Boxing News magazine 12.4.2002 Download pdf

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Tyson accused again
MIKE TYSON likes to spend his evenings in topless
dancing clubs, but so often has been the
target of alleged assault claims.
Another occurred in Phoenix during the early
hours last Sunday when a dancer and her boyfriend
made accusations the former world heavyweight
champion had acted improperly at the Hi-Liter
Gentleman's Club.
Tyson left town the same day to begin training for
his June 8 challenge for Lennox Lewis' world crown.
He denied the charges.
Police said there were no signs of anyone being
injured. They are continuing to investigate.

Tszyu gets plotting
K0STYA TSZYU is taking seriously the challenge of
mandatory IBF contender Ben Tackie, who bids for
the Aussie's world light-welterweight titles in Las
Vegas on May 18.
Tszyu has hired Golden Johnson, Hercules Kyvelos
and Gary St Clair as sparring partners for the tough
Ghanaian, who has made his name by causing upsets.
Kostya has not boxed since November, when he
stopped Zab Judah in two rounds to add the IBF belt to
the WBC and WBA crowns he already held.

OAKEY READY
THE long-awaited TONY OAKEY-NEIL SIMPSON domestic lightheavyweight
clash for the Portsmouth man's WBU title may
take place on May 25.
Negotiations are under way for it to go ahead at the Mountbatten Centre in
Oakey's hometown.
Tony can't understand why there has been so much bad-mouthing between
respective camps.
"I'm from the old school," he said. "I just fight. That's what I love to do. All
this shouting and screaming isn't very classy."
Oakey said the demand for tickets has been great. "About 1,000 people
have made advance bookings and the place only holds 1,500, so there's no
need for anyone to hype it up by shouting their mouths off."

Barney not barmy
AWISE man once said "nothing matters" - that
something has meaning only once we attach to it
importance or significance.
Take last week's headline for Matthew Barney's
rematch against Hussain Osman. It read: "Are you barmy,
Barney?"
Now that is a headline - words on paper - referring
to Barney's decision to fight Osman again, having been
beaten soundly in January.
But to Barney's infuriated father it was "out of order"
as he told me, waving his finger, following his son's
victory in Southampton Monday.
"Matthew had a bad virus in the first fight," he said,
making his point. "You can't call him barmy."
Yet shortly after his father had given me his opinion,
Matthew approached me with a smile and said, justifying
our headline: "Am I barmy now? Actually, when I read
that it spurred me on."
For the record, the headline was simply a play on
words. It was never intended to offend.