Ortiz philosophical as career winds down
After an emotional 2011, former champ Tito Ortiz is looking to go out on his own terms.
Svindal clinches season’s first super-G
Former two-time World Cup overall champ Aksel Lund Svindal captured his first World Cup victory of the year with a superb run in the season-opening super-G on Sunday.
Fight Path: KOTC champ Jared Papazian awaits big-show bantamweight opportunity
It’s not difficult for Jared Papazian to remember the reason he first started training in the classes that would eventually lead to a mixed-martial-arts career. To put it bluntly, he was embarrassed. “I was a sophomore in high school,” Papazian told MMAjunkie.com. “It was right after football practice, and I was about to take a shower, but I saw one of my teammates going through people’s lockers …
Training like mad
“WHOA! Slow him down Freddie, or else Juan Manuel Marquez won’t show up to fight Manny Pacquiao,” jested promoter Bob Arum moments after the pound-for-pound champ’s brisk session with the American trainer at the Wildcard gym in Hollywood.
Zab Judah welcomes training help from Pernell Whitaker
When Zab Judah was a young pro, he often was compared to one of his Main Events stablemates at the time, former four-division champ Pernell Whitaker, who is now in the Hall of Fame. Whitaker, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist who would go on to win world titles from lightweight to junior middleweight, was a dazzling defensive fighter with great speed and ring smarts. Judah was often described as …
