Posts Tagged ‘Mike Tyson’

Promoter Lou DiBella told NYFightBlog.com Wednesday he’s tired of the rampant speculation surrounding the mismatch he believes WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao versus WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather would ultimately prove to be. “I’m through talking about Pacquiao and May,” said DiBella, 51, a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law ...

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Colin Linnewebber highlights three of boxing's finest!

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IBF and WBA world light welterweight champion Amir "King" Khan will defend his belts against “Havoc” Lamont Peterson tonight at the Convention Center in the challenger’s hometown of Washington, D.C. Khan (26-1, 18 KOs), a Pakistani-British boxer who at 17 became the youngest Englishman to win an Olympic medal when he captured a silver as ...

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The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) absurdly demonstrated last Monday afternoon outside the Nevada home of former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world “Iron” Mike Tyson for his participation in pigeon racing. PETA’s delusional mouthpiece, Lisa Lange, said the protest stemmed from last Sunday night’s debut of Taking on Tyson. The ...

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Former WBC world light heavyweight champion “Granite Chin” Tomasz Adamek’s fight against “The Clones Colossus” Kevin McBride was rescheduled Thursday for April 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Initially, the bout was tentatively slated to occur in Adamek’s home country of Poland on April 23. Provided that Adamek (43-1, 28 KOs) manages to emerge victorious over McBride (35-8-1, 29 KOs), he is expected to battle ...

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Former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world "Iron" Mike Tyson's reality show on Animal Planet about the fierce and competitive world of pigeon racing is scheduled to premiere on March 6. The show will be called Taking on Tyson and it will air at 9 p.m. EST. "I may have stopped fighting," said Tyson, ...

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Nearly 47 years ago, Muhammad Ali defeated the menacing Sonny Liston by a 7th round TKO to capture the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. Ali (56-5, 37 KOs), who then still went by the name Cassius Clay, proclaimed after the fight to the press, “I shook up the world!” In tribute to “The ...

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Twenty-one years ago this coming Friday, James "Buster" Douglas defeated "Iron" Mike Tyson by a 10th round TKO to become the undisputed heavyweight champion in one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Tyson, a 42-1 favorite to successfully defend his crowns, entered his February 11, 1990 matchup against Douglas in Tokyo ...

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Former WBC world light heavyweight champion “Granite Chin” Tomasz Adamek will fight “The Clones Colossus” Kevin McBride at a date and location yet to be determined. In all likelihood, the bout will occur in Adamek’s home country of Poland on April 16. Provided that Adamek (43-1, 28 KOs) manages to emerge victorious over McBride (35-8-1, 29 KOs), ...

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