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kenyan_cheena · 04-28-2008, 11:38 PM

LOOSE CANNONS BACK IN ACTION

Sunday 29 September 2002

It was exactly one month ago in Argentina when a pair of hot-headed young men made their Heavyweight Boxing Federation debuts, Orlando's David Kane and Detroit native Dre Linton both scoring exciting TKO victories in the opening series of the Qualifying League. Each made headlines due to some obscenity-laced outbursts during post-fight interviews and were subsequently warned by HBF officials about their behaviour.

This Thursday they'll step back in the ring in Tokyo for their series two bouts and while they've been on more of a short leash, their combustible personalities have been on display at a number of promotional events in Japan. Kane and Linton have shown a strong dislike for each other, vying to be the biggest fish in the pond even though they're in different Qualifying League groups and most likely won't even clash during the tournament.

This week's two fight cards (Tuesday's will be held at Atlantic City's Trump Plaza) complete series two of the QL and truly mark the ending of the federation's opening phase of competition. After Thursday's event the organisation will be on hiatus for ten days with the opening series of the European Championship tournament on Sunday the 13th of October to kick it back into gear. The Continental Americas Championship tournament begins the following day.

While the two cards aren't earth-shatteringly exciting they are worth watching simply for the presence of (in addition to Kane and Linton) Florida Alliance member Ariel Reyes, the Canadian Chris Creed and Nebraska's Mark "Vistaman" Elwood. All five competitors are expected to contend deep into the QL tournament so it's going to be interesting to see how they perform this week...

04-28-2008, 11:38 PM	#1747 (permalink)
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 4,631	LOOSE CANNONS BACK IN ACTION Sunday 29 September 2002 It was exactly one month ago in Argentina when a pair of hot-headed young men made their Heavyweight Boxing Federation debuts, Orlando's David Kane and Detroit native Dre Linton both scoring exciting TKO victories in the opening series of the Qualifying League. Each made headlines due to some obscenity-laced outbursts during post-fight interviews and were subsequently warned by HBF officials about their behaviour. This Thursday they'll step back in the ring in Tokyo for their series two bouts and while they've been on more of a short leash, their combustible personalities have been on display at a number of promotional events in Japan. Kane and Linton have shown a strong dislike for each other, vying to be the biggest fish in the pond even though they're in different Qualifying League groups and most likely won't even clash during the tournament. This week's two fight cards (Tuesday's will be held at Atlantic City's Trump Plaza) complete series two of the QL and truly mark the ending of the federation's opening phase of competition. After Thursday's event the organisation will be on hiatus for ten days with the opening series of the European Championship tournament on Sunday the 13th of October to kick it back into gear. The Continental Americas Championship tournament begins the following day. While the two cards aren't earth-shatteringly exciting they are worth watching simply for the presence of (in addition to Kane and Linton) Florida Alliance member Ariel Reyes, the Canadian Chris Creed and Nebraska's Mark "Vistaman" Elwood. All five competitors are expected to contend deep into the QL tournament so it's going to be interesting to see how they perform this week... __________________ MLB: 1958 and Beyond... The Greatest Prize in Sports Last edited by kenyan_cheena : 04-29-2008 at 02:02 AM.