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Here is what influential people in the combat sports are saying about Eddie Goldman and No Holds Barred:
"The conscience of the combat sports." - Todd Hester, publisher and editor-in-chief of Gladiator Magazine
"The best." – Frank Shamrock, legendary MMA fighter
"The best." – Big John McCarthy, legendary MMA referee
"The best show on Internet radio, about MMA, submission wrestling, everything." – Kid Peligro, ADCC News
"Eddie Goldman is my favorite journalist—period. Eddie is the Howard Cosell of the game." – Adisa Banjoko, author of "Lyrical Swords Vol. 1: Hip Hop and Politics in the Mix", and "Lyrical Swords Vol. 2: Westside Rebellion"
"The Internet king." – Don King, the king of boxing promoters
"A great job online. You do the best job. All your writing is beautiful. It's where the old newspapers were." – Joey Reynolds, WOR radio
"You could talk to the next ten fight gamers you meet and not get the same kind of unapologetic depth that you get when you get an Eddie Goldman." – Eugene Robinson, in acclaimed book Fight
"If you want to know about boxing, MMA, and all combat sports, this is the place to be, and it's the only place to be." – Charles Farrell, award-winning boxing writer and musician
"Eddie Goldman, a classic New Yorker whose knowledge of all combat sports is without parallel." – L. Jon Wertheim, in "Blood in the Cage"
"The Dean of Boxing Internet Radio Eddie Goldman." – BoxingConfidential.com
"One of the most respected journalists in MMA." – MMAPayout.com
"The Smithsonian of combat sports." - "The Fight Nerd" Matthew Kaplowitz
Party celebrating Eddie Goldman's Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award from Gladiator Magazine, at Doc Holliday's Bar in New York, March 5, 2009.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
SecondsOut Radio: Israel Vazquez, Rafael Marquez, Miguel Cotto, Vic Darchinyan, Victor Burgos, David Tua, Peter Quillin, Velasquez Twins
On this week's packed edition of SecondsOut Radio, host Eddie Goldman presents a series of interviews which include a preview of what might just become a fight of the year candidate.
This coming Saturday, March 3, the boxer considered by most observers to be the best 122-pounder in the world, WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez (41-3, 31 KOs), defends his title against the man considered by most observers to be the best 118-pounder in the world, IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez (36-3, 32 KOs). It is rare for any show to feature two number one fighters, both of whom usually leave it all in the ring, on the same card, let alone in the same fight. But this will be the case in the main event this Saturday night on a card that will be held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., and shown live in the U.S. on Showtime.
The Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez bout clearly could become a fight of the year candidate, a potentiality of which both fighters are well aware.
The co-feature will also pit one of the most exciting and talented fighters in the world, IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (27-0, 21 KOs), in a title defense against a former champ, the veteran Victor Burgos (39-14-3, 23 KOs). We spoke with Israel Vazquez, Rafael Marquez, Vic Darchinyan, and Victor Burgos on a media teleconference call.
Also this Saturday night, March 3, another one of the top fighters in the world, the undefeated WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (28-0, 23 KOs), will face mandatory challenger Oktay Urkal (38-3, 12 KOs). This fight will take place in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 3 and will be telecast in the U.S. on HBO. We spoke with Miguel Cotto on yet another media teleconference call.
New York's Roseland Ballroom was the host of another edition of the Gotham Boxing series this past week on Thursday, February 22. At this event and right after his fight, we spoke with former heavyweight contender David Tua (47-3-1, 40 KOs), who scored a ten-round unanimous decision over journeyman Robert Hawkins (21-7, 7 KOs). This was Tua's fifth straight win since returning from a two-year layoff due to managerial problems.
We also spoke with unbeaten rising star, middleweight Pete "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (9-0, 8 KOs), who stopped veteran Steve Walker (20-15, 14 KOs) in just 38 seconds of the first round with a brutal left hook. Plus, we spoke with the highly-touted amateur standouts and twins, Carlos Ivan Velasquez and Juan Carlos Velasquez of Puerto Rico, both of whom were victorious in their professional debuts.
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