Dein erstes Forum » States gained momentum this year by placing third in

Kell Brook will take inspiration from Muhammad Alis defeat of Sonny Liston when he begins boxings most intimidating challenge.The 30-year-old will step up to the middleweight division for the first time and attempt to overcome the undefeated IBF, WBC and WBA champion Gennady Golovkin Saturday.Brook remains the significant underdog for the fight at Londons O2 Arena, but will evoke the spirit of Ali to prepare him for the devastating puncher from Kazakhstan.Brook fondly spoke of Alis 1964 fight with the then-mighty world heavyweight champion Liston, whose menace Ali -- then known as Cassius Clay -- used to his advantage to score one of the finest victories of his career.When my backs against the wall, I always perform, said Brook, the reigning IBF welterweight champion. Im meant to perform at the highest level.The best comes out of me when my backs against the wall; when Im under that pressure. When I watched Ali when he boxed Sonny Liston: he pulled a gun out on him to scare him.[Hed lose in] one or two rounds, people were saying. He went out there and he shocked the world, and said that it was a blessing; he was so thankful Sonny Liston did that because hed never been as frightened and scared in his life.Im feeling on edge for this fight, but its only going to make me sharper on the night.In addition to his underdog attitude, Brook has kept his distance from Golovkin to maintain his coldness towards him.He has spent numerous hours in the company of a charming fighter as popular for his baby-faced appearance, smile and good manners as his exciting style. Brook, however, believes he cannot risk warming to him in the same way as so many others.What have we got to talk about? Brooks said. I want to punch him in the face, dont I? Its a sport; I dont like getting comfortable with who Im fighting, because if he ends up being nice, it doesnt feel as good as punching him, so its better to keep business as business.You get that gist from him, that hes very respectful. Theres not been any trash talking in this fight; weve both got a lot of respect for each other. He knows hes in one hell of a fight.Its just been business, promoting this fight. Ive never been comfortable being around who Im fighting. I prefer to be out of the room, because theres an atmosphere. I prefer to be with my team instead of mingling with the other fighter. It just doesnt happen.I dont get involved in all the [television programme] Behind The Ropes and Ive not watched Golovkin training, and his fights, because you end up getting involved in this hype. Mark Bavaro Jersey . Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. Lawrence Taylor Jersey . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.nygiantsfanaticshop.com/Black-Darius-Slayton-Giants-Jersey.html?cat=970 . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. Doug Kotar Womens Jersey . The team said Saturday that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets said they would issue another update next week after consultation with their doctors. Phil Simms Youth Jersey . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in. RIO DE JANEIRO -- A three-minute momentum shift triggered one of the biggest Olympic wins in United States womens field hockey.Agustina Albertarrio appeared to break a scoreless tie two minutes into the third period, but the Argentines goal was nullified. A few minutes later, Katie Reinprecht slipped one under the goalkeeper to give the Americans the lead. The United States went on to defeat No. 2 Argentina 2-1 Saturday in its opening match.United States coach Craig Parnham said his team handled the swing well.Those can sort of flip a game on its head, but there still was a lot of hockey to be played after that, and I thought we did a nice job of continuing to play, he said. It was important for us to keep the pressure on Argentina, and I thought we did that for the second part of the game.Reinprechts shot didnt generate much power.That first goal we scored, if you saw it coming, youre thinking, `Thats probably not going to go in, United States goalkeeper Jackie Briggs said. But you just never know. Youve got to shoot it.Michelle Kasold scored on a penalty corner with 10:26 to play to put the United States up 2-0. Delfina Merino got Argentina on the board with 3:27 remaining, but the Americans held on.The United States dominated much of the second half after a rough start.I think the first period, we started a little slow, maybe a little bit tentative, Parnham said. Weve got some players that have not played on this stage before. It may be better attributed to that.Argentina is among the sports greatest powers. The Argentines won the Champions Trophy final over No. 1-ranked Netherlands in June and entered this tournament with confidence.The United States has had suuccess in some of their biggest matchups with the Argentines.ddddddddddddThe Americans beat them during the 2012 London Games before Argentina eventually recovered and earned silver. The United States also beat Argentina last year in the gold medal match at the Pan American Games.The Americans havent medaled since 1984, when they claimed bronze in Los Angeles. The United States gained momentum this year by placing third in the Champions Trophy in June, and its No. 5 world ranking is its highest ever.The Americans spent most of the first period defending their side of the field, but they never broke, and the match was scoreless after the first 15 minutes, despite Argentinas 6-0 shot advantage.The United States controlled the action through much of the second period, with six shots to Argentinas two. The Americans couldnt break through, and the match remained scoreless at halftime.We didnt play our best hockey and we came out 0-0, and thats always a good thing, to be able to not play your best and still not get scored on, Briggs said.Argentina manufactured 13 shots in the match, but Briggs was up for the challenge.Jackies done a nice job in there tonight for us, and for the rest of this week and the next two weeks of this tournament, were going to need her to be on song, Parnham said. She weathered the early storm and did well for us and kept us in the game.The United States will play No. 3 Australia on Monday.If we play our game and stick to our game plan, we can beat anybody, Briggs said.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: (at)CliffBruntAP ' ' '