Viper Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 As those of you who are my Facebook friends probably know by now, I have a cousin who is a very successful pro boxer. His name is "Golden" Caleb Truax, he's 13-0 in his pro career with 9 KOs, and on Friday he gets his first shot at a championship belt. He'll be fighting Briton Kerry Hope for the vacant WBF Intercontinental super-middleweight championship (see second article on this page). It's a big step-up in class for Caleb, but the fight's in St. Paul so he'll have the home crowd on his side. And naturally, I'll be there too!Here's the thumbnail for the fight's promotional poster. (Note that at the time it was made, he had been scheduled to fight someone else for a different vacant belt, but the other guy backed out.)BBC Sport article on the bout (understandably, written more about Hope than Caleb)Caleb's fan page on FacebookCaleb's recent local TV interview (done before his opponent changed)All of us here at CCSLC are sports fans, but not many of us can say we have a successful pro athlete in our families. Needless to say, I count myself quite lucky in that regard. Go Caleb... bring home the belt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDixonDesign Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Awesome, best of luck to him! Remember to snap some pics of the fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 That's awesome, Viper. Best of luck to your cuz. Knock that motherf***er out! On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I expect you to be in the corner or at least talking s*it during his walkout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Awesome, best of luck to him! Remember to snap some pics of the fight!I'll try, though from what I gather, unless you're right at ringside in the St. Paul Armory, it's hard to get pictures that aren't too dark and/or blurry to be any good. My seats will probably be about 50 ft away from the ring, about where they were the last couple of times I saw Caleb fight in that building.I expect you to be in the corner or at least talking s*it during his walkout.Again, I'll try if I can get close enough. Alas, with the horrendous acoustics in that building I'd probably have to either get right up to the fighters' faces or commandeer the portable sound/PA system just to be heard above the din. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 I did get a bunch of pictures from last night's fight (and some of the ones before it). I should be able to get them cleaned up and posted later today.But for now, suffice it to say... Caleb did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Congrats to your Cousin viper. Next stop Caesers Palace!!!! 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 My photos from the fight are now up.And here's a round-by-round blog (though not by me) of the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDixonDesign Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Nice! Congrats to Caleb! He's cut like a beast! He has the look of a fighter...congrats to him on taking the belt! Like my stepdad always says, and he loves boxing, theres nothing more fun than watching two shirtless men fight each other over a belt and a purse.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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