first KO

[Amphatoast]

kendall gill boxing career is perfect with a first round KO.

The NBA journeyman and former Illinois star stopped Trevor Biley in the first round Saturday night in Chicago. Gill, a 6-foot-5, 199-pound shooting guard who has played 14 NBA seasons, knocked Biley (0-2-1) to the canvass three times before the referee halted the cruiserweight fight at 1:58 of the opening round.

"My team prepared me exactly the way I'm supposed to be prepared," said Gill, who has trained for the last 18 months.

Gill, 37, plans to fight at least one more time before attempting to return for a 15th NBA season. He averaged 6.1 points in 14 games with Milwaukee last season before being waived in January. He has averaged 13.4 points a game over his career with seven teams.

Gill wore white trunks that read "Flying Illini" - a nod to the 1989 Illinois basketball team that reached the Final Four.

he wants to fight 1more before coming back. guess he wants to fight someone when he comes back. Will it be Artest?

[Indy]

I might Kendall Gill in some basketball camp, really nice guy.

[Drex]

Nice Artest could do some serious damage to other boxers

[Jackal_]

Gill seems like a nice person, used to be a great dunker when he was younger..looks like he aint too bad in the ring either

[COOLmac©]

i say artest should try out boxing, he has some serious right hand cross couple with those prfessional hugging and a few upercuts..man o man

[Jackal_]

I think Artest should try out for the next "Roots" movie. Dude looks like he just got into the country from Africa.

[maes]

My friends played with him earlier this year in the Windy City Fieldhosue, they also said he was very nice and a good sport to play with them...and he didn't dunk all over them either, he passed and took some jumpers like everyone else.

[8-Hype]

He's already 37, isn't that too old for boxing? I mean, Lewis just retired and he is 38 or so. And why does he "start" boxing for two or three fights when he wants to play 2005-06? Maybe in order to sign with Indiana and play his "big game" against Detroit?

By the way, Amphatoast: I saw his K.O. today on EuroSport News and wanted to post an article first, but you were faster.

[air gordon]

KG does have a martial arts background. too bad he didn't try this any earlier. i think he'll get a big dose of reality once he's done with these tuneup matches

[air gordon]

an update on KG's boxing 'career":

KG won his 2nd match....

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-050820fight,1,5331687.story?coll=cs-bulls-headlines
registration required but..

Kendall Gill can now focus on trying to play again in the NBA this fall, with two boxing victories under his belt and a chiseled torso above it.

Gill, 37, won a unanimous decision over tough but overmatched Jason Medina in a four-round bout on Saturday's undercard to the Fernando Vargas-Javier Castillejo main event at Allstate Arena.

"This guy was a lot tougher than my first fight," a first-round knockout of Trevor Biley, Gill said, admitting that Medina "stunned me with a right hand in the first round."

But Gill rallied throughout and rocked his opponent several times with shots to the head, using both hands, including a strong final round, when he switched from southpaw to right-handed and surprised Medina with good left jabs.

"I think I made adjustments better than in my first fight," said the 198-pound cruiserweight. "Last time, when I hit the guy with hard shots, I could see him going."

Gill, who fulfilled his aim to win twice this summer, rated his second bout "a B-minus," and said, "My right jab has to be a lot better.

"I can focus on the NBA now," said the veteran who followed a standout career at the University of Illinois with 141/2 pro seasons. "I'll see who wants a hungry, very capable, very motivated, very in-shape 37-year-old. The Lakers are my first choice. I love the triangle offense. I love [coach] Phil Jackson."

However, he added, "I'm a little scared that I like boxing so much."

Also on the undercard, fellow Chicagoan and former Olympian David Diaz had little trouble taking a unanimous decision over John Trigg, who brought a 12-18-5 record into the ring. But the winner was disappointed that the scheduled six-round bout was cut back to four.

"I really turned it up in the fourth round, trying to take him out," Diaz said. "He didn't hurt me, but he took my punches well," said Diaz, who asserted that his rhythm was upset by trying to condense a six-round strategy to four.

[Jona]

Isn't Gill the guy with the steals in one game record in the NBA?

[Drex]

Yup, 11 if I'm not wrong

[Its_asdf]

Yup, 11 if I'm not wrong

You're wrong. It's 12.

Heh, Jonex made a post.

[Pross]

Gill seems like a nice person, used to be a great dunker when he was younger..looks like he aint too bad in the ring either

I reckon! i remember one nice dunk..off the backboard from gary payton against denver back in his sonics days!

[Nel]

OT: I want to see malone and barkley fight it out in the boxing ring. I feel sorry for these two.

[kinokong]

i wanna see yao mings ass in the ring finally fucking blowing up against the guys who have made facials over him.. or those 2 guys from the trailblazers where it broke into a fight and he said that he'll sue the other guy or something

[Its_asdf]

I believe the person from the blazers that you speak of is Ha Seung Jin. Better not fight him though, he'll sue.