Update: “I just had a very positive conversation with Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the WBC and confirmed to him directly my commitment to be a role model and my absolute rejection of discrimination of any kind!” –Devin Haney No apology, but WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney has issued a brief statement on social media. “I’m not racist and I never ...
The World Boxing Council (Mauricio Sulaiman, Victor Silva, Xochitl Lagarda and Jill Diamond) closed the week by having an epic conversation with Mike Tyson. It was a fascinating, wide-ranging chat, full of anecdotes, humor and wisdom, discussing Cus D Amato, Muhammad Ali, pigeons, tattoos, hope, dreams, family and a treasure trove wealth of knowledge straight from the heart from one ...
WBC lightweight champion in recess Devin Haney commented on a possible fight with WBA, WBO and WBC franchise lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko during an interview with 78SPORTSTV. “I will never lose to a white boy in my life,” proclaimed Haney. “I don’t care what nobody else says. Can’t no white boy beat me any day of the week. Fight a ...
Showtime Sports will continue to serve boxing fans during the current hiatus from live sports with replays of both Johnny Tapia vs. Paulie Ayala fights at 10PM ET/PT.—–Next week on Showtime: Lucas Matthysse vs. John Molina Jr. and Mickey Bey vs. John Molina Jr.—–ESPN has an eleven-hour boxing marathon on Saturday.12PM Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman1PM Evander Holyfield vs. George ...
By David Finger Fightnews.com® is sad to report the passing of one of boxing’s most esteemed referees: Eddie Cotton of New Jersey. Cotton died on the morning of April 17th of COVID-19 after having been hospitalized for over a week. Cotton was highly regarded in the boxing community having refereed hundreds of high profile fights since the early 1990s. He ...