Canseco, a 44yearold who claims to be a longtime student of the martial arts, makes his mma debut next month in the opening round of dreams openweight super hulk tournament. Jose cansecos daughter josie canseco books spot in. Jose canseco battles partridge family star danny bonaduce to a threeround draw. Jose canseco was a huge star during his best years, an ofteninjured slugger in the middle of his career, and the prime symbol of the steroid era later on when he admitted using steroids. Nfl football player vai sikahema accepted a challenge from canseco to fight. When jose cansecos book titled juiced, was released in 2005, the former mlb. This book is a tellall and includes memories of the over 65 fights that the author promoted, many with dlist celebrities like tonya harding, rodney king, jose canseco, danny bonaduce and octo.
Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment. Jose cansecos followup book to juiced is basically a rehash of the original book with a couple of more players named to be ped users. An agent representing jose canseco, the former major league baseball. She would later wed and divorce garth fisher, and star in hollywood exes. One look at jose canseco and the word steroids comes to mind. Why i dont think giant bomb should have hired dan ryckert. Your point blank honesty really verified all of the speculations that many had in the baseball industry leonard d. Mousasi, sokoudjou, sapp and jose canseco set for dream. Wild times, rampant roids, smash hits and how baseball got big by jose canseco juiced its been said that one should not judge a book by its cover, though if one is to judge anything of an author by his book s cover, jose canseco is pretty impressed with himself.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and retrosheet. Not really a seo related book, but i used to watch a ton of baseball and sold baseball cards in high school, so i was interested in reading jose cansecos juiced. Jose canseco struck out in his bid to punch out a partridge. Jose canseco pumped up for mma fight provided by vegasinsider. In the book, canseco specifically identified former teammates mark mcgwire, jason. Woody and the bdog wrote their book because they wanted to bring a corrupt president to justice because they were. Join facebook to connect with jose canseco and others you may know. Feldmans 16 minute man may prove to be boxing promoter. Big names, big liars and the battle to save baseball, in which mr. Following the books release, in which canseco implied alex. Christian red, jose cansecos fiancee, leila knight, dumps former slugger after he allegedly threatened to kill her and her mother, new york daily news, november 24, 2014.
Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Nfl player dateofbirthbirth date and age19620829 birthplacenukuokinaalofa, tonga dateofdeath positionrunning back, kick returner collegebyu draftedyear1986 draftedround10 pick 254 statsy databasefootballsikahvai01 pfrsikava00 years. Vai was inducted into the organizations hall of fame during an award ceremony at the hilton hotel on city avenue in. Jose cansecos daughter josie isnt afraid to show off her assets. May 15, 2017 las vegas jose canseco sits at one of the two long poker tables in the living room of his las vegas home, his massive biceps bulging through his tank top, and hes ready to take a swing at. Perhaps rice crispy dick rykcert did this great story justice, but for a year he gave canseco no credit.
Former baseball player and admitted steroid user, jose canseco,battled 72. Rodriguez is a target in cansecos new book the new york times. Canseco, selfconfessed former steroid userturnedwhistleblower, debuted his boxing skills versus vai sikahema and was. The 1988 al mvp, who named alleged steroid abusers like himself in his two books, lost to former philadelphia eagle vai sikahema in his first foray into celebrity boxing. The former oakland as slugger was defeated by south korean super heavyweight hong man choi by a knockout. Some people consider the fight the precursor of mixedmartial arts.
Jose canseco may be known for among other things knocking balls out of the park. Nbc10s own vai sikahema was honored last night by the broadcast pioneers. Jose canseco author of juiced goodreads share book. In july, former nfl player vai sikahema leveled canseco in the first. Nbc10s vai sikahema inducted into hall of fame nbc10. Jose canseco mma debut vs hong man choi hq youtube. Aug 02, 2012 jose cansecos career is one of highest highs and lowest lows. He was also a sixtime allstar and twotime world series winner. Yes, the same vai sikahema who set ncaa records for punt returns at.
Jose cansecos 20 craziest moments bleacher report latest. Jose canseco s boxing debut was inspired, short lived, and a knockout. It will be the quickest pocket change sikahema has ever earned. Jose canseco fights to a draw with danny bonaduce in celebrity boxing. The fight ended up in a draw, the perfect setup for a rematch. Mar 26, 2008 the cover of jose cansecos second book, vindicated.
Vai sikahema born 29 august 1962 is a tongan former american football player and. Jose canseco jersey jose canseco cool base and flex base. Jan 18, 2017 jose canseco goes after election of jeff bagwell to hall of fame. He was knocked out by former nfl player vai sikahema in the first round of a 2008 bout. Sikahema kos canseco in celebrity bout free republic. Jan 25, 2009 to say this fight wasnt a money grab is like saying bird shit doesnt have berries in it. Jose canseco and former eagle vai sikahema to fight in ac.
