At the official weigh-in ceremony in Los Angeles Mike Tyson was heavier than Roy Jones Jr. The boxers will have 8-round 2-minutes exhibition fight.
It is expected that Mike Tyson will earn $10 million for Saturday's bout with Roy Jones Jr. This amount was named by Kevin Iole, a journalist at Yahoo. Iron Mike has previously stated that he will donate most of the money to charity. Jones' royalties are expected to ...
Diego Maradona, who died at the age of 60 - one of the greatest footballers of all time and the only athlete in history to have truly divine status - was a huge boxing fan. Few remember that he even tried his hand at the once famous exhibition duel.
“I would like to make it clear that we will make every possible effort to ensure that our rights arising from the position of a mandatory challenger [for the WBO heavyweight belt] are respected,” Alexander Krasyuk said, promoter of Alexander Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) to Sky Sports.
Oscar De La Hoya announced that he is interested in a fight against Gennady Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs). A few weeks ago, the 47-year-old American confirmed that he would suspend his athletic retirement and return to the ring.
On February 20 the USA will host a fight for the IBF Super Featherweight Championship of Joseph Diaz Jr. (31-1, 15 KOs) and Shavkat Rakhimov (15-0, 12 KOs). The competition date for this duel has been set for Tuesday, but both sides have reached an agreement on their ...
Andy Ruiz Jr. posted a video about his preparation for his return to the ring. The Mexican recently started training with Eddie Reinoso, Saul Alvarez's longtime coach. Ruiz rocked the boxing world last June by knocking out WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. However, in rematch the ...
The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), after reviewing the video, decided to pay purse to Alexander Flores (18-2-1, 16 KOs) for the defeat in his November fight against Luis Ortiz (32-2, 27 KOs).
Negotiations are underway for a duel between the new lightweight king Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) with George Kambosos Jr. (19-0, 10 KOs). The fight will take place in April at one of the stadiums in Melbourne or Sydney. The event will be organized with the participation of ...
Former two-weight world champion Badou Jack (22-3-3, 13 KOs) will return to the ring this Saturday at a boxing night in Los Angeles. The fight of the Swede and Blake McKernan (13-0, 6 KOs) will be held in the cruiserweights and will mark Jack's debut in this weight ...
