Canseco Watch: Slugger Competing Again July 24
Jake Rossen Jul 8, 2009
He may technically be outside this page’s window of interest, but
Jose
Canseco has yet to make a decision in his late-onset combat
sports career that doesn’t fascinate -- even if it’s for all the
wrong reasons.
According to a news release circulated by something called the “Celebrity Boxing Federation,” Canseco is slated to face professional eater Bill “el Wingador” Simmons in “Celebrity Boxing 10: When Worlds Collide” July 24 in Aston, Pa.
I had no idea there were ever nine previous installments. The event is being co-sponsored by Smoking Everywhere, manufacturers of an electronic cigarette -- free of tar, second-hand smoke and FDA approval -- that Canseco shamelessly puffed during a recent “Howard Stern Show” radio appearance.
“Sugar” Ray Leonard Jr. is set to headline: I suspect this is indication he won’t be taking his pugilistic career quite as seriously as his father did.
Canseco’s very public spiral down the rabbit hole has yet to come to a stop. At least Celebrity Boxing mandates gloves and headgear. In another Japanese appearance in a mixed-fight ring, I fear for his spinal column.
According to a news release circulated by something called the “Celebrity Boxing Federation,” Canseco is slated to face professional eater Bill “el Wingador” Simmons in “Celebrity Boxing 10: When Worlds Collide” July 24 in Aston, Pa.
I had no idea there were ever nine previous installments. The event is being co-sponsored by Smoking Everywhere, manufacturers of an electronic cigarette -- free of tar, second-hand smoke and FDA approval -- that Canseco shamelessly puffed during a recent “Howard Stern Show” radio appearance.
“Sugar” Ray Leonard Jr. is set to headline: I suspect this is indication he won’t be taking his pugilistic career quite as seriously as his father did.
Canseco’s very public spiral down the rabbit hole has yet to come to a stop. At least Celebrity Boxing mandates gloves and headgear. In another Japanese appearance in a mixed-fight ring, I fear for his spinal column.
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