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Mike Tyson has been prepping for a possible return to the ring for a few months now, and now it’s finally happening. Tyson will fight Roy Jones Jr. in an 8-round exhibition match on September 12 in what is being dubbed the “Frontline Battle.” The fight will be available on pay-per-view and on the social media platform Triller, and will include an […]
Mike Tyson is ready to fight again. But instead of a fellow boxer, the former heavyweight champion will take on one of the most feared predators in the world. On Wednesday, Discovery Channel revealed that it’s very popular Shark Week will be highlighted by a showdown between Mike Tyson and a Great White Shark. Tyson Vs. Jaws: […]
Mahershala Ali is set to play boxing legend Jack Johnson in a HBO limited series, Variety reports. The six-part series is titled Unruly and will be a “no-holds-barred telling of Johnson’s life.” It’s based on the 2004 PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson and the book of the same name. The series […]
Mike Tyson is mounting a comeback on all fronts. As known, Tyson has been hitting the bag and mitts, posting electrifying workout videos to social media. On Sunday, the boxing legend decided to channel this energy when announcing his upcoming collaboration with the Chinatown Market streetwear brand. In the video, Tyson throws some lethal shots at a […]
Mike Tyson’s making a comeback. Maybe, but probably not like you think. Then again, who the hell really knows in this economy? With boxing on hiatus like almost every other sport around the world, the legendary heavyweight had observers speculating like crazy that some kind of return to the ring was imminent after Iron Mike posted […]
There are certain things that people don’t forget how to do, and for Mike Tyson, boxing is like riding a bike. On Friday, Iron Mike posted footage to his social media showing him hitting the mitts with a trainer. From the clips, it’s easy to see why Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champion in history. […]
Boxing’s early days looked nothing like the sport does today, including its confusing and hard to remember division designations that incrementally increase from 105 pounds to 201 pounds and up. Back in the day, weights didn’t really matter when making a fight. Guys just slugged it out without any mind paid to size differentials. That changed starting […]
TMZ reports Floyd Mayweather‘s uncle Roger has passed away at the age of 58. In 2000, Roger started training Floyd for over a decade after retiring from the sport of boxing in 1999. In a 2015 interview, Floyd spoke candidly about how his uncle’s near two-decade career contributed to his deteriorating physical health. “My uncle Roger Mayweather has lost […]
Deontay Wilder is already preparing to redeem his loss against Tyson Fury. On Friday, Wilder and his team officially expressed their desire to exercised the boxer’s rematch clause. Top Rank Boxing president, Todd duBoef, then confirmed to Yahoo! Sports that Fury and Wilder will face off for a third bout later this year. Wilder suffered the first loss of […]
Deontay Wilder is still confused by his corner’s decision to throw in the towel during his fight against Tyson Fury, and he thinks the decision was influenced by a rival boxer. During an interview with BoxingScene.com, Wilder explains that he’s always instructed his assistant trainer, Mark Breland, and head trainer, Jay Deas, to never throw in the […]
