Mike Tyson recently spoke to Fox Sports about the mental roller coaster he faced after his much-hyped comeback fight. Despite claiming that “the payday wouldn’t change his life,” the legendary boxer confessed he felt “kind of depressed” once he lost the daily adrenaline rush of training. “That fight was such a big ascent—we were so … Read more
Text size English Championship table after Thursday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Leeds 23 14 6 3 43 15 48 Sheff Utd 23 15 5 3 32 13 48 —————————- Burnley 23 13 8 2 30 9 47 Sunderland 23 12 8 3 36 20 44 Blackburn 22 11 5 … Read more
The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… DAILY MIRROR Man Utd have reservations over triggering Alvaro Carreras’ £25m buy-back clause in January after selling the left-back to Benfica last summer. The deal helped to ease United’s financial concerns but the club have seen the need for a left-sided full-back develop. Dani Olmo’s agent … Read more
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Devin Haney is back in training and getting ready for whenever his next fight is set. Haney, 26, looks like he’s lost muscle weight, perhaps due to atrophy from seven months of inactivity. 135 or 140? The weight loss could be a strategic move for the former two-division world champion Haney to ensure he can … Read more
By Gary Cromie: Boxing fans, brace yourselves for a hypothetical showdown of epic proportions: Canelo Álvarez versus Terence “Bud” Crawford. While this fight isn’t confirmed, the mere possibility of it in 2025 has the boxing world buzzing. This match-up is not just a daydream; it’s the most compelling and intriguing fight in boxing today. The … Read more
There are five world champions being considered for the ‘2024 Fighter of the Year’. Heading the list is the WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF, and IBO World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 23-0 with 14 stoppages, of Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine. Usyk defeated WBC World heavyweight champion ‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury, 34-2-1 with 24 stoppages, of Morecambe, … Read more
David Benavidez is already planning his strategy for defeating the winner of the February 22nd rematch between undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) says he’ll use a different game plan for each of them and will box Beterbiev (21-0, 21 KOs) and apply pressure against … Read more
Dmitry Bivol says his rematch with undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev on February 22nd will be “more open” because he’s familiar with his former conqueror. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) doesn’t say what he means by “more open,” but for his sake, he needs to be more aggressive, stay in the pocket, hold less, and fight … Read more
IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia has a lot of proving to do in his next defense against David Nyika in 13 days on January 8th at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. The fans enamored of the 29-year-old Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) jumped ship after watching his timid performance in his rematch with Mairis … Read more