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East coast gladiators
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Boxing News
Barry McGuigan Voted Gladiators Team Captain
The team formerly known as "Stockholms Finest", but now under new management and called "East Coast Gladiators", hopes to continue with it's previously established winning ways. New team owner/manager "Crimson" had this to say about the teams upcoming season:
"Our Team Captain, as voted upon by all the fighters on the team was 'The Clones Cycone' Barry McGuigan. We've inherited a winning team and hopefully our off season moves were an improvment and are not going to send us in the other direction. With the reigning league Champion "Bonner Springs Bald Beavers" in our division along with the on the rise hard charging "Boxing Kangeroos" and "Coventry Hitmen" we cannot afford to take a backward step."
"Losing Andreas Kotelnik, Denis Boytsov, Tom Thomas, and Ever Beleno was a tough decision. However, we are optimistic that Tracy Spann, Kim, and Cesar Brion will help us get some more wins."
When asked about Phil Kating, who he'd failed to mention, Crimson responded with, "I know Kating. He was a pure cap move. He's 0-20 or something. I told him to just try and go the distance every fight and prevent the other team from getting KO points, but I doubt he'll do that. Kating wants to win bad, same as a World Champion. Anytime he doesn't get stopped though were looking at it as win. He may not win any, but the Blue Horizon fans will enjoy his effort. Kating has plenty of heart and desire."
"Hopefully we'll provide the boxing knowlegable, and appreciative of a good fight, Philly fans something to cheer about at the Blue Horizon. They know boxing as well or better than any fight venue fans in the world. I really can't think of anywhere that I'd rather watch a fight than the Blue Horizon. It is going to rock when Barry McGuigan steps through those ropes!"
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