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Equation
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broadsword
Brigadier
More info on Dong. He's twenty-six but still a rookie. Let's see how much farther he can go than Ed Wang. His coach is John Bray, a former heavyweight fighter himself and has confidence in his future.
Bernard
Junior Member
Let me guess, you're not to fond of the "Rock jock" Jayhawks fans either.I follow college football when there's a good match up going on. But I usually follow the NFL and the NBA are my professional sports league. I watch NHL hockey mostly during the playoffs.
Absolutely not haha, Jayhawks are our rivals and are terrible at American football!
And ill watch a NHL game here and there, my buddy is a St. Louis fan so I cheer for the Blues in the playoffs. But I hate the Cardinals and I am a Kansas City Royals fan in MLB and watch almost every game that is broadcasted.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
I got to check out the 49ers' new Levi Stadium. Much better than Candlestick. Candlestick for me was like watching ants playing football. The parking situation might be a major problem. This wasn't even a full stadium crowd and it took an hour to travel two blocks. Also I can go to Chinatown and buy a steamed pork bun for .60 cents. At Levi Stadium it cost $8.50. Boy it was hot there. No Pacific Ocean natural air-conditioning like at Candlestick. Funny story was the 49ers were suppose to take the east side the field where their lockers rooms are but that's most of time in the sun. The West side has the towering luxury boxes and broadcast booths. That keeps the East side most of the time in the shade. So the 49ers took that side of the field but their lockers rooms are on the other side. That might be interesting when it comes to halftime and end of the game especially with intense rivals.
Michigan Stadium has claimed another attendance mark, setting a United States record with an announced crowd of 109,318 watching Manchester United beat Real Madrid, 3-1, in the International Champions Cup on Saturday........
Thats a very good effort for a city where soccer does not figure in the country as a major sport.
Thats a very good effort for a city where soccer does not figure in the country as a major sport.
Equation
Lieutenant General
East and West sun light are at their most intense during sunrise and sunset hours, so it depends on the time of game in order to see if it will effect the players coming in and out of their locker rooms at all. Anyway at least you're not in the heat of Texas right now during summer.
broadsword
Brigadier
I think he can go further than 6'11" Taishan Dong.
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Boxing: Zhilei wins in quick pro debut at Rural Rumble
Jim Krajewski, RGJ 8:09 a.m. PDT August 9, 2014
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FALLON – The only question was whether there were two punches or three.
Zhang Zhilei made short work of his professional boxing debut, taking a win by technical knockout 17 seconds in, over Curtis Lee Tate in the first fight at the Rural Rumble on Friday.
"I never thought it would happen so quick," Zhilei, of Henan Province, China, said through a translator.
Zhilei pounced on Tate from the opening, pinning him against the ropes and quickly throwing a right and left. Tate fell forward.
He tried to stand up, but referee waved the fight done.
Some thought the fight might been have stopped too soon, but Tate was wobbly as he attempted to stand and again while trying to sit on his corner stool.
Afterward, Tate still seemed dazed and said he broke a tooth, which could have happened when his head hit the mat.
"I thought I had enough to keep going," Tate said.
Zhilei outweighed Tate by 32 pounds, 259-227.
Promoter Tommy Lane joked afterward that Zhilei might have been ready to fight again later Friday night.
He did manage to break a sweat, but it could have been from the rain that fell before the fights started.
The first three fights were broadcast on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights."
In the second bout, Jason Escalera took a unanimous decision over Norbert Nemesapati, handing the Budapest fighter his first loss.
"He was trying to knock me out in the first round," Escalera said. "But I was trying to study him."
Nemesapati's coach Tibor Feja said his fighter was going for the first-round knockout, and hurt his right in the attempt.
Escalera knocked down Nemesapati in the third round, but Feja said it was a slip.
Escalera dominated the next six rounds and was talking to Nemesapati throughout, telling him to hit harder, among other things.
