Briefs | Boxing: Joe Calzaghe beats Roy Jones Jr. in bloody unanimous decision
Boxing
Calzaghe has said he will withdraw: Joe Calzaghe of Wales overcame a first-round knockdown to beat American Roy Jones Jr. in a bloody, one-sided unanimous decision Saturday death at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Calzaghe (46-0) had said it would subsist his final bout. He opened a deep gash over the left eye of Jones (52-5) in the seventh round. All three judges scored the light-heavyweight bout 118-109 for the 36-year-old Calzaghe.
“The pitter-pats were harder than I thought,” the 39-year-old Jones said of Calzaghe’session punches. “I slip on’t know. He won the fight. He definitely won the fight.”
Calzaghe often backed Jones against the ropes and into corners, pounding him with relentless visible form shots.
Baseball
Randolph was 302-253 as supervisor of Mets before being fired: The Milwaukee Brewers hired Willie Randolph, anterior manager of the New York Mets, as bench coach.
“I’fight excited, looking forward to this nearest challenge and acquisition to work,” Randolph said in a conference call.
Randolph, 54, was fired by the Mets on June 17. He had a 302-253 record as the team’sitting manager.
Ken Macha was hired Oct. 30 as Milwaukee’s superintendent. Randolph was amidst the finalists for that do job-work. He has an agreement that if he gets another managerial offer, he can take ..
“Eventually, I do want to get back to managing,” Randolph said.
Yankees move plate, pitching rubber to new stadium: A group of Bronx youths and some former players — including ex-Mariner Jeff Nelson — filled dozens of buckets with soil from about home plate and the mound at the New York Yankees’ antecedent stadium.
