HEADLINES -- Feb. 19-21, 2003


February 21, 2003
* TYSON-ETIENNE -- The tale of the tape
* AP: Tyson circus begins
* Ringtalk cartoon: Tyson, Roach are "Black Rhino Hunting"
* Pedro Fernandez: Fearless Friday five-star
* London Times: Sad, mad, or just plain sick, Tyson comes out swinging
* Dan Rafael: Let the carnival begin
* NY Daily News: Rather fight Mike than wife
* Mike Lopresti: Tyson's appeal is morbid curiosity
* Jon Saraceno: Tyson's fight now with desperation, low self-esteem
* Ringtalk: HBO vice pres. Kerry Davis unplugged
* SecondsOut: Tyson and Etienne - Fit for the fray?
* Memphis Comm. Appeal: Etienne has already won his biggest fight
* Toronto Sun: Tyson sports tattoo with "tribal" design
* Mike Fish: Experts say facial design poses little medical risk
* Memphis Comm. Appeal: Doctor has last word on Tyson's health
* David Whitley: Tyson tattoos himself instead of opponents
* Press Release: Press quotes from Tyson, Etienne
* George Kimball: This time, Etienne changes tune
* Memphis Comm. Appeal: Boxers back to business
* SecondsOut: More payoff for the Rhino?
* SecondsOut: The Buzz - Another Tyson-Lewis conspiracy?
* Baton Rouge Advocate: Yes, bout on again
* Chicago Tribune: Tyson, Etienne do unexpected - train for a bout
* Derek Bilton: Mike Tyson, fighter
* Rusty Rubin: Tyson is like Yo Yo Ma
* Max Boxing: Jason Probst's Neutral Corner
* Mike Samuels: The Rhino's false charge
* London Daily Telegraph: Money talks loudest for fit-again Tyson
* The Oklahoman: Who is more weird - Michael Jackson or Mike Tyson?
* Eastside Boxing: Rebuilding Mike Tyson
* AP: Klitschko sues WBC to force Lewis into bout
* Palm Beach Post: Ruiz in search of recognition
* Dean Juipe: Jones isn't amused by Ruiz' cartoon series
* Honolulu Advertiser: Viloria's next fight could be in Hawaii
* SecondsOut: Tom Hauser profiles Larry Merchant
* AP: Golden Boy to defend against Campas
* CP: Dorin to meet American in unification bout
* Cincy Post: Queen City boxer a win away from cruiserweight crown
* LVRJ: Alamo Sr. continues quest for retraction
* Press Release: DLH in top shape for Yori Boy
* Steve Kim: Raul Marquez ain't done yet
* Mike Nosky: Get real at RealBoxing.com
* El Paso Times: Lazcano title bout would be great for city
* Venezuela: Boxing champ shot in knee
* Las Vegas Sun: Springing for the opportunity
* Boxing Talk: Jeff Young interviews Bronco McKart
* David Avila: Diaz sees Tszyu or Gatti in future
* Washington Times: Gavilan reigned in game's golden era
* BBC Online: McClellan's struggle continues
* Jack Welsh: NBC in new shot at network boxing in May
* San Antonio Express-News: Kileen's Johnson top S.A,. fighter
* Ron Widelec: A fighter's first loss
* Michael Tosto: How to make a mismatch
* Boston Herald: Godfrey hooks heavyweight title
* Anthony Evans: Williams won't hide from Herbie
* UK: Williams seeks help from Bowe
* SecondsOut: Sky to screen Tyson-Etienne
* SecondsOut: McCullough - Harrison is no Hamed
* UK: Catley battlles on for justice
* Press Release: Fight Academy stages multi-fight card in Reading

......And we welcome our friend Paul Upham back to work
* Paul Upham: Jones - "I'll be there"
* Paul Upham: Jones - "Y'all have to weight and see"
* Paul Upham: Hussein faces Chgareon Friday night in Perth
* Paul Upham: Shannan Taylor faces Bargero to get Mundine
* Paul Upham: Lovemore Ndou fight canceled


OPEN LETTER FROM PATRICIA PAGE: WIFE OF STRICKEN FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP GREG PAGE

How many boxers need to nearly die in the ring before these guys wake up? When my husband Greg Page suffered a severe brain injury and massive stroke from an injury he sustained in a "state sanctioned" professional boxing match, we had no idea that this would happen to him. According to the Professional Boxer's Safety Act, insurance should have been provided for Greg.

