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Kovalev: 'I want to fight Stevenson'
December, 12, 2013
Dec 12
By Brian Campbell | ESPN.com
There's only so much that unbeaten light heavyweight titlist Sergey Kovalev can say about division champion Adonis Stevenson until the two fighters one day (hopefully) meet in the ring.
The anticipated showdown between two of the sport's most devastating punchers seemed like a slam dunk when HBO featured both fighters in showcase bouts on the same Nov. 30 card. It's a fight just about everyone in the boxing world is salivating over, from the fans and promoters to the network.
But that doesn't mean we'll see it right away. Stevenson, 36, who came out of nowhere in 2013 to make a case for fighter of the year consideration, with four knockout wins, is hoping to be handsomely rewarded for his efforts, seeking either more money from HBO or an opportunity for financially friendly options elsewhere.
Kovalev (23-0, 21 KOs), 30, typically deflects most questions about future opponents to the capable hands of promoter Main Events and manager Egis Klimas. But the Russian-born fighter makes no bones about the fact that he wants to stay active, with the goal being four more fights in 2014, including at least one against Stevenson.
"I hope he wants the fight [with] me, but maybe [he wants more] money. Maybe not yet, maybe later," Kovalev told ESPN.com. "Maybe he don't want [to fight] -- I don't know. You need to ask him. But what I'm thinking is that it will be a good fight and a very interesting fight for [boxing] fans.
"I want to fight Stevenson. I'm still waiting."
Kovalev clearly has respect for Stevenson (23-1, 20 KOs) as a fighter, calling him a dangerous puncher with both hands, especially from distance with his left. But he doesn't have the same admiration as others for the quality of Stevenson's biggest wins, including a first-round knockout of lineal champion Chad Dawson in June.
"You know, when I saw Chad Dawson go into the ring, I understood that he will lose because he [had] not recovered after he fought Andre Ward," said Kovalev, in reference to Ward's knockout of a weight-drained Dawson in September 2012. "[It was] the same look Mike Alvarado had against [Ruslan] Provodnikov. Alvarado already [went] into the ring [looking] like he is going to die. [Meanwhile,] Provodnikov just went into it. Alvarado had lost already before the fight."
Kovalev isn't necessarily speaking from a place of bravado or trash talk, although he did his fair share of the latter when provoked in his recent knockout of Ismayl Sillakh. He comes across as simply an honest fighter sharing his thoughts, which continued when he was asked about Stevenson's one-sided drubbing of Tavoris Cloud in September.
"Tavoris Cloud, he's a dangerous fighter, but he can only punch," Kovalev said. "If you will be boxing with him in the ring, you saw what [Cloud] can do. It was same fight like against [Gabriel] Campillo. He's only like a bull, like a fighter. There's no boxing. [Cloud] is ready for one punch and only that. At least that is my opinion."
Kovalev's notion that Stevenson's biggest wins need to be put into perspective isn't a great stretch considering both Dawson and Cloud were one fight removed from devastating losses against top-end fighters when Stevenson picked them off. Still, Stevenson did look spectacular in those wins -- both of which, it deserves to be mentioned, were bigger than any on Kovalev's résumé.
The timing for the light heavyweight showdown couldn't be any more perfect than now, with the slugger Kovalev having come into his own as a boxer through six fights with trainer and former two-division titlist John David Jackson.
"It's like [Jackson] is polishing a diamond," Kovalev said. "He is making me into a diamond and polishing out the little mistakes. He has improved my skills. He is keeping [me prepared] with hard work for any fight."
Kovalev, and just about everyone else in boxing, is hoping "any fight" turns out to be one with Stevenson. But does the fighter who instills fear in the hearts of opponents carry his own misgivings about the possibility of seeing such a must-see bout potentially marinate for too long?
"Maybe, you know? Maybe," Kovalev said. "But if he is not crazy and I am not crazy, this fight will [happen]."
Unfortunately for the rest of us, crazier things have happened.
Santa Cruz sets sights on big things
December, 11, 2013
Dec 11
By Salvador Rodriguez | ESPNDeportes.com
Harry How/Getty ImagesLeo Santa Cruz hopes to finish 2013 with a show-stealing turn, then possibly move up in weight.
With three high-caliber fights on Saturday's card at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Leo Santa Cruz knows it will be a challenge to steal the show against Cesar Seda.
Cruz's junior featherweight defense will be just one of four title fights on the docket -- including Adrien Broner's welterweight defense against Marcos Maidana, Keith Thurman's interim welterweight defense against Jesus Soto Karass and Beibut Shumenov's light heavyweight defense against Tamas Kovacs. Also appearing will be comebacking former middleweight champ Jermain Taylor and two up-and-coming 2012 U.S. Olympians in Jamell Herring and Rau'Shee Warren.
"The fights will be awesome," Santa Cruz, of Mexico, said in a recent interview with ESPNDeportes.com. "Soto, Maidana, Broner -- anybody can steal the show, and I want to be up to that standard. We will deliver so the fans can go home happy."
To that end, Santa Cruz (25-0-1, 15 KOs) said he would seek a knockout against Puerto Rico's Seda (25-1, 17 KOs), who has never been stopped.
"I'm looking for my third win by KO in 2013," Santa Cruz said. "Seda is a hard puncher, but I will go full-throttle against him, trying to get the KO. But winning by any other way will be just fine."
Seda, despite his sterling record, remains relatively untested. In his only legitimate step up in competition, he lost a 12-round unanimous decision to junior bantamweight titlist Omar Narvaez in his native Argentina. But Santa Cruz says he'll take nothing for granted on Saturday.
"I've never been overconfident against any rival, and this time was no exception," Santa Cruz said. "I trained as hard as possible, because my opponent is really tough. Seda is a strong, hard-hitting fighter."
And Santa Cruz has another incentive as 2013 draws to a close. Within his own country, the list of candidates who might be considered for the unofficial title of 2013 Mexican fighter of the year seems to be limited to three: Juan Francisco Estrada, Jhonny Gonzalez and Santa Cruz. A strong performance against Seda on Saturday could sway popular opinion.
"Just being on that short list is an honor to me," Santa Cruz said. "It motivates me because it shows that we've done a good job.
"I've always trained hard, so I can give the fans what they deserve, which is a great show. They've always supported me. It has been an outstanding year, and we can end it on a high note."
And Santa Cruz, already a two-division titleholder at age 25 -- he held a bantamweight belt during the second half of 2012 -- is now beginning to consider what's ahead.
"In 2014, I could move up to featherweight," Santa Cruz said. "Let's see who's available, and if we can work out a nice deal, we might go for that third title."
Wolfe unleashes the beast in Kirkland
December, 8, 2013
Dec 8
By Brian Campbell | ESPN.com
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Despite the unpredictability of James Kirkland's run as a name action fighter during the past few years, there's a scary truth each of his opponents must face.
If the rugged junior middleweight, who on Saturday ended a 20-month layoff due to legal and promotional issues that have hampered his career, is in top-level shape and completely focused, you'll have to knock him cold to get him off of you.
But being "in shape" is a nebulous, sometimes relative designation. Most would associate the phrase with quality cardio vascular capacity. But in reference to the horrors of an Ann Wolfe training camp, it means something altogether different.
Kirkland, who has endured multiple falling-outs with Wolfe to create, without question, boxing's most complicated and unique trainer-fighter relationship, was reunited with the former four-division female champion here in A.C. on Saturday, and the results were spectacular.
