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It’s Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Fight Week and I’m Embarrassingly Excited About It
Jake Paul fights Mike Tyson on Friday November 15th on Netflix, and this fight is highly anticipated because of the unique nature of the matchup....
Terence Crawford nixes deal to fight Conor McGregor, no interest in MMA
Undefeated boxer Terence Crawford said he declined an offer of a two-fight series with Conor McGregor because he was not interested in competing in the Octagon.,Crawford and McGregor each acknowledged in separate interviews that Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment A...
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting wins women's featherweight gold amid gender dispute
PARIS -- Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers at the heart of a gender dispute at the Paris Games, made light work of Polish opponent Julia Szeremeta to claim the women's featherweight title on Saturday.,Lin and Algeria's Imane Khelif, who won gold in the welterweight category on Friday, have been in the ...
Uzbek boxers shine, Algeria's Imane Khelif wins amid gender dispute
PARIS -- Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev and Lazizbek Mullojonov won gold on Friday as Uzbekistan took the lead in the boxing medal tally for the Paris Olympics, while Algeria's Imane Khelif claimed victory in the women's welterweight final.,Muydinkhujaev beat Mexico's Marco Verde in the men's welterweight ...
Uzbek boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov beats local favorite for gold
PARIS -- Rio Olympics champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan claimed the men's flyweight boxing final after beating France's Billal Bennama at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, while Cindy Ngamba made history by winning the refugee Olympic team's first-ever medal.,Dusmatov's win by unanimous decisio...
Cuba's Erislandy Alvarez win men's lightweight boxing gold
PARIS -- Cuba's Erislandy Alvarez broke the hearts of a delirious French crowd when he beat local favorite Sofiane Oumiha by split decision in the men's lightweight boxing final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.,Alvarez's win meant that Cuba's boxers, who had won just one bronze medal in Paris bef...
Kellie Harrington retires after retaining Olympic lightweight title
PARIS -- Kellie Harrington beat Yang Wenlu of China by split decision Tuesday in the final of the lightweight category at the Paris Olympics to retain her crown and become the first Irish boxer to win back-to-back gold medals.,After clinching victory, Harrington said she was hanging up her gloves.,"...
IOC says IBA gender tests on two boxers were flawed, illegitimate
PARIS -- The gender tests conducted by the International Boxing Association (IBA) on two female fighters at last year's world championships that led to their disqualification were illegitimate and lacked credibility, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Sunday.,Algerian boxer Imane Khel...
Samoan boxing coach dies at Paris Olympics
Lionel Fatu Elika, Samoa's national boxing coach, died at the Paris Olympics, the Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee announced Saturday.,Elika, 60, died Friday at the Olympic Village. Agence France-Presse said he went into cardiac arrest.,"Lionel was one of Samoa's top boxing ...
Jake Paul Calls Out Alex Pereira, FaceTimes in Ring After Mike Perry Knockout
After knocking out Mike Perry in the sixth round, Jake Paul called out UFC Champion Alex Pereira for a boxing match if the 37 year-old can get Dana White to let him out of his contract....
Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry Preview, Rules, Predictions
Jake Paul faces off with Mike Perry in a boxing match in Tampa Bay, Florida. Here's the preview, rules, and fight prediction's for Saturday's bout....
Jake Paul to fight Bare Knuckle's Mike Perry
Jake Paul will square off against former UFC fighter and now bare-knuckle boxer "Platinum" Mike Perry in an eight-round cruiserweight bout on July 20 in Tampa, Fla.,Paul initially was slated to fight legendary boxer Mike Tyson on that date at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 57-year-old Tyson, ...
Nate Diaz-Jorge Masvidal press conference erupts into brawl
Before Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal meet in the boxing ring next month, their respective teams got in some early blows against one another during a press conference that erupted into a brawl Thursday.,A member of Diaz's support team punched Masvidal after an abrupt end to the outdoor press conferenc...
Ex-UFC rivals Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen to box in Brazil
Former UFC fighters Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen will renew their rivalry in the boxing ring next month.,The 216-pound bout will consist of five two-minute rounds on June 15 in Sao Paulo in Silva's native Brazil.,Both men announced the fight on social media. ,Silva, now 49, is a UFC Hall of Famer...
James Harden finally found a restaurant willing to carry his wine
Are you looking for traditional flavors with a Japanese flare, a stunning lounge with a live DJ, bowling lanes, exotic hookah, a nightclub, and bottomless J. Harden Wine prosecco all in one convenient, classy one-stop shop? Well look no further than Thirteen Houston, James Harden’s new restaurant ve...
This week in the NFL March 09, 2024
Back in 2021, Britt Reid, then the Chiefs’ linebackers coach and son of celebrated Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left team headquarters drunk, smashed his truck into two cars stopped on the side of the interstate at 84 mph, and put five-year-old Ariel Young into a coma. Young sustained a ...
Andy Reid's son gets break his DUI victim didn't; Emmitt Smith is right about DEI; Kelce retires for real this time
Back in 2021, Britt Reid, then the Chiefs’ linebackers coach and son of celebrated Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left team headquarters drunk, smashed his truck into two cars stopped on the side of the interstate at 84 mph, and put five-year-old Ariel Young into a coma. Young sustained a ...
Mike Tyson clip from Jake Paul hype package is 4 years old
Yesterday, Jake Paul and former Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson announced that they would be fighting in July at AT&T Stadium and streaming live on Netflix. ...
Mike Tyson returning to boxing to fight loudmouth Jake Paul
A soon-to-be 58-year-old Mike Tyson is returning to the ring to fight none other than loudmouth influencer turned boxer Jake Paul. ...
Increasing the NFL season to 18 games is a terrible idea
An 18-game NFL regular season has been looming over the league at least since it was clear that the 2011 lockout was an inevitability. What the league wants, the league — more specifically the team owners — usually gets. The revenue split used to be 50/50 with the players, but now a greater share ha...