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Post by TD on Sept 22, 2006 19:51:07 GMT -5
How freakin lame is to say, I'M FIGHTING SOMEONE IN THE GARDEN. I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT SOMEONE IS. Worse, the weak-assed media thinks, WE GOTS OURSELVES A STORY...they run around posting ALI is fighting in the MSG and never realize they made an ass out of themselves by never mentioning,ALI HAS NO OPPONENT SO YOU CAN'T SAY SHE IS FIGHTING ANYBODY.
So lame. Yet so Laila.
How 'bout Lucia, Laila? Or Anne? Or Jacqui?
Ah, maybe a rook will take the 15Gs to go to MSG and be Laila's "opponent".
Dam pathetic. Stop feeding worthless news cycles until you have real news. Somebody fighting Nobody is not news , not a story...more like an IQ test and the media nitwits failed it again.
TD
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Post by Ryan Wissow on Sept 22, 2006 21:25:02 GMT -5
Laila is fighting Ijeoma Egbunine.
Egbunine is a dangerous puncher who just demolished Valerie Mahfood in 2 rounds.
Ali vs Egbunine is a good fight!!!!
the WIBA (& WBC) will be sanctioning this fight, so i will be there for this event.
RYAN
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Post by TD on Sept 22, 2006 21:35:21 GMT -5
Ryan,
When did IJOEMA get announced?
Notice how you and me and Laila and Ijoema are the only people in the universe who know that IJOEMA means NOBODY in media speak.
TD
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Post by Ryan Wissow on Sept 22, 2006 23:30:49 GMT -5
Ijeoma might not be a household name, but she is a legit opponant for Laila.
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Post by Bernie McCoy on Sept 23, 2006 5:49:58 GMT -5
A Laila Ali/Ijeoma Egubunine is not as bad as it could have been, the nightmare would have been Vonda Ward, but certainly not as good as it should be.
Egubunine's last win was against Sandell and she has lost to Eplion, albeit early in her career, so we're still dealing, essentially, with middle-of-the-pack middleweight opposition.
I suspect the "spin" on this one will be that Ann, Latitia and maybe even Mary Jo deserve main event status.
Bernie
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Post by Dee Williams on Sept 23, 2006 11:41:17 GMT -5
Ryan, When did IJOEMA get announced? i just found out from Laila Ali's manager, that she is fighting Ijeoma Egbunine on November 11th at Madison Square Garden in NYC, defending her WIBA & WBC Super Middleweight World Titles. RYAN previous thread titled "Ali to fight Egbunine" ... |
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Post by Ryan Wissow on Sept 23, 2006 12:58:58 GMT -5
Ijeoma's only loss was a controversial decision to Nikki Eplion. Eplion's promoter told me that Eplion lost that fight and got a gift from the judges. Ijeoma is better then many people give credit for.
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Post by Dee Williams on Sept 23, 2006 23:53:01 GMT -5
WBAN Computer Rankings by Dee Williams, Sept 2006 ====================================== Middleweight (160 lbs) 1. Leatitia Robinson 14-0-0 (9 KO) score: 2395 2. Akondaye Fountain 7-0-0 (4 KO) score: 1198 .... Su Middleweight (168 lbs) 1. Laila Ali 22-0-0 (19 KO) score: 11785 2. Ann Wolfe 24-1-0 (16 KO) score: 9199 3. Natascha Ragosina 11-0-0 (8 KO) score: 1983 .... Light Heavyweight (175 lbs) 1. Ijeoma Egbunine 12-1-0 (8 KO) score: 4284 2. Valerie Mahfood 19-11-3 (9 KO) score: 4259 3. Gwendolyn O'Neil 12-4-1 (7 KO) score: 965 .... IJEOMA Egbunine should be the next best match for Ali after Ann Wolfe (along with Leatitia Robinson). You can read her bio on WBAN at www.womenboxing.com/biog/egbunine.htm |
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Post by Dee Williams on Sept 24, 2006 0:09:23 GMT -5
Egubunine's last win was against Sandell and she has lost to Eplion, albeit early in her career, so we're still dealing, essentially, with middle-of-the-pack middleweight opposition. The fight with Nikki Eplion was on March 12, 2005 at the Radisson Hotel in Huntington, West Virginia, which is Eplion's boxing hometown. And as Ryan previously mentioned, it was a controversial result. Egbunine is not, however a middleweight ... she has fought her pro fights at super middle or (mostly) light heavy, which is where she is ranked #1 by WBAN, #1 by WIBA and #3 by Boxrec. |
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Post by Tachany Evans on Sept 27, 2006 3:22:06 GMT -5
I think Ijeoma will go the distance with Ali, and quite frankly surprise everyone. She will probably knock Laila down a few times and test her chin. This is what Ijeoma has been waiting for and she will not let it slip through her hands.
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Post by Tachany Evans on Oct 3, 2006 3:13:42 GMT -5
Oh well another mishap. Didn't this happen in Africa as well? When will the cat and mouse game stop?
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Post by Rick Scharmberg on Oct 15, 2006 11:27:24 GMT -5
Ali should be cautious of ringrust. By November, it will be 11 months since she last fought, vs. 4 months for Burton.
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