Few weeks away from Fields’ Remington debut…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Fields to make Remington debut
The buzz has never been higher for the Oklahoma City-based boxing promotions group, catBOX Entertainment.
The organization recently signed world-ranked cruiserweight contender Eric Fields of Ardmore, and Fields will fight his first bout under the catBOX banner Nov. 12 at Remington Park.
Fields, 27, is a two-time National Golden Gloves champion and fought for the WBO cruiserweight championship in April 2008.
He has only fought once since, an easy second-round technical knockout in January and is 12-1 with 10 knockouts.
Also scheduled on the card will be Oklahoma lightweight champion Noah Zuhdi. Zuhdi is 8-0 with eight knockouts. It will be his seventh fight at Remington.
Tickets are on sale. For more information, call (800) 595-4849 or visit www.catboxentertainment.com.
This is pretty exciting for the local boxing scene, and it will be very interesting to see how much interest is generated from having someone like Fields around.
The last Remington card left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths, but this sounds like a winner on paper.
I’m hoping that since it’s a Thursday night, I’ll be able to check it out. It shouldn’t interfere in my HS football duties, but we shall see.
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Couple of boxing fights to update on as it Vitali Klitschko will take on Kevin Johnson in December in Switzerland.
I’ve long been a fan of Johnson and what he brings to the table. Though I don’t think he is anywhere near ready for this type of bout, hey, go for it.
Johnson, from what I’ve seen, has an incredible jab and great handspeed. The knock on him has been his lack of power. He’s won his last three fights by KO, so that’s a step in the right direction.
There isn’t a name on his ledger, and he’s not someone the most casual of a fan should even recognize, buy hey, go get ‘em.
Also, Shane Mosley is now said to be fighting Andre Berto. I’ll believe it when I see it as Mosley has had no luck at all since destroying Antonio Margarito in January.
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And for those who want a look of what being a boxing writer in the 21st century means, here is a poignant piece from Thomas Hauser at maxboxing.com.
It’s a look at the lack of boxing coverage by The New York Times.
This will give you some real insight on how perception becomes reality real quick, and it’s a constant battle. A battle (of getting boxing out there) that I feel can be won (or I wouldn’t fight it). But as always, tremendous piece by Hauser.
Back Friday with some UFC 104 thoughts.
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