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By Boxing Press September 12th, 2009 All Press Releases
The draw for Prizefighter Heavyweights III has been made by boxing legend Mike Tyson.
"Iron Mike" conducted the draw at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas earlier today, alongside Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn.
“I’m looking forward to it and this is going to be very exciting, I hope I get to watch it,” said Tyson, the former undisputed Heavyweight World Champion.
"The Prizefighter is an exciting format and British fight fans are in for a big treat on October 2nd" More...
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By Daxx Kahn May 27th, 2009 All Boxing Articles
On Monday, May 25, 2009, while the rest of the country celebrated Memorial Day, Mike Tyson was struck yet with another tragedy in his life.
Mike's four year old daughter Exodus Tyson was playing on a treadmill in the family workout room and somehow accidentally caught her neck in one of the straps that hang down off the console.
Unable to call for help, she had lost consciousness and was found by her 7 year old brother, who then ran to get their mother for help.
When responding emergency personnel arrived, they attempted to revive Exodus and rushed her to a local hospital where she was listed in "extremely critical condition" and put on life support. More...
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By David Shipman May 15th, 2009 All Boxing Articles
In watching boxing, I have had very weird conversations with my friends. They quip, "No one watches boxing and why would I care?". I simply say that it is the greatest sport in the world.
It is much like golf. Who can you blame except yourself or the judges? No one. I have seen many great fighters in my 26 years of watching boxing. Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Felix Trinidad, "Terrible" Terry Norris, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson....the list goes on.
But what makes me cringe is the fact that I have to shell out 50 or 60 dollars to watch a "garbage" 12-round fight. Where do we go from here? It is up to us as viewers and fistic historians to delve in to this.
Let's start with the 1980's. This was a period of outstanding fights and wars, the pinnacle of Mike Tyson's reign and the beginning of Pernell Whitaker's historic run through divisions. Is there any fighter today that can come close to that? Maybe in Manny Pacquiao and maybe Juan Manuel Marquez.
Mayweather, Jr. is talented enough but doesn't fight "the best". Do we still have to shell out 59 dollars to see him beat up on Arturo Gatti? No. It shouldn't be that way. We as fight fans don't want the UFC to take boxing over, but they are simply beating us to the punch. More...
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By David Shipman May 14th, 2009 All Boxing Articles
Number 6: Marco Antonio Barerra puts on a clinic against undefeated Naseem Hamed in 2001. Result: 115-112, 116-111 and 115-112, all for Barerra.
Barerra came in to this fight as a "washed-up" 27-year-old who was recently beated badly by Junior Jones twice via a fifth round retirement and decisive UD 12 loss. He shot back up on the boxing scene after giving the undefeated Erik Morales all he could handle in 2000, even knocking the champion down in the 12th and final round in which Barerra would lose a close split-decision.
Hamed was an exciting brawler and laughably was seen as the most powerful puncher in boxing, despite weighing only 126 pounds. Hamed was a showman, never lost a fight and put on a long ring entrance that angered Barerra, as well as the fans.
What ensued when Hamed stepped in to the ring was utter choas to this writer. Marco didn't have a chance, did he?
Barerra proceeded to defy the critics, and stuck to boxing circles around Hamed. Hamed did virtually nothing the first seven rounds, and was down big before he landed a couple straight right hands to Barerra's nose.
Barerra landed many shots that whipped Hamed's head back, bent him at the waist and nearly floored Hamed a few times.
To solidify and puncuate his upset of Hamed, Barrera even slammed the Englishman's head in to the turnbuckle in the 12th round. What a fight! No controversy, just an utter upset! More...
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By Zubair Ali March 27th, 2009 All Boxing Articles
Recent fights have had me thinking that the definition of an ‘old’ fighter needs revising. A fighter in his 30’s no longer seems to be all that old. Rob Norton at 37 handed David Dolan the second defeat of his career for the British Cruiserweight title in what proved to be a thrilling and tight affair.
Martin Rogan, 37 and Matt Skelton, 42, contested the Commonwealth Heavyweight title in a bruising encounter in which Rogan upset the odds with an 11th round stoppage and continued his fairytale story.
Danny Williams, who sensationally knocked out the ferocious Mike Tyson, is the British Heavyweight champion at 35. The ‘Brixton Bomber’ defends against John McDermott on May 2. There are currently over five British champions who have bypassed the 30 mark. That in itself shows that 30 is no longer a sign of the end of a fighting career.