In a relatively obscure crossroads fight thought to have potential for fireworks, Kirkland and unbeaten prospect Glen Tapia took the concept to another level in Kirkland's sixth-round TKO victory at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall.
Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs) outlasted the 23-year-old New Jersey native and ultimately quieted a passionate pro-Tapia crowd in one of 2013's most brutal action fights. And he did it by channeling the Kirkland of old -- the same guy who walked through hell in the first round against Alfredo Angulo in their memorable 2011 slugfest to ultimately break one of boxing's toughest fighters.
The same sequence unfolded against Tapia (20-1, 12 KOs), although the game fighter who showed tremendous heart simply didn't have the punching power to do enough damage.
Tapia dominated the first round and landed just about everything he threw to cut, bruise and even stagger Kirkland. But an Ann Wolfe camp, featuring a list of unconventional and even cruel training methods, doesn't prepare a fighter to simply endure 12 rounds. It prepares him for actual warfare, and that was the difference in the fight.
"I told y'all: I can train a pussy cat to go in a dog pen," Wolfe said. "James got it in him already, and he's a killer, but I know how to bring it out of him."
Kirkland walked through the damage of the opening round to pin Tapia against the ropes in the final 30 seconds, planting a seed in Tapia's head that he was in deep with a different kind of animal.
Tapia went toe-to-toe with Kirkland over the next few rounds, visibly hurting Kirkland with a left hand in Round 3. But the fight increasingly became one-sided as Kirkland's maniacal stalking wore down Tapia. The end came on a brutal left hook in the corner at 38 seconds of Round 6 as referee Steve Smoger jumped in to catch Tapia from falling.
"Glen had heart, too, but he ain't have this kind of heart," Wolfe said. "He ain't do what we did. Glen can't do what we do. Glen couldn't last a f---ing week in my training camp."
You have to wonder if anyone else could.
Kirkland and Wolfe proved once again that they are perfect for each other, despite how difficult it remains to keep their relationship -- and ultimately Kirkland's career -- on track. He is simply a different fighter under her care, with his career ceiling raised considerably thanks to her no-nonsense and intimidating approach pushing him on.
"I had to go through such hell in this camp with Ann," Kirkland said. "But we're a team."
You'll never confuse Kirkland with another fighter who actually implements defense as part of his game plan. But just try to find one as tough and savage, with such a relentless motor, willing to throw an endless stream of punches through heavy counter fire in order to break his opponent's will.
And that's a scary proposition for anyone.
Rapid Reaction: Rigondeaux wins again
December, 8, 2013
Dec 8
By Brian Campbell | ESPN.com
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- It can be said that defensive and counterpunching wizard Guillermo Rigondeaux is likened to a $75 bottle of wine in a boxing world that prefers canned beer.
But even the taste of high-priced vino can fail to deliver the desired flavor when served in a paper cup.
Whether you're on the side of those who yawn or those who smile at the thought of watching the unbeaten junior featherweight champion dance around the ring and land flush counter shots for 12 full rounds, his opponent Saturday was expected to bring out the most crowd-pleasing elements of the Cuban-born fighter.
He didn't.
Ghana's Joseph Agbeko, a former bantamweight titlist known for his toughness and exciting style, chose to play chess with the master in lieu of pushing the pace at Atlantic City's Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall. Instead, all Agbeko accomplished was driving fans out of their seats and straight to the exits in droves.
What ultimately proved to be a bad style matchup for Rigondeaux in terms of improving his marketability in the end clouded what was a brilliant, one-sided performance for "The Jackal," who landed hard counter left hands at will throughout and was never in danger.
Key moment: In a fight lacking a turning point or defining moment, it was Rigondeaux's love for the left uppercut in the opening round that got Agbeko's attention and was partly responsible for sending him into a defensive cocoon.
We've got your number: 48. That was the total number of punches landed over 12 full rounds for Agbeko. Yes, that's four per round. No misprint. As Rigondeaux's trainer, Pedro Diaz, said after the fight: "It was an easy fight because Agbeko didn't come to fight."
Last word: Rigondeaux showcased his almost incomparable mastery of the "hit and don't be hit" philosophy that is the core of boxing. However, he clearly took his foot off the gas over the final third of the fight. Rigondeaux will need the right dance partner should he desire to continue headlining cards on American cable, but there are few in the world, if any, who can do what he does on this level.
Simon Hofmann/Bongarts/Getty ImagesFelix Sturm dropped Darren Barker, who injured his hip, setting up Sturm's second-round TKO win.
If Atlantic City and the victory over Daniel Geale back in August provided the fairy tale for Darren Barker, then Stuttgart and Saturday's loss to Felix Sturm has provided the nightmare as the Brit's reign as middleweight titlist ended surprisingly early in Germany tonight.
Barker took the same tactics from his glory night against Geale into his bout with the much more seasoned and rounded Sturm, who from the get-go looked like he had a point to prove. Aggression, the left hook and the conclusive power proved too much for Barker, who seemed to suffer a reoccurrence of an old hip injury (Sky Sports reported the injury to be a dislocated hip), particularly on the second knockdown he suffered, which showed Barker grimacing and holding his right hip.
Key moment: At 1:54 of the second round, Sturm threw a walloping overhand right that put Barker down and "scrambled the senses," as Sky co-commentator Jim Watt put it. Barker had been put down with similar impact by Sergio Martinez in 2011, and despite his bravery on Saturday, Sturm went in for the kill to dole out a second knockdown that led Barker's trainer, Tony Sims, to throw in the towel with 55 seconds left in the round.
We've got your number: 20. Sturm was taking part in, remarkably, his 20th world title fight on Saturday and proved that there's life in the old dog yet. After a somewhat disappointing couple of years, by his standards, the German became a four-time middleweight titleholder and places himself right back in the mix with the leading players at 160 pounds.
Last word: A rematch clause was put in place before this fight, but thoughts now turn to Barker and whether or not he has a future. His career has been plagued by many injuries, and no one can ever take away that memorable and emotional night on which he captured a world title. But tonight it felt like a case of "fools rush in" -- Barker got the tactics wrong and paid the price, in potentially more ways than one. Sturm, however, made a statement and he is welcomed back to the top tier with open arms.
Rapid Reaction: Wlodarczyk takes TKO win
December, 7, 2013
Dec 7
Jason Langendorf | ESPN.com
Tom Barnes/MpsportimagesCruiserweight titlist Krzysztof Wlodarczyk finished off Giacobbe Fragomeni in a seventh-round TKO.
It appeared on paper and, initially, in the ring to be one of those all-too-frequent boxing mismatches: The chiseled 32-year-old Krzysztof Wlodarczyk stood across from the, shall we say, pleasantly plump 44-year-old Giacobbe Fragomeni during fighter introductions at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on Friday, and the bout seemed over before it had begun.
Age and aesthetics aside, Wlodarczyk had already proved how much he had learned since his first bout with Fragomeni -- a 2009 draw -- when he bested him in an eighth-round TKO win a year later. And if anything, Wlodarczyk, who had made five consecutive defenses of his cruiserweight belt going into Friday's fight, had only made forward progress from there.
And although Fragomeni (31-4-2, 12 KOs) would walk away bloodied and Wlodarczyk (49-2-1, 35 KOs) would take each round Friday leading up to a seventh-round TKO triumph, before the lights were dimmed and Chicagoans trudged off into the chilly night, Fragomeni gave them, and Wlodarczyk, more fight than any thinking fan had a right to expect.
