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Whitewashing United States history is part of a Republican campaign to embrace anti-factual ignorance.
The former boxing and Olympic champion overcame a slow start to capture her first MMA victory.
Mayweather and Paul boxed an eight-round exhibition Sunday night at Hard Rock Stadium. With the bout not being scored, no winner was declared.
The four-part documentary series premieres at 7 p.m. Sunday on Showtime.
Over 60,000 people are expected to pack AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Saturday to watch the super-middleweights vie to become the undisputed king at 168 pounds.
Because of statewide COVID-19 restrictions that would have set a hard cap on audience numbers, the organization will lose its main source of income for the year.
“I have been looking to tell my story for quite some time,” Tyson said in a statement Monday. He said he looks forward to creating a series that “not only captures my professional and personal journey but also inspires and entertains.”
Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday.
Leon Spinks’ recent death at 67 recalls the good ol’ days of a sport that is more in the hucksters’ hands than ever nowadays.
Tyson, who is not involved in the project, criticized Hulu on social media, saying the series smacked of insensitivity.
Spinks, who lived his later years in Las Vegas, died Friday night, according to a release from a public relations firm. He had been battling prostate and other cancers.
His exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 28 sold more than 1.6 million pay-per-view buys — priced at $49.49 apiece — according to Tyson’s Legends Only League.
Vasiliy Lomachenko fought Teofimo Lopez with an undisclosed shoulder injury Saturday in Las Vegas. The injury was not made public beforehand
He lost in the 1960 Golden Gloves championships in Chicago. He won the next year, but a pro career never came. He veered into crime before winning praise for his volunteer work.
Tyson, 54, has not fought professionally since June 11, 2005, when he refused to come out for the sixth round against Kevin McBride. The fight will be available by pay-per-view.
As a high school English teacher and boxing coach, he sent students to the Olympics (including Nate Jones), Hollywood (Joseph Sikora) and productive lives. He died of COVID-19.
Plania scored a majority-decision victory after knocking Greer down in the first and sixth rounds.
Greer (22-1-1) will face Mike Plania (23-1-0) in the headline fight of Top Rank’s Tuesday event on ESPN.
Mayweather has been in touch with the family, according to Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions. He will handle costs for the funeral on June 9 in Floyd’s hometown of Houston, as well as other expenses.
The passenger was sitting in the row behind Tyson and excitedly trying to talk to the retired boxer before Tyson stood up, turned around and unloaded with a flurry of punches, the video footage published by TMZ shows.
The Bears quarterback isn’t like either Super Bowl quarterback. Is there hope?
Williams, 37, will enter the ring Saturday night for a professional boxing match against 38-year-old football star Frank Gore.
Fury got up from two fourth-round knockdowns and stopped Wilder to retain his WBC title in the conclusion to a superlative heavyweight trilogy.
“He’s complicated, there’s undertow, there’s flaws, and we don’t hesitate to remind people throughout this film that there are,” Burns said. “At the end, he is a transcendent American character. He has so much, still today, to offer us.”
Promoter Bob Arum said Thursday he plans to stage a card of five fights on June 9 at the MGM Grand. ESPN will broadcast the card.
The head of the British Boxing Board of Control said Wednesday the body was working on an “apparatus” that would allow fighters to safely spit out water as they catch their breath between rounds. It’s among dozens of protective measures under discussion.
The former heavyweight champion now works with kids in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
The Women’s Chinese Basketball Association suspended its season as the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread.
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