Sadiq At The Sabre Room

The gym was closed last night, and I didn't go to Sadiq's fight at the Sabre Room. Went to the movies instead, got a bag of free popcorn (you bring your own bag or bowl on Wednesday nights and get free popcorn), and saw The Queen, which was a good flick. When I got home, I watched "The Janet Dickenson Modeling Agency" and did my physical therapy exercises.

Today, I got an email from Steve about what happened last night, and it wasn't pretty. He said that Sadiq's mind wasn't on the fight. It appeared that Sadiq didn't want to fight, but Steve told him he couldn't back out at the last minute. Sadiq's wife wanted to come along at the last minute and that was a 40-minute wait for Steve while they got themselves together to gather their stuff and get in his car. "The Nigerian Nightmare" appeared to be nervous and slept most of the way out to the Sabre Room.

Sadiq's opponent, a kid from Windy City Gym, didn't appear to be that much of a threat to Steve, but in the first round, Sadiq was caught with a body shot. It appeared he had been hurt. Then the other kid pushed and cuffed Sadiq all around the ring. During the second round, the kid caught him against the ropes and threw a lot of punches that weren't answered. He won part of that round, however, and won the third round, but not in a strong way. In-between rounds, Sadiq was throwing up in the bucket in the corner. It was a close decision, and Sadiq lost. Steve said it could have gone either way, but Sadiq looked lethargic, and didn't appear to be in control inside the ring.