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Pernell Whitaker, Sr.[1] (January 2, 1964 – July 14, 2019)[2] was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer. He was a four-weight world champion, having won titles at lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight; the undisputed lightweight title; and the lineallightweight and welterweight titles.[3] In 1989, Whitaker was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. From 1993 to 1997, The Ring ranked him as the best active boxer in the world, pound for pound. He currently holds the longest unified lightweight championship reign in boxing history at six title defenses. Whitaker is generally regarded as one of the greatest defensive boxers of all-time.On July 14, 2019, Whitaker was crossing the street in Virginia Beach, at the intersection of Northampton Boulevard and Baker Road, when he was struck and killed by a vehicle.[33]He was 55.
 

Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is a retired American professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1992, and as an amateur he won a silver medal in the super heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
 
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The real reason behind Mike Tyson's return to boxing
If this were, oh, 2004 it might be a safe assumption that Mike Tyson is fighting because he needs the money. It’s the same sad story that has played out dozens, if not hundreds or even thousands of times over the years.

On Thursday, Yahoo Sports broke the news that Tyson, now 54, will come out of a 15-year retirement to face 51-year-old former champion Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition bout on Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
The assumption by many is that the former undisputed heavyweight champion is broke and needs the money.

Nothing, though, could be further from the truth.

UFC president Dana White is a close friend of Tyson’s. At a June 28 post-fight news conference in Las Vegas, White noted that he’d talked to both Tyson and Evander Holyfield and urged them not to fight each other.
White said that Tyson told him there is something deep inside of him that motivates him to try it again.

“I’m a fighter, and that’s what I do,” White recalled Tyson telling him.

Almost a month later, it became official that Tyson would headline a card promoted by Triller against Jones, the former pound-for-pound king who won world titles as a pro at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight.

Tyson blew much, if not all, of the $300 million he’d earned during the bulk of his boxing career and ended up in an acrimonious lawsuit with promoter Don King.

But the man who in 1986 became the youngest man ever to win the heavyweight title when he blew out Trevor Berbick at what was then known as the Las Vegas Hilton lives a comfortable life these days and has no money concerns.
Now, to be fair, he’ll probably make a lot of money in this one, even though it’s going to be an exhibition bout with larger-than-normal gloves and a promise for them to not try to take the other’s head off.

Andy Foster, the executive officer of the California State Athletic Commission, held a Zoom with Tyson and Jones not long ago to discuss the fight. They promised him they weren’t looking to KO the other.

Foster approved the fight, pending both of them passing comprehensive physical examinations that will be conducted by the commission.

But even with that promise to just move lightly around the ring and not take any risks, this will be an attraction. Tyson is one of the biggest names in boxing’s history, arguably second only to Muhammad Ali as the most iconic figure the sport has known.
https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/the-real-reason-behind-mike-tysons-return-to-boxing-210424798.html
 


On March 5, 2021 Shields defeated Marie-Eve at the Dort Financial Center, Flint, Michigan, U.S. by unanimous decision to retain her WBC and WBO super welterweight titles, claim IBF 154-pound belt, and vacant WBA light middleweight strap. With the win she has become the first world champion boxer in four-belt era to hold undisputed titles in two different weight divisions.
 
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Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is a retired American professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1992, and as an amateur he won a silver medal in the super heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021)[2] was an American professional boxer and film actor who competed in boxing from 1973 to 1987. He reigned as undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987,[3] making twelve successful defenses of that title, and holds the highest knockout percentage of all undisputed middleweight champions, at 78 percent, while also holding the second-longest unified championship reign in boxing history at twelve consecutive defenses.
 


The former World's Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson says he loved every second of his exhibition bout with ex-WBO European light-heavyweight champion Steven Ward – and has warned future opponent Eddie Hall that if he doesn’t take it equally as seriously then the Englishman will be knocked out in the first round.

Thor and Ward took part in an exhibition bout in Dubai on Friday, January 15, with the Northern Ireland boxer giving away a 130lbs weight advantage, as well as seven inches in height to the former World's Strongest Man known as ‘The Mountain’.
 
USA boxing team at the Tokyo Olympics: boxers and categories
The USA boxing team, which won three medals in Rio, aim to improve on that performance. Here are the boxers looking to punch their way to glory in Japan.
The United States have collected the most gold and most overall Olympic boxing medals of all time, so they will want to give a good performance in the Asian country. Tokyo will mark just the third Olympic Games where women’s boxing has been contested, with the US winning three medals between 2012 and 2016: two golds and one bronze.
Full Article:https://en.as.com/en/2021/07/19/olympic_games/1626722320_270472.html
 
USA boxing team has been looking really good! I'm enjoying the commentating of Porter

Sidenote - Lamar Odom signed up for a supreme ass whooping... He going from a yt boy with no hands to a proven Olympian and professional boxer... I'm tuned in for the fuckery :joint: :beer::popcorn:
 
Keshawn Davis threw a right hand so serious, ended France's Olympic bid in the lightweight division... :itsawrap:

Cuba has a guy (Veitia) in the fly division... Hands are crazy, fighting in the matrix - reminds me of Gamboa... Would be surprised if he doesn't get a medal
 
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast.

The death of the 28-year-old Cooney was announced on Saturday in a statement published by his promoter Mark Dunlop on behalf of the Cooney family and his fiancee Emmaleen.

“After a week of battling for his life John Cooney has sadly passed away," the statement said. "He was a much loved son, brother and partner and it will take us all a lifetime to forget how special he was. RIP John ‘the Kid’ Cooney.”
 

While Greg Haugen had three stints as a world champion and defeated three boxers who made it to the Hall of Fame during a legendary 17-year-career that went from 1982 to 1999, he's probably best known for a wisecrack he made regarding the level of opposition that the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez faced during his career.

Chavez was 84-0 on Feb. 20, 1993, when he fought Haugen at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. During the fight’s build-up, Haugen was asked whether he was intimidated by Chavez’s undefeated record.

Haugen, who oozed confidence, sneered.

“He’s fought a bunch of Tijuana cab drivers,” Haugen said.
A record crowd of 132,247 showed up to watch Chavez stop Haugen in the fifth round. After the fight, Haugen was asked about the crack he'd made.

“Those cab drivers were tough,” Haugen said.

After a battle with renal cancer, Haugen passed away on Saturday at a care facility outside Seattle, surrounded by family. He was 64.
 
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