds

Luvmykitties
Member

01-02-2004

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not having any problem with the feeds. Hasn't broken up on me yet. (I'm on a cable modem)

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tarick looks so much better in this fight than he did on the show.

Essence
Member

01-12-2002

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't fool with the connections since I'm at work. Maybe that's a sign for me to get back to work...