This trend has followed on the world scene. ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley rolled back the years with a stunning knockout of the seemingly irrepressible Antonio Margarito. Juan Manuel Marquez silenced the critic’s claims that he is nearing the twilight of his career with a 9th round knockout of Juan Diaz in a pulsating contest to be crowned the WBO and WBA Lightweight Champion and the worlds best at 135lbs.
At 35, Marquez looks as good as ever and is a possible future opponent for our very own Amir Khan, who looks set to fight for a world title fight later in the year.
The evergreen Bernard Hopkins produced a devastating performance at the age of 43 when he dismantled the undisputed middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik to win a lopsided unanimous decision. Hopkins, who is 17 years Pavlik’s senior, has revealed he intends to move up to the cruiserweight division to possibly face IBF Champion Tomasz Adamek. More...
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By Daxx Kahn January 21st, 2009 All Boxing Articles
Jose Torres was a man who went full circle in the boxing world, from amateur boxer, 1956 Olympic Light Middleweight Silver Medallist, Puerto Rican Middleweight Champion, WBA and WBC Light Heavyweight Champion, New York State Athletic Commission Chairman and WBO President.
He was also an author of two top selling biographies, "Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story" and "Fire and Fear: The inside Story of Mike Tyson” and a 1997 Hall of Fame inductee as well as an all around goodwill ambassador of the sport.
Torres accomplished so much in boxing that his accomplishments almost seem embellished.
It is not often we can actually look back at an athlete and say that during their duration in the sport they did nothing but continually improve its standards, representing the sport as a whole to the fullest and striving constantly to make sure it was viewed in the most positive of images.
Jose Torres was one of those athletes.
It was in 1964 when Jose’s pro career really began to soar as he scored a first round KO victory over former middleweight champion Bobo Olsen, earning a title shot with the great Willie Pastrano just four months later.
In that contest, Torres again shined when he knocked Pastrano down in the sixth round, continuing his onslaught until referee Johnny Bianco was forced to stop the bout at the end of the ninth, making Torres the new light heavyweight champion. More...
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By Daxx Kahn November 20th, 2008 All Boxing Articles
Heavyweight boxing has always been the flagstone of our sport, with the exception of a few weak years here and there throughout the gloved era, yet even during those durations the heavyweight champion was always known as the single most dominant figure in all of sport.
In the 1990ʼs, heavyweight boxing may have been the strongest and talented it ever had been in its history, except for the glorious 1970ʼs.
During the 1990's, we had not only established contenders and former champions, but perhaps some of the most exciting prospects in recent memory. We were flooded with names like Hasim Rahman, Shannon Briggs, Henry Akinwande, Michael Grant, Frans Botha, Frank Bruno, Bruce Seldon, Andrew Golota, Riddick Bowe, Ray Mercer, Tommy Morrison, Oliver McCall, Razor Ruddock, David Tua, Fres Oquendo, Chris Byrd, Larry Donald, Lou Savarese and Michael Moorer.
Although not all turned out to be superstars in the end, during that time all were exceptional. The only thing we were missing was a single dominant champion.
Mike Tyson, the most famous man in boxing, was in serious decline. He had lost several big bouts and was not taking the sport seriously, and to make matters worse, he disgraced not only himself but boxing itself by biting Evander Holyfieldʼs ear in their 1997 rematch of a bout in which Tyson lost to Holyfield via TKO.
There had been even a bigger problem during the 1990ʼs as the heavyweight championship had been changing hands far too often. Tommy Morrison, Michael Moorer, Bruce Seldon, Mike Tyson, Oliver McCall, Riddick Bowe, Ray Mercer, Shannon Briggs and Frank Bruno had all held one version or another of the heavyweight crown for a short period, but with all of the talent in the most revered division in boxing, there was not one single dominant man to carry the reigns. More...
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By Daxx Kahn November 4th, 2008 All Boxing Articles
Are we putting our fighters on the chopping block?
I am all for rivalry. If you ask me, a good rivalry will push you to your limits in the quest to come out on top. The sport of boxing as a whole is in the biggest rivalry it has encountered since its creation. That rival comes in the form of Mixed Martial Art's.
Let's face it, MMA and the UFC in particular have been not only giving the sport of boxing a run for it's money in the viewer department, but it has often been coming out ahead. It's not really hard to see why in all honesty, MMA puts out more shows with top level names headlining, it is fast paced, gives more then enough violence to satisfy even the most blood thirsty viewer and most importantly, their roster of talent is constantly fresh.
