The matchup is set: Jose Canseco and Vai Sikahema will duke it out on July 12 at Bernie Robbins Stadium, a minor league baseball park in Atlantic City. As I previously posted, Canseco is having financial difficulties and is entering the world of celebrity boxing.
Sikahema, the former Eagles kick return specialist, is now the sports director at WCAU-TV (NBC-10) in Philadelphia. He's been in the ring before, defeating a local radio personality. In his playing days, he made a big hit after returning a kick for a touchdown against the Giants at the Meadowlands:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sglasPrb9k]
Still, you couldn't pay me to attend this farce. On the other hand, as this boxing writer suggests at the end of his column, a Canseco-Mark McGwire matchup? Absolutely! — Joe Guckin
The matchup is set: Jose Canseco and Vai Sikahema will duke it out on July 12 at Bernie Robbins Stadium, a minor league baseball park in Atlantic City. As I previously posted, Canseco is having financial difficulties and is entering the world of celebrity boxing.
Sikahema, the former Eagles kick return specialist, is now the sports director at WCAU-TV (NBC-10) in Philadelphia. He's been in the ring before, defeating a local radio personality. In his playing days, he made a big hit after returning a kick for a touchdown against the Giants at the Meadowlands:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sglasPrb9k]
Still, you couldn't pay me to attend this farce. On the other hand, as this boxing writer suggests at the end of his column, a Canseco-Mark McGwire matchup? Absolutely! — Joe Guckin
