Motor-mouthed Miranda still talking a big fight

By George Kimball

During his playing days, Ilie Nastase, the Romanian tennis star of the 1970s, owned a world-class mouth, and at one time held the ATP record for most fines incurred by one player.

"Ilie speaks seven languages," his wife once said. "Why does he always have to curse in English?"

Edison Miranda's interpreters could probably do him a big favor by deliberately mistranslating some of his more inflammatory remarks.

His own matchmaker, Jim Borzell, who's known the talented Colombian since his arrival in the United States three years ago, describes Pantera as "a true puzzle."

"He's the nicest guy in the world, but before a fight he can be a complete twit, the way he shoots off his mouth," said the veteran matchmaker.

You'd have thought Miranda might have learned his lesson 13 months ago in Memphis.

Motor-mouthed Miranda still talking a big fight