IN MY book I tell a story about a man called Bob Bozic and a picture hanging on the wall of a bar in New York. It’s a funny story. Bozic is not one of the great heavyweights of the early Seventies, but he was tough and one night in September 1973 he shared a
IRVING, Texas – Mike Tyson and Jake Paul both “made” weight for their Friday heavyweight headline event when they hit the scales at Thursday’s ceremonial weigh-in at the Toyota Music Factory. Tyson, who weighed in at 228.4lbs, will attempt to roll back the years on Friday night when the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion takes on
By: Sean Crose In just under a month, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will battle for heavyweight supremacy for the second time. Their first fight ended with Usyk being crowned undisputed king of the division by a razor sharp decision. No one knows how the second fight will play out, only that it’s good for
Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 14, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AS THE FINAL seconds ticked off the clock at New York’s Madison Square Garden, two women slugged it out to a roar from the raucous sold-out crowd of 19,287 crammed into the arena. “It was so loud that I couldn’t hear the bell,” Katie
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to get Oscar De La Hoya’s feedback on a number of news topics in the boxing world, including tomorrow’s fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, selling Ring Magazine, and more. Here’s some of what Oscar had to say below. De La Hoya on Jake Paul vs Mike
Dr Neil Scott, Chief Medical Officer of the British Boxing Board of Control, explains exactly what’s at stake when a 58-year-old Mike Tyson takes on Jake Paul, a man 31 years his junior, this Friday in Texas. by Rob Tebbutt BN: Can you please start off by telling us what your role is? “My day
Lawrence Okolie expects Chris Billam-Smith to defeat Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez on Saturday – and then to fight Jai Opetaia in 2025. Okolie sacrificed the WBO cruiserweight title when suffering his only defeat, by Billam-Smith, in May 2023. He has since moved to bridgerweight, and most recently heavyweight, where on December 7 he will fight Hussein
Tropicana Atlantic City is where it was happening – every week – in the 1980s By Boxing Insider staff Atlantic City was home to one of the more unusual boxing series the sport has seen over the past 40+ years; unusual in the respect that it was conducted on a weekly basis. This was something
Nov 14, 2024, 06:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul has bet his entire purse with Katie Taylor that he will defeat Mike Tyson in their blockbuster showdown on Friday that will be streamed live on Netflix. The Tyson-Paul main card, which will take place at the AT&T Stadium, also includes a bout between
Following reports of Teofimo Lopez supposedly in negotiations for a fight with Devin Haney, Lopez takes to social media to shoot down those reports, saying it’s all just rumors and that he’s still targeting a fight against Terence Crawford to happen in the coming year. “How many of you guys want to see that fight,
IT MAY be an eight-two minute round fight but a huge worldwide audience will watch and see if Mike Tyson can turn back time against Jake Paul. Their main event at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas has thrown boxing into the mainstream for the wrong reasons. The one saving grace, however, is an undercard
In this week’s mailbag, we tackle Mike Tyson’s chances of defeating Jake Paul; whether Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is getting too much credit for his wins; two views on how Jaron “Boots” Ennis looked in his rematch with Karen Chukhadzhian; and if it’s too soon for Keyshawn Davis to take on Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Want to
By: Sean Crose Writing for Boxing Insider, I named it 2022’s fight of the year. For Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano had put on a show for the ages. “Talyor-Serrano wasn’t just a back and forth affair,” I wrote at the time, “it was a seesaw battle where the combatants were among the best in
Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 13, 2024, 02:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — As Mike Tyson prepares to compete in his first professional boxing match in nearly two decades against YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul, the 58-year-old Tyson wants to remind the world why he was once considered “the baddest man on the planet.” For a newer
PBC’s upcoming schedule has received two noteworthy adjustments. First, Lance Pugmire reports that David Benavidez’s (29-0, 24 KO) planned light heavyweight showdown with David Morrell (11-0, 9 KO) has been pushed back from January 25th to the following Saturday, February 1st. Per Pugmire, this is to allow Benavidez Sr to corner Diego Pacheco on the
by Keith Idec IRVING, Texas – The perceived disrespect didn’t sit well with Jake Paul. Ariel Helwani, the moderator of Paul’s press conference for his Netflix fight with Mike Tyson, asked all of the undercard fighters on the dais Wednesday night for their predictions on the main event. Nine of the 12 boxers scheduled to
Mike Tyson suffered a medical incident on a cross-country flight on May 27, forcing the originally planned date of his July 20 fight against Jake Paul to be postponed. It was rescheduled to November 15 days after the ordeal due to what was described at the time as an ulcer flare-up. New details have emerged
James Regan Nov 13, 2024, 12:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Promoter Oscar De La Hoya has hinted the winner of Gilberto Ramírez and Chris Billam-Smith on Saturday could put themselves in line for a fight against heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Ramírez (46-1, 30 KOs) will put his WBA cruiserweight title on the line against
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