Guess We Won't Have Another

"I'll Have Another"

Favored Belmont Stakes runner "I'll Have Another" has been scratched due to early signs of tendonitis in his front leg. Come'On Man!  What syndicate put the fix in on the Belmont? This is an outrage, let the horse smoke.......


Here we are one day from possibly seeing "I'll Have Another" make history by winning the triple crown, and whaddaya know, swelling in a leg tendon that went undetected until now.  


What I really wanna know is who put the squeeze on the horse and why wouldn't the colt just take a dive?  The Boston Celtics seemed okay with it just last night, what's up wit da mare?  Guess we'll have to cross our fingers for tomorrow's Pacquaio vs Bradley championship boxing match.  The more you watch sports the more you wonder about the influence the money has on the outcome of such events.

Gregor Big Bat Blanco

Panda? We no need no stinkin Panda, we got Big Bat Blanco. Well, at least that's what we Giants fans are feeling these days.  With Pablo returning soon from a wrist injury, I hope to see the continued play and growth of outfielder Gregor Blanco.  

Blanco, a Venezuelan native, is currently in the leadoff hitter spot batting .288.  He has two homers in two days and just seems to make things happen with his bat and legs (6 stolen bases).  The Giants as a whole are stepping up their game at the right time.  Coming into today's game they're 8-2 in the last ten games, excellent.


With all the new players producing on the team, Gregor Blanco is one that has silently gone about his business producing.  If you weren't following the team you might not have noticed him, but for those caught up in the Giants season, Blanco is a keeper.  If you ask me he seems to be getting better as the season goes on.


As for Panda I have this advice: Push away from the table and avoid Santa Cruz like the plague.  I wanna see Pablo come back and add fire to an already sizzling team, but if he's not fully ready to be the man, then let the playas play and let Panda Pinch for a bit.  Whatever the Giants decide to do, reward Blanco with more playing time, not less.


Go Giants!


Blanco Stats

• Avg .284
• HR 2
• RBI 11
• Runs 29
• SB 6

Blanco, Bumgarner lead giants to 6-5 win

Giants 8 Padres 3

OKC Advances To The Place To Be

The experts didn't really see it coming, nor did most NBA fans.  The Oklahoma City Thunder are stormin toward the NBA Finals for the first time in their short history.  Forget that it's a strike shortened season, the Thunder used their youth, athleticism and hunger to finish off the Mavericks, Lakers and Spurs in route to the 2012 NBA Championship series.  It's the first time since 1998 that the Western Conference is not being represented in the finals by one of these three teams.


Tonight's game against the San Antonio Spurs saw OKC down by as many as 18 points in the first half.  They regrouped, rallied and won the game in convincing Thunder 2012 fashion. These young men earned every ounce of the Western Conference title.


I seriously don't see either Eastern Conference team taking down this unified group of young basketball professionals.  Their coach, fans and families have them believing they're the best team in the league. Their style of play tells me their responding to that belief admirably.


Congratulations OKC Thunder! 

Final Score
Spurs 99
Thunder 107

Eat your heart out Seattle!






note: ESPN Predictions Dec. 23, 2011

Claressa Shields Reppin USA This Summer

Here's to a boxing story I missed last month:


Claressa Shields, a 17 year old Flint, Michigan native, will be one of the female boxers representing the USA in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to be held in London .


After losing her first amateur fight at the AIBA women’s world championships in Qinhuangdao, China last month, Shields qualified for one of two or three olympic berths in her weight class.


I'm still not much into women's boxing, but this young lady has earned the support of U.S. boxing fans throughout the nation.  Give'em hell this summer Claressa. Bring home the gold!

Claressa Shields is outstanding boxer at Olympic trials

Out Loud: Women’s Boxing in the Olympics

London calling: Flint boxer Claressa Shields an Olympian -- finally

Raiders Re-Sign Versatile Player Marcel Reece

Oakland Raiders did real good in bringing back fullback Marcel Reece.  Reece is as much a weapon in the passing game as he can be running the ball.  He's a big guy who somehow plays small if that makes any sense.  Defenses seem to lose track of him and then have a hard time bringing him down once he has the ball. Last season I saw him as an under-used  secret weapon.

Yes, Marcel Reece is a Raider and we're glad to see him back in Silver and Black.  It's kind of embarrassing the Raiders only gave him a one year, $540K salary, but I'm sure there must be some incentives and bonuses built in. With Michael Bush gone to Chicago, I see great things ahead for Reece and the Raiders offense.  It's up to the coaches to include #45 in their game planning.

