November 20, 2003
TOKYO, JAPAN-Ex-IBF 140-pound champ Vince Phillips, 40, turned out to have the right arm fractured when he blocked a strong kick of Japanese K-1 fighter Masato, who easily annihilated Phillips in less than four minutes this Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan. It seems pitiful that such a formerly well-reputed old boxer as Phillips appeared in a K-1 bout without any experience of fighting not only with his hands but with his legs, and thus suffered an injury. He was publicized and introduced as the man who had inflicted a sole defeat to Konstantine Tszyu, which must be a humiliation to BOXING.
(11-20-03)