Don King may be one of the most hated men in sports history, but there is no denying that he change the sport of boxing forever. Don King rose to fame has the biggest promoter that boxing has ever seen. He help turn boxing into the biggest sport in the world, but he is also a major reason of the sports collapse.
Don King helped build boxing by turning each fight into a major event. King was behind ” (more…)
They call boxing “The Sweet Science,†and no boxer ever fought any sweeter than Sugar Ray Robinson. Born Walker Smith Jr., in 1921, he got his boxing name when he had to borrow an Amateur Athletic Union boxing card from a buddy named Ray Robinson. The first time his longtime manager, George Gainford, saw him box, he said of Robinson, that he was “sweet as sugar,†and the name stuck.
Besides a 24 year career that included the welterweight championship, and five middleweight championships, Robinson (more…)
Although there are no records of the fights, boxing matches have been organized for centuries. The Greeks included boxing in their olympic games as early as 688 BC. The first recorded boxing match took place on the 6th of January in 1681 in Britian when the Duke of Albemarle promoted a fight between his butcher and his butler. The butcher won.
Early boxing’s rules were much different from the rules of boxing today. There were no rounds, weight classes, or even referees. If a fighter was knocked (more…)
Lennox Lewis truly was a fantastic heavyweight boxing champion and his legacy in the sport will always reflect his greatness. A question will arise regarding his impact: was he the greatest heavyweight champion of modern boxing? That is not an easy question to answer as Lennox Lewis does get a lot of competition from other major champions such as Tyson and Holyfield.
Lennox Lewis does hold the distinction of being one of the few men to remain a credible claimaint to being an (more…)
Mike Tyson will most likely always be known as one of the greatest boxers who have ever lived. He began his fight in 1986 and quickly rose to fame. Throughout his career, he has had a total of 58 fights. Of those 58 fights, he has won 50 of them. Six of those fights were won by a knockout. Tyson experienced a decline in the 1990s. He experienced a failed marriage and was also convicted of rape in 1992. He returned to the ring in 1995, but he experienced even more problems.
In 1997, he (more…)
One of the most controversial figures in sports throughout the twentieth century, Muhammad Ali was the perfect balance of sublime showmanship and technical expertise. A heavyweight of exceptional hand speed and footwork,
Ali’s ability to move around the ring while inflicting continuous punishment with lightning quick jabs was the hallmark of a career that spanned two decades, and saw him claim the Heavyweight Crown three times.
In his prime Ali didn’t even bother to block punches! His movement was such that an opponent missed by millimeters (more…)
If you’re like us you’ve been scouring your www.direct.tv satellite channels recently for more MMA action. Here are a few of the players we’ve got our eyes on and that we think you should be watching, too.
Rashad Evans – Standing at only 5′ 11″ Rashad is a force to be reckoned with. He’s got a punch that packs a wallop and with eyes like steel his opponents never know what’s coming.
Forrest Griffin – You might know him from being (more…)
The current world boxing champions in the World Boxing Association (WBA) are:
Heavyweight champion David Haye from the UK has held his title since November of 2009.
Guillermo Jones of Panama holds the Cruiserweight title. He last defended his title in October of 2010.
Light heavyweight Beibut Shemeno remains at the top of his weight class after a recent title defending match in January of this year.
Fighter Dimitri Sartiso has been the WBA super middleweight champion since November 2009.
Gennady Glovkin holds the middleweight championship title.
The 154lb super welterweight Austin Trout of the United States recently captured (more…)
John Shotto Douglas, the Ninth Marquis of Queensbury sponsored John Graham Chambers, of the British Amateur Athletic Club, to write twelve rules regarding boxing.
Published in 1867, they superseded the earlier London Prize Ring rules written in 1838 and revised in 1853. If the Queensbury Rules don’t cover a certain question, the Prize Ring Rules are to be used.
The first rule states that the boxing ring will be of approximately 24 feet. The second forbids “wrestling or hugging”. The eleventh rule forbids shoes or boots with springs. The rest of the rules cover the fighting (more…)
10.Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Jr. was a true natural athlete, built for the sport of boxing. His rare combination of speed, and power led him to one of the most dominant championship reigns in boxing history. When Jones was at his peak he had no equal.
9.Roberto Duran
The man with the hands of stone battled through 119 professional fights, winning 103 of them, and knocking out 70 of the men who faced him. He became the second boxer in history to fight in fight different decades, and held world titles in four weight classes.
8.”Sugar” (more…)