Muhammad Ali connects with a right against challenger Joe Frazier in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila in 1975. Ali won the fight on a decision to retain the title.
Category: Boxing
Kellie Maloney ‘shocked’ by Dame Jenni Murray’s sex change views
Boxing manager Kellie Maloney, formerly known as Frank, has said she sees herself as a woman and would love to have a debate with broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray after she suggested men who have undergone sex change operations are not “real women”. The fight promoter, who announced in 2014 she was beginning gender reassignment, said she was “shocked” Dame Jenni questioned whether someone who has enjoyed the privileges of growing up as a man could really be a woman.
Big punching Wilder believes he can save heavyweights
Deontay Wilder was in the Super Bowl media center in Houston a few days before the game when a somewhat familiar face walked by. Wilder and his girlfriend recognized Andrew Zimmern, who stars in the “Bizarre Foods” show on the Travel Channel.
Lomachenko to Fight Jason Sosa on April 8 Near Washington, D.C.
Jason Sosa wasn’t about to price himself out of what he considers the opportunity of a lifetime. Sosa confirmed to BoxingScene.com on Wednesday night that he has agreed to challenge Lomachenko in a 130-pound championship unification fight April 8 in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Frampton Succumbs to Santa Cruz – ” and to the King Tut and BWAA Curses
” Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king a ” words supposedly engraved outside the tomb of King Tutankhamen It is always a risky business, the tempting of fate. Those who believe, at least a little, in omens and curses might have foreseen that Northern Ireland’s Carl Frampton would lose his WBA featherweight championship on Saturday night to Leo Santa Cruz, the man he had won it from six months earlier.
50 Cent Recruits Mike Tyson as Chris Brown’s Boxing Trainer…
Soulja Boy has Floyd Mayweather in his corner for the match against the rapper, but now Brown has “Iron Mike” 50 Cent has thrown his hat into the rapper feud ring by enlisting Iron Mike Tyson to train Brown in his upcoming boxing match against Soulja Boy. “They said Floyd [Mayweather] is training Soulja Boy, so I said I had to get Mike Tyson to train Chris Brown ,” FIf said on Instagram Friday night.
Chris Brown to box Soulja Boy over social media feud
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Carl Frampton vs. Leo Santa Cruz Tops the 10 Fights to Watch in January
While January is normally a quiet time in the boxing world, several fights are worth seeing during the opening month of 2017. The two main cards take place in the United States, starting with the long-awaited unification clash between super middleweights James DeGale and Badou Jack.
WBC Prez: Kovalev Deserves His Rank, Can Fight For Our Title
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has commented on the recent inclusion of former world champion Sergey Kovalev as the number two ranked fighter in the WBC’s ratings at 175-pounds. Last month, Kovalev lost a close twelve round decision to Andre Ward at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.