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Post by Dee Williams on Jun 29, 2010 23:41:07 GMT -5
Note that the "Hard Rock Casino" on that poster is the new name for Isleta.
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Post by longjab on Jun 30, 2010 17:21:28 GMT -5
Dee,
Here is what I had to say to Lenny Fresquez in an email message in response to this NORTHERN INVASION fight card:
Mr. Fresquez,
Surely you're not telling me that you couldn't ever arrange for Holly Holm to fight on the other side of the country - in this case, in Jaime Clampitt's backyard of Rhode Island or at least a venue in Atlantic City!
Holly Holm is constantly fighting in her backyard, except for Detroit that one time and once in California. If she is as good as you make her out to be, why can't she fight more often in someone else's area of the country?
It would certainly eliminate the suspected element of politics coming from the judges, now wouldn't it?
Why not make this a WESTERN INVASION in lieu of it always being an 'invasion' from someone else's area of the country?
Longjab
Oh, by the way, Dee, I do not consider Holly Holm a champion of the people, being she hardly ever takes her fights on the road to other people in ths country.
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Post by Jason Ozuma on Jun 30, 2010 21:57:06 GMT -5
Dee, Here is what I had to say to Lenny Fresquez in an email message in response to this NORTHERN INVASION fight card: Mr. Fresquez, Surely you're not telling me that you couldn't ever arrange for Holly Holm to fight on the other side of the country - in this case, in Jaime Clampitt's backyard of Rhode Island or at least a venue in Atlantic City! Holly Holm is constantly fighting in her backyard, except for Detroit that one time and once in California. If she is as good as you make her out to be, why can't she fight more often in someone else's area of the country? It would certainly eliminate the suspected element of politics coming from the judges, now wouldn't it? Why not make this a WESTERN INVASION in lieu of it always being an 'invasion' from someone else's area of the country? Longjab Oh, by the way, Dee, I do not consider Holly Holm a champion of the people, being she hardly ever takes her fights on the road to other people in ths country. I agree with Long jab, I am not a Holm hater but she has beaten alot of people but after the controversial Victoria fight then, I was hoping Holm's team would do someone different, I could think of at least 6-10 she could fight that would be better than Clampitt. Nothing against Clampitt but she is just getting the rust off and Holm isn't that rusty at all. Holm has a lot of people she could fight but the problem is her promoter/manager is safeguarding her and alot of managers and promoters need to realize that fighting weak opponents all the time will only end up hurting your fighter more than you.
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Post by Dee Williams on Jun 30, 2010 21:57:56 GMT -5
Good points, longjab, and I agree that this "People's Champion" moniker for Holly is pretentious. I thought her earlier "Preacher's Daughter" was more appropriate, and it was indisputably true, too.
They seem to be latched onto the fact that Clampitt is Canadian by birth (when I first knew about her she was an amateur boxer in Saskatchewan, then in Alberta). I guess being "invaded from Canada" is more marketable in NM than "Rhode Island Red Attack".
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Post by Dee Williams on Jun 30, 2010 22:22:37 GMT -5
I don't agree with Jason that there are 6-10 better opponents for Holm at junior welterweight than Clampitt. They are #1 and #3 in WBAN's junior welterweight rankings, and Clampitt has had lots of title fight experience. Jaime's had two six-round comeback fights since having her baby, and both were against serious opponents - Rachel Clark (#4 at welterweight) and Jill Emery (#6 at junior welterweight). In that same time frame, Holm has fought Victoria Cisneros (#7 welterweight) and Chevelle Hallback (#1 lightweight), both in ten-rounders. If Clampitt feels she's ready to go 10 again, Holm or Blair are the obvious opponents for her now she's fought Emery.
I think this will be a hard fight for Clampitt to win on Holm's turf because it's a (very) long time since she's stopped a capable opponent. But it's realistically #1 vs #3 in the jr welter division and the only one I see as a clearly better match for Holm at junior welter is the #2, Miriam Lamare.
A rematch with Lamare on neutral ground would be the best test for Holm at junior welter (they both hold WBAN belts, too!) and if the Holm team want to answer longjab's criticism they would need to go for something like that.