Key moment: Late in Round 4, Fragomeni got caught and cut by a left hook on the break when he seemed to think he was out of harm's way. With Fragomeni's left arm hooked behind his neck and his body pinned to his opponent, Wlodarczyk pushed out of the semi-clinch and cuffed Fragomeni with a left hook that opened a deep, bloody cut on his left cheek and sent him to the canvas. Fragomeni rose and survived the round, but it dashed his best hope for an upset: hanging on for the full 12 rounds and stinking out Wlodarczyk.
Instead, after the sixth round (and several more minutes of Fragomeni's cheek being tenderized), referee Rocky Burke consulted with the ring doctor and decided to call an end to the challenger's night.
We've got your number: Three. Wlodarczyk, who speaks passable but stilted English, and who shifted between English and Polish in his postfight interview, was asked about the possibility of his unifying the cruiserweight titles in the near future, and the trio of fellow belt-holders were rattled off one by one: Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Marco Huck and Denis Lebedev.
His answer, shot back in a heartbeat: "Why not?"
Last word: It wasn't an A-plus performance for Wlodarczyk, who for extended moments fought Fragomeni's fight, standing in the pocket and letting the shorter, less-rangy man fire short-arcing uppercuts and hooks to the body through and around Wlodarczyk's guard.
But there was enough to like -- a sharp jab, heavy combinations and surprisingly deft footwork and head movement from a 200-pounder -- to concur with Wlodarczyk that the time is right to match him with another cruiserweight titlist. Why not?
Ed Mulholland/Top RankGlen Tapia's career could get a good push if he beats James Kirkland on Saturday.
Boxing fans will be treated to a plethora of fights Saturday with competing cards on American cable and an intriguing middleweight title bout overseas.
The majority of the bouts feature a specific selling point, with enough variety to satisfy fight fans of all kinds: Paulie Malignaggi-Zab Judah showcases the two biggest names. Guillermo Rigondeaux-Joseph Agbeko features the return of one of the world's pound-for-pound best. Darren Barker-Felix Sturm will be contested for Saturday's most prestigious prize.
Still, even though I've tabbed the junior middleweight duel between southpaws Austin Trout and Erislandy Lara as the weekend's most evenly matched fight -- and one with huge sleeper potential -- it isn't the one that has me the most excited.
That distinction, as surprising as it may be, goes to the pairing of junior middleweights Glen Tapia and James Kirkland at the Boardwalk Hall's Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Atlantic City, N.J. This bout, nestled below the radar on the televised undercard of the HBO card headlined by Rigondeaux-Agbeko, could end up being the fight of the weekend, if not more.
The showdown between chiseled and fearless combatants is the very definition of a crossroads fight. For the erratic Kirkland, it's a chance to steer a once promising career back onto the tracks and stay relevant. And for Tapia, this could be the fight that elevates his name into the mainstream.
Tapia (20-0, 12 KOs) may not be the most skilled fighter, but his television-friendly style could still someday make him a household name in the sport, which isn't a surprise considering his roots. The native of Passaic, N.J., grew up a die-hard fan of Hall of Fame action fighter Arturo Gatti. In fact, Tapia is represented by Gatti's longtime manager, Pat Lynch, and is hoping to build the same cult following Gatti once enjoyed from Atlantic City to New York.
While Tapia, 23, has made steady progress in his climb to contention thus far, he will be taking a considerable step up in class when he faces Kirkland (31-1, 27 KOs), a name synonymous with toughness, aggression and, in recent years, question marks.
For all of the excitement Kirkland, 29, has provided -- with his brutal 2011 slugfest against Alfredo Angulo the perfect illustration of his heart and vulnerability -- simply getting him into the ring consistently hasn't been easy.
Kirkland has fought only once since the Angulo fight, claiming a bizarre March 2012 disqualification victory over Carlos Molina in a fight he was losing on two scorecards and was sluggish throughout. He enters Saturday on a 20-month layoff thanks to legal and promotional issues, and is in dire need of a victory to reignite his career.
But if there's a wild card -- quite literally -- in Kirkland's corner, it's his recent reunion with on-again, off-again trainer Ann Wolfe. Not only is their relationship as complicated and unique as any between fighter and trainer in the sport, any hope of Kirkland fulfilling his true potential appears impossible without Wolfe's unconventional training methods fueling him on.
Expect both Kirkland and Tapia to be runaway trains set to collide in the center of the ring, hungry to avoid the kind of defeat capable of slamming the door on their potential plans as featured players in high-profile fights.
I don't know about you, but that's exactly how I like my crossroads fights to be conjured up, with either fighter unlikely to take a step backward for any reason once the bell is rung.
It might be smart to wait at least one more weekend, just in case, before mailing in your vote for fight of the year. You never know what kind of surprise gift could show up just in time for the holiday season.
Gomez steps away from Team Verdejo
December, 3, 2013
Dec 3
By Carlos Narvaez | Special to ESPNDeportes.com
SAN JUAN -- Former three-time world champion Wilfredo Gomez will no longer be part of the team that supports top Puerto Rican prospect Felix Verdejo.
Gomez, one of the greatest Puerto Rican fighters in history (44-3-1, 42 KOs as a pro fighter), told ESPNDeportes.com that he is stepping away from Team Verdejo because of a neurological condition that has affected him since 1989, a year after he retired.
"My brain is damaged," Gomez said. "I've got a small brain tear as a consequence of all the punches that I took during my career. The doctors said that, as time passed by, I would lose some of my movements, but I'm doing OK. The only thing I've lost for a bit is my speaking ability. I feel strong, I feel good. But I can no longer keep up with the type of agenda that Verdejo has right now.
"I would love to stay, but I can't keep up with Verdejo's rhythm," Gomez said, grinning.
During his career, Gomez, now 56, won junior featherweight, featherweight and junior lightweight titles. As an amateur, he won the gold medal at the 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships and, in 1972, at age 15, fought for Puerto Rico at the Munich Olympics.
Last month Gomez joined Verdejo (9-0, 6 KOs), trainer Ricky Marquez and the rest of the fighter's team in Macau, where Verdejo put on an impressive exhibition against Petchsamuthr Duanaaymudahan to claim a unanimous six-round decision.
Gomez was considered a key contributor in Verdejo's preparation for Duanaaymudahan, but he says he can no longer take his condition for granted. In addition to dealing with his neurological illness, Gomez was hospitalized for several weeks in March because of a respiratory infection.
"I was born to fight. It's in my blood," Gomez said. "But my doctor said that because of my brain condition, it is just insane. I can't keep risking my health. Verdejo is an outstanding prospect. He's got the tools to become world champion. Maybe I'll keep helping him, from a distance, giving a piece of advice here and there, but not in the same way like I did before."
Gomez, one of the greatest Puerto Rican fighters in history (44-3-1, 42 KOs as a pro fighter), told ESPNDeportes.com that he is stepping away from Team Verdejo because of a neurological condition that has affected him since 1989, a year after he retired.
"My brain is damaged," Gomez said. "I've got a small brain tear as a consequence of all the punches that I took during my career. The doctors said that, as time passed by, I would lose some of my movements, but I'm doing OK. The only thing I've lost for a bit is my speaking ability. I feel strong, I feel good. But I can no longer keep up with the type of agenda that Verdejo has right now.