Don't worry Marcel, 2012 should prove to be a coming out party for you.  Be Ready!

The Rothchilds, written in 1961, covers the history of a powerful family who basically lifted western civilization up from the dregs of 18th century colonial monarchs to form a global marketing and monetary system. The fact that this family overcomes the many restrictions put on their Jewish heritage makes their story that much more incredible.


Frederic Morton's writing style gives the feel of fiction, but hindsight and history prove true the many facts listed in this book.  It's a book that begins with one man's vision of family and progress.  And though the methods by which this man and his five sons utilize to attain financial success appear at times shockingly cold and greedy, they didn't invent the rules of the game, they just mastered a unified approach to it.


The nature of the business they're in does not look kindly toward one who harbors a sensitive conscious. Power, not weakness, is what the Rothchilds have practiced attaining and maintaining through the years.  This book illustrates the people, places and practices the Rothchilds used to acquire their power and keep it. A Very Engrossing Read!

So many books, so little time!

Tiger Ties Nicklaus With 73rd Tournament Win

Is it true? Is the Tiger that once played with the grit of a tiger truly back to his dominating self?  Only time will tell, but today's historical win for Tiger had all the trademarks of the player of old.

Congratulations Tiger Woods on your come from behind PGA Memorial Tournament Win!

Leaderboard - 

1

Tiger Woods

T2

Rory Sabbatini

T2

Andres Romero

T4

Daniel Summerhays

T4

Spencer Levin

Giovany A. Gonzalez Hat Day

Okay, so I'm a year late on the Gio Gonzalez bandwagon.  The former Oakland A's lefty is now one of the hottest young pitchers in baseball, playing for the Washington Nationals.  Gio has won seven of his last eight starts for the NL East leading Nationals as he takes the mound today against the Atlanta Braves.

I only write about this amazing young pitcher because yesterday, while second hand shopping at a thrift store, I picked up a nice, navy green PGA Tour windbreaker at bargain price.  While at the register to pay I browsed the hat box and spied a new, bright yellow baseball cap and thought, hey, this'll go great with the wind breaker. I turn the cap around to find green team lettering with a small Oakland Athletics patch below.  Also, on the bill of the cap, was a number 47 with stitched in signature black lettering of a name I couldn't make out.  


It must've been an A's give-away-day cap, but I didn't care, the color was just what I needed to set off the green wind breaker.  So what if I'm a Giants fan, style would prevail on this day. Yellow and Navy Green would replace orange and black this Sunday.


I could've sworn what I saw in the store, splashed across the front of the cap in green said Athletics, but to my surprise when I got home I saw Atleticos.  No problem, I can hang with some Latin, though I can't force myself to buy a Gigantes item, Atleticos looks okay. 


Then I look closely at the name stitched into the cap's bill and it hits me; Gio Gonzalez. I vaguely recall him playing for the A's but the stitched in first name is much longer than three characters. So I do what I do and search the internet for Gio Gonzalez information; presto!  #47 Giovany A. Gonzalez, Oakland Atletics 2011.  He won 16 games for the A's last season and was voted to the MLB All-Star Team. What do I know, I'm a National League fan, "real baseball."


I'm sorry I missed Gio's tenure here in the bay area, but it's never too late to sport the name and number of a true competitor.  And all for just .99 cents.  


Note:  Last week's find was a black and grey New Zealand cap in the colors of my beloved Oakland Raiders. Like the Gio cap it was new, but with a two dollar price tag.  I'd written about the N.Z. national rugby team, the All Blacks, and was hoping to someday find something with their team name and/or fern emblem on it.  The sports Gods are certainly blessing me these days. 
The new hat has NZ on the front, Silver Fern on one side showing a fern and Kiwi on the other side showing a ........Kiwi?  On the fitted back is spelled out New Zealand.  All for the price of a 16oz coke.  This calls for a good'ol Haka celebration!

San Francisco Giants Orange Friday

Went to see the Giants battle the Cubbies tonight and boy did Mad Bum and the boys make it a tale of two cities.  What I mean is the Giants had shut down the Chicago club through nine innings while tallying four runs of their own.  As we San Francisco fans laughed it up into the top of the ninth with Madison Bumgarner taking the mound to finish a complete game, the air got thick and the Cubbies got busy hitting.


