Entries tagged with "Mike+Tyson":
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Over the years we've come to know Mike Tyson as many things: song and dance man, reality show star, loose cannon on radio talk shows, celebrated guest at the Sundance and Cannes film festivals, convicted rapist, et cetera, et cetera, and all that jazz. But once upon a time he was just known as Iron Mike,…
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Lost? – December 30th, 2018
I couldn’t think straight for an hour or so. Did I like boxing really? Was any sport worth losing your mind for?
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Certo was extremely articulate in a ‘dese and dem’ kind of way, and was truly one of boxing’s last remaining colorful characters…
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Cus D’Amato molded the Hall of Fame careers of Floyd Patterson, Jose Torres, and Mike Tyson. But for Cus boxing lessons were life lessons…
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Fans want good fights and intriguing matchups. They don’t want wholesale/bulk value when it comes to boxing…
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A pleasant procession of heavyweight kings were welcomed to the stage in Los Angeles, by the always classy, Jimmy Lennon, Jr….
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Take it from the British fans, who could teach us Americans a thing or two about what support for a country’s athletes looks like…
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“I think with Deontay's power, he might be able to end it early, but if Tyson can frustrate him and it goes the distance, then it could go his way...”
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Some optimists hoped that HBO would keep its indifference to boxing in check. But it was not to be. Not on this night … and not on HBO…
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On November 9, 1996 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield met heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who was defending the WBA title he won two months earlier by icing Bruce Seldon. Holyfield was 32-3 going in, having suffered losses to Riddick Bowe (twice) and…
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The American Olympic team won 11 medals in 12 weight classes, only one man not managing to medal. Nine went on to challenge for world titles…
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Whacka! – October 14th, 2018
He was going to make a break for it across those stinking dykes and drains and rivers and find his fame and fortune…
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“I found a world so rife with anecdote and pathos, so full of contradictions as to be a world within itself…”
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When boxers hit their mid-30s it is usually time to hang up the gloves, check your bank account and maybe open a restaurant…
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Cool, calm and collected are the thoughts we usually think of to describe the demeanor of middleweight titans Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin
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On September 7, 1996 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBA heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon, from Atlantic City, New Jersey, defended his title against former unified heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, from Brooklyn, New York. The Atlantic City Express was 33-3 coming in. It was Tyson's fourth fight…
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“Either Eddie Hearn didn’t want the fight, or the fighter didn’t want the fight enough to go against Eddie...”
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It would be awesome if we could get some boxing fans to care about the present even half as much as they obsess over the past…
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Saturday night at The Avalon in Hollywood, California, McKenna is set to take on Mexico native Rolando Mendivil…
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The point here may just be that we don’t get enough shockers like this, at least not at the highest level in this sport…
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I always tell people that I am not a boxing fan; I am a boxing writer. I attempt to be objective and report only what I see…
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Coming into his HBO Boxing After Dark reappearance, it was clear that HBO was big on the affable and entertaining Mexican KO artist
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We have two unbeaten champions. We have all the sanctioned ‘alphabet’ belts at stake. We have Ukraine against Russia. Sounds good, does it not?
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On June 27, 1988 at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Iron Mike Tyson, hailing from Brooklyn, New York, fought Michael Spinks, from St. Louis, Missouri, and the WBC/WBA/IBF heavyweight titles were on the line. Tyson was undefeated at 34-0. Spinks was undefeated at 31-0. The fight was…
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Passing the torch is a formality not limited to boxing. The young supplant the old, the new replaces the worn, and the world turns. On June 8, 2002 at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee, WBC/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, from London, England, defended his titles against former WBC/WBA/IBF…
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The surly powder keg image of the Charlos is somewhere between prime Mike Tyson and a jacked up World Star version of a grim Sonny Liston…
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On May 30, 1987 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC/WBA heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, hailing from Brooklyn, New York, defended his titles against Pinklon Thomas, from Pontiac, Michigan. Tyson was undefeated at 29-0 coming in. Thomas was 29-1-1. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
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Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Daniel Jacobs won a unanimous decision over rugged Maciej Sulecki…
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“Boxing is not a sport actually, for the actual boxer, it's a lifestyle. You have to live it, live it, eat it, drink it, sleep it…”
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WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder openly admitted that he’d like to intentionally kill his opponent in the ring…
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The bout is set to take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, and the telecast on the Showtime network begins at 5PM EST…
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This isn’t tainted love, unless we’re referring to those who’ve already shelled out a few thousand dollars to hit Las Vegas. Rather, it’s tainted meat…
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Yamanaka was a fun fighter to watch, very happy to engage in a brawl, as best seen in his two bouts with Anselmo Moreno…
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What was your initial reaction when you heard the news that Mike Tyson had been knocked out by a fighter named James “Buster” Douglas?
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When he wore the mask to the ring for the first time, the crowd made it clear that Regis Prograis had made the right decision…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the standout boxers from a state which includes Stanley Ketchel, Kid Lavigne, Ad Wolgast and James Toney…
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"A couple of months ago I heard him say, 'Why should I be worried about this little kid from New Zealand?...'"
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There are seldom any good reasons for a boxer to attempt a comeback. The worst reason of all is because he is broke…
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If one-sided romps against stylistically ill-suited foes make a case for awards and heavy praise, then, yeah, Lomachenko has the edge over Joshua…
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There's nothing like an upset to make one believe. All the questionable decisions that cast doubt on the sport are rendered meaningless when an upset occurs. And when the upset is during a contest between world-class heavyweights, the satisfaction is that much greater. This sampling covers some of the…
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Kovalev will have to keep on doing what he does best. The savage knockout has the best chance of bringing crowds back, again and again…
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Grove traveled the world in search of fame, fortune, and a few knockouts. He found all three, as well as the knowledge that, in the fight game, none of them last…
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The epic showdown between undefeated champion Evander Holyfield and unbeaten challenger Riddick Bowe was one for the history books…
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“I’m getting to work with some terrific fighters—Martin Murray, Tommy Coyle, Rocky Fielding, Carl Frampton…these are real top-class fighters…”
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Rocky Marciano last fought on September 21, 1955, his sixth title defense, knocking out Archie Moore, "The most unappreciated fighter in the world…”
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“More than 32 knockouts out of 33 wins will get you to believe, or whatever the heck it is, but the guy can punch…”
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How would fight fans in America feel about paying $79.95 to watch Joshua face Wilder at four in the afternoon?
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“I had a simple mantra throughout my career—to beat my opponent as quickly as I could. Boxing is not a sport to mess around with...”
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On Saturday, October 14, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, a 154-pound triple-header will air on SHOWTIME…