In the light middleweight 10-round co-main event, Willie Nelson beat Luis Grajeda by unanimous decision in a fight that appeared closer than all three judges' 98-92 score.
"I thought it would be a unanimous decision," Nelson said. "In the later rounds, I thought I wore him down. But he's a good puncher, he caught me a few times, upside the head."
RURAL RUMBLE AT FALLON
Heavyweight: Zhang Zhilei, China, def. Curtis Tate, Tenn., first-round TKO, :17
Super middleweight: Jason Escalera, N.J., def. Norbert Nemesapati, Budapest, unan. dec.
Light middleweight: Willie Nelson, Cleveland, def. Luis Grajeda, Mexico, unan. dec.
Middleweight: Eduardo Alicea, Cleveland, def. Kirk Huff, Mo., second-round KO
Super featherweight: Joel Diaz, Palmdale, Calif., def. Kevin Aguilar, Mexico, third-round KO, 1:44
Flyweight: Oscar Vasquez, Reno, def. Sergio Lopez, Las Vegas, unan. dec.
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Boxing: Zhilei wins in quick pro debut at Rural Rumble
Jim Krajewski, RGJ 8:09 a.m. PDT August 9, 2014
-ren0809 spt boxing09289.jpg_20140808.jpg
(Photo: Tom Smedes/Special to the RGJ)
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FALLON – The only question was whether there were two punches or three.
Zhang Zhilei made short work of his professional boxing debut, taking a win by technical knockout 17 seconds in, over Curtis Lee Tate in the first fight at the Rural Rumble on Friday.
"I never thought it would happen so quick," Zhilei, of Henan Province, China, said through a translator.
Zhilei pounced on Tate from the opening, pinning him against the ropes and quickly throwing a right and left. Tate fell forward.
He tried to stand up, but referee waved the fight done.
Some thought the fight might been have stopped too soon, but Tate was wobbly as he attempted to stand and again while trying to sit on his corner stool.
Afterward, Tate still seemed dazed and said he broke a tooth, which could have happened when his head hit the mat.
"I thought I had enough to keep going," Tate said.
Zhilei outweighed Tate by 32 pounds, 259-227.
Promoter Tommy Lane joked afterward that Zhilei might have been ready to fight again later Friday night.
He did manage to break a sweat, but it could have been from the rain that fell before the fights started.
The first three fights were broadcast on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights."
In the second bout, Jason Escalera took a unanimous decision over Norbert Nemesapati, handing the Budapest fighter his first loss.
"He was trying to knock me out in the first round," Escalera said. "But I was trying to study him."
Nemesapati's coach Tibor Feja said his fighter was going for the first-round knockout, and hurt his right in the attempt.
Escalera knocked down Nemesapati in the third round, but Feja said it was a slip.
Escalera dominated the next six rounds and was talking to Nemesapati throughout, telling him to hit harder, among other things.
In the light middleweight 10-round co-main event, Willie Nelson beat Luis Grajeda by unanimous decision in a fight that appeared closer than all three judges' 98-92 score.
"I thought it would be a unanimous decision," Nelson said. "In the later rounds, I thought I wore him down. But he's a good puncher, he caught me a few times, upside the head."
RURAL RUMBLE AT FALLON
Heavyweight: Zhang Zhilei, China, def. Curtis Tate, Tenn., first-round TKO, :17
Super middleweight: Jason Escalera, N.J., def. Norbert Nemesapati, Budapest, unan. dec.
Light middleweight: Willie Nelson, Cleveland, def. Luis Grajeda, Mexico, unan. dec.
Middleweight: Eduardo Alicea, Cleveland, def. Kirk Huff, Mo., second-round KO
Super featherweight: Joel Diaz, Palmdale, Calif., def. Kevin Aguilar, Mexico, third-round KO, 1:44
Flyweight: Oscar Vasquez, Reno, def. Sergio Lopez, Las Vegas, unan. dec.
broadsword
Brigadier
I didn't know it has already started. Good that Nanjing did not spend much on infrastructure.