Staff Blog
Big Bangin’: Hailey Glassman and Damon Feldman at Celebrity Boxing
Correction: An earlier version of this article declared Valerie Navarro the winner of the Big Bang championship. The winner was actually Ginelle Ophelia. City Paper regrets the error.
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| Photo | Scott Weiner |
| Glassman with Damon Feldman |
We love Damon Feldman.
Sure, he promotes some wack matches at the airport Ramada and gets guys like Jose Canseco and Danny Bonaduce into the ring. And yes, he convinced respected members of the local boxing scene to be in on his Celebrity Boxing Federation — even its female division's Big Bang event (during Celebrity Boxing 15 on Dec. 18) which was fascinating for its big burly guys watching over gals wearing tiny lingerie panties with the words "Smack That" on ’em.
But Feldman has heart and he has guts. And he knows how to fill a room with folk who crave this level of entertainment. And entertaining it is. I've asked people, in the name of God and art, to do some bizarre things. But I've never asked women to wear gi-hugic boxing gloves and slug it out, like Feldman's CBF femme division championship did — all with guest referee Hailey Glassman in her Ed Hardy best ringside.
Anyone keeping tabs (and you can just check Icepack Dec 24 for a primer) she's the woman that Jon Gosselin was keeping company with until recently when he tried to reunite with his wife (now TOTALLY divorced) and Glassman has gone on record (WHAT RECORD) calling Jon a stalker. Then again, depending on what tabs you keep and what gossip rags and blogs you sneak peaks at, Glassman and Gosselin either still live together. Or they don't. Or she's rumored to have a male admirer in Feldman himself who may have been caught in an embrace with Glassman which supposedly got Gosselin mad — maybe mad enough to shoot off guns at his Pennsylvania homestead or call her at the Ramada Inn. See how it works?
This is what Feldman feeds into — the enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in bacon.
Anyway, girls fought with big gloves on. Glassman got into a tussle with one of the boxing gals — the singularly named "Cassie" — hit the mat with the two fighters then called the boxer out for a future match. (Yes... you heard the crowd going "Ooooooh, catfight"). And by the end of it all a girl named Valerie Navarro Ginelle Ophelia wore the big gloves proudly to become the Big Bang female division's first champeeeeeeeeeeeeen. Rocky Marciano might not be smiling up in the heavens, but you gotta start somewhere.
More pics after the jump.
hey hey let me correct ALOT OF THIS! I fought against Hannah Pearce who was called out by Hailey. I didnt win the belt Ginelle Ophelia who is my best friend and proud owner of the mentioned smack that panties won all 3 rounds taking home title. Thanks
it was hanna that hailey called out not cassie! hailey had a serious attitude problem- most likely envy toward hanna
Please give the complete story, my fav though was hailey glassman
shut the fuck upppp
This post has been corrected. City Paper regrets the error.