😡”You got any EXCUSES tonight, Roy⁉️”

22 years ago today, one punch from Antonio Tarver completely altered the boxing landscape.
Roy Jones Jr was ‘THE MAN’ inside the squared circle; an all-time great racking up titles, records & dollars, by the bucket-load.

A middleweight, super-middleweight, light-heavyweight & heavyweight champion who had dropped back down to become the first-man to win a belt at 175Ibs, whilst reigning at heavy.

Tarver always disputed the decision loss to Jones but had the Pensacola man walked away following the victory, he may have gone down as the greatest to ever do it.

But after talks with Mike Tyson broke down, ‘Captain Hook’ went back in with ‘The Magic Man’ and one devastating left from the challenger would ensure the champion was never the same.

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Sergio Martínez vs. Miguel Cotto was a professional boxing match contested on June 7, 2014, for the WBC, The Ring and TBRB middleweight championship.

After making his 6th defence of the middleweight title against Martin Murray in April 2013, Martínez had inactive for more than a year and had two separate surgeries performed on his right knee.

In February 2014, it was announced that former 2 division champion Miguel Cotto would move up to middleweight in order to challenge him for the titles on June 7, 2014, at Madison Square Garden. A catchweight of 159 pounds was set for this bout.

Cotto was a 9/5 favourite to win.

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José Luis Castillo 52–6–1 (46 KO) vs. Diego Corrales 39–2 (32 KO) was a boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on May 7, 2005.

The fight was a 12-round lightweight unification bout between Corrales and Castillo. Corrales, who had a career record of 39–2 with 32 knockouts, was the World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion. Castillo, at 52–6–1 with 46 knockouts, was the World Boxing Council (WBC) champion. Castillo’s style was to fight inside. Corrales’ trainer, Joe Goossen, told Corrales to fight inside, as well.

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Oscar De La Hoya 8–4 (30 KO) vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 37–0 (24 KO), billed as The World Awaits, was a professional boxing match contested on May 5, 2007, for the WBC super welterweight championship.
At the time, the bout was the most lucrative boxing match ever, with over $130 million in generated revenue.

The fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada under the promotion of Golden Boy Promotions. It was contested at 154 pounds, with De La Hoya defending his WBC light middleweight championship.

Tickets sold out three hours after they went on sale on Saturday, January 27, 2007. With the sellout, the bout generated over $19 million in live gate, beating the previous record of $16,860,300 set by the June 28, 1997, heavyweight championship rematch between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson at the Thomas & Mack Center. The fight was televised on HBO pay-per-view, with the cost to watch the fight at $55 in the U.S.

As part of the buildup for the fight, HBO produced an unprecedented four-part prelude. The series, titled De La Hoya-Mayweather 24/7, aired installments on the final three Sundays of April, with the fourth installment airing on Thursday, May 3, two days before the fight. The series focused on each fighter’s training and preparation for the bout.

A subplot to the fight concerned whether De La Hoya would be trained by Floyd Mayweather Sr., the estranged father of Mayweather Jr. Mayweather Sr. had served as De La Hoya’s trainer since 2001. Mayweather Sr. announced his willingness to train De La Hoya after initially declining to oppose his son, but demanded a $2 million fee in light of the enormous revenue to be generated by the fight. De La Hoya declined to meet Mayweather Sr.’s demands, making a counteroffer of $500,000 guaranteed plus an additional $500,000 contingent on De La Hoya winning the fight. Ultimately, the sides were unable to come to an agreement and De La Hoya hired the highly respected Freddie Roach to be his cornerman instead.

Although Mayweather Sr. reunited with his son at the start of Floyd Jr.’s training camp, he had no official role, as Floyd Jr. opted to retain his uncle, Roger Mayweather, as his trainer instead. Mayweather Sr. left the camp by the end of April, upset over not being chosen as trainer and by comments made by his son and brother during the taping of the 24/7 show.

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🤣NOTHING is exciting me right now‼️ Throwback to Dave Allen’s EPIC preview of Wilder – Chisora

The ‘Doncaster De La Hoya’ returns this Saturday night when he takes on Filip Hrgovic at the Eco-Power stadiumm, LIVE on DAZN

🎥 Credit: @talksport @talksport_boxing

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