Sikahema ready to rumble with canseco deseret news. Nbc 10s vai sikahema took down jose canseco in a onesided. Vai sikahema born 29 august 1962 is a tongan former american football player and television news reporter. Jose canseco was born july 2, 1964 on the island of cuba. Vai sikahema knocking out jose canseco july 12, 2008 football player vai sikahema 59 kod baseball player and rat 64, age 44 jose canseco in 1 round. Canseco, who claims to be a decorated martial artist, has been competing in exhibition boxing matches as of late. Apr 22, 2008 vindicated by jose canseco it should be no surprise that this was one of the books that i eagerly dove into from the minute i found out that it would be published, to the original publisher dropping it and the book moving to a new publisher, to the early leaks from the book all of it made me really want to get my hands on it. It cant have escaped everyones notice that recently former major leaguer jose canseco was readily dispatched by former nfl player and golden glove amateur boxer, via sikahema in the first round of a celebrity charity boxing match. Show your support for the athletics when you pick up jose canseco jerseys for men, women and youth. Get the latest updated stats for chicago white sox designated hitter jose canseco on. Canseco was listed at 64 and 260 pounds for that exhibition bout that featured only three, 1minute rounds. Contentsshow biography canseco and his family left cuba with his cousins when he and his brother were infants. Jose canseco was born on july 2, 1964 in havana, cuba as jose canseco y capas jr. In the grand old days before super gloss, sticker autos, patches, serial numbered parallels, inserts and yes, steroids, jose canseco.
Jose canseco was a baseball player for the major league baseball with one video in the cspan video library. Canseco claims to have earned black belts in kung fu, taekwondo, and has experience in muay thai, while sikahema, who grew up wanting to be a professional boxer, had fought 80 amateur bouts while younger. Jose canseco pummeled by much smaller boxer in ring debut. I got jose canseco, the bad boy of baseball, feldman said in announcing the july 12 card at bernie robbins stadium in atlantic city. Korean job discussion forums view topic choi hong man. Former major league mvp player jose canseco, right, fights against super heavyweight hong man choi of south korea during his debut mixed martial arts dream 9 card.
Jose canseco shows hes no slugger in the ring originally published july 16, 2008 at 12. Reliving the day in 2008 that vai sikahema, the former pro bowl return man, met erstwhile baseball slugger jose canseco in the boxing ring. Join facebook to connect with josie canseco and others you may know. Wild times, rampant roids, smash hits, and how baseball got big, by jose canseco. First known as one of the great power hitters of the 80s and 90s, there are some who now call jose canseco the woodward and bernstein of the steroids scandal because of his tellall book juiced. Sikahema, the byu graduate and former professional football player who is now a popular tv sportscaster in philadelphia, thought the fight was a bad idea. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. Last shot chronicles canseco s attempts to end his steroid use. Wild times, rampant roids, smash hits, and how baseball got big, canseco admits to not only using steroids but perfecting the use of them, and showing other players how to do the same. What bad blood could possibly exist between a former. Canseco claims to have earned black belts in kung fu and taekwondo, while sikahema fought in the golden gloves tournament won by sugar ray leonard. Jose canseco audio and video the jose canseco audio and video section of is where you can listen to live game broadcasts and other classic clips. Jose canseco society for american baseball research. Jose, i wanted to take the time to let you know how much i enjoyed your book.
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Vai sikahema says hes had a charmed life he spent one season in green bay philadelphias keith byars 41 and vai sikahema celebrate a victory over new orleans in a jan. In it he also regrets ever writing his tellall books and naming former teammates as steroid users, as he was never given the opportunity to participate in mlbaffiliated baseball. Nz heavyweights fa and ahio have a home field advantage in. Jose canseco fights to a draw with danny bonaduce in celebrity. The fight took place on july 12 in atlantic city at the bernie robbins stadium. Frank trigg turns down dream rookie jose cansecos request. I started to read your book and could not put it down until i finished it that day. Jose cansecos model daughter arrested for driving under. Jose canseco fights to a draw with danny bonaduce in. Jose canseco was knocked out by former philadelphia eagles return man vai sikahema in their celebrity boxing match saturday. Jose canseco may have whistled, come on, get happy as he left the iceworks skating complex. He is an actor, known for piranha sharks 2016, nash bridges 1996 and slamma jamma 2017.
Jose conseco mma debut does not go well jose canseco. Jose canseco came out swinging but didnt last long in his debut in mixed martial arts. Dec 12, 2017 jose canseco s tweets about politicians and sexual molestation cost him whatever chance he had at working in major league baseball in 2018. Josie canseco, the 22yearold daughter of jose canseco, has been confirmed to walk in the victorias secret fashion show this year after booking the muchsoughtafter gig in. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. The yankees grabbed jose canseco on a waiver claim from tampa bay in august as a preventive measure.
