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Showing posts with label Boxing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boxing. Show all posts
December 30, 2011
This Day in Wrestling History
The Masked Marvel goes to a draw with Wladek Zbyszko in the International Tournament at the Manhattan Opera House.
December 30, 1915
1922 - Ed Strangler Lewis challenges boxing champion Jack Dempsey and puts up a reported $10,000 to do so.
December 30, 1922
Steve "Dr. Death" Williams died at the age of 49 after a long bttle with cancer. Williams held numerous wrestling titles in North America and Japan throughout his career. He achieved All-American status as a football player at the University of Oklahoma.
December 30, 2009
December 24, 2011
November 9, 2011
November 7, 2011
Boxing legend Joe Frazier dies at age 67
Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat yet had to live forever in his rival's shadow, died Monday after a brief final fight with liver cancer. He was 67...More?
October 26, 2011
Vince McMahon speaks in ESPN documentary "The Real Rocky"
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was interviewed on the ESPN documentary "The Real Rocky." The story focussed on the boxing career of Chuck Wepner, who was the inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" movies.
McMahon spoke about Wepner's match with Andre the Giant at Shea Stadium. Wepner said the match inspired the Hulk Hogan role in "Rocky 3." Vince was featured again at the end of the documentary and said he would advise Stallone to settle his lawsuit that Wepner filed against him, which Stallone eventually did.
source: prowrestling.net
Chuck Wepner examines his rocky past in ESPN's 'The Real Rocky'
September 14, 2011
Pro Boxer Heading to FCW
In a new interview conducted for Boxingscene.com, Professional Heavyweight boxer Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett has revealed that he will be heading to Florida Championship Wreslting, WWE's developmental territory, for a two week training program, and then return to FCW for a 2 month training stint. Barrett was quoted as saying,
"I gotta call [WWE senior director of talent relations] Ty Bailey this week and go through some of the particulars, but I know whatever it's gonna be, it will be a lot of hard work. I told him I will commit 110% and put my best foot forward with everything that I do."
source: wrestlezone.com
July 17, 2011
New Study to Assess Brain Damage in Boxers and MMA Fighters
A prestigious neurology clinic has launched an unprecedented brain study of professional fighters boxing and mixed martial arts) with the goal of advancing research to improve various treatments for brain damage...More?
source: foxsportswest.com
April 5, 2011
This Day in Wrestling History
Rodrick James "Jess" McMahon, grandfather of wrestling mogul Vince McMahon, promotes a boxing match between Jess Willard and Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba.
April 5, 1915
Happy Birthday to Diamond Dallas Page
April 5, 1949
Andy Kaufman met Jerry Lawler in a Grudge Match at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis Tennessee.
April 5, 1982
January 18, 2011
Kimbo Slice Tries Pro Wrestling, Forgoes Boxing
Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson has turned his back on competition entirely to embrace entertainment.
The former backyard brawler-turned-mixed-martial-artist will perform Feb. 5 in Japan during a professional wrestling bout with ex-sumo wrestler Shinichi "Wakakirin" Suzukawa, the Inoki Genome Federation announced Tuesday. Ferguson previously expressed interest in boxing after the Ultimate Fighting Championship released him last year, but his enthusiasm has been lacking, promoter Jared Shaw told MMA Fighting...More?
source: usatoday.com
August 29, 2010
MMA Legend Drops Boxer at UFC 118
Boxing great James Toney was no match for MMA mainstay Randy Couture at UFC 118...More?
source: fox sports
July 19, 2010
No Word On Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight
Boxing could be enjoying a major B-12 shot right now. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be hyping the second in a highly lucrative series of fights. They could be setting up other contenders for when that well runs dry. Someone could be trying to make sense of the dropped dinner plate that is the heavyweight division.
Instead, Pacquiao is mulling offers for rematches that mean nothing while Mayweather is riding his Segway around a mansion paid for by fans who had some foolish expectation he was a competitor. And their sport is sinking into the ground.
Of the trifecta of pay-per-view attractions in this country -- the UFC, the WWE and boxing -- only the UFC and WWE have anything approaching a steady business. When boxing offers an event that features neither Mayweather nor Pacquiao, it sinks like a stone. And even with those two, 2009's Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto and Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez bouts failed to exceed the buy rates for UFC 100. The boxer who devours most of the media's attention, Mike Tyson, hasn't fought in five years and will never fight again...More?
source: espn.com
May 2, 2010
April 21, 2010
The Genius Of Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Caricature (And Character) Outsells Talent
“The thing people need to realize is that ‘Money’ Mayweather is a (caricature/character). And that’s what these fighters need to learn about business. If you had a character you’d have something to sell. But a lot of these fighters don’t have nothing to sell because they don’t have any personality.”
With those words, spoken by the boxer himself, and made available on a hidden away interview placed On Demand (and not during the first two episodes of HBO’s 24/7) Floyd Mayweather Jr. lays out a lesson I wish every artist would pay attention to if they were serious about succeeding in the marketplace, and not just being famous or good at what they do...More?
source: allhiphop.com
February 12, 2010
December 23, 2009
Guest of Iron
The self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on the Planet” has never been one to hide his feelings or shy away from the spotlight. One of the most newsworthy and notorious sports celebrities in American history, Tyson will surely be prepared for all challenges on Raw...More?
source: wwe.com
December 22, 2009
Future Raw Guest Host Revealed
Mike Tyson will be hosting the January 11, 2010 edition of Monday Night Raw.
December 19, 2009
ESPN Columnists on Deaths in Wrestling
ESPN's Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell have a discussion at this link about the recent death of Eddie "Umaga" Fatu, Roddy Piper's reaction to it and the wrestling business as a whole.
December 6, 2009
Mayweather/Pacquiao & Triple H/Batista
Dave Batista is placing his bet again on Pacquiao when the Filipino ring icon and undefeated American superstar Floyd Mayweather face off in a mega bout slated for March 13.
“I think Manny is going to kill him. And I believe that,” the Filipino-Greek Batista said during a press conference Saturday. “Even if I wasn’t a fan, just watching him in the ring, he’s so impressive. He’s in a different league.”
Batista, who stands at 6-foot-6 and weighs 290 pounds, also admits to getting a lot of ribbing from fellow wrestling star and boxing fan Triple H.
“Triple H is kinda tight with Floyd Mayweather so there’s a constant argument with us,” Batista said laughing. “But at the end of the day he knows that I’m right.”...More?
source: sports.inquirer.net
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