"I would love to stay, but I can't keep up with Verdejo's rhythm," Gomez said, grinning.
During his career, Gomez, now 56, won junior featherweight, featherweight and junior lightweight titles. As an amateur, he won the gold medal at the 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships and, in 1972, at age 15, fought for Puerto Rico at the Munich Olympics.
Last month Gomez joined Verdejo (9-0, 6 KOs), trainer Ricky Marquez and the rest of the fighter's team in Macau, where Verdejo put on an impressive exhibition against Petchsamuthr Duanaaymudahan to claim a unanimous six-round decision.
Gomez was considered a key contributor in Verdejo's preparation for Duanaaymudahan, but he says he can no longer take his condition for granted. In addition to dealing with his neurological illness, Gomez was hospitalized for several weeks in March because of a respiratory infection.
"I was born to fight. It's in my blood," Gomez said. "But my doctor said that because of my brain condition, it is just insane. I can't keep risking my health. Verdejo is an outstanding prospect. He's got the tools to become world champion. Maybe I'll keep helping him, from a distance, giving a piece of advice here and there, but not in the same way like I did before."
Rapid Reaction: Stevenson finishes Bellew
December, 1, 2013
Dec 1
By Shaun Brown | Special to ESPN.com
Things went according to plan late Saturday night in Quebec City as the light heavyweight division edged closer to the fight that everyone wants.
After Sergey Kovalev delivered a two-round shellacking of Ismayl Sillakh to retain his belt, Adonis Stevenson had to deliver the goods in his title defense against Britain's Tony Bellew to ensure HBO and promoters Yvon Michel and Main Events walked away with smiles on their faces.
Bellew -- who talked a good game, as he always does -- had brought up Stevenson's anger at a fiery weigh-in, but unfortunately the fuel to that fire was extinguished in six rounds with a confident performance and conclusive stoppage from the champion.
Key moment: That would have been whenever the sometimes-unorthodox left hook landed from Stevenson's southpaw stance. It found its home in Round 1 and thereafter despite the challenger carrying a high right hand. Bellew's plan was to frustrate and take the fight to Stevenson late in the contest, but best-laid plans were put to rest long before that could begin.
We've got your number: Zero, and the paymasters will wonder how many they will have to add to the fighters' bank accounts to make a salivating unification super-fight between Stevenson and Kovalev. The former, however, talked about facing the super middleweight champion Carl Froch and "The Alien" Bernard Hopkins, and seemingly showed little interest in taking on Kovalev right away.
Last word: Froch and Hopkins line Stevenson's pockets rather handsomely, but given what he and Kovalev have done in the ring lately, all the stars will, one hopes, align to have two of the most fearsome punchers in the modern era lock horns in a bout that will have little odds of going the distance.
Bellew set on spoiling Stevenson-Kovalev
November, 29, 2013
Nov 29
By Shaun Brown | Special to ESPN.com
Tony Bellew insists he will be forced to overcome more than light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and his fans Saturday at the Colisee de Quebec in Quebec City, Canada.
"The best way to say it is, I'm the fly in the ointment," he said.
Bellew also believes he will need to contend with far greater powers that are being seduced by a unification superfight in the distance involving the Haitian-born Stevenson, 36, and 175-pound titlist Sergey Kovalev, who defends his title against Ismayl Sillakh in the co-feature.
"I've said I'm under no illusions that a points decision is enough for me in Canada," said Bellew, when asked if he will have to take more risks than normal in this fight.
"I get it. I'm not just up against one of the most formidable fighters in the division, I'm up against HBO and I'm up against two rival promoters in Yvon Michel and Main Events. These guys all want a multimillion dollar blockbuster in Kovalev and Stevenson. They don't want me around. I'm a big f---ing bogeyman in this big plan that they have. HBO has big plans for the two of them. They want this superfight and I'm the stumbling block."
Bellew, 30, is making his second world title attempt after falling short in a 2011 grudge match against British rival Nathan Cleverly. Lessons have been learned and two years later, a more refined Bellew believes that not only is this his time, but that the defending champion will likely be overlooking him.
"I don't believe he's paying the same respect to me that his trainer, [Javan] 'Sugar' Hill, is," Bellew said. "Stevenson wants the big paydays, that's what he's about. Hill can do all the studying he wants for him but Stevenson is not studying me for three hours at a time on a DVD. He doesn't have the concentration levels, anyway. I've been studying him for hours on end. I know what his feet are going to do and I know his move after he shows a feint. I know what he's going to do all the time, I know what he's about.
"Stevenson is cocksure of himself. He believes his own hype. He said to me at the press conference to announce the fight, 'You're facing a big dog now.' And my response was, 'Are you having a f---ing laugh? All 5-foot-10 of you?' He was quite shocked, he now understands I'm not there to f--- about or boost his ego. I'm there to prove a point and it will be proven on Saturday night."
Pacquiao returns in powerful fashion
November, 24, 2013
Nov 24
By Andrew R. Davis and Toby Petitpas | ESPN Stats & Analysis
ESPN Stats & InformationManny Pacquiao landed 48 percent of his power shots against Brandon Rios, according to CompuBox.
Manny Pacquiao defeated Brandon Rios by unanimous decision (120-108, 119-110, 118-110) Saturday in Macau in his first fight since being knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez last December.
From the opening bell, Pacquiao used his power and quickness to outland Rios. Over the first six rounds, Pacquiao landed 117 power punches -- four more than Rios would land the entire fight.
Pacquiao was effective throwing punches to the head, landing 241 of 281 punches. According to ESPN Stats & Information video tracking, 146 of those punches landed on the right side of Rios' head, as seen in the graphic above.
Going into the fight, Pacquiao averaged a 47 percent connect percentage with his power punches, and that number was right on target Saturday, with PacMan landing 48 percent against Rios (223 of 468). While Pacquiao was able to work his power punches and land combinations on Rios, "Bam Bam" was unable to do the same. Pacquiao outlanded Rios with power punches in every round but the eighth, where the California native held a 14-9 advantage.
Rios was thoroughly neutralized by Pacquiao throughout the fight, leading to the lopsided scores. Rios is most known for his high-punch output that was seen in his past two fights with Mike Alvarado.
In his first fight with Alvarado, Rios landed 161 punches (including 144 power shots) over seven rounds to win by knockout. In their March rematch, Rios landed 241 punches (182 power shots) over 12 rounds in a unanimous-decision loss.
Yet, against Pacquiao he was unable to get off punches. Rios landed 29 percent of his punches (he averaged 34 percent over his past six fights) and offered far less in terms of punch output. Rios threw 42 punches per round, far below his 74-punch output per round over his past six fights. In terms of power punches, Rios threw only 22 per round, landing double digits in just five of 12 rounds. He came into Saturday's fight averaging 54 power punches per round.
Pacquiao, on the other hand, had no problem getting off shots. After averaging 69 punches per round over his past nine fights and landing 24, Pacquiao threw 66 punches per round Saturday against Rios, landing 23. Pacquiao's control of the ring and his precision inflicted damage to the head of Rios, as seen in the graphic above, helping the Filipino gain points on the scorecard en route to the unanimous decision. Although PacMan didn't score a knockout for the seventh consecutive fight, he showed the power and speed that made him one of the pound-by-pound fighters of the 21st century.
