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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3665)	5/8/2001 9:31:08 PM
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just make sure one of us calls quahog afterwards to wake him up and tell him who won

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3665)	5/8/2001 10:02:59 PM
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Rahman will weigh offers in N.Y. today Showtime, HBO deals on table for fighter by Lem Satterfield Sun Staff Originally published May 8, 2001 Baltimore heavyweight Hasim Rahman will meet with his co-managers, Stan Hoffman and Steve Nelson, and his promoter, Cedric Kushner, today in New York to discuss offers from Home Box Office and Showtime for his first world title defense. They hope to arrive at a decision "as soon as possible," Kushner said yesterday. HBO and Showtime have engaged in an unprecedented bidding war for Rahman, who had no ties to either network when he won the World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation championship belts from Lennox Lewis on April 21. Last week, Showtime increased its total package for a bout with Mike Tyson to $16.25 million - a purse of $13.15 million, a $3 million signing bonus and an additional $100,000 to purchase cars. The Showtime offer also includes a five-fight deal worth between $6 million and $10 million a bout if Rahman defeats Tyson. If he should lose, the deal calls for at least two more televised bouts. HBO has offered Rahman a $14 million purse to fight Lewis, with two more fights - at a total of $3 million - on HBO guaranteed, regardless of the Rahman-Lewis result. Should Rahman win, HBO would give him a six-fight deal with escalating purses from $5.5 million per fight to $7 million. "We've talked with both sides today, and we have the offers we're looking for," Kushner said from his New York office yesterday. "I'm waiting to meet with Rock, face-to-face, to discuss the situation." Pat English, the attorney for Lewis' co-promoter, Main Events, has threatened a lawsuit to force a Rahman-Lewis rematch, citing a clause in Rahman's contract for the Lewis fight. Tyson, the No. 1 contender for the WBC version of Rahman's title, already has filed suit in U.S. District Court in New York in an attempt to force his fight with the new champion. WBC rules call for a non-mandatory challenger who wins the title to make his first defense against the No. 1 contender. Rahman was a voluntary defense for Lewis, and thus inherited his next mandatory fight. According to WBC guidelines, Rahman would have until Nov. 13 to face Tyson. Copyright © 2001, The Baltimore Sun

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3665)	5/9/2001 5:14:50 PM
From: Quahog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10489

Trinidad says the fans know what he knows By ED SCHUYLER Jr. AP Boxing Writer May 9, 2001 NEW YORK (AP) -- Felix Trinidad Jr. says all the fans know what's going to happen when he challenges WBA middleweight champion William Joppy on Saturday night in Madison Square Garden. ``What's going to happen?'' he was asked. The unbeaten Trinidad, seeking to win a title in a third weight class, did not smile. ``I'm going to fight a good fight and I'm going to win,'' he said before Wednesday's final news conference. Most of the crowd in a packed Garden will be cheering for the 28-year-old Puerto Rican. ``I appreciate the consideration and love people have for me, that my people care for me,'' he said through an interpreter. There's no question Trinidad is a true hero on the island that has produced such fighters as Wilfred Benitez, Esteban De Jesus and Wilfredo Gomez and Jose Torres. Asked to place his son among those fighters, Trinidad's father-manager-trainer, said, ``You have to take into account Puerto Rico has had some great champions, but the only one to be best pound-for-pound (in the world) in three divisions will be Tito.'' Trinidad (39-0, 32 knockouts) also has been WBC and IBF welterweight champion. ``I'm the underdog because he's a marquee fighter,'' said the 30-year-old Joppy (32-1-1, 24 KOs), of Silver Spring, Md. As for facing a mostly hostile crowd, Joppy said, ``I've been in this situation before. I'm used to it. I'm going to take his crowd away from him. I'm going to change it from `Tito, Tito' to `Joppy, Joppy.''' When Joppy first won the WBA 160-pound title he stopped Takehara Shinji in the ninth-round at Yokohama, Japan. ``The whole country was against me,'' Joppy recalled. While Joppy left Japan as a champion, he left his first appearance in the Garden as a former champion. He lost a decision to Julio Cesar Green in a fight most ringsiders thought he won Aug. 23, 1997. In the featured match that night, Trinidad knocked out Troy Waters in a non-title fight. ``When I was told the fight was in the Garden I was glad because I want to get back here and get a win,'' Joppy said. ``I have bad memories about the Garden.'' Joppy regained the WBA title by outpointing Green Jan. 21, 1997 at Tampa, Fla. The winner of the pay-per-view match will fight Bernard Hopkins of Philadelphia for the undisputed championship Sept. 15 in the Garden. Hopkins defended the IBF title and won the WBC title by outpointing Keith Holmes on April 14 in the Theater in the Garden complex. Hopkins has predicted Trinidad will knock out Joppy. ``He wants Tito because he knows it's an easier fight and more money,'' Joppy said.