And then, just as I'd remarked that Chicago's Alfonso Soriano used to be a good player, bang, zoom, three run  homer by Soriano and the Cubbies are one run from tying the game with no outs. Well, there went Mad Bum being pulled for closer Santiago Casilla.  Then Casilla couldn't seem to get the job done so on comes lefty Javier Lopez.  Finally, Lopez puts the Cubbies to bed and the Giants early laugher ends in one big sigh of relief.


Thanks to the Colorado Rockies slamming the door on the division leading Dodgers 13-3, the Giants are now only 4 games back.  The Dodgers are facing an uphill battle with injuries and a road schedule that's brutally challenging.  They didn't get off to a good road start in Milwaukee, getting swept four games.  The time for the Giants is NOW!

Gregor Blanco scoring on a Ryan Theriot double

Final Score
Cubs 3
Giants 4


Other MLB News:  Mets Johan Santana Pitches No-no


  

And the Winner is: guetapens

Come'on Man, don't tell me none of you sports fans know what the word guetapens means?  I'll give you a hint; almost all major sports have a play that utilizes it in some way. 
........


Sorry, your times up.  If you'd tuned into the 2012 Scripps Spelling Bee on ESPN tonight you might've witnessed 14 year old Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego spell and define "guetapens" to take home the trophy with cash prizes.  Don't feel bad, Snigdha plays violin, speaks a foreign language, enjoys Sherlock Holmes and aspires to be a physician or neurosurgeon.


You reading this are probably in the 99% category; played a harmonica once, spoke piglatin at 14, enjoys Bart Simpson and aspires to watch your favorite sports team win a championship.


I hate to say this my friend, but it's kids like Snigdha that push beer drinking, jersey wearing sports fans further down the evolution chain.   So if one day life starts feeling like one big Guetapens, put down the remote, the suds and the nachos and challenge yourself by participating in a mental exercise. Learn something new. Heck, learn the frickin definition of Guetapens and use it in a sentence for crying out loud. 


Make Snigdha proud, almost as proud as she made her younger brother who ran up on stage to congratulate her in victory.

Congratulations Snigdha Nandipati, our 85th National Scripps Spelling Bee Champion!

Detroit Lions - #20 Barry Sanders

While watching one of those NFL top 10 countdowns to the best shows last night, I had to re-access my greatest running backs list.  


The show was counting down top 10 heisman trophy winning backs who made an impact in the NFL.  I came in on it as they were wrapping up "The Juice", O.J. Simpson at #2.  Then after commercial and plenty of hype a Detroit Lions helmet flashed past the camera and I knew, Barry "frickin" Sanders.


After watching ten minutes or more of #20 juke, spin, sprint and score in spectacular fashion, I had to lip the words of one of the show's commentators; "Only Barry Sanders."


Barry Sanders, the little engine that could, was a whirlwind, a tasmanian devil if you will, who arrived in the NFL after a stellar college career.  He was living proof that a great college football player could go professional and become a legend.  Barry Sanders, soft spoken, humble, almost shy to a fault, lit up the NFL and broke down defenders like a boxer who uses the jab to setup the knockout punch.  If you were watching him on television or Live at a stadium, time stood still while you focused in on #20 to make sure you didn't miss what people would be talking about after the game; that run by Barry.


In the countdown show last night, one player said it best.  When Detroit Lions 1998 rookie quarterback Charlie Batch came into the game for the first time he was star struck just to be on the field and in the huddle with teammate Barry Sanders.  He remembers calling the play in the huddle and saying to himself, "that's Barry Sanders!" 


As you watched Batch reminisce about the experience you could see the childlike admiration and hero worship in his eyes and facial expressions.  Who amongst us wouldn't do the same under such circumstances?


Batch then says they ran the play and he hands off to #20, after which he goes into a dreamlike state while watching Barry cut, spin and romp toward the goal line. Batch says after the handoff all he could do was watch with unbelieving eyes while thinking; "I just handed off to Barry Sanders!"


That my friends is what watching one of the greatest running backs of all time will do to any observer, make them watch in wonder and amazement.


#20, Barry Sanders was a true gem to behold on the football field.  Since his retirement we've waited to see if the good Lord will bless us with another that displays such athletic skill and will on the gridiron.  Maybe the mold was broken. We're still waiting.


