In a recent interview with host Andy Cohen, the former champion boxer revealed that the ear of fellow boxer Evander Holyfield “wasn’t too tasty.” He joked and said it wasn’t good because he was missing a staple condiment. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/news/top-news/mike-tyson-talks-about-infamous-ear-bite
The friends, family and fans boxing legend Joe Frazier are in mourning after learning he is dead at the age of 67. Just days ago, it was revealed that he was suffering from liver cancer. Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Smokin’ Joe Frazier was best known for his legendary battles with Muhammad Ali, especially their […]
Boxing great Joe Frazier, who went toe to toe three times with Muhammad Ali, including the famous “Thrilla in Manila” fight, is seriously ill with liver cancer and is in a hospice, his personal and business manager said Saturday. Frazier, 67, is in a Philadelphia facility, manager Leslie Wolff said. The former heavyweight champion was […]
If you don’t know Chuck Wepner’s claim to fame, you will in a hurry after you enter his small apartment in this gritty North Jersey city on the Hudson River. Maybe you’ll see the framed poster of the most famous boxer of all time in his office, the one autographed, “To Chuck and Linda: Good […]
Always protect yourself. It’s the first rule of boxing. And one that Victor Ortiz picked the wrong time to forget Saturday against Floyd Mayweather. In one of the most bizarre endings in boxing history, Mayweather capitalized on a moment of immeasurable negligence by Ortiz to score a dramatic fourth-round knockout before a crowd of 14,687 […]
Archie Moore, a.k.a. Archibald Lee Wright, was boxing’s light heavyweight world champion between 1952 and 1959, a man who had one of the longest professional boxing careers in history. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/27369
World Champion Boxer Laila Ali and husband Curtis Conway welcomed their second child Sydney Conway early Monday morning. She tweeted the good news about her new bundle of joy later Monday afternoon.
When 45-year-old boxer Bernard Hopkins fought 28-year-old Jean Pascal last year, some felt that it was easy money betting on the younger man. But they were wrong, as Hopkins’ stellar performance and controversial loss to the Canadian light-heavyweight champion proved. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/life_style/fitness_life_style/27168
http://www.eurweb.com/?p=69828 *Floyd Mayweather has been charged with criminal battery in Nevada for allegedly poking a man in the cheekbone with his finger, TMZ reports. According to the criminal complaint, police claim a private security officer named Shayne Smith told officers Mayweather became irate outside of his Las Vegas home on Nov. 15 after Smith placed […]
A man has filed a police report in Las Vegas accusing boxer Floyd Mayweather of assault with a deadly weapon – the deadly weapon being a vehicle. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/23765
Candi Holyfield, the wife of former heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield, has filed for a temporary protective order against her husband, court records show.