However, instead Greg is a "card carrying member" of the Brain Injury Association, the one club that no one asks to join. Greg joined this club without health insurance to pay for an in-home nurse, physical therapy, motorized wheelchair, medication, or check-ups that a handicapped person needs. Taking care of my husband is a full-time job that takes up all of my time and attention, which I do without thinking twice because I truly love him. It is completely unfair and wrong though, for me to have to take care of my husband without the same medical and disability benefits that people who get hurt in every other job get.

It is extremely important to me that I keep Greg's injury front and center because I want people to know the time is now for doing something for these guys to protect our loved ones them and bring attention to what could happen to them, nearly dying doing their jobs! I promised Greg shortly after he emerged from the coma, that I would do what I could to change things and help the other guys out there.

According to statistics, somewhere between 87 % and 89% of ALL boxers will suffer a "brain injury" at some point in their career. I want ALL boxers and their families to know that there are people out there who can prevent the hardships that I am going through right now, from ever having to happen to another professional ! boxer. Right now Angel Rodriguez is doing boxing seminars that can get health and life insurance and money management for boxers, that Greg and I didn’t know about and almost every boxer out there still don’t know about. Information about how boxers can get insurance and manage their money better and how boxing can help them do it, could have made my husband’s and my life much simpler. This is why I want to share how to prevent this with the rest of the world and hope that the state boxing commissions, hotels, and casinos use this person to spread the word to the boxers fighting in their state or building. Contact Angel at (407) 484-5150 or bigange1@msn.com about making the hardest sport easier to survive.

In the meanwhile, I will try to get myself and my great friend Lisa McClellan, whose brother Gerald is also a former world ! champion handicapped from a fight, the help that we both need to get our family what they need to survive. On Saturday, February 22 at the Clock Tower Resort in Rockford, Illinois we are going to hold a fundraiser so what we can get the medical care that Greg and Gerald badly need. The tickets for this fundraiser are $100 and can be bought by calling at 815-233-5460. For more information, contact Lisa McClellan at lisamcclellan99@aol.com.

I hope that people take advantage of the life and health insurance and financial benefits that are out there for boxers so that fundraisers for men who gave the sport their all don’t have to be necessary anymore. God Bless.

Patricia Love-Page

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PRESS RELEASE
FLORIDA HAS A NEW FIGHT SCENE

The all action fights that All Star Boxing has brought to deliriously packed
Kissimmee Civic Center audiences over the last two years, will continue in 2003
when Telemundo airs from Kissimmee, Florida this Friday February 21st. The
scheduled twelve round main event features Genaro Garcia attempting to recapture
his former FECARBOX bantamweight title against former WBO champion Mauricio
Martinez on the nationally televised card.

This pairing is the continuation of the Zabala family's wildly successful
formula that entails the pairing of two proven Latin action warriors who have a
history of producing fights that leave the attending crowd hoarse. This formula
is being widely duplicated by the newly sprouted cottage industry of Hispanic
saturated and oriented boxing series' currently being televised by Telefutura,
HBO Latino, and Top Rank's bilingual Pay-Per-View cards.

Garcia is a gritty boxer-puncher from Mexico who brings a 27-4 (16 KO's) record
to Central Florida, including a second round kayo of the recently crowned world
and IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez. Marquez just dramatically starched
long time champion Tim Austin this past Saturday on HBO to force his way into
the sport's top tier.

