Weekend Recap: Sad News in Boxing
Busy weekend in sports but still nothing from NBA, NFL, NHL; although the NFL training camps start this week finally. I can’t wait! The NBA and NHL still have a while to go but I can live with it as long as there is football. This weekend was full of good soccer matches as the World Football Classic and the Gold Cup were finishing up in the states. In baseball, the division and wild card races are heating up with the trade deadline here this week. The Tour de France also ended this weekend with Lance Armstrong doing well but couldn’t come through the in the end. But, we’ll start the recap with some sad news. Former boxing champion Vernon Forrest was shot and killed in an apparent robbery. This is disturbing news in the sports world as another person is lost to gun violence, with Steve McNair being killed earlier this month. Longtime publicist Kelly Swanson called Forrest “a caring humanitarian who always stood up for what he believed to be the fairness of life. It was truly his calling,” Swanson said of his work with children. “When he wasn’t boxing, this was his full-time job. … When they would see him, they would just light up, and some of them couldn’t even talk. Vernon was very much involved. He’d have some of the kids over to his house on Sundays. They were part of his family.” It’s sad to lose a person like that in society and he will be missed.

In soccer, the Gold Cup Final was set for Sunday with the two favorites (Mexico and U.S.A) meeting to no surprise to anyone. The match was even up until halftime when Mexico broke the game open with a goal. They never stopped scoring after that and the game ended in a 5-0 rout. It was a big win for Mexico, even against the U.S. so called B team, because they hadn’t won in the U.S. since 1999 (0-9-2). For the U.S. it’s very disappointing to lose like this, but they still have time to rebound before World Cup Qualifying. In the World Football Classic Club, America was trying to make it an even bigger day for Mexican soccer with a win over English power Chelsea. Club America had already proved that it could hang with the big boys, with a win against AC Milan and draw with Inter Milan, but Chelsea just has too much depth and won 2-0 playing with mostly backups. The tournament was very successful in the U.S. as each game was played to full stadiums proving that Americans like high quality soccer that Europe brings. It would be cool to see more games like this in the States.

In baseball, the races are heating up with teams trying to shore up their weaknesses through trades. The Cardinals were the first to make a move picking up Matt Holliday. Good move by them to get help for Albert Pujols. Now all the attention will turn to another Holladay, Roy. There are said to be many teams interested in Roy but are they willing to give up the high price for the trade. We’ll have to wait and see this week.
Source: AP Photo, Yahoo Sports





















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