Statistical support provided by CompuBox
Rapid Reaction: Pacquiao punishes Rios
November, 24, 2013
Nov 24
By Brian Campbell | ESPN.com
With the alternative being a third straight loss and possible retirement, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Manny Pacquiao is back following his 12-round whitewash of hard-charging Brandon Rios on Saturday at the CotaiArena in Macau.
A month shy of his 35th birthday, this might not have been the same Pacquiao who had dismantled top opponents at the peak of his prime with a spellbinding combination of speed and power. But in his first fight following a scary, one-punch knockout against Juan Manuel Marquez last December, coming off the longest layoff his career, it wasn't too shabby.
Pacquiao simply had his way with the one-dimensional Rios, establishing himself early to the body before continuously peppering the Mexican-American fighter with combinations upstairs en route to an easy, unanimous-decision win.
Key moment: Round 1. Nearly all of boxing waited on the edge of their seats for that first moment in which Rios landed a clean shot against Pacquiao. In the end, the drama was short-lived, as Pacquiao took Rios' best shots -- although he admitted after the fight to being hurt in Round 5 -- and showed no ill effects of his knockout against Marquez. With that hurdle cleared, it became clear that Pacquiao was simply a better fighter and Rios, despite plenty of heart, was in for a long night.
We've got your number: 20-5. That was the disparity in punches landed between Pacquiao and Rios in Round 1. The PacMan set the tone in the first three minutes that his speed and explosive accuracy were going to be a problem for Rios and went on to land 48 percent of his power punches over 12 rounds, according to CompuBox.
Last word: There's no question Pacquiao's comeback victory likely reopens the conversation regarding the outcry for him to finally face Floyd Mayweather Jr. Unfortunately, we aren't any closer politically than we were during the original period the fight should have been made. Pacquiao, however, still finds himself in good position to land marketable rematches with both Timothy Bradley Jr. and Marquez in 2014. As far as Rios is concerned, the all-action brawler endured tremendous punishment for the third straight fight, following two memorable brawls with Mike Alvarado. A long break is in order.
Rapid Reaction: Froch stops Groves
November, 23, 2013
Nov 23
By Shaun Brown | Special to ESPN.com
Scott Heavey/Getty ImagesGeorge Groves dropped Carl Froch early and had the fight in control before a controversial finish.
George Groves talked the talk and walked the walk, but "The Saint" still walked away a loser after a sensational super middleweight title fight against Carl Froch in Manchester, England, on Saturday.
After a buildup filled with needle, the two Brits locked horns and went toe-to-toe in front of a sellout crowd at the Phones 4U Arena. From the opening bell, Groves (19-1, 15 KOs) backed up his prefight game plan by taking it to Froch and putting the uberconfident fighter on the deck with a counter right hand in Round 1.
Both men engaged in vicious exchanges throughout, with Groves more often than not getting the better of them, to the surprise of many. But Froch (32-2, 23 KOs) rallied in Round 9 to hurt Groves before referee Howard Foster stepped in to wave the bout off -- a decision thought to be extremely premature by most in attendance.
It may not be complete, but tonight we witnessed the changing of the guard.
Key moment: In Round 1, Groves backed Froch up as he said he would with a pair of right hands and pushed his man back. The Nottingham warrior was being outfought and went on to eat a spectacular counter right hand that put the champion on the canvas, leaving spectators and viewers in a state of shock.
We've got your number: Eight. Groves should have taken a knee and an eight-count when Froch, with his trademark raiding combinations, finally had his man in trouble in Round 9. Instead it was Foster, the man trusted with the bout in front of 20,000 people, putting Groves in a headlock as he called an end to the fight.
Last word: Did Froch underestimate a challenger he didn't deem worthy? Or did Groves prove that he belongs on the world stage? More of the latter, I believe. Froch, known as one of boxing's warriors, was at times schooled and bullied by the inexperienced and "chinny" Groves. It was a world title fight that will live long in the memory due to the action and controversial nature of the stoppage. Surely we will be given more of the same by a fully warranted rematch next year.
A trim Ruiz ready for challenge from Hamer
November, 22, 2013
Nov 22
By Salvador Rodriguez | ESPNDeportes.com
Chris Farina/Top RankUnbeaten heavyweight Andy Ruiz Jr., left, has dropped 80 pounds since his professional debut.
Andy Ruiz Jr. has taken it upon himself to turn taunts into respect.
The unbeaten Mexican heavyweight claims at first he was laughed at because of his weight, but now that he has worked on it and has shown that he can go far, people believe in him more.
Ruiz (20-0, 14 KOs) faces Tor Hamer (21-2, 14 KOs) Saturday in Macao on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios.
After tipping the scales at just south of 300 pounds in his pro debut over four and a half years ago, Ruiz has lost almost 80 pounds.
"I have been working out in the gym," Ruiz said. "It's going well, but I have to keep it up in order to keep taking down everyone that challenges me. I know the team is doing a good job and that I have to give my all in the ring. If my coaches and promoters do their job well, the least I can do is give the best of myself in the gym."
For many years, Ruiz represented Mexico as an amateur in international competitions, but always fell short of his goals. He decided to take the leap to professional boxing, first training with Freddie Roach in California and now with Jeff Gramoja in Las Vegas after the little attention he was given.
"Since my debut I have lost almost 80 pounds," Ruiz said. "I feel a lot better, much healthier and faster. A lot of people said that I would lose my punch, but now I punch much harder. I feel stronger and you'll see it in my next fight."
Ruiz, 24, believes that between his efforts to lose weight and his performances, little by little he has earned respect, even in China, where he will fight for the second time.
"In China, they treated me really well, they like me a lot," Ruiz said. "The first few times they laughed when I took my shirt off, but when they saw me throw my punches and saw my opponent on the floor, they came over to my side and clapped. That's how it went."
Ruiz hopes to contend for a world title in the near future, but will let his people decide when he's ready.
"I hope to go for a title in 2014, or at least to get close," Ruiz said. "I am 24 and have had 20 fights. I hope we can organize something for next year. We're going to do things better for next year. I want to bring Mexico far. I hope someday I can be the champion."
In regards to his opponent on Saturday, Ruiz says the first two rounds against Hamer will be complicated.
"My opponent moves a lot, like the previous one [Joe Hanks]," Ruiz said. "That's his style. But with the pressure and the combinations that I am going to throw, I will finish him off in the third or fourth round."
Verdejo excited for PPV debut
November, 22, 2013
Nov 22
By Carlos Narvaez | Special to ESPNDeportes.com
Chris Farina/Top RankJunior lightweight prospect Felix Verdejo faces Petchsamuthr Duanaaymukdahan on Saturday.
This is how unbeaten junior lightweight Felix Verdejo describes his time spent in and around Macao this week, where on Saturday he'll face Petchsamuthr Duanaaymukdahan as part of the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios undercard.
"I'm calm. I like Macao a lot," Verdejo said. "I'm surprised by how great people are here, they are always laughing."
The Puerto Rican prospect took part in a round table session on Thursday as part of his promotional commitments.
"We're ready and at weight for the fight," Verdejo said. "We haven't seen the competition yet, but we're fully prepared for the match."
Verdejo (8-0, 6 KOs), who will celebrate his one-year anniversary as a professional boxer in December, will be part of a pay-per-view for the first time.
"Honestly, I feel very honored that the company has included me in the pay-per-view," Verdejo said. "That means that they expect and are planning great things for me. I hope that people in Puerto Rico support me by buying the fight so they can see what I have to offer."
