Friday, February 12, 2010
No Holds Barred: With Valero and Jones Fighting, More Boxing Tragedies on the Way
(Photo of Valero and DeMarco: Tom Casino/Showtime)
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses why boxing is clearly headed to becoming a theater of even more in-ring tragedies.
The fight this past Saturday night between Edwin Valero and Antonio DeMarco, held in Monterrey, Mexico, is a case in point. Valero was in a major motorcycle accident in 2001. According to Dr. Margaret Goodman, a neurologist, the former chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the medical correspondent for No Holds Barred, Valero "suffered a significant hemorrhage on the surface of the brain. To treat him, they removed part of his skull that was never replaced, nor was he given a prosthesis (such as a metal plate or donated bone)." This led to Valero being put on medical suspension after trying to fight in New York in 2004, and he has since not been licensed to fight anywhere in the U.S.
"No one has determined that he is not at greater risk because of this history,” wrote Dr. Goodman. Nonetheless, Valero was featured in the main event of a card televised in the U.S. on Showtime.
We thus discuss the case of Edwin Valero, and also explain why the April 3 fight between 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins and 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. also could be another step on the road to yet another tragedy. Plus, we continue our commentary on the disgraceful failure of Manny Pacquiao to accept serious testing for banned and dangerous substances. And we conclude with an observation just where this all may be heading for professional boxing.
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The fight this past Saturday night between Edwin Valero and Antonio DeMarco, held in Monterrey, Mexico, is a case in point. Valero was in a major motorcycle accident in 2001. According to Dr. Margaret Goodman, a neurologist, the former chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the medical correspondent for No Holds Barred, Valero "suffered a significant hemorrhage on the surface of the brain. To treat him, they removed part of his skull that was never replaced, nor was he given a prosthesis (such as a metal plate or donated bone)." This led to Valero being put on medical suspension after trying to fight in New York in 2004, and he has since not been licensed to fight anywhere in the U.S.
"No one has determined that he is not at greater risk because of this history,” wrote Dr. Goodman. Nonetheless, Valero was featured in the main event of a card televised in the U.S. on Showtime.
We thus discuss the case of Edwin Valero, and also explain why the April 3 fight between 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins and 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. also could be another step on the road to yet another tragedy. Plus, we continue our commentary on the disgraceful failure of Manny Pacquiao to accept serious testing for banned and dangerous substances. And we conclude with an observation just where this all may be heading for professional boxing.
You can play or download No Holds Barred here. You can also download No Holds Barred here. If one link does not work, please try another. The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The No Holds Barred theme song is called "The Heist", by Ian Carpenter.
Make sure to visit the official boxing forum for No Holds Barred, the MySpace Boxing Forum.
No Holds Barred is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
BJJMart.com, your premier source for all Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more.
American Top Team. Whether you're a beginner or a champion, train with the champions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, boxing, wrestling, grappling, and mixed martial arts at American Top Team. Check out their web site at http://americantopteam.com/.
GRACIEMAG, the most reliable source of information on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. GRACIEMAG represents Jiu-Jitsu philosophy and features news, profiles, history, photos, videos, and tips and secrets of the mother of all martial arts. Published since 1996 in Brazil, GRACIEMAG: The Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle, is in both English and Portuguese, and is also online at GRACIEMAG.com.
FightBeat.com, for news, results, interviews, and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, Edwin Valero, Margaret Goodman, No Holds Barred
Sunday, April 05, 2009
SecondsOut Radio: Weekend Fight Critiques Including Bradley-Holt and Lightweight Pay-Per-View, and Williams-Wright and Arreola-McCline Previews
On this week's edition of SecondsOut Radio, host Eddie Goldman begins by critiquing the major fights of this past weekend, and explaining what they really meant. Plus, we focus upon how the promoters and television networks did or did not bother to adjust to the continuing economic crisis.
We discuss the Randall Bailey-Frankie Figueroa 140-pound title eliminator in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Friday, April 3, on ESPN2, won by Bailey with a stunning one-punch, fourth-round knockout; the Alexander Povetkin-Jason Estrada heavyweight fight in Düsseldorf, Germany, Sat., April 4, on ARD, won by Povetkin by a lackluster decision; the Timothy Bradley-Kendall Holt 140-pound WBC/WBO title unification fight in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Sat., April 4, on Showtime, won by Bradley by unanimous decision; and the lightweight pay-per-view fights from Austin, Texas, USA, Sat., April 4, including Edwin Valero stopping Antonio Pitalua in two rounds to win the vacant WBC belt, Michael Katsidis defeating Jesus Chavez when Chavez did not answer the bell after the seventh round, and Vicente Escobedo winning an entertaining ten-round decision over Carlos Hernandez.
This coming Saturday, April 11, two of the most-avoided fighters in boxing will face each other. Paul Williams, this time fighting as a middleweight, will take on the veteran Winky Wright in the main event of a card which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, and telecast live in the USA on HBO. The co-feature will be a 12-round heavyweight fight between contender Chris Arreola and the veteran former title challenger, Jameel McCline. We had a chance to speak with Paul Williams, Winky Wright, and Chris Arreola on recent media conference calls.
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Labels: boxing, Carlos Hernandez, Chris Arreola, Eddie Goldman, Edwin Valero, Frankie Figueroa, Kendall Holt, Paul Williams, Randall Bailey, SecondsOut Radio, Timothy Bradley, Vicente Escobedo, Winky Wright
