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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Lewis-Rahman Up Close Brawl | ||||
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| Lord Duvious | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 10:16 AM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jul. 01  | Lewis, Rahman get physical during taping -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Darren Rovell ESPN.com Lennox Lewis and heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman had their rematch almost three months early. The two engaged in a war of words and then a pushing match at the ESPN Zone in Anaheim, Calif., on Thursday while taping "Up Close" with Gary Miller. The segment was scheduled to air next week in advance of a Nov. 17 fight that will air on TVKO, HBO's pay-per-view affiliate. About 16 minutes into the taping -- while the two fighters were sitting side-by-side -- Lewis told Miller that Rahman crossed the line when he questioned Lewis' sexuality on an earlier radio show. Rahman explained he was referring to Lewis' action of suing Rahman for breach of contract. "Why are you starting with that gay stuff?" Lewis asked Rahman. "I'm 100 percent a woman's man. If he has worries about that bring your sister, bring anyone." Rahman had wanted to fight another boxer before granting Lewis a rematch of their April 22 fight. Rahman knocked out Lewis in the fifth round of that fight. Lewis was concerned Rahman would lose his next fight, which would ruin the rematch. In June, a federal judge ruled Rahman had to fight Lewis as his first title defense. After Lewis referenced Rahman's sister, the WBC-IBF champion responded, "Do not say nothing about my family." Lewis countered with "Be careful what you say to me." After a few seconds of continued bantering, both fighters squared off for eight seconds of face-to-face taunting. Lewis gave the initial push and after people flooded the stage to try to break it up, Rahman had maneuvered Lewis to the interview desk, which succumbed from the weight of Lewis' body. "What I don't understand is that a true heavyweight champion would not disrespect an opponent with unjustified taunts and jibes," Lewis said after the scuffle in a statement. "Today, Rock woke up the lion within me. Now I'm going to crush the Rock in the ring, regain my belt and bring some dignity back to the heavyweight crown." "This is a taste of what he's going to get (in the rematch)," Rahman told Reuters. "I'm gonna put him flat on his back." Pushing, shoving and shouting continued for at least two minutes. The crowd chanted, "Gary! Gary! Gary!," mocking the screams of "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" that have become popular during fights on "The Jerry Springer Show." Allegedly, many of Springer's fights are fixed. But Charlie Moynihan, coordinating producer for "Up Close," said this one was not. "In my estimation, this wasn't fixed," Moynihan said. "These two have a great disdain and dislike for each other. We've had fighters on the show before and have had no repercussions." ESPN's Max Kellerman and Al Bernstein also believed the melee was not pre-arranged. After the altercation, Lewis stayed around to sign autographs, shake hands and take pictures with children. Interestingly, both Lewis and Rahman are scheduled to appear at a news conference in Las Vegas on Friday promoting their rematch, which is supposed to take place in the ring. Video of the Brawl  Email Me It takes a lot of work to get this cynical. | ||||
| Unicron | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 10:24 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Mar. 01 | FAKE!, but it made me wanna get the fight anyways. It's a publicity stund that they've done since boxings earliest days, and it still works. it'll always work cause people love to watch people fight, and they want to think the people fighting are doing so not just for money, but because they truly dislike each other. | ||||
| Drunken GW I Pissed on a Church to get this Status. | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 10:30 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | I didn't think it was faked. Did you see when the short white guy was holding Lewis back? Lewis turned around like he was going to drop the guy. They would have been sued bigtime if someone got hurt. I thought the rock go the better of the scuffle. If it was fake that was a damn good job. All in all it was funny as hell to watch. Proud Member of the S.T.O.N.E.R./Swillers Alliance. | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 10:30 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Who's the better promoter Vince McMahon or Don King? | ||||
| Dawgs47 | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 11:26 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Nov. 00 | I do not think that it was staged at all. I was suprised though at how easy the table fell. But i guess when 500+ pounds get thrown into it, thats gonna happen. I think they just have a general hatred towards each other. Hopefully the rematch will be as good as yesterdays fiasco. I also think that Lewis is gonna knock him out next tiem the face each other, and then fight Iron Mike Tyson. Enrolled in the King F-tard school of disobedience | ||||
| drkn2forget | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 12:43 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | Fake...Another stunt pulled by Don King...You can actually see Gary Miller laughing when he was trying to break it up
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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 12:48 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | It looked awfully familiar to the WWF's famous staged fight between Tyson and Stone Cold Steve Austin that got worldwide coverage. | ||||
| Scrappleking | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 12:56 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | Not staged. It was caused practically solely by Gary Miller. He asked questions like, "what is crossing the line in these interviews?" He also asked Lewis flat out if Rahman questioned his sexuality. Was Gary Miller the guy who got his asked kicked by former Rams QB Jim Everett a few years ago? He called him Chris Everett to piss him off and ended up getting smacked. If it wasn't Gary Miller does anyone remember who that was? | ||||
| MrQuotes NO!!! You can't have any smiley faces in your status!!! G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Missile Command | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 1:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | it was jim rome who did the chris everett thing I see a red door and i want it painted black | ||||
| Ferret | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 1:11 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | I would believe that it was fake more if ESPN had a stake in the fight, but they don't. The only wallets that will get fat are PPV, and either Showtime or HBO (I forget who's doing the fight). If ESPN would make money of the stunt, then ok, but I still don't see any reason to do it. | ||||
| Shoring | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 1:45 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | i think it was staged but then got out of control | ||||
| Scrappleking | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 4:09 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | quote: That makes sence. Rome is such a fucking tool on his current show. He make Bryant Gumble seem half decent. Say, If Rome's wife was pregent, you know what would be funny?..... | ||||
| JackDan1974 | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 4:32 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | ScrappleKing if you want to see the Jim Rome thing it is at http://www.stupidvideos.com/  This message was edited by JackDan1974 on 8-31-01 @ 4:33 PM | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 5:14 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I can see where everyone would think it was staged, but it sure didnt look staged. This just makes both of them look like even bigger morons than they were before. They got mocked by every sportscenter anchor that did a show last night. | ||||
| The Sleeper Being a Minor is a Threat to my Social Life PoseUr i ahve 2 threads at teh top, i feel like maynard | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 6:00 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Looks like Tyson isnt the only one who needs the Zoloft. | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 08-31-2001 @ 10:59 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | it was fake if it was real, punches would have been thrown and it would have gotten out of hand. and just because espn isnt getting money from the fight on ppv, the promoter just has to give them some money on the DL, that has nothing to do with whether its fake or not.  Webmaster of the Undergound Unofficial I Hate adolescentmasturbator Message Board | ||||
| SpiderBob | posted on 09-01-2001 @ 2:02 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | IT WAS REAL. If it wasn't they would break the Spanish Announce Table. DUH ;) | ||||
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