As one of the top young faces under the Top Rank banner, which has already added several former Olympians to its roster of fighter, Verdejo is perhaps the most prominent in that group, which also features featherweight Oscar Valdes and super-lightweight Jose Ramirez.
Other Olympic medallists recently signed by Top Rank include the Russian Egor Mekhontsev, Ryota Murata from Japan, Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko and Chinese flyweight Zou Shiming. Of these, Lomachenko was the standout who tore up the rules when he signed up with the condition that he would go for a title in one of his first two professional fights. He won his debut in October and now is preparing himself for a shot at featherweight titlist Orlando Salido.
Verdejo is coming along at a much more measured pace. He saw Saturday's opponent Duanaaymukdahan (8-1, 1 KO) for the first time at Friday's weigh-in.
"All I know about my opponent is that he is strong," Verdejo said. "What I do know is that I have been training hard and I am well prepared to outwit him all the way to China, as we say in Puerto Rico, and bring home another win for my island."
He will be accompanied to the ring for his six-round fight by trainer Ricky Marquez and former world champion Wilfredo Gomez.
"I think I have adapted quicker than I expected, but that's also because I've done what I most enjoy: eat, sleep, and train," Verdejo said.


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Wednesday, 23 January 2013
System Level and Functional Requirements for the Backend Database of a User Engagement Platform
Very good and practical analysis of what the requriments of a user engagement platform are for the backend database from both the system level and functional point of views. The ideal case is also spelled out, but I don't think there's one product out there that could do all of these:
So, today's and tomorrow's engagement services should accommodate, heavy write loads, heavy read loads, heavy aggregate(counter), modify and read loads. What becomes apparent if we look at user engagement services in this way is that aggregation needs to be a first class function of engagement services that is near real time, scalable and highly available.
Original title and link: System Level and Functional Requirements for the Backend Database of a User Engagement Platform ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://tech-blog.flipkart.net/2013/01/nosql-for-a-user-engagement-platform/
Monday, 21 January 2013
11 Interesting Releases From the First Weeks of January
The list of releases I wanted to post about has been growing fast these last couple of weeks, so instead of waiting leaving it to Here it is (in no particular order1):
- (Jan.2nd) Cassandra 1.2 — announcement on DataStax's blog. I'm currently learning and working on a post looking at what's new in Cassandra 1.2.
- (Jan.10th) Apache Pig 0.10.1 — Hortonworks wrote about it
- (Jan.10th) DataStax Community Edition 1.2 and OpsCenter 2.1.3 — DataStax announcement
- (Jan.10th) CouchDB 1.0.4, 1.1.2, and 1.2.1 — releases fixing some security vulnerabilities
(Jan.11th) MongoDB 2.3.2 unstable — announcement. This dev release includes support for full text indexing. For more details you can check:
- MongoDB Full Text Search Explained and MongoDB Text Search Tutorial
- Full text search in MongoDB: details about supported languages and queries
- Indexing a Markdown blog using MongoDB full text indexing
- Short demo of MongoDB text search and hashed shard keys
- (Jan.12th) Apache HBase 0.94.4 — announcement and release notes
- (Jan.14th) Apache Hive 0.10.0: Hortonworks's post about it
- (Jan.15th) Hortonworks Data Platform 1.2 featuring Apache Amabari — official PR announcement
- (Jan.16th) Redis 2.6.9 — release notes
- (Jan.16th) HyperDex 1.0RC1 — no docs
- (Jan.16th) Klout's Brickhouse — announcement:
[…] an open source project extending Hadoop and Hive with a collection of useful user-defined-functions. Its aim is to make the Hive Big Data developer more productive, and to enable scalable and robust dataflows.
I've tried to order it chronologically, but most probably I've failed. ↩
Original title and link: 11 Interesting Releases From the First Weeks of January ( ©myNoSQL)
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
CCM: A Tool for Creating Local Cassandra Clusters
This little useful gem for creating local Cassandra test clusters was mentioned in Peter Bailis's post Using Probabilistically Bounded Staleness in Cassandra 1.2.0, but I didn't catch it until today when the DataStax guys blogged about it:
CCM (Cassandra Cluster Manager) is a tool written by Sylvain Lebresne that creates multi-node cassandra clusters on the local machine. It is great for quickly setting up clusters for development and testing, and is the foundation that the cassandra distributed tests (dtests) are built on. In this post I will give an introduction to installing and using ccm.
Original title and link: CCM: A Tool for Creating Local Cassandra Clusters ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/ccm-a-development-tool-for-creating-local-cassandra-clusters
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Using Probabilistically Bounded Staleness in Cassandra 1.2.0
Peter Bailis:
With the help of the Cassandra community, we recently released PBS consistency predictions as a feature in the official Cassandra 1.2.0 stable release. In case you aren't familiar, PBS (Probabilistically Bounded Staleness) predictions help answer questions like: how eventual is eventual consistency? how consistent is eventual consistency? These predictions help you profile your existing Cassandra cluster and determine which configuration of N,R, and W are the best fit for your application, expressed quantitatively in terms of latency, consistency, and durability (see output below).
If I get this right, this tool should become a must-run-before-going-into-production and then also a good start for investigating WTFs like what am I suppose to do to avoid getting stale data.
Original title and link: Using Probabilistically Bounded Staleness in Cassandra 1.2.0 ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://www.bailis.org/blog/using-pbs-in-cassandra-1.2.0/
Cassandra at MetricsHub for Cloud Monitoring
Charles Lamanna (CEO MetricsHub):
We use Cassandra for recording time series information (e.g. metrics) as well as special events (e.g. server failure) for our customers. We have a multi-tenant Cassandra cluster for this. We record over 16 data points per server per second, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We use Cassandra to store and crunch this data.
Many of the NoSQL databases can be used for monitoring. For example for small scale self-monitoring you could use Redis.
Original title and link: Cassandra at MetricsHub for Cloud Monitoring ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://www.planetcassandra.org/blog/post/5-minute-interview-metricshub
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Cassandra Application Performance Management With Request Tracing
Jonathan Ellis introduces in two posts—here and here—a new feature in Cassandra 1.2: request tracing. Basically such a feature is an improved approach over more generic APM tools like AppDynamics or NewRelic.
Be judicious with this: tracing a request will usually requre at least 10 rows to be inserted, so it is far from free. Unless you are under very light load tracing all requests (probability 1.0) will probably overwhelm your system. I recommend starting with a small fraction, e.g. 0.001 and increasing that only if necessary.
Years ago I had to implement myself a tracing layer1, after trying to get information from that system using some commercial tools—I'm sure these got better since then though. There were a few goals I've planned for and there were many things I've learned after deploying it live:
- granularity of the probes is critical to understanding how the system behaves. Use too coarse grained probes and you'll miss important details, use too fine grained probes and you'll be flooded with unusable data
- deciding if traces are persistent or volatile and the impact on the system performance. Should you be able to retrieve older traces? If persistent, do they contain enough information to help explain a specific behavior? Can they be used to replay a scenario?
- deciding what requests should be traced and when? Tracing comes with a cost and you must try to minimize the impact it has on the system. The most important data is needed when the system misbehaves or is under high load, but that's the same time additional work could bring it down
- probabilistic vs pattern vs behavioral tracing. Generic solutions have no knowledge of the system, but a custom one could be created
- trace ordering. Can historical tracing information be ordered?
And there are probably many other things that I don't remember right anymore.
