Showing posts with label Boxing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boxing. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Shane Mosley Drops NY Suit Against BALCO Founder

A $12 million libel actions filed against BALCO founder Victor Conte $ boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley has been rejected.

The New York Daily News reported that the case was "voluntarily dismissed with prejudice and without costs, expenses or attorney's fees by one party against another.

" That's according to a document filed Friday in New York's Manhattan Supreme Court .

No terms were given. A case dismissed with prejudice can not be represented. Mosley has sued Conte in 2008, accusing him of lying when he said several times world champion of the division of three former knowingly taken illegal drugs to improve performance.

History of Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative has been at the center of the scandal that involved Barry Bonds and many other athletes. Mosley said he unknowingly used steroids produced by BALCO.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Boxer Question Appears After Losing The Fight

American lightweight boxer Vicente Escobedo chose the perfect place to propose to his girlfriend. Escobedo was defeated by Robert Guerrero, on Saturday on the undercard of the Zab Judah fight against Lucas Matthysse.

Undaunted, Escobedo fell to his knees in the corner and then produced a small box and the ring, asking her to marry Valeria Zarate. She said yes.

Escobedo was bloodied by a deep cut in the scalp and several other nicknames that he picked up on the road, but it seems just panicked when the results were read, 100-88, 98-90 and 96-92 in favor.

After Guerrero Escobedo suggested Guerrero came up with a big smile and gave her a hug. Escobedo said, "It's a loss, but held his head high and proposals."