Bones Adams
On August 9th, at the Roberto Leyva/Miguel Barrera
fight in Las Vegas, I had the chance to catch up with former
champ Clarence "Bones" Adams (41-5-3) at the Orleans. I
first asked him if it'd be ok to display the photo we just
took together on my web page. He asked if it was a porno
site and I said no, as we both laughed. The next question
was when would he be fighting next. He said that he just
found out that his promoter lined up a fight against Guty
Espadas (35-4), which will be under the Erik Morales/Paulie
Ayala main event as the co-feature on 11-16, to be shown
on Pay Per View. These fights will be a "mini tournament"
in the featherweight division. He said he couldn't make
the 122 lb. limit anymore and I thought that was a great
idea to join the exciting featherweight class. I told him
I was at his first fight with Paulie Ayala and thought that
he deserved the win that night. He told me about a judge
that he asked, how he could have scored the fight the way
he did, based on him throwing and landing more punches.
The judge, who will remain nameless, said he'd go home and
look at the tape and see. I said that sounds like, a day
late, a buck short. I closed our conversation with how I
thought he's a great fighter and good luck to him in the
future. My time with "Bones" underscores what I tell everyone
about how most boxers are very friendly and the most approachable
athletes you could find.-Jim