My implementation was specific to the system (in the sense that it had different tracing capabilities based on request types), but it was generic enough to allow us to change the granularity of collected probes, introduce new trace points, and also change the ratio of the requests to be traced. ↩
Original title and link: Cassandra Application Performance Management With Request Tracing ( ©myNoSQL)
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Cassandra Query Language CQL3 Explained
CQL3 (the Cassandra Query Language) provides a new API to work with Cassandra. Where the legacy thrift API exposes the internal storage structure of Cassandra pretty much directly, CQL3 provides a thin abstraction layer over this internal structure. This is A Good Thing as it allows hiding from the API a number of distracting and useless implementation details (such as range ghosts) and allows to provide native syntaxes for common encodings/idioms (like the CQL3 collections as we'll discuss below), instead of letting each client or client library reimplement them in their own, different and thus incompatible, way.
CQL seems to be the solution Cassandra is using to address the sometimes confusing or complex data model. I also think that CQL is an attempt of bringing Cassandra closer to SQL-enabled tools, a feature that might allow more integrations in the future.
Original title and link: Cassandra Query Language CQL3 Explained ( ©myNoSQL)
Thursday, 25 October 2012
YCSB Benchmark Results for Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, MySQL Cluster, and Riak
Put together by the team at Altoros Systems Inc., this time run in the Amazon EC2 and including Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, MySQL Cluster, sharded MySQL and Riak:
After some of the results had been presented to the public, some observers said MongoDB should not be compared to other NoSQL databases because it is more targeted at working with memory directly. We certainly understand this, but the aim of this investigation is to determine the best use cases for different NoSQL products. Therefore, the databases were tested under the same conditions, regardless of their specifics.
Teaser: HBase got the best results in most of the benchmarks (with flush turned off though). And I'm not sure the setup included the latest HBase read improvements from Facebook.
Original title and link: YCSB Benchmark Results for Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, MySQL Cluster, and Riak ( ©myNoSQL)
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Pig the Big Data Duct Tape: Examples for MongoDB, HBase, and Cassandra
A three part article from Hortonworks showing how Pig can be used with MongoDB, HBase, and Cassandra:
Pig has emerged as the 'duct tape' of Big Data, enabling you to send data between distributed systems in a few lines of code. In this series, we're going to show you how to use Hadoop and Pig to connect different distributed systems, to enable you to process data from wherever and to wherever you like.
- Part 1: Pig, MongoDB and Node.js
- Part 2: Pig, HBase, JRuby and Sinatra
- Part 3: TF-IDF Topics with Cassandra, Python Streaming and Flask
Original title and link: Pig the Big Data Duct Tape: Examples for MongoDB, HBase, and Cassandra ( ©myNoSQL)
Monday, 1 October 2012
$25 Million in C Round for DataStax
I'd say that raising another $25 million from Meritech Capital Partners and with the participation of existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Crosslink Capital is a good enough reason for DataStax to party.
DataStax will use the funds to further enhance its Big Data platform and increase the value for current customers while driving global customer acquisition.
Congrats to DataStax and Cassandra community!
Original title and link: $25 Million in C Round for DataStax ( ©myNoSQL)
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Doing Redundant Work to Speed Up Distributed Queries
Great post by Peter Bailis looking at how some systems are reducing tail latency by distributing reads across nodes:
Open-source Dynamo-style stores have different answers. Apache Cassandra originally sent reads to all replicas, but CASSANDRA-930 and CASSANDRA-982 changed this: one commenter argued that "in IO overloaded situations" it was better to send read requests only to the minimum number of replicas. By default, Cassandra now sends reads to the minimum number of replicas 90% of the time and to all replicas 10% of the time, primarily for consistency purposes. (Surprisingly, the relevant JIRA issues don't even mention the latency impact.) LinkedIn's Voldemort also uses a send-to-minimum strategy (and has evidently done so since it was open-sourced). In contrast, Basho Riak chooses the "true" Dynamo-style send-to-all read policy.
Original title and link: Doing Redundant Work to Speed Up Distributed Queries ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://www.bailis.org/blog/doing-redundant-work-to-speed-up-distributed-queries/
Monday, 3 September 2012
Reddit's Database Has Two Tables
Considering the fast evolution of NoSQL databases, the topic is now very old (from 2010). But read the comments on the original post, Hacker News, and Reddit to see what people think today about extreme denormalization, schemas, relational and NoSQL databases.
Original title and link: Reddit's Database Has Two Tables ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://kev.inburke.com/kevin/reddits-database-has-two-tables/
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I had a special meeting with someone and chose 71 Palm as my bosses had taken me there previously to celebrate milestones. Very lovely place and the food is always wonderful -well done. We did have a table inside, but since we needed privacy and quiet, we decided to sit out on the front porch area to dine. We were offered a table by the bar, but again, that would have been lacking. Sitting outside is a great way to dine and the heaters made it more comfortable. I will be back again and the person I met told me he was not aware of 71 Palm, so he will be back also. Thank you.
The current special menu featuring Alsatian food with sausages and imported beers was great! Love the craftsmen style house and decor. Very warm and appealing.
My wife and I always make it a point to go to 71 palm when we are in Ventura. Chef Didier is friendly and welcoming. The food is consistently very good, with generous portions. The service is great and the converted craftsman style house makes for a cool upscale yet casual environment.
Our server (wish I remembered her name) was very attentive. Excellent food!
This was our first time dining at 71 Palm. We really enjoyed our evening. Looking forward to returning.
Food was really tasty portions generous. Staff was quite friendly and accommodating.
What a wonderful old house. Excellent food from beginning to end. The service 6stars. Ask for Patty. No franchise is the way to go.
Ordered the fillet steak sandwich...yum!!! It was a great day in Ventura so we sat outside. Had loads of attention from our server. It was much quieter than inside. Would definitely recommend.
I love to sit down in the main dining room at 71 Palm which is the sitting room of the original Craftsman era home purchased and reno'd by Didier a few years ago. I feel like I'm visiting his French country restaurant. For Mother's Day 7 of us were welcomed and fed from a selection of specials designed to tempt and enjoy. Salads, wonderful starters, great wine, bread. Everyone in our group was having a wonderful time and you could tell that the entire restaurant was filled with happy people. A great place for dinner or lunch any time. (I ordered my favorite lunch menu: roasted beet salad with an Alsatian pizzette on the side.)
Great food in a beautiful old craftsman style house. Reasonably priced for the quality, the Osso Bucco was delicious, and the service was attentive. Good wine list with some affordable bottles too.
Decided last minute to go to dinner locally. Looked at restaurants on Open Table. Decided on 71 Palm. Had been here before and had a wonderful meal so decided to try it out again. Really glad we did. My husband had 3 appetizers (as he does sometimes): lobster bisque; mussels; and lobster ravioli. All were tasteful, freshly prepared and soon disappeared. My filet mignon with green peppercorn sauce was wonderful - cooked to perfection, really favorable and the sauce had the right consistency. Our waiter was also diligent about my gluten-free diet (I have celiac disease). He was attentive, without being annoying. The atmosphere was very comfortable, a place to enjoy an evening with your spouse, casual French-bistro style.
Quaint little restaurant, counted only 11 tables inside. Excellent food and attentive service.
Good food, great service, nice atmosphere and very dog friendly. The historic building, in a convenient downtown setting, just made the evening all that better.