Martinez for his part is a 19-4-1 (14 KO's) pug whose losses have come against
naturally bigger world champions such as Freddie Norwood and Hector Acero
Sanchez who fought the Panamanian when he was still a raw pro with less than 15
fights on his resume. Martinez is poised to convert the hard learned lessons of
those fights into a maximized opportunity to catapult himself into title
contention with an impressive showing on national TV this Friday.

Also featured on the card is Puerto Rico's Jose "Zeus" Vasquez in a six round
super middleweight bout against Joe Harris; Orlando, Florida heavyweights Willy
Hering and Derrick Edwars will face off in a four round scuffle; Carlos "Tutin"
Perez and Cornell Harris will spark a four round bantamweight bout; Miami's
Ricky Piedra will square off against Tyrone Wiggins for a scheduled four round
of junior welterweight action; Jose Leonardo Cruz of Colombia will meet Miami's
Keith Mayor in another super lightweight four rounder. Colombian kayo artist
Carlos Maussa will try to extend his winning streak of eleven wins, all by
knockout, to twelve in a row on the card as well.

A press conference with an attending weigh-in will be held at Los Compadres
Tavern on Thursday February 20th between 5pm to 7 pm. It will be at this tavern
that All Star Boxing will announce its future plans to bring four nationally
televised boxing cards to the Kissimmee Civic Center in 2003, with another four
to be held at the Miccosukee Casino in Miami, FL. Los Compadres is located on
1315 North John Young Parkway in Kissimmee, which intersects with 192, and can
be reached by phone at (407) 518-6080.

The doors to the Kissimmee Civic Center located on 201 E. Dakin Avenue,
Kissimmee, FL will open at 8 PM this Friday with Telemundo beginning its
televised coverage at 11:30 PM. General admission tickets will be priced at $15
while ringside seats will be sold at $30. Call (407) 935-1412 for tickets.




February 20, 2003
WE'RE ON!!!
* Reuters: Tyson and Etienne finally appear ready to rumble
* Michael Hirsley: Tyson tattoo may be a pain in the ring
* NY Times: Tattooed Tyson at center of storm
* Rudy Martzke: Tyson still a big draw despite latest round of controversy
* AP: Tyson-Etienne fight back on as planned
* Bonano - Tyson faked illness
* London Times: Tyson to fight on for a few more dollars
* The Australian: Made Mike turns into Wacko Jacko
* Irish Examiner: Tyson's team tries to repair the damage
* Phil. Inquirer: Boxing's an unholy mix of violence and commerce
* Michael Katz: "Ten-day Zone" explains Tyson's folly
* Sam Donnellon: A thriller - how about Tyson vs. Michael Jackson



February 19, 2003
WILD AND WACKY
* Pedro Fernandez has a Photo of Tyson's tattoo and a column
* AP: Tyson hops plane - fight with Etienne back on
* Memphis Comm. Appeal: Mgr. - "Etienne doesn't want to fight now"
* Dallas Morning News: Tyson will fight Saturday, but Etienne won't be Mike's "yo-yo"
* Sporting News Radio: Etienne says he won't fight Tyson
* NY Times: Advisor saves Tyson-Etienne bout, perhaps
* London Daily Telegraph: Tyson takes a U-turn
* Salon: The Mike Tyson carnival freak show
* London Times: Confusion reigns as Tyson performs U-turn
* The Independent (UK): Tyson's bizarre change of mind keeps show on road
* Thomas Gerbasi: A Light in the Darkness
* Ray Ratto: Is Tyson down for the count?
* Ray McNulty: Expect the unexpected from Tyson
* VanishingTattoo.com: More on Mike Tyson's tattoo
* Phila. Daily News: In Tyson soap opera, check under the cover stories
* Portland Tribune: Tyson's antics pull Harding down
* Angel Rodriguez: Montezuma's revenge hit twice in Vegas
* Thomas Gerbasi: Jones ready to rumble, not wrestle
* Thomas Gerbasi: Meet the Parents






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