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đ„ Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson | WBC/IBF/IBO/RING Heavyweight Titles | FULL FIGHT | 8/6/2002
Lennox Lewis 39â2â1 (30 KO) vs. Mike Tyson 49â3 (2) (43 KO), billed as LewisâTyson: Is On, was a heavyweight professional boxing match that took place on June 8, 2002, at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. The defending unified WBC, IBF, IBO, and The Ring champion Lennox Lewis defeated former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson by knockout in the eighth round.
Prior to the event, Lewis was awarded The Ring magazine heavyweight title, which had been vacant since the late 1980s and was last held by Tyson.
Following his 1997 disqualification loss to Evander Holyfield in the rematch of their first bout, Tyson had been fined and had his license revoked by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for having twice-bitten Holyfield during the fight. Tyson made his initial return to boxing in 1999 before being sentenced to a second prison term later that year.
Following several more bouts after his release, Tyson signed to face former WBO title-holder Ray Mercer in January 2001. However, Lewis and his camp feared a future fight with Tyson could be jeopardized should the former champion lose and thus filed a legal injunction to prevent the match with Mercer from happening and forcing Tyson to cancel the bout and instead face the reigning WBC/IBF champion.
The fight was originally scheduled for April 6, 2002 in Las Vegas. However, Nevada refused to grant Tyson a license after a press conference brawl between Lewis and Tyson (see below). Several other states refused Tyson a license before Memphis finally bid US$12 million in order to host the fight.
Lewis weighed in at 249.25 lb (113 kg) and Tyson at 234 lb (106 kg) (the second highest of his career).
The fight was promoted by Main Events and was a pay-per-view shown as a joint collaboration between HBO and Showtime in the United States and on Sky Box Office in the United Kingdom. The joint promotion was a rarity as at the time HBO and Showtime were arch-rivals in American boxing broadcasting, though it would later be repeated in 2015 with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao match. HBO’s Jim Lampley called the fight alongside Showtime’s Bobby Czyz, and in addition each fighter was introduced by a ring announcer allied with a specific network: Lewis had HBO’s Michael Buffer introduce him, while Jimmy Lennon Jr. of Showtime did the same for Tyson. It was the highest-grossing event in pay-per-view history, generating US$106.9 million from 1.95 million buys in the U.S., until it was surpassed by De La Hoya vs. Mayweather in 2007. In 2013, Mayweather vs. Ălvarez surpassed the gross revenue generated from pay-per-view buys.
However, the ticket sales were slow because they were priced as high as US$2,400, but a crowd of 15,327 turned up to see the fight. Lewis entered the bout as 2/1 favorite.
On January 22, 2002, at a press conference held in New York to publicize the bout, a brawl involving the two boxers and their entourages occurred.
Tyson went on stage at the Hudson Theatre and stared in the direction of where Lewis was to appear. As soon as Lewis appeared, Tyson quickly walked toward him and appeared to be about to assault Lewis. One of Lewis’s bodyguards attempted to block Tyson’s access to Lewis before Tyson threw a left hook in the bodyguard’s direction.
The two boxers rolled on the floor with personnel from both camps getting involved.
During the fracas, WBC president José Sulaimån claimed to be knocked out when he hit his head on the table. He later filed a US$56 million lawsuit against Lewis and Tyson for injuries caused in the scuffle. Sulaiman claims he was spat on and Tyson threatened to kill him, when he got up after being knocked out.
Tyson was accused of- and later admitted to having bitten Lewis’ leg amidst the melee, resulting in the champion being required to receive a tetanus shot.
Following the brawl Tyson came to the edge of the podium, grabbed his crotch and started shouting expletives at someone in the crowd who was later guessed to be either Lewis’s mother or a female photographer. Then he overheard freelance journalist Mark Malinowski suggesting that he should be in a straitjacket, which prompted him to issue another profanity-laden tirade, this time directed at Malinowski. He repeatedly referred to the reporter as a “punk white boy” and a “faggot”, and punctuated his oration by vowing to “fuck [Malinowski] ’till you love me”. The brawl at the press conference for this fight was named The Ring magazine Event of the Year for 2002.
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Muhammad Ali vs Joe Bugner I | FULL FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS | ABC 1080p | 12 Rounds Heavyweight Boxing
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner was a professional boxing match contested on February 14, 1973.
After returning from his nearly four year boxing ban, former champion Muhammad Ali attempted to take the heavyweight title from the new champion Joe Frazier in March 1971. The much anticipated fight, dubbed Fight of the Century, resulted in Ali suffering his first professional defeat, losing a 15-round decision to Frazier. Undeterred, Ali went on to win nine straight fights in under 18 months before facing off with Bugner.
Joe Bugner rose to prominence around the same time of the first Ali-Frazier fight, winning the British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight titles in a close 15-round match with the famous Henry Cooper. Although he lost the titles six months later, he regained the European title the following year, after scoring an eight-round knockout over new champion JĂŒrgen Blin.
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đȘđœSIX KNOCKDOWNSâŒïžManny Pacquiao vs Chris Algieri | FULL FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS | WBO Welterweight Boxing
Manny Pacquiao 56â5â2 (38 KO) vs. Chris Algieri 20â0 (8 KO), billed as Hungry for Glory, was a professional boxing match …
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Terence Crawford 37â0 (28 KO) vs. Shawn Porter 31â3â1 (17 KO) was a professional boxing match contested on November 20, 2021, for the WBO welterweight championship.