Outstanding food & service. Fun selection of specialty cocktails. Food with lots of flavor.
nice menu, the specials were all terrific. had the fish special-halibut, outstanding. the soups were very good as well. small wine list with some high end stuff and only a few low/mid range offerings. all around the food and service was terrific, we will definitely go back.
We dined there for lunch. My lady had the "sampler" consisting of mushroom soup, a tuna sandwich and a small salad which she greatly enjoyed. I had the duck leg salad which was an excellent choice. We sat on the patio and over the rooftops we could see the ocean. Overall, a very satisfying and enjoyable experience.
Restaurant's best feature, aside from excellent food, is private parking lot.
Our entrees were tge specials of halibut which was fresh, not fishy. My husband chose the short ribs and they were absolutely sumptuous! We also ordered their homemade sangria which was wonderful! Everything was superb. We dined on the patio and had no issues with being forgotten, as the service was perfect. We will b going back for our next wedding anniversary! Oh yeah, the owner introduced himself to us which is always a personal touch to our memorable evening.
We have been going to 71 Palm for several years and always look forward to our visits there. The food is always so good, and the staff are all so friendly and authentic. It's the kind of meal that you wish you could eat all over again when you've finished, and as for the staff, you feel like you're leaving old friends. We love it!
My wife and I enjoyed an exquisite dinner. We were pampered throughout the evening. We will be back.
71 Palm is a long-time favorite of ours. This time, we went during a week-long celebration of Julia Childs and chose from a special menu. Everything was excellent and as an added extra, we were waited on by the boss, Didier Poirier. This restaurant never fails to please us. Vive la France and vive le 71 Palm!
We eat at 71 Palm quite often, mostly for lunch. The food is French and delectable. I am a vegetarian and love the fact that I can find so much to eat there. All their soups are vegetarian, and there are enough veggie choices to keep me happy. There are also many yummy sounding choices for carnivores. I am not a wine drinker, but their list looks impressive to me. The main dining room is cozy, with a fireplace and feels like a private home. And, there are smaller rooms upstairs for small to large groups. The service is impeccable.
We had a wonderful birthday evening dinner at 71 Palm! We enjoyed bringing our dog Roxy with us, as we sat outside on the beautiful porch for an amazing meal. Our waitress brought us a silver water dish for Roxy. She was extremely kind to us and Roxy. We had a wonderful time! The food was amazing!! We have been several times and plan to come back as soon as possible!!
We made reservations for a party of 10 people and requested outside seating. The reservation was confirmed within 24 hrs. The restaurant is very nostalgic old house and very cozy and inviting. The service was great, our waitress had a wonderful sense of humor and sweet personality. She took great care of us during our visit. Cocktails were perfect and the food was amazing. We all ended up sharing tastes and everyone's response was "ohhhh, I'm going to order that next time". Everything from seafood to pasta to steaks were delicious. We will visit again and definitely recommend this restaurant.
We went on a Monday night, my husband, myself & our 22 yr old daughter. Ample free private parking in the lot in the back. We were seated in a charming Craftsman style room with a fireplace. My husband had the beet salad and really enjoyed that as well as a pizzette. I had the House Special Bouillibase, loaded with mussels, shrimp & large pieces of halibut, the broth was rich with saffron. My daughter had rack of lamb, it was coated with dijon?, lightly breaded & cooked to perfection! The staff was friendly & very attentive. My daughter had the creme brulee.... this, she said, was the best she ever had. The shell was perfect and you could see and taste the vanilla bean throughout the creamy goodness. A real gem! We will be back and often!
No fail that this is always the place where I have the best night ever
We were pleased to be able to meet the owner. Very cute place and the food and service were fantastic. Great place for a "Date Nite"
We've been here 3 times now (only for dinner). During our last visit, the person in charge (who also served as bartender) was super strict about the presentation and quality of the food. I noticed that he personally inspected every plate before it went out to a table. Strict? Maybe. But he was professional and polite (even to his staff). And we were served perfect food by an attentive staff. The ambience is also great. It used to be an elegant cottage in the early 1900's and is now, of course, a restaurant. This gives it a very "homely" feel, almost as if you're visiting someone's house for dinner. A great place to take someone for a nice occasion if you're looking for something different.
We had a great dinner, everyone had something different and everyone was extremely pleased. Our entire party plans to come back again. We were not rushed, and the meal was paced perfectly.
Two couples for dinner. Everyone enjoyed there food with good service. The soups were outstanding, so was the floating island desert.
71 Palm is one of my favorite restaurants in Ventura County. The atmosphere is most pleasant. Upstairs dining room is better for groups; down stairs preferable for couples or parties of four. The menu is varied with a decidedly French flair. Having a parking lot behind the charming Craftsman structure is a definite bonus. And BTW the food is consistently noteworthy.
71 Palm is a throwback to the days of having a nice, civilized dinner in a pretty white linen tablecloth atmosphere. The service is professional, the food very good-some dishes better than others but all consistently good, and a good a fair priced wine list. 71 Palm is in an old house and is decorated very tastefully for Christmas-just enough to convey the holiday spirit without going overboard. Saturday night was our first visit and I'm sure we'll be returning.
Professional and amiable but not fake "friendly" service, warm ambience, specials menu -- super. Christmas decor a nice touch, lthough early. Moderate noise level was from diners conversing, much better than blaring music. Appetizers (lobster bisque; haricot vert) great; main courses (osso buco [special] and strip steak, rare, cab-gorgon sauce) awesome. Problem- dessert: Crepes nutella a la mode delicious, but tiramisu gloppy / poorly presented. Price a little high for high class bistro food. Because of the price my wife would not recommend, but she liked everything else. I agree about the price being slightly high, but still recommend. (four AND A HALF stars for the food) Overall, a lovely and delicious time.


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Havana In 1911, José Raúl Capablanca first challenged Emanuel Lasker for the world championship. Lasker had this to say in his newspaper column: Capablanca's compatriots have a desire to see him contest the world's championship. Today (February 28th) I received a letter from Senor Paredes of the Habana Chess Club, asking me to play with Capablanca in the Cuban city a match of ten games up, draws not to count. This proposition is not acceptable. In the present period of draw-making, such a match might last half a year and longer. I am, of course, deliberating upon my reply, but I do not think that I shall care to play in a semi-tropical climate more than a few games.1Several months later, Dr. Lasker countered with a list of his own terms, but Capablanca disputed many of them, most notably a 2-wins victory requirement. And so, the negotations broke down over differences of the match conditions. In the decade that followed, Capablanca took the chess world by storm, getting the best of nearly every top player of that period. By 1920, Lasker recognized Capablanca's prowess, and resigned the title to him, saying, "You have earned the title not by the formality of a challenge, but by your brilliant mastery."2 Capablanca, having felt robbed of his chance to win the title in the traditional fashion, convinced Lasker to play, but Lasker did so only on condition that his resignation be accepted, and he be regarded as the challenger. Lasker's resignation was not widely recognized at the time, nor today, therefore this match is generally regarded as the one in which the title changed hands.
In Havana, from March 15 to April 28, 1921, the match took place. Whomever you regard as
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Christine has been with the college since 2005 and she brings with her a diverse background in publications, media and publicity. When Christine is not busy advising the monthly student newspaper, the Allegheny View, she produces all of the Student Life publicity (activity calendars, event flyers, programs and more). Students are always encouraged to contribute to the Allegheny View and to seek Christine's help and advice for publicity.
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