http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/active-professionals/us-boxer-russell-jr-collapses-wont-compete-in-olympics/ The Sierra Trading Post Adventure Edge Radio Podcast. Located at the active lifestyle blog of Sierra Trading Post, http://blog.sierratradingpost.com. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:41:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/active-professionals/us-boxer-russell-jr-collapses-wont-compete-in-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-16064 A Pretty Mess » Blog Archive » The Dark Side of the Olympics Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:10:57 +0000 http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/active-professionals/us-boxer-russell-jr-collapses-wont-compete-in-olympics/#comment-16064 [...] Gary Russell Jr. collapsed while trying to ‘make weight’ for the bantamweight category in boxing. (Don’t even get me started on wrestlers and boxers trying to compete in lower weight classes. I know that this is common but even in high school I remember my friend who was a wrestler purposely trying to dehydrate himself before his weigh in. This insanity almost makes models eating cotton balls seem reasonable.) [...] [...] Gary Russell Jr. collapsed while trying to ‘make weight’ for the bantamweight category in boxing. (Don’t even get me started on wrestlers and boxers trying to compete in lower weight classes. I know that this is common but even in high school I remember my friend who was a wrestler purposely trying to dehydrate himself before his weigh in. This insanity almost makes models eating cotton balls seem reasonable.) [...]

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