Quote:``The defendant committed adultery during the marriage, and such adultery has neither been forgiven nor condoned by the plaintiff".

Quote:When Vargas reached the dais, he exchanged words with De La Hoya, who was wearing a gray suit. The two shoved each other, and Vargas put his hands around De La Hoya's throat before they were separated.

Members of Vargas' camp later shouted an obscenity in Spanish when promoter Bob Arum referred to De La Hoya as a ``true gentleman'' during his introduction, and Vargas used an obscene phrase while declaring himself a ``real Mexican.''

When asked later why he used the obscenity, Vargas said he did not remember using it.

De La Hoya's trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., directed angry words toward Vargas, saying the fighter was under ``house arrest.'' Vargas is wearing an electronic monitoring device to fulfill a 90-day jail sentence following a no contest plea to one felony charge of conspiracy to commit assault in connection with a 1999 incident near Santa Barbara.

Quote:Ricardo Jiminez a publicist for Bob Arum broke his leg yesterday trying to break up a fight that broke out between Oscar Delahoya and Fernando Vargas. The two men are set to meet may 4th after several failed contract negotitations. Vargas and Oscar have something that's been missing between combatants lately and that is deep rooted hatred for eachother. Vargas has said many times how he'd love to make Oscar a cripple and how his pretty boy image makes him sick. Here's some extra news on what happened yesterday

Sean Cold Wrote:

Quote:Ricardo Jiminez a publicist for Bob Arum broke his leg yesterday trying to break up a fight that broke out between Oscar Delahoya and Fernando Vargas. The two men are set to meet may 4th after several failed contract negotitations. Vargas and Oscar have something that's been missing between combatants lately and that is deep rooted hatred for eachother. Vargas has said many times how he'd love to make Oscar a cripple and how his pretty boy image makes him sick. Here's some extra news on what happened yesterday

This is the fight I can't fuckin wait for! The Hatred is just spewing out of this one! Vargas' qute that he couldn't hate him more sold this one for me!

He had me at helllo!

slackjaw Wrote:As far as Tyson Lewis...... I won't believe a damn thing until they are both standing in the ring. This would be the first true top quality Heavyweight fight in a long long time. Ok, except for that beautiful night when Rahman knocked Lennox on his egotistical ass, but who expected such a beautiful thing going in?

Quote:NEW YORK (AP) -- Saying he's not ``Mr. Politically Correct,'' Mike Tyson made an apology of sorts Wednesday for his part in a news conference melee that could deny him a license to challenge Lennox Lewis.

``I'm a boxer, and from now on, I will let my boxing talk for me,'' Tyson said in a statement.

He did not comment on whether he bit Lewis' left leg in the brawl at the Hudson Theater on Tuesday. A source close to Lewis' camp, who asked not to be identified, said Tyson did bite the WBC-IBF champion.

Lewis and his advisers declined to talk about it.

``It (the melee) is under investigation by the Nevada commission,'' said Gary Shaw, chief operating officer of Main Events, the American promoter of the champion from Britain.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission is scheduled to consider Tyson's application for a license on Jan. 29. It was the Nevada commission that fined Tyson $3 million and revoked his license after he bit Evander Holyfield's ears in 1997.

Tyson got a license a year later, but it lapsed in 1999.

``There was obviously a miscommunication between our camps with regards to the face-off, and chaos broke out,'' Tyson said, explaining how the brawl began.

Apparently, each man was to come on stage upon being introduced and stop on a small platform, which were not close to one another. They were to turn and stare at one another.

Tyson was introduced first. After Lewis got up on his platform, Tyson walked toward him, claiming he was going to engage in a stare down.

When he got close, he was pushed by Lewis' bodyguard and threw a punch at the man. Lewis threw a right hand that grazed Tyson's head and suddenly people were pushing, shoving and rolling around onstage.

``After our skirmish, I was provoked by a member of the audience who was shouting obscenities at me and I defended myself as I saw fit. In the process, things that I said may have offended members of the audience. To these people, I offer my apologies.''

After a semblance of order was restored, Tyson threw up his arms in triumph and made an obscene gesture. Then he became enraged and shouted vulgar abuse at a man who had yelled, ``Put him in straitjacket.''

``I came to New York to promote a fight that I want and boxing fans want to see,'' Tyson concluded in his statement. ``I am not a role model or Mr. Politically Correct. I am a boxer, and from now on I will let my boxing talk for me.''

During the fracas, Tyson was cut on his hairline, while WBC president Jose Sulaiman sustained a concussion when he hit his head on a table.

Sulaiman was treated at a hospital and attended a news conference Wednesday for Shane Mosley's WBC welterweight title defense against Vernon Forrest Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

The melee was the latest problem to beset Tyson. On Tuesday, Las Vegas police said they found evidence supporting a woman's claim she was raped by Tyson. Police have forwarded the case to the district attorney's office to see if it will be prosecuted.

Last week, Tyson's second wife filed for divorce in Rockville, Md., accusing the former heavyweight boxing champion of adultery. Tyson countered by suing for divorce in Las Vegas, claiming incompatibility.

On Jan. 1, witnesses said Tyson threw glass Christmas ornaments at journalists trying to interview him at a hotel in Havana, Cuba. There were no reports of injuries, arrests or serious damage.

slackjaw Wrote:Did I say something about not believing it until they are both in the ring? I think I did :no, really, fuck off:

Quote:WBC will sanction Lewis-Tyson fight wherever it is held
By ED SCHUYLER Jr.
AP Boxing Writer
January 25, 2002


NEW YORK (AP) -- The Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson fight has the blessing of the World Boxing Council even if it isn't sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

``The World Boxing Council ordered this mandatory fight, which will be sanctioned by our organization in any city or country where it is held,'' WBC president Jose Sulaiman said in a statement released by his office in Mexico City.

It would be a major pay-per-view bout and figures to be a bonanza for Las Vegas.

The Nevada commission is to meet Tuesday on whether to license Tyson for the heavyweight championship fight set for April 6 in the MGM Grand at Las Vegas. It is a WBC mandatory heavyweight title defense against the top-ranked challenger for Lewis, who also is IBF champion.

Under normal circumstances, Tyson would not need to attend the hearing, but he has been ordered to appear following a brawl that broke out at a news conference Tuesday in New York.

Should Tyson be denied a license, he can still apply for and be granted a license in another jurisdiction.

If a commission suspends a fighter or revokes his license, as Nevada did after Tyson bit Evander Holyfield during a bout in 1997, other commissions would uphold the action.

If a commission denies a license application, however, other jurisdictions are not bound to do the same.