Top 5 Heisman Trophy Winning NFL Running Backs


5.Earl Campbell
4.Tony Dorsett
3.Marcus Allen
2.O.J. Simpson

#1 Barry Sanders

I think Barry Sanders is an unbelievable football player. I don’t know if any of us could say that we were better than Barry, and I don’t think any of us would want to. It’s unnecessary. But he’s also a real fine human being and a friend of mine. His father was a dear friend of mine and used to tease Barry and say, “You’re the third-best back that ever played the game.” His father said, “I’m No. 1, Jim Brown is No. 2 and you’re No. 3.” Barry had to tolerate that conversation, but he took it well. ... Just a fantastic athlete and a great person. A lot of dignity.

-Jim Brown

Gruesome Flesh-eating Attack

Yeah, I've moved away from posting stories that horrify the senses. Years ago when I started this blog I was posting many of the shockingly true incidents of human behavior. From the rat in the sleeping nursing home patient's mouth to the finger found in a bowl of Wendy's chili, I gave it all.


I'm proud to say my blog has somewhat evolved and now tilts more toward sports and stories with some educational value.  But every now and then there's that one newspaper headline that begs to be blogged about.  


This morning's paper carried such a headline.  As much as I'd like to ad-lib and give my opinion on this grotesque incident, which could happen only in Florida, the facts make it stranger than any fiction.  It's shocking enough to make a zombie blush. 


Flesh-eating Attack





Miami --
Only the police tape, the bloodstains and a grotesque mystery remained after the brutal assault in which one naked man was shot dead by police after he attacked another naked man and began eating his face.
Security video from the adjacent Miami Herald building captured snippets of Saturday's violence as the two men - one dead, the other gravely injured - lay on the sidewalk as scores of officers arrived.
The victim remained at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Monday in critical condition. In addition to eating the man's flesh, his attacker, according to police sources, tried to gouge out his eyes.
The slain man was identified as Rudy Eugene, 31. The name of the officer and the hospitalized man was not released.
"We're hoping that he pulls through, for his well-being, but also so he can tell us what happened," said Sgt. Javier Ortiz, vice president of the Miami police union. "Only he knows."
One witness, Larry Vega, told WSVN-TV that he was riding his bicycle when he saw a man tearing off pieces of the victim's flesh with his mouth.
Vega said he found a police officer, who approached and told the attacker to get off the man.
"The guy just stood ... with pieces of flesh in his mouth," Vega said. "And he growled."
The officer fired, striking the attacker, but the man kept chewing, Vega said. The officer fired again, hitting him several more times, eventually killing him.
"It's one of the most gruesome things I've ever seen in my life," Vega said.
Police theorized that the attacker might have suffered from "cocaine psychosis," a drug-induced craze that bakes the body internally and often leads those it affects to strip naked to try to cool off.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/28/MNSD1OOMNP.DTL#ixzz1wHWpiege

Ever Heard of GeoTagging? U Should!

Get this, digital pictures can carry the geographic location information (GEO TAG) of the place where it was taken. In other words, you post vacation pictures of yourself and family in the Caribbean.  Earlier posts show pics of you at home in front of that big, new 60 inch tv screen. With the home picture's GEO TAG, a would-be criminal can identify the exact location of your home while confirming the date of the vacation pics as being current.  It doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to deduce that your house is currently vacant and fresh for the pickings.


I know my imagination can run a bit wild when reading about these little hidden technological features, but I urge you to check into it yourself.  When we talk about invasion of privacy these days, we're no longer just talking about hidden video cameras and wire tapping on phone lines.  It's much more serious than that. I'm sure someday it'll be the television itself giving away your home vacancy status.


How to Edit/Turn-off Location Services on Smart Phone:






Q: A friend told me that photos I post online contain information about the location they were taken. How is that possible, and should I be concerned for my privacy?
A: Many digital cameras and most smart phones, including the iPhone, have the ability to "geotag" photos by including GPS locations along with camera settings used to take the photo. This info, called "exchangeable image file format" data (Exif), is embedded in the photo and can be viewed in most any image editing program. The information goes with the photo when you save it to a different place, e-mail it, or upload it to the Web.
However, most websites where you are likely to post a photo, including big social-networking and photo-sharing sites, either strip out Exif data from photos before they're posted, or give you the option to block it from public view.
It's true that geotagging can pose a threat. For instance, if someone gets ahold of a geotagged photo of your home, they can find out where you live. But geotagging is also useful for pinpointing where photos were taken. If that's not important to you, an easy way to dispense with the issue is simply to disable geotagging in your camera or phone. 

from San Francisco Chronicle

Johnny Tapia, Former Boxing Champ Passes

Johnny Tapia, age 45, a five-time champion in three weight classes, was found dead in his family home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The underdog champion was one of those Rocky stories with a dark side.  


