> This was staged.  Typical Don King stuff to hype the fight.  Most of the
> boxing talk is around Hokins Trinidad.  King had to do something to bring
> attention to his tour.

> If you watch the fight a couple of things suggest that it was rehearsed.
> Lewis and Rahman seem to be verbally jawing at each other simialr to the way
> the WWF guys go on.  Then Lewis starts to get up before there is any reason
> to suugest that it is necessary.

> Also, if you watch any othe sport (baseball, hockey, basketball), when they
> fight, they start throwing punches.  However, when two boxers start
> fighting, they hug each other??  I can't even see if any punches were
> thrown.

> I think it is a staged fight to draw interest to the tour.  That's my guess.

> If it wasn't a staged fight, It is amazing how easily Rahman moves the
> bigger Lewis around.

>Subject: Re: Lewis and Rahman 'Brawl' on ESPN
>From: Al Bardo alba...@nospam.net
>Date: 9/1/01 2:14 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <MPG.15fa2ac046f7e690989...@news.gte.net>

> I agree that this "altercation" was definitely staged.

>If the two
>fighters were as angry as they seemed, why were no punches thrown?

>I think this was a true Don King
>production; something that he would think up, telling the fighters, "just
>wrestle a bit and don't throw any punches; get the crowd all excited."

> Nope, your view of boxing does not match reality.

> If it was staged as you say, why would Lewis allow Rahman to "move" him
> around and essentially punk him out by breaking him through a table.

>Subject: Re: Lewis and Rahman 'Brawl' on ESPN
>From: Al Bardo alba...@nospam.net
>Date: 9/1/01 2:16 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <MPG.15fa2b2ed7647b88989...@news.gte.net>
>Those stage tables are about as solid as Balsa wood. They knew that no
>one would get hurt. It was faked w/o a doubt.

> The tables tend to be light and easy to take apart since, they're on a TV set,
> smartguy. No one was acting when LL and Rahman were wrestling.

> Who was the greatest puncher in boxing history you ever saw on a scale
> of 1 to 10 how would you rate them?I'm talking about heavyweights.Who
> was the greatest punching heavyweight you ever saw?I never seen Earnie
> Shaver's fight's but from what I've heard.Earnie Shaver's was the
> greatest puncher in the history of boxing.I read he was a more powerful
> puncher than George Foreman,Mike Tyson,Sony Liston,Ron Lyle,Rocky
> Marciano,Joe Louis,Cleveland Williams,David Tua and a number of great
> fighters.I find that hard to believe is that true?Has anyone in here
> seen Earnie Shavers fight's?How would you rate him on a scale of 1 out
> of 10?I'm pissed off that ESPN Friday Night Fights on classic ko's they
> never show any of Earnie Shaver's fights.

> I have a question for you guys.  Do you have any information on a Aussie
> fighter from the 40's and 50's named George Kapeen?  He was a welter/middle
> with a tremendous punch, but like many heavy-handed fighters his chin was
> very fragile.

Peter G Dellys wrote:

> Hussein Hussein is poised to stake his claim as one of the world's best
> lighter weight fighters, Glen Kelley is about to get a shot and Anthony
> Mundine sure is looking good, but that's about it. It's good to see boxing
> in Oz coming along but the real action has been and probably always will be
> in the US.

> Peter G Dellys wrote:

> > Hussein Hussein is poised to stake his claim as one of the world's best
> > lighter weight fighters, Glen Kelley is about to get a shot and Anthony
> > Mundine sure is looking good, but that's about it. It's good to see
boxing
> > in Oz coming along but the real action has been and probably always will
be
> > in the US.

> What about Shannon Taylor? Written him off already?

> Ulrich