fenwaydav's Blog

This past Saturday from Atlantic City comes a story that can be called stay out of places you don't belong.  Yes it was this night that Jose Canseco stepped into the ring with former Philadelphia Eagle Vai Sikahema.  Canseco, the former baseball slugger and center of steroid controversy towered over his opponent.  Canseco stood 6'4" 248 pounds and Sikahema 5'9" and 43 pounds lighter.  Before his football career,  Sikahema was a Golden Glove champ with over 80 amateur fights to his victory.  Before the fight Canseco bragged about his Mixed Martial Arts career.  He claims he has a Black Belt in Kung Fu, Taekwondo and Muay Thai.

Size had no effect, and the fight was over in 97 seconds with a knockout.  Sikahema said Canseco was massive and very impressive to look at, but he's (Canseco) a walking corpse and rotten inside out.  He's a pathetic figure.  Jose walked away from the fight with a mere $35,000.   He still owes his lawyer $342.000 in overdue legal  fees.  It's sad in a sense that he thinks he can go on to fight other's.   The other sad thing is if not for the steroids, he might have gone on to be a world class champ and possible Hall of Fame with a broadcast career.   Life for him now will be one stint after another making a fool of himself.