"I was raised as a pit bull," he added. "Raised to fight to the death. Four times I was declared dead. Four times they wanted to pull life support. And many more times I came close to dying."


Through all the mayhem and messiness of a troubled life, there is one thing anybody who's ever seen Tapia in the ring will say; the man had the heart of a lion and feared absolutely nobody.


The bell rings 10 times for a fallen warrior.

Book by Johnny Tapia: Mi Vida Loca

Melky Batting .369 Through Sunday

San Francisco Giants Melky Cabrera has the third best batting average in the majors.  The Dominican native, better known to fans as "The Milkman," is delivering the winning hits, steals and hustle like no other.

Sunday against the Miami Marlins he became the first Giant in a game to hit a home run, finish with four hits and steal two bases since Barry Bonds in 1993.  Yes, Melky is now in the mvp/all-star conversation and we Giants fans couldn't be happier.  


For a team that's been "Torturous" to watch on offense the past seasons, the 2012 Giants with a milkman consistent in his offensive delivery, are good for our growing bones. Imagine when the Panda returns to the lineup.  Talk about "Got Milk!" lookout league, the San Francisco Giants Got Melk.

Melky Over Miami

The Time is NOW! 
Here's a very insightful and spot on article about opportunity knocking on the Giants door. 

written by SF Chronicle's Henry Schulman

Devils Stalking The Stanley Cup

Sure I live in California, but when it comes to sports teams I've vowed never to support a team south of the bakersfield DMZ zone.  So with that being said, I'm taking Jersey over the L.A. Kings for the NHL Stanley Cup finals.

You gotta love the Devils,  mostly just because they're from New Jersey. Quick, name me another professional sports team from the Garden State?  New Jersey Nets? Nope, they begin play in Brooklyn this coming season as the Brooklyn Nets.  ! Yep, Jersey has it's Red Devils and that's pretty much it.   The two New York NFL teams play in Jersey, but would never rename themselves with a New Jersey tag, that would be criminal.  


So let's hear it for the home of Bruce Springsteen, Tony Soprano and their beloved NHL Red Devils.  They might hail from a place nobody else wants to be from, but if there wasn't a New Jersey, scientists would be in labs trying to invent such a place to better understand human behavior. 

"But they do have some hot babes, in a slutty sort of way."

movie quote about NJ chicks

Go New Jersey Devils!

Giants Hits & Runs Parade

Something got into the San Francisco Giants today as they had 14 runs on 15 hits, a season high.  They defeated the new Miami Marlins 14-7 in the first of a four game series being played in Florida. Though the Giants were ahead 8-1 in the top of the seventh, you knew the Marlins weren't going down quietly. They didn't.  


The Marlins, the team that always seems to have the Giants number, scored 2 in the bottom of the seventh and just when it looked as if just maybe the Marlins would come back to dash the Giants hopes again, Pitcher Jeremy Affeldt put an end to the inning.


Giants would score four in the top of the eighth and the Marlins would match them with four in the bottom of the inning. Two more runs in the top of the ninth for the Giants would end all scoring and seal the victory. But those pesky Marlins, even on a night when the Giants bats were tagging baseballs at fever pace, just made what should've been a celebratory Giants victory feel like a squeaker of a win.


But as they say, I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day, not that the Giants looked that ugly winning. They only had 1 error to the Marlins 2. But I hope to someday soon see a Giants win where they dominant from beginning to end. I really can't say we've seen that this season. But it's coming.


Go Giants! 

American Idle

It ain't Asian Idol or Mexican Idol folks, so why the surprise?

Many friends of mine are disappointed in Phillip Phillips being named the winner over Jessica Sanchez on the show "American Idol." I'm wondering why the shock and awe over what I believe are rigged television show competitions.  It's Fox TV, not CNN.  I suppose fans of these shows feel their call-in vote should warrant a just balloting.  Well I got news for you fans, it's entertainment, just like Lotteries, Pageants and 90% of the stuff marketed on television for your viewing pleasure. So why so serious?


