Tag: Boxing

In a recent interview with Yahoo Sports, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya revealed that he received threats from a Mexican drug trafficker prior to his fight with Julio Cesar Chavez. In 1996, De La Hoya defeated Chávez in just four rounds and captured the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior welterweight title. The victory was historic for De La Hoya, but it earned him ...

Fifteen years after he last fought, and upwards of thirty years after he was last considered the best heavyweight in the world, Mike Tyson still has some people convinced that he can come back and beat up the current crop of heavyweight contenders. Some combination of Tyson being in visually good shape again, quarantine boredom and a lack of other ...

Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield was an undersized fighter who beat some of the sport’s all time greats in boxing’s glamour division. “The Real Deal” believes he would have a real chance against any heavyweight in history. “I was a boxer, and because I knew how to box real well, I could adapt to different styles. I could have fought ...

The patience of Teofimo Lopez is already wearing thin. Two months’ worth of downtime in the sport has managed to produce a record amount of social media bravery from boxers willing to take on all comers. The comments are easy to make when there aren’t any fights happening, but the unbeaten lightweight titlist is working on making that a reality. ...

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards, as he presents a special edition with breaking down his personal top 10 list... for the greatest fighters of all-time. Your views and opinions on boxing history are highly respected.  So I’ll keep this simple, what is your all time great top 10. I know this is always subjective, but your reasons ...

Alistair Overeem overcomes adversity to score TKO win over Walt Harris Alistair Overeem celebrated his 40th birthday with a big win over “The Big Ticket” Walt Harris on Saturday night. It wasn’t a walk in the park for the Dutchman, however. In the first round, Overeem had to dig deep into his reserves after being floored early on. Harris, who ...

Derek Chisora believes former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, 44-years-old, could still be a force in the weight class. Klitschko decided to retire in 2017, a few months following his stoppage loss at the hands of Anthony Joshua. Klitschko had initially exercised an immediate rematch clause, but then backed away from that scenario and decided to call it a day. "Wladimir is ...

According to Evander Holyfield, there have been discussions with Mike Tyson's team with respect to a potential exhibition clash. The two former undisputed heavyweight champions were heated rivals during their respective careers. They first collided in 1996, with Holyfield pulled off a huge upset when he stopped Tyson in the eleventh round. The rematch is more famous than the first, with ...

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has shot down circulating reports that Deontay Wilder revealed that he wants a step-aside fee of $10 million - in order to move away from a contracted trilogy fight. Fury captured the WBC world title in February, when he stopped Wilder in the seventh round at the MGM Grand ...

Shannon Briggs says he has investors interested in making a boxing exhibition between him and Mike Tyson a reality. According to Briggs, the former heavyweight champions are committed to participating in an exhibition that would help raise money to fund a boxing gym in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Briggs, who has long cited Tyson as the inspiration to start ...