Joey Reynolds: Blogging Ringside From Celtic Gloves Boxing Event

Hey boxing fans, Joey Reynolds of WOR/Radio 710 here at Madison Square Garden for the Celtic Gloves Boxing event. Here were my thoughts throughout the night of fights...

• St. Patrick's day gives us the weekend of green boxing trunks and matching green teeth!

• JULES BLACKWELL VS. JAE-SUNG LEE:
  We open with a new animal -- a split draw between Jae-Sung Lee from Korea and Jules Blackwell from Philly.

• OLIVIA FONSECA VS. CRISTY NICKEL:
  Women fights are only four rounds, of course, and Christy throws out cigars if she wins.

• I don't smoke anyway, especially since I went to Mulberry Street Cigars in Little Italy and asked for an Italian Crook. They were popular when Pabst Blue Ribbon was a dime in the old Garden.

• The place is filling up. I made a deposit on a Diet Coke and spotted Cha Cha. Good to see him without a cannoli.

• They should play Frank Sinatra records, like "Ole Black 'n Blue Eyes is Back."

• JOE ROSA VS. JOSE ESPINAL:
  Fighting now, we have Joe Rosa from Da Bronx and Jose Espinal from Brooklyn. The guy with the worse tattoo is gonna beat the guy with the good tattoo and green sneakers. Everybody has something green on, that's why I didn't brush my teeth.

• Espinal won after Rosa tried to make him dizzy with his tattoos and Mohawk hairdo.

• KHABIR SULEYMANOV VS. ROBERT PHILLIPS:
  This is a good night for Brooklyn. The Russian Twin is very short and 117 lbs. Khabir Suleymanov won the swing fight.

• OISIN FAGAN VS. BRIAN CARDEN:
  From the old country comes Oisin Fagan vs. Brian Carden. Fagan won with a second round TKO. They started out strong with many Leprechauns throwing peat moss and telling lies.

• LUIS RUIZ VS. TERRELL BOGGS:
  Luis Ruiz and Terrell Boggs actually hit each other! It was more than the perfunctory heavyweight tango. Luis had a desire to be a hitter with both hands. The girls holding up the round cards got the big applause, as well they should.

• The announcer asked if there were any Irish in the house tonight. And also welcomed us to "Madison Square Gardens." They pluralized and made a pub out of it.

• One of my favorite people and the foremost authority in boxing, Eddie Goldman, is ringside with me. We are usually relegated to a card table in the press room watching the show on TV, while eating brownies.

• PAWEL WOLAK VS. DUPRE STRICKLAND:
  Pawel Wolak was cut and it inspired him to steal the show by placing his fist in the face of Dupre Strickland many times too many. It was borderline vicious. Add it to the list of five TKOs in two rounds so far tonight. Strickland can tell everyone that he ran into a Pole to save face because the object of this sport is to save face.

• We stood as they sang the Irish National Anthem and it was a breath of Irish Spring, while the bagpipes played. Isn't that Scottish?  Smells like Nirvana to me.

• Jaspar Ortega's son is the referee. He is a real champ.

• JAMES MOORE VS. JUAN CARLOS CANDELO:
  The James Moore Show is on the air and I love this guy. He is a solid family man's man and a really good sport. I ran into James coming into The Garden and we chatted casually. You would have thought we were going to a wedding or some cocktail party.

• Here comes the body-head combination.

• We are past the second round TKO. We now have to rely on stamina. Candelo has a little bit of a gut and reminds me of Jameel McCline, who surprised us with a stunning first four rounds with Samuel Peter last year at The Garden.  Jameel played with him and ran out of steam and let Peter go to victory.

• This fight is like the Scorsese movie The Gangs Of New York. You know the Irish are going to win, but why does it take so long?

• I like a guy who's got his name on his trunks; no designer stuff here.

• Yuri Foreman is a great cheerleader for James Moore. Yuri is an NABF champ who remains humble and peaceful, and his wife is an accomplished filmmaker documenting the main event. Another neat thing is that Moore's wife is the main event in his life.

• Good luck from Shamus, who is a wonderful star of Sandi Bachom's magic "get reel."

Thanks to Dave Mayers for the technical assistance and Frank Minishak of MSG.

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MSG Live: Joey Reynolds Blogs From Celtic Gloves Boxing

First Lou Reed, now Joey Reynolds?

Reynolds, the Hall of Fame radio/TV personality who can be heard weekdays from midnight to 5:00 am on WOR, will try his hand at blogging from the Celtic Gloves Boxing event at The Garden this Saturday.

If you remember, music legend Lou Reed blogged live from the Klitschko-Ibragimov fight back on Feb. 23.

Saturday night's card will be headlined by James Moore vs. J.C. Candelo and Pawel Wolak vs. Dupre Strickland.

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