Case and point, tonight the show American Idol was down to it's two finalists, a filipino/mexican young lady and a folksy white american male.  Their singing styles were as different as night and day, with the young woman singing soulful hits and the young man country/southern rock type music.  The celebrity judges had pretty much given last night's two of three rounds to the young woman. So much for celebrity judge relevancy when it comes to the final vote.


When it was announced tonight that Phillip Phillips was the winner, there was a show celebration the likes of a super bowl win, with confetti and all.  It was then that I realized the impact some of these network television shows have on the public's perception of reality.  While many non-white fans are talking of never watching the American Idol show again, feeling young Jessica was cheated out of her crown, I simply remind the folks watching these reality shows not to take them so serious.  These shows have investors and for them it comes down to the dollars and sense.


Sure it's possible there may've been some racial favoritism involved, (WGWG), but you must ask yourself, what is a champion idol? It's not the best talent or the best voice is it? It's most likely the best all around marketable package to entertainment fed consumers. Sorry Jessica, but a young white male has a wider marketing target than anyone else.  You sang beautifully and are a credit to your family and culture.  You will undoubtedly be given some type of musical contract. The white male image continues to be projected worldwide as the model image of success. It's ironic that asian women today seem infatuated with WGWG, but that's another story for another time.


Meanwhile I must also congratulate Phillip Phillips. He's not the most exciting or inspiring entertainer, but I was impressed with his song "Beggin." I expect to see this young man singing at the GOP national convention soon. lol


Why So Serious!

Young Colt Chasing History

No, we're not talking about the Indianapolis Colts #1 draft pick Andrew Luck just yet.  Today's young athletic star who's on track to make history is no one other than 3 year old colt "I'll Have Another."


I"LL HAVE ANOTHER, who once sold for a meager $11,000.00, is a surprise Triple Crown threat.  Mind you the Triple Crown of horse racing is like having the NFL Super bowl, NBA Championship and MLB World Series played in consecutive two week intervals.   The last Colt to win all three races was Affirmed in 1978.


I'LL HAVE ANOTHER won the Kentucky Derby on May 5th before winning yesterday's Preakness Stakes.  He won both in the same fashion, by the nose come  from behind victories over BODEMEISTER, who as of yesterday morning was listed as an 8-5 favorite.  The odds is what made for the drama when the winner of the Kentucky Derby was listed as second favorite for the Preakness.  What were the oddsmakers thinking? Colts don't have feelings too?  


It will be interesting to see the odds for the Belmont Stakes, which won't be listed until June 6th, three days before the race.  But I think we can all agree that as promising as all the contenders in the stakes might appear, when it comes to placing our money on a winner we'll kindly jest, "Thank you, I'LL HAVE ANOTHER."

"you know a transcendent horse when you get on him" 

I'll Have Another's Jockey Mario Gutierrez

Another Thriller N.Y. Times

SF Boxer Karim Mayfield Gets 10th KO

 Karim Mayfield 
 birthdate 1980-12-14 
 age 31  division light welterweight rating

 stance orthodox 
 height 5′ 7″   
 alias Hard Hitta 
 residence San Francisco, California
 birth name Karim Rasheed Mayfield 
 won 16 (KO 10) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 1 = 17




Who Knew? San Francisco got mad boxing folks.  Karim Mayfield went back east with his 15-0 record and whips a looping right hand square on the button of Raymond Serrano as the bell rings to end round four.  Serrano bent, buckled and crumbled to the canvas punch drunk.


Confusion then ensued as Serrano beat out the count, dream-walked to his corner and found Team Serrano at odds on whether to let the fight continue.  With his team bickering over his condition and/or circumstances, Serrano stood in his corner fighting off wobbly legs. 


Team Serrano completely forgot to provide a chair for their boxer to sit on until approx. 15 seconds were left in the break.  With the bell ringing to continue, Team Serrano was still in the ring quickly trying to refresh their boxer.  Serrano never had a chance as he returned for round 5 and Mayfield quickly finished him off. The referee wisely stopped the fight and Karim danced to his 16th career win.  


Way to represent Karim.  FillMoe!  I'll tell you, he may be a bit raw and careless in the ring, but the boxer from San Francisco can sure setup up a punch and land it bulls-eye when he needs to.  He dipped, he came in and he landed the bomb.  KaRIM!


Streaming Friday Night Fights (Albany, N.Y.)
Fighting Chance (SF Weekly Article)