Sixteen years after Roy Jones Jr. whooped Bernard Hopkins’ ass, the two over-the-hill fighters have signed a contract to face off for one last time in 2010.
“Sixteen years ago they fought each other and went on and made history in their own way,” said Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer. Read the rest of this entry »
Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight championship on Saturday night when he scored an 11th round TKO against previously undefeated Cris Arreola.
The 46-year old former Heavyweight champion of the world, Evander Holyfield, will try to make another comeback with a new nickname. Instead of “The Real Deal,” Holyfield wants to be called, “The Lean Green Fighting Machine.”
“I guess I’m lean and green,” Holyfield said in an interview with The Associated Press. Read the rest of this entry »
During his highly anticipated return to the ring, Floyd Mayweather Jr. easily outpointed Juan Manuel Marquez to a unanimous decision on Saturday night.
“I’ve been off for two years, so I felt like it took me a couple of rounds to really know I was back in the ring again,” Mayweather said fter the bout. Read the rest of this entry »
Before Floyd Mayweathers Jr. gets beat by the piss drinker, Juan Manuel Marquez, on Satuday night, he attacked every white boxing fan in the world.
“There’s nothing like being young, black and rich. But there are certain things you think about. If Floyd Mayweather was white, I’d be the biggest athlete in America. The biggest, the biggest. I know that for a fact,” Mayweather said. Read the rest of this entry »
Ricky Hatton welcomed the living legend Muhammad Ali to his Manchester, England gym on Wednesday. After meeting with Ali, Hatton said he has no plans to resume his boxing career.
“I’ve had a lot of fights and sometimes, when you’ve been in this game as long as I have, running in the morning, training in the afternoon, dieting, I’ve reached the stage that I’ve had enough now, I want a bit of a rest,” Hatton said. Read the rest of this entry »
Roy Jones Jr. was clearly the superier fighter on Saturday night when he made Jeff Lacy quit on his stool at the end of their 10th round NABO light heavyweight championship match.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is set to defend his belt against the undefeated Chris Arreola on Sept. 26 in Los Angeles.
“I am very pleased that the negotiations have been successfully concluded and that we can offer fans worldwide the fight that everyone wants to see,” Klitschko’s management group said in a statement. Read the rest of this entry »
Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has signed to fight #1 contender Paul Williams on October 3 on HBO at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
“Paul Williams, as we have said over and over, will fight anyone at virtually any weight,” Williams’ promoter Dan Goossen said. Read the rest of this entry »