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Sweet Science Monday 6pm - Barry Michael- in studio tribute

Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 23:35
by DaSweetScience
Monday Night FightZone - Monday Mar 15, 2010

1. 6-8pm AEST- The Sweet Science National Boxing Program

Program #190: This week's Sweet Science boxing program is broadcast live from 3KND 1503AM in Melbourne.

The show features the following:

- News Wrap with Paul Upham including the Pacman v Clottey results, Joe Bugners 60th celebrations with Joe Frazier, Katsidis Mitchell heats up at the London Press Conference and Amir Khan vs Paul Malignaggi announced.

- Then its the Sweet Science Barry Michael special and the man himself in the hotseat to talk about his life in boxing and we'll be running through his extraordinary 60 fight career from top to bottom including.

- Early boxing years
- First fight in 1973 vs Mick Mclean
- Early memories of Paul Ferreri, Willie Leslie and Rocky Mattioli, Tony Mundine, Hector Thompson, Frank Ropis, Wally Carr, Joey Collins
- First Commonwealth title attempt against Billy Moeller
- Fighting Jeff "Flash" Malcolm
- Taking on Lennox Blackmoore in the jungles of Guyana
- Defending the Australian lightweight crown 8 times
- Rubber match with Moroccan Najib Dato
- War with Zimbabwean Langton Tinago for the Commonwealth lightweight title
- Toe to toe with Al "Earthquake" Carter at Dallas Brooks Hall
- Memories of split decision Commonwealth title loss to slick Trinidadian Claude Noel
- Stepping up to light welterweight for an Ash Wednesday 40 degree showdown with Frank the Tank Ropis
- Starting a riot in Jakarta after being robbed for the OPBF title against Muhammad Juhari
- Commonweath lightweight title win over good mate Porky Brooke
- World title victory over Lester Ellis for the IBF superfeatherweight title
- War in England with Rocky Lockridge
- Barry's connection to Sale of the Century's Tony Barber
- Recent Celebrity bout with 3AW's John Silvester to raise $5000 for Rocky Lockridge's medical costs
- Role as a muscular dystrophy ambassador
- Upcoming Heavyweight showdown and card from Flemington Racecourse

Radio: The Sweet Science Australian National boxing radio program is broadcast live to over 50 stations on the National Indigenous Radio Service including:

Sydney: Koori Radio: 93.7 FM
Melbourne: 3KND: 1503 AM
Townsville: 4K1G: 107.1 FM

Internet

Click on the following link to listen live on Koori Radio

Go to http://www.gadigal.org.au and click on Koori Radio live at the top of the page

Alternatively listen via itunes on http://www.3knd.org.au

2. 11.30 pm - KOTV on Foxtel Channel 519 (Sky Racing Channel)

KOTV is a half hour international weekly boxing news, interviews, previews and historical feature program courtesy of Sky Ringside.

Tonights show features:

- The Sweet Science interview with Al Bernstein
- Nicaraguan Light flyweights Cesar Canchila and Johnriel Casimero.
- Fight of the Century – Ali v Frazier 1

- Note : KOTV is repeated at 8.30am AEST on Tuesdays and 8am on Wednesdays

12 midnight - Canvas Classics on Foxtel Channel 519 (Sky Racing Channel

British lightweights - Scott Lawton v Derry Matthews & Cello Renda v Paul Samuels – Famous British war and double knockdown