Yet for all the plus factors, MMA still has not withstood the test of time. Kickboxing at one point gained popularity in mainstream media but after the same old routine, faded out into obscurity, Muai Thai garnered the same attraction at one point in time, it has even started to make a comeback recently by having a version of "The Contender" geared around its style but for all its fanfare, Muai Thai remains only a mainstream sport in Thailand and surrounding countries.
While none of the two reached the peak of popularity MMA has, they also did not rely on two promoters to keep the sport alive either. If the UFC or WEC go under, the sport will more than likely go with it. Yet for some reason, MMA has put boxing into a panic!
Lately boxing has created it's own internal rumor mill surrounding fighters. Every time a fighter on the rise or an established veteran has a big win, the same questions seem to hit our media circuit almost immediately. The articles start being printed and fans start to wonder if they witnessed "Boxing's Savior".
It has come to the point of almost seeming desperate, as if the need for a mega star must be found sooner than later. The departure of Floyd Mayweather Jr and fact that Oscar De La Hoya is soon on his way out have onlookers running around like chickens without heads. Marketing strategies are being abandoned, fighters are being over hyped. We are setting ourselves up for disaster!
Throughout history, elite fighters were created over time; it took more than one or two big wins to become a superstar. You had to win convincingly again and again to gain respect, one or two wins over top rated opposition meant only one thing, that the fighter had potential for greatness if they could continue with longevity. More...
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By Shawn M Murphy August 5th, 2008 All Boxing Interviews
Recently, I spoke with former heavyweight contender Earnie Shavers. Shavers, dubbed "The Acorn" by Muhammad Ali, had an incredible sixty eight KO's in seventy four wins during his career.
He is often regarded as one of the hardest punchers in boxing history. He would fight twice for the heavyweight title, losing to Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes. Shavers beat such notables as Jimmy Young, Jimmy Ellis and Ken Norton during his career. Shavers retired in 1995 with a record of 74-14-1.
Shawn Murphy: Earnie, you got a late start in boxing didn't you?
Earnie Shavers: Yes, I was about twenty-two when I started. You know, I'm glad I did because all the guys who started very early on lost interest after a few years. At twenty-two, it was all new to me. I had a family, I was mature and I did what I had to do.
SM: How did you first get started in boxing?
ES: A good friend of mine, Vincent Austin, kept bugging me to go with him to the gym. After he bugged me long enough, I agreed. When I walked in the gym the trainer looked and me and said "Oh boy, we gotta heavyweight here. You could become a champ and make a lot of money". That got my attention. So on that same day I started boxing.
I fought a guy who would be a champion the following year. He out boxed me, but every now and then, I would land some good right hands and he would go flying across the ring. The guy told me I was gonna hurt somebody with that right hand. I went home and talked to my wife because I already had a good job at General Motors. She had a fit. I begged for a whole week until she said yes. More...
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By Gerald Rice May 22nd, 2008 All Boxing Interviews
“She is a five foot five quick, hard hitting, punching machine” described one reporter. “It is a mistake to step in the ring with her. If you don’t believe me all you have to do is see her fight” said another. If you left out the words her, she and five foot five one would think these people were describing a young upcoming heavyweight contender. Yet the fighter they speak of could not be any further from that mental picture, though she has a few traits that do bring out heavyweight excitement.
Sandy “Lil Tyson” Tsagouris 7-1 (3) is a world ranked up and coming female featherweight contender who attacks opponents with all the power, desire and killer instinct that her moniker namesake, former heavyweight kingpin “Iron” Mike Tyson had during his prime. With her professional career only four years in the making Sandy has shown the potential of being a future star of the sport and while she recently suffered her first loss Sandy is not discouraged, she is going to use this as a learning experience and make the necessary improvements and take that next step towards becoming champion.
Saddo Boxing had the chance to interview Sandy before her upcoming bout next month in Ontario, Canada and you can read it here exclusively.
Saddo Boxing: How are you?
Sandy Tsagouris: I’m good, I’m good.
SB: How did you get your start in boxing?
ST: Actually it’s funny I was in ninth grade and we were in a gym class. This boxing club came in and they thought I was in a martial arts class, they said I had a great right hand. I figured I might as well try this since I had tried every other sport. More...
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