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Post by longjab on Aug 5, 2010 13:43:21 GMT -5
Dee,
It looks like both Holm's and Clampitt's promoters are mutually involved here with this 'Northern Invasion' fight card. Maybe then, if Clampitt manages to win this fight in Holm's backyard, there will be an agreed upon rematch in Clampitt's backyard and rightfully so.
Longjab
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Post by longjab on Aug 5, 2010 13:46:47 GMT -5
Dee,
Unfortunately, I don't trust the folks in New Mexico not to pull some political shenanigans to assure that Holm gets this decision, although I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't think so.
I won't believe it until I see the headlines say, 'Clampitt Drops Holm and Takes the Hardware'.
Longjab
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Post by longjab on Aug 5, 2010 14:05:47 GMT -5
I hope Clampitt meant every word she said at the press conference, when she said, "... I did not come all the way out here from Rhode Island to lose. I know Holly and I will put on a great show for the fans and I expect to take the title back home to Canada and Rhode Island."
I hope Clampitt backs these words up with her fists, making Holm eat as much leather as possible and, at least, dropping her on the seat of her trunks, if not in the horizontal position for the 10 bigs seconds.
Longjab
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Post by Jason Ozuma on Aug 5, 2010 15:48:11 GMT -5
Dee, It looks like both Holm's and Clampitt's promoters are mutually involved here with this 'Northern Invasion' fight card. Maybe then, if Clampitt manages to win this fight in Holm's backyard, there will be an agreed upon rematch in Clampitt's backyard and rightfully so. Longjab I am sorry to say this Longjab but Jamie Clampitt will not win. Jamie bought off more then she could chew. Holly just has more experienced now and has been fighting continuously.
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Post by Jason Ozuma on Aug 7, 2010 0:32:08 GMT -5
I was right yet again, I was wishing that Jamie would damage Holly up pretty good but this fight was obvious. If Chevelle Hallback had fought Jamie Clampitt the same thing would have happened.
The facts are the facts Jamie was pregnant, Holly was not Jamie fought Jill Emery in Feb of 2010. Jill had not been active in a while. Holly fought Hallback, who was trained by a guy who trains world champions. Jamie fought Rachel Clark in 2009 Holly fought 3 opponents including Myriam Lamare With these facts anyone could say with out a doubt that Holly would and did win.
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Post by longjab on Aug 7, 2010 12:56:24 GMT -5
Jason,
Perhaps, you missed the headlines. Clampitt suffered or sustained an injury and Holm got a cheap TKO out of it and, then, Holm had the audacity to strut around and do her acrobatic moves in the ring, as if she really did something to solidly dominate and vanquish her foe!
Other than the fact that Clampitt has to admit she wasn't as physically fit as she could have been for the fight, it was all BS!
You call that a TKO? I don't! I call it a no-decision or technical draw, much like the way an unfortunate early headbutt ends a match prior to it actually going to the scorecards.
What a crock of crap!
Just another night of home-cooked crap in New Mexico - the home turf of Holly 'The New Mexico People's Champion' Holm.
Longjab
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Post by longjab on Aug 7, 2010 12:57:02 GMT -5
Northern Invasion turns into Northern Dislocation!
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Post by Jason Ozuma on Aug 7, 2010 21:16:21 GMT -5
Northern Invasion turns into Northern Dislocation! Long jab it should have been no contest but the problem is that the title commission make rules on what a no contest is. from: wiki page "no contest": On January 20, 2007, Nikolai Valuev fought Jameel McCline in St. Jakob-Halle, Basel, Switzerland. Valuev won the match, and defended his title, when McCline suffered a dislocated knee in the third round when he tripped and fell. According to WBA rules, if there is no punch landed by the fallen boxer's opponent when he suffers an in-ring accident, the fight is declared null (a no contest), and in this case there was no visible punch landed by Valuev in the moment of McCline's accident. The WBA however, as of 28 January still has the fight result as a TKO victory for Valuev. read: newmexicoboxing.com/fights2010/08-hardrockABQ.htm
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Post by Jason Ozuma on Aug 11, 2010 14:47:55 GMT -5
Lucia Morelli is fighting Myriam Lamare in October
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Post by Rick Scharmberg on Aug 28, 2010 12:56:56 GMT -5
Lucia Morelli is fighting Myriam Lamare in October now that's something we can sink our teeth into.
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