The Fights Page 68 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Paulie Malignaggi Vs. Adrien Broner: A Master Class In Macho Posturing
Imagine being a Brooklyn kid, born and raised in Brooklyn, representing Brooklyn, wearing "Brooklyn" clothes and yapping about Brooklyn! your whole life. And finally they build a big world-class stadium in Brooklyn, and you, the Brooklyn kid, get to headline a night of boxing there, and when you ge...
Broner On Win Over Malignaggi: "I Left With His Belt And His Girl"
Adrien Broner carried on his pre-fight shit-talking throughout the fight and into the post-fight interview after winning a split decision against Paulie Malignaggi in the Barclays Arena Saturday night....
Adonis Stevenson Knocks Out Chad Dawson In One Minute With One Punch
Last night, Adonis "Superman" Stevenson fought Chad Dawson in Montreal for the WBC light heavyweight title. The fight was over after 75 seconds and a single jaw-dropping punch....
Professional Boxer Wears Jacket That Has His Name Spelled Wrong On It
This is Adonis Stevenson. He's set to fight light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson in Montreal this Saturday. He should probably stop wearing that jacket....
Boxer Urges Opponent To Fight, Is Immediately Knocked Out
This junior middleweight bout in Florida provides a nice little entry for the Be Careful What You Wish For file....
The Meaning Of Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson's New Cartoon
Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had Never Gone To Jail?" The cover story posed a counterfactual in which Tyson did not receive a guilty verdict on his 1991 indictment for rape, confinement and criminal deviant conduct....
Floyd Mayweather Is Unbeatable. Goddammit.
Well. It turns out Floyd Mayweather has not lost a step after all. I was under the mistaken impression that Floyd Mayweather had lost a step—a tiny step, at least. After extensive review, however, we can now say that, as of the early morning hours of this past Sunday, Floyd Mayweather has not lost m...
Meet Fred Ettish, The Folk Hero Of UFC 2
Saturday's UFC card featured one helluva beatdown: Jon "Bones" Jones turned Chael Sonnen into a bloody mess. But at least Sonnen was ready for what eventually hit him....
Robert Guerrero's Dad Goes Off Script, Calls Mayweather "Woman Beater"
The firm doing PR for Saturday night's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero fight emailed us the quotes from yesterday's pre-fight press conference in Vegas. That helpful little guide said the fighters' fathers had "nearly come to blows," but it left out all the fun stuff....
Don King's Acting Like A Crazy Person Again
It's hard to see what is actually going on here, but it looks like Don King steps out of the ring at the very beginning of the video and makes his way to the corner where he is met by a woman....
Chael Sonnen, The UFC's Skip Bayless, Race-Baits His Way To The Top
Chael Sonnen is a well-known asshole, less a person than the remnant of a figure crossed out of a bad novel's first draft for being too obviously representative. At 36, he's a convicted money launderer, state-chastised steroid user, failed Republican candidate for the Oregon House of Representative...
MMA Announcer Can't Stop Telling Us About His Anus
Danny Mainus lost his fight against Zac Chavez at a Resurrection Fighting Alliance event last Friday. That's not important, though. What's important is how "Mainus" sounds when pronounced by Australian play-by-play announcer Michael Schiavello....
Time To Kill Boxing's Post-Fight Interview
On Saturday night, Tim Bradley, one of the world's best welterweights, fought Ruslan Provodnikov on HBO. Bradley, who has become a champion boxer mostly by possessing a will that has never broken, took heavy punishment, but won the fight by decision, despite being knocked down in the final 10 secon...
Nick Diaz Doesn't Pay His Taxes, Is A Crazy Person
Nick Diaz was soundly beaten by Georges St-Pierre in UFC-158 Saturday night. When it was over, someone apparently gave him his hat and he just started talking....
Twitter Troll Further Shamed On Awkward Television Meet And Greet
Early this week we told you about the Twitter troll who got his comeuppance when boxer Curtis Woodhouse decided to track him down and confront him about his online habits. He quickly changed his tune when shit got real and apologized. End of story?...
At 81, Don King Is Still A Crazy Sleazeball
Inspired by former Mizzou linebacker and current boxer Ryan Coyne's acrimonious business relationship with Don King, St. Louis's River Front Times recently caught up with the American legend and Prince Hall Freemason, insofar as you can catch up with someone that refuses to talk to you. As it turns ...