I went down to Louisiana with my grandson and his uncle. One of the fondest memories I have was in a borrowed recreational vehicle about 10 years ago. I was driving 10 miles over the speed limit. I went to see my son he was teaching in Guelph. The last time I got a speeding ticket was about 10 years ago. I got a lot of speeding tickets when I was younger. Remember Little Richard? I'm going to rock it up, I'm going to rip it up at the ball tonight.Īny speeding tickets when you were younger? on ESPN2 (Cable 31).Ĭontact reporter Steve Carp at or 70.I like playing music when I'm driving and I sing like crazy to myself or anybody else who is in the car. 25 on KTNV (Channel 13) and will re-air that day at 7 p.m. Highlights from the event will be shown at 2 p.m. Former Ali foes Ken Norton, George Foreman, Leon Spinks, Earnie Shavers, George Chuvalo and Chuck Wepner also are taking part in the ceremonies. Jackson, James Gandolfini and Chazz Palminteri will participate in the tributes to Ali.Īmong the athletes scheduled to attend are tennis Hall of Famers Andre Agassi and wife Steffi Graf, football legend Jim Brown, soccer star David Beckham, mixed martial arts great Randy Couture and boxing legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Thomas Hearns and Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini. Local magic legends Siegfried & Roy and David Copperfield also will be on hand. Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Lenny Kravitz, Sammy Hagar, Sean Combs, Snoop Dogg, Cee Lo Green, and Kelly Rowland have committed to perform. The fundraising event, which will benefit the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and the Muhammad Ali Center, will include performances and tributes from musicians, entertainers and athletes. ■ STAR POWER - As expected, Saturday’s “Power of Love” gala at the MGM Grand Garden honoring Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday will bring out the stars. Ju Ju Butay-Fillon, 11, who competes for Barry’s Boxing, captured the title in the boys 105-pound weight class. 4 Silver Gloves tournament at Independence, Mo.ĭestiny Diaz, 11, who fights out of Richard Steele’s Boxing Club, won gold in the girls 75-pound division.
■ SILVER GLOVES CHAMPS - Two local boxers won national championships at the Feb. “Our preparation will be the same,” Hunter said. Hunter said he expects the rematch to be just as hard-fought as their first meeting.
“He took his time and looked at all his options, and this was the best option available.” “I was extremely proud of Lamont with respect to this process,” Hunter said. But Peterson has no problem giving Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) a rematch, which will be televised on HBO. But I wanted to take a look at everything that was out there before I made a decision.”īarry Hunter, who manages and trains Peterson, said his fighter would have loved to have been in a megafight with Manny Pacquiao. I just want to be clear that I never said I wouldn’t fight (Khan). “I was not persuaded by any of the controversy or anything else. “I want everyone to know that as champion, it has always been up to me what fight to take next,” Peterson said. The fact the IBF ordered the rematch also might have had something to do with influencing Peterson’s decision to fight the 25-year-old Khan again. The 28-year-old Peterson (30-1-1, 15 knockouts) said that while being champion allows him a certain amount of latitude on whom he fights, it also carries the responsibility to give an opponent a rematch. “It’s at a neutral site, and when I beat him this time, he won’t have anything to complain about.” “I’m happy with the terms of the fight,” Peterson said Friday. Las Vegas is a long way from D.C., but it’s a lot closer than the United Kingdom, where Khan is from and where he wanted the rematch. 10 ended in controversy with questionable officiating and judging, there was no way Lamont Peterson was going to be allowed to fight Amir Khan again in Peterson’s hometown of Washington, D.C.īut Peterson, the IBF and WBA junior welterweight champion who won the titles that night with a 12-round split decision, might have gotten a huge break when the May 19 rematch with Khan landed at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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