Margarito vs Mosley January 24th 2008

World Boxing Association welterweight world champion ANTONIO MARGARITO and three-division world champion SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY will host a news conference tomorrow to announcing their world welterweight title fight promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, Margarito vs. Mosley will take place on Saturday, January 24, at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Calif. The 12-round welterweight championship bout will be broadcast live on HBO. See you at the Fights and Thanks for your time.

PHILADELPHIA’S DEMETRIUS HOPKINS STEPS IN TO FACE KENDALL HOLT FOR WBO Jr. WELTER TITLE

NEW YORK– Undefeated junior welterweight challenger Demetrius Hopkins (28-0-1, 11 KOs) will step in to face WBO 140-pound champion Kendall Holt (24-2, 13 KOs) in the main event of Saturday’s special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, (SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

Holt was originally slated to face former 140-pound champ Ricardo Torres in a rubber-match, but Torres withdrew from the fight on Monday.

“Torres really wanted to fight but he was ill during camp, missed some training and was not in the condition he needed to be in for a war like this,” said Bruce Trampler, chief matchmaker for Top Rank.

Now, Holt will have his hands full with the undefeated Hopkins, the nephew of former middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins. The 28-year-old Hopkins is in peak condition as he was originally scheduled to fight Germaine Sanders on the undercard of Saturday’s bout. When he learned Torres pulled out, he jumped at the opportunity to fight for his first world title.

According to manager Cameron Dunkin, Hopkins, upon accepting the fight, went immediately into an intense, all-day training session and was unavailable for comment.

Dunkin said, “Demetrius had been training hard for his fight with Germaine, and he has redoubled his efforts. He knows he needs to lose three more pounds but he will be on weight by Wednesday. He has completely devoted himself to being ready for this fight.

“This is a fight that he has wanted for a long time,” the manager continued. “His first world title fight; we have wanted this for a long time. I am excited and proud that he will get the chance on Saturday. This is what we’ve been waiting for.”

A top contender at 140-pounds, Hopkins holds key victories over Steve Forbes, Ernesto Zepeda and Jesse Feliciano. With Hopkins hailing from Philadelphia, and Holt from Paterson, N.J., it is essentially a home-game for both fighters.

Remaining tickets are on sale for the event, which is promoted by Top Rank, Inc., for Boardwalk Hall in. Tickets at $200, $100 and $50 are available on http://www.ticketmaster.com/, by phone at 1-800-736-1420, or at any Ticketmaster outlet nationwide.

Nick Charles will call the action from ringside with Steve Farhood serving as expert analyst and Al Bernstein as ringside reporter. The executive producer of ShoBox is Gordon Hall with Richard Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing. ShoBox recently celebrated seven outstanding years on the air.

For more information on SHOWTIME Sports, including exclusive behind-the-scenes video and photo galleries, complete telecast information and more, please go the new SHOWTIME Sports website at http://sports.sho.com/.

Celtics ‘Big Baby’ Davis lives up to his nickname!

By J.E. Skeets

In the fourth quarter of Friday’s Portland-Boston game, the Celtics’ bench blew most of a 25-point lead. Needless to say, Kevin Garnett was not impressed. During a timeout, KG jawed at second-year forward Glen Davis before the starters returned to take care of business. After the conflict, Davis sulked at the end of the bench, fighting back tears.

VIDEO OF GLEN “BIG BABY” DAVIS CRYING

Read the whole sordid story here:http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Glen-Big-Baby-Davis-lives-up-to-his-nic?urn=nba,127483

THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM /BLACKARAZZI.COM EXCLUSIVE VIDEO!!!ADD SHELLY RIO TO YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST!

The BLACKARAZZI team received an early Christmas gift when video vixen Shelly Rio (you’ve seen her in all the hot hip-hop videos like Chris Brown and Luda’s “Dem Girls Like video) invited us along to her photo shoot in Los Angeles! The bombshell beauty dressed in her sexiest Christmas and New Year’s outfits for all the world to download at Alltopmodels.com.

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Holiday Hits Results; Brown vs Aguilera, Hamer vs Bryant, Valtierra vs Teron and more……

HEAVYWEIGHTS

Marcellus Brown (26-17-1, 21 KOs), Las Vegas, NV WDQ2 (2:40) Nagy Aguilera (10-1, 6 KOs), Newburgh, NY, (referee halted bout when Brown was unable to continue due to an intentional head butt by Aguilera)

All photos by Khris Kirkpatrick for Empire Morrisey Photo Studios

Marcellus Brown

Marcellus Brown

Tor Hamer (2-0, 2 KO), New York, NY WTKO1 (2:17) Royal Bryant (1-2-1, 1 KO), North Platte, NE

Tor Hamer

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

Daniel Judah (23-3-3, 10 KOs), Brooklyn, NY WDEC12 (120-108, 117-111, 116-112) Jaffa Ballogou (46-7, 40 KOs), Manhattan, NY (Judah won IBF International Light Heavyweight Championship)

Daniel Judah

Will Rosinsky (3-0, 3 KOs), Queens, NY WTKO1 (2:18) Amador Acevedo (2-4-1, 2 KOs), Moca, Puerto Rico

Will Rosinsky (Bottom, R)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
George Walton (19-3, 12 KOs), Harlem, NY WDEC6 (58-54, 58-54, 58-54) Clarence Taylor (13-19-3, 6 KOs), Wilmington, DE

LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Lambrose Karaolides (1-0, 1 KO), Island of Cyprus WTKO1 (2:09) James Justice (0-2), Portsmouth, VA

Ken Dunham (5-6, 3KOs), Charlotte, NC WTKO1 (2:30) Luis Ruiz (3-1, 1 KO), Brooklyn, NY

WELTERWEIGHTS

Eluid Torres (1-0-1, 1 KO), Allentown, PA WTKO1 (2:18) Romain Oliveri (0-1, 0 KOs), Brooklyn, NY

Eluid Torres

LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS

Christian Martinez (1-0, 1 KO), Bronx, NY WTKO1 (2:14) Murray Cunningham (1-1, 0 KOs), Rochester, NY

LIGHTWEIGHTS

Aldo Valtierra (25-10, 13 KOs), Mexico City, Mexico WDEC10 (96-94,95-94, 95-95) Jorge Luis Teron (22-1-1, 15 KOs), Bronx, NY

Aldo Valtierra

Jorge Luis Teron

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHTS

Eddie Hyland (11-1, 3 KOs), Dublin, Ireland WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 59-55) Gustavo Dailey (2-4, 0 KOs), Philadelphia, PA

Eddie Hyland

FEATHERWEIGHTS

Robert Semidei (3-0, 0 KOs), Brooklyn, NY WDEC4 (37-37, 38-36, 38-36) Soumana Abdoulaye (0-4), New York, NY

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHTS

Emmanuel Gonzalez (1-0, 1 KO), Bronx, NY WTKO1 (2:14) Jean Ramos (0-3), Rochester, NY

Emmanuel Gonzalez

See you at the Fights and Thanks for your time.

Rapper Common Says: "Obama will change hip-hop’s attitude"

By Eliott C. McLaughlin CNN

The rapper Common wants to take hip-hop in a new direction, he says, and he has an unsuspecting ally — President-elect Barack Obama. Obama “is going to change hip-hop for the better,” predicted the rapper, whose eighth album, “Universal Mind Control” (G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen), hits shelves Tuesday.

FOR THE FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/09/common.universal.mind.control/index.html

Prez elect says Only smokin’ in the White House will be…the Jazz music!

President elect, Barack Obama, photographed riding a ferry to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

Barack Obama pledges not to smoke in White House

BY Michael McAuliff DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

The jazz will be smoking, but the President won’t be in the Obama White House. The President-elect declared Sunday that he would make the First Family’s home the “people’s house” and open it up for science seminars, kids groups and music – specifically classical and jazz.

There won’t be any hipsters lighting up while blowing their horns, however, said Obama, who has been struggling to ditch his own cigarette habit. The soon-to-be quitter in chief told NBC’s “Meet The Press” that he will abide by the smoke-free rules of the White House, even if it’s tough.

For the full story click this link: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/12/07/2008-12-07_barack_obama_pledges_not_to_smoke_in_whi.html

OH NO..ANOTHER MICHAEL VICK TYPE OF MESS!!

NFLPA files grievance to recover New York Giants Plaxico Burress’s money

By Ralph Vacchiano, NY Daily News

The NFL Players Association won’t even try to save Plaxico Burress’ 2008 season, but they will try to prevent him from losing nearly $2 million in lost wages and fines.
The union filed a non-injury grievance on Burress’ behalf this afternoon, according to NFLPA spokesman Carl Francis, charging that the Giants’ actions were “in violation of the CBA.” Francis said that it was “excessive” when the Giants placed him on the non-football injury list, suspended him for four weeks without pay and fined him what the NFLPA says was the maximum allowed — one full additional week’s pay.

To follow the rest of this story click this link: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/giants/2008/12/nflpa-files-grievance-to-recov.html

SCARY NJ NEWS: NJ’S WILLOWBROOK MALL’S OWNER HIRING BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS..WOW!

Mall Owner Struggling With Its Mortgage Bills
By NATE SCHWEBER
WAYNE
KATHERINE EKLUND was at Willowbrook Mall last week, where she was getting holiday photos of her daughters, Julia Gerbino, 5, and Catherine Gerbino, 2. Ms. Eklund said she had no idea that the owners of the mall, General Growth Properties, the second-largest shopping mall owners in the United States, were having financial problems. But she said she was not surprised.
Ms. Eklund, 42, of Short Hills, who frequents this mall for the Bloomingdale’s store and the GapKids, figured the mall owner was in the same boat as many others in these dire times.
“I would just say it’s the economy,” she said. “I see it everywhere.”
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WTF?!?!?!? PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA’S OLD GOVERNOR TRIES TO SELL HIS OLD ILLINOIS SENATE SEAT SO HIS WIFE CAN GET A $150,000 JOB???!

Illinois Governor in Corruption Scandal
By MONICA DAVEY and JACK HEALY

CHICAGO — Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday morning on corruption charges, including an allegation that he conspired to effectively sell President-elect Barack Obama’s seat in the United States Senate to the highest bidder.
Mr. Blagojevich, a Democrat, called his sole authority to name Mr. Obama’s successor “golden,” and he sought to parlay it into a job as an ambassador or secretary of health and human services, or a high-paying position at a nonprofit or an organization connected to labor unions, prosecutors said in a 76-page affidavit by the United States Attorney’s office in the Northern District of Illinois.
He also suggested, the affidavit said, that in exchange for the Senate appointment, his wife could be placed on corporate boards where she might earn as much as $150,000 a year, and he tried to gain promises of money for his campaign fund.
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