Новости за 29.10.2020

Thirteen of 42 official candidates for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), Class of 2021 (Modern participants), are USA Boxing alumni, including virtual locks Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Andre Ward.

Three-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and four-division champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz squared off at a final press conference Thursday to preview their highly anticipated SHOWTIME PPV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) main … read full article “Davis Vs. Santa Cruz Final Presser Quotes And Photos”

It turns out 89-year-old Don King ain’t quite done shaping and influencing the heavyweight division just yet. Word has come via IFL TV (who today celebrate their 10th anniversary) that the intriguing heavyweight clash between … read full article “Dave Allen-Christopher Lovejoy Fight In Jeopardy As Don King Steps In”

Boxing exhibitions between two retired greats seem to be all the rage right about now. We are all currently braced for the Mike Tyson Vs. Roy Jones exhibition of November 28, while over the past weeks/months we have enjoyed seeing veterans Julio Cesar Chavez and Jorge Arce knock it about in the ring.… read full article “Barrera vs Morales IV? Yet Another Exhibition Between Two Legends In The Works”

As fight fans know, just lately it is a rare thing to hear something – anything – from former WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder. Everyone is wondering, and asking the question: Where’s Wilder? Eddie Hearn has even suggested Wilder might have retired from boxing (Hearn also recently stated how Wilder, by not taking that third fight with Tyson Fury, the contract instead expiring, will “not get a title shot until 2022.”… read full article “Deontay Wilder Posts Rare Twitter Message, But It’s Nothing... Читать дальше...

60 long, long years ago today at The Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, an 18 year old Olympic gold medal winner boxed as a professional for the very first time. What would come over the next 21 years absolutely nobody could ever have come close to predicting.… read full article “On This Day 60 Years Ago: Clay Vs. Hunsaker And The Birth Of A Legend”

British great Lloyd Honeyghan won the welterweight crown with a monumental upset, and “The Ragamuffin Man” lost the title in an upset that so devastated him he strongly considered retirement from the sport. As all fans remember, Honeyghan, a whopping 8/1 underdog at the time of the 1986 fight, tore through Don Curry, roughing up the defending champion and proving too unorthodox and too physically strong for the unified 147 pound king.… read full article “The Honeyghan-Vaca Rivalry: An Upset And... Читать дальше...