NEW YORK NEWDAY REPORTS KOBAYASHI ARRIVES IN N.Y. TO DEFEND TITLE!
NATHANS CIVIL SERVICE QUALIFIER 6/27/07 CAN ALLEN GOLDSTEIN WIN IT?
*PICTURED ALLEN GOLDSTEIN WITH DON LERMAN
NATHANS TO OFFER PURSE!1st place $10,000
2nd place $ 5,000
3rd place $ 2,500
4th place $ 1,500
5thplace$1,000
* AS REPORTED ON I.F.O.C.E. WEB SITE
** PICTURED KEVIN LIPSITZ DON LERMAN. ED JARVIS WAYNE NORBITZ BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT ERIC BOOKER . MIKE DEVITA
ALLEN GOLDSTEIN - BRIAN SEIKEN TO COMPETE AT STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE CONTEST TOMORROW
*pictured along with Don Lerman
NATHANS RESULTS JUST IN
JULIET LEE 26 HDB AT NORFOLK CRAZY LEGS CONTI 24 HDB AT MALL OF AMERICA
EDITORIAL
KOBAYASHI SHOULD DEFEND HIS TITLE
ACCORDING TO A JAPANESE PUBLICATION KOBAYASHI IS TAKING A SABBATICAL DUE TO THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER UNLESS IN THE OPINION OF THIS EDITOR IF HIS MOTHER DIED DURING 4TH OF JULY WEEK , HE SHOULD DEFEND HIS TITLE .I WAS MATZAH BALL CHAMP IN 2000 A WEEK BEFORE MY TITLE DEFENCE CAUGHT THE FLUE HAD A HIGH FEVER, WAS SICK AS A DOG plus I BROKE MY INDEX FINGER ON ROUTE TO THE CONTEST. ON THE HAND THAT I EATWITH. BUT I HAD AN OBLIGATION TO THE SPONSER. THE FANS AND THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT TO CONTINUE .IF KOBAYASHI DOES NOT SHOW IN MY OPINION HE DOES NT GO OUT AS A CHAMP IN BOXING IF YOU DONT DEFEND- YOUR TITLE YOUR STRIPPED OF THE TITLE IT SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT IN COMPETITIVE EATING.END
* pictured KOBAYASHI with DON LERMAN at NBC studio in burbank calf, in 2001
HALL HUNT TAKES CHARLOTTE NATHANS QUALIFIER WITH 28 1/2
FAMOUS ACTOR RYAN REYNOLDS WRITES ARTICLE ON COMPETITIVE EATING FEATURING DON LERMAN
JOEY CHESTNUT WITH DON LERMAN IN 2005 AND TODAY 2007
DON LERMAN WITH JOEY CHESTNUT IN 2005
DON LERMAN AND JOEY CHESTNUT IN 2007