For a guy my size to hit him like that and he didnt go down, wow, canseco said. Canseco and vai sikahema, the former philadelphia eagles kick returner, are scheduled to rumble saturday night in the war at the shore, a celebrity boxing match at atlantic citys bernie robbins. Jan 18, 2017 jose canseco called out hall of fame voters for their hypocrisy surrounding ped usage in baseball. After two costly divorces, one home foreclosure and a failed book sequel, jose canseco is ready to mix it up in the boxing ring. Despite just releasing a followup to a bestselling book, jose canseco is apparently in dire straits financially. In may 2008, sikahema accepted an open challenge from former baseball player jose canseco to fight. Jose canseco danny bonaduce fight shabooty howard stern. But saturday, he couldnt help but be a victim of a knockout of a different kind. Jose canseco goes after hall of fame election of jeff bagwell. Canseco will fight nbc10 sports director and former eagles return specialist vai sikahema. He was the 1986 american league rookie of the year and the 1988 league mvp with the oakland athletics. Make sure you are ready to cheer the oakland athletics with the latest jose canseco jersey from the ultimate mlb athletics shop. Shop comc s extensive selection of jose canseco baseball cards. And to be honest, that is what cansecos book isan infomercial for steroids.
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Canseco, who named names of alleged steroid abusers like himself in his two books, lost to former philadelphia eagle vai sikahema. Paul sacca, jose canseco apologizes to mlb players he said used steroids in the most ridiculous and hilarious ways, june 2, 2015. Sectv sports scene vai sikahemas fight training duration. Veteran fighter frank trigg turned down 1988 mlb mvp jose canseco s request to train together for the former major leaguers upcoming mma debut.
It was a wasted move, as canseco virtually filled the same role as glenallen hill, who was redhot after his arrival from chicago. Poulton, a 45yearold from pittsfield, is tentatively scheduled to fight the 45yearold former baseball allstar in a september celebrity boxing card, said. Jose canseco is a controversial figure, this much we know is true. While he did shed some light on an important issue, there is one distinct difference. Former eagle vai sikahema to fight jose canseco bleeding. Referee allan huggins stops the fight after former nfl player via sikahema knocked down former major league baseball player jose canseco in. Jose said he had arthritis, scoliosis, and degenerative disc disease, and believes he would have never been able to play at the major league level without steroids. He and his family left cuba when he was still an infant. The first tongan ever to play in the national football league nfl, he played running back and kickoff returner in the league for eight seasons, from 1986 to 1993. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Grewing up wanting to be a professional boxer, vai sikahema came into the fight with 80 amateur fights. Poulton will fight jose canseco the berkshire eagle. Jose canseco calls out ped hypocrisy in hall of fame voting.
Jose conseco mma debut does not go well the searched. Still, canseco was able to ride the wave and win his second world title. Vai sikahema, extravagantly billed as the war at the shore. Canseco knocked out by former nfl return man sikahema. Jose canseco to fight ex nfl pro bowler vai sikahema. Referee allan huggins stopped the fight after sikahema knocked down canseco in the first round. An agent representing jose canseco, the former major league baseball slugger, called to propose a boxing match between sikahema and canseco. The characters, themes, and general story were all taken directly from canseco s life. Jessica canseco born jessica sekely on december 4, 1972 in ashland, ohio is the former wife of jose canseco and author of a biography of her life with canseco entitled juicy. This disclaimer after the title page begins the book juiced. Canseco a noted former ped user who famously tried to out several of his peers in his book. Of course, when vai sikahema squared off with jose canseco on july 12, 2008, both were well past their playing days. The canseco fight was held on 12 july 2008, in atlantic city at the bernie. Many infomercials on television begin in a similar fashion.
Along with his twin brother, ozzie, jose canseco grew up in miami, florida. In 2005, canseco admitted to using anabolic steroids in a tellall book, juiced. A sixtime allstar, he won the 1986 american league rookie of the year award and was the 1988 american league mvp. The book is autobiographical, and it focuses on canseco s days as a major leaguer, his marriages, his daughter, and offfield incidents including his barroom brawl in 2001. Professional athletes looking for an edge an illegal edge is as old as professional sports, but things took a terrible turn in the late 1980s when a young cuban immigrant named jose canseco broke into the big leagues with the oakland as. Canseco said he didnt train for saturdays fight, but wouldnt make that. Canseco, meanwhile, makes his mma debut after an mlb career that concluded with a tellall book about steroid use in baseball and a subsequent cold shoulder from the industry.