Bam On Boxing Aug 23

[The_budweiser]

A decade ago contracts in boxing did not mean as much as they do now. You could locate a fighter the day of the fight and have him fight that same night. Not only did the commission allow it, but also pre-fight medical exams were not as intense as they are now, there were more fighters around and they were willing to fight almost anyone.

 

Today it is common to plan a fight card for eight bouts and only have six actually occur. For any number of reasons, fighters drop out. They flunk pre-fight medical testing, get suspended for a variety of reasons, or come up with lames excuses why they cannot (do not want to) fight.

 

Look at what happened recently after Harry Joe Yorgey, of Bridgeport, PA, signed a contract to fight Gabriel Rosado (black/gold trunks), of Philadelphia, PA, on July 15 in Atlantic City. Within two weeks of signing, Yorgey tore tendons in his shoulder and canceled. Allen Conyers, of Brooklyn, NY, stepped in on five weeks’ notice, then stepped out 72 hours before the match, claiming bruised knuckles. Thankfully, Ayi Bruce (red/gold trunks), of Ghana, who was living in Baltimore, MD, accepted the match on short notice and gave Rosado a good fight before being

stopped in five rounds. In the end, Rosado went through more opponents for that fight than the average fighter does in five months.

 

 

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