On July 31, 2021, the WBO ordered Terence Crawford to defend his welterweight title against the #2 ranked WBO welterweight contender Shawn Porter. The former two-time welterweight champion was seen as the biggest challenge in Crawford’s career up to that point, with ESPN describing Porter as “a quantum leap in competition”. As the two sides were unable to negotiate the terms of the fight, the WBO set a purse bid for September 2, which was later postponed until September 14. Crawford and Porter would adhere to a 60-40 purse split, rather than the usual 80-20 split for mandated matches, taking into account the earnings from their three previous fights.
On September 14, it was announced that a deal had been agreed to stage the fight on November 20 at the Michelob Ultra Arena at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, airing on ESPN+ PPV. The event will be promoted and led by Crawford’s promoter Top Rank, in association with Porter’s promoter Premier Boxing Champions. In adherence to the agreed 60-40 split, Crawford is guaranteed upward of $6 million, while Porter is guaranteed at least $4 million.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez | FULL FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS | WBA/WBO/IBF/RING Lightweight Boxing
Vasiliy Lomachenko 14â1 (10 KO) vs. TeĂłfimo LĂłpez 15â0 (12 KO), billed as Winner Takes All, was a unification professional boxing match contested between WBA (Super), WBO, and The Ring lightweight champion, Vasiliy Lomachenko, and IBF lightweight champion, TeĂłfimo LĂłpez. The bout took place on October 17, 2020, at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Paradise, Nevada.
LĂłpez scored a second-round technical knockout victory against Richard Commey to capture the IBF lightweight title on December 14, 2019. In the same month, Lomachenko announced there was an agreement to face the newly crowned champion in a unification bout in April, saying, “On paper, there is an agreement that the match is going to happen, and it’s going to happen in April. However, they have not yet established a date. This fight is happening in April.”
With the fight between Lomachenko and Lopez agreed, Arum set out possible venues. With the fight likely taking place in May 2020, Arum hinted the fight could take place in Saudi Arabia. Lomachenko admitted he did not learn anything about Lopez in his recent win over Commey. On February 8, LĂłpez hinted at a date and location for the fight on Twitter, with lyrics from the song “New York, New York”, posting, “May 30th. Start spreadin’ the news, I’m leaving today, I want to be a part of it.
The proposed date was eventually scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Lomachenko going back to his native home of Ukraine. Lopez accused team Lomachenko for making the negotiations difficult. Egis Klimas responded the only wait was finding the venue.
After October was chosen as a new date, the fight appeared to be in jeopardy due to a pay dispute from LĂłpez, who was unhappy with an offer of $1.25m while Lomachenko was set to earn in excess of $3.5m. With LĂłpez’ manager, David McWater explaining, “We think that [Lomachenko] probably deserves more money, but not three times as much. Weâre hoping that there is enough impetus to get this fight done, and Top Rank will come back and talk to us”.
According to Arum, Lomachenko agreed to reduce his own purse in order to get the fight across the line. It was reported that Lopez would receive closer to $2 million.
On September 8, after weeks of difficult negotiations, the bout was finally announced for October 17, with the venue set for the Top Rank Bubble, located at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Paradise, Nevada.
Originally, the plan was for the card to be PPV. Arum praised ESPN for their efforts to have the card broadcast for cable and satellite viewers. He said, âWhat Iâm most proud of is itâs clearly the best fight since the pandemic started. It wouldâve been a major fight even without the pandemic, and now itâs being shown to the public without an extra charge. Nobody has to pay 5 cents to watch it. You donât even have to be subscribed for $4.99 a month to watch it on ESPN+. If theyâre a cable subscriber or a satellite subscriber, they get it for nothing.â Arum believed it would feel indelicate to ask the public to pay up to $70 for the event. This way the fight would be available to approximately 80 million homes.
There was no rematch clause in place for the fight. Lopez said this on the Ak And Barak Show. Arum later confirmed this stating if the fight warranted a rematch, the two boxers would eventually agree to the terms, without being contractually obliged. Arum said rematch clauses were overused and criticised Eddie Hearn, saying, “He puts a rematch clause in every contract, and that may indicate that he is not confident in how his fighter will perform.”
No tickets went on sale for the event. It was reported that 250 people would be allowed to attend under the NSAC’s new protocols. Those attending would be a number of guests per fighter, a few reporters and mostly first responders from Nevada.
During fight week, Lopez hit out at reporters about Lomachenko giving up some of his purse. He said, âHe never gave me money. I donât know why people keep saying that sh-t. I thought I cleared that out a long time ago. Nah, man, my pride kicks in when that happens. I wonât ever take somebody elseâs paycheck. You know what I mean?” The main reason Lopez was able to be offered more money was down to ESPN deciding not to have the fight behind a paywall. Both boxers weighed on the 135 pound limit. Neither wore masks during the face-off and the final hurdle would be testing negative to coronavirus on fight day.
Lomachenko was listed a 4-1 favorite by the sports books
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Carl Froch 26â0 (20 KO) vs. Mikkel Kessler 42â2 (32 KO) was a professional boxing match contested on 24 April 2010, for the WBC super middleweight championship. The bout was the second match in the second group stage of the Super Six World Boxing Classic.
Froch defeated Andre Dirrell by split decision in his third WBC super-middleweight title defense which was a very controversial win with many believing Dirrell had won. Nevertheless, Froch got the win and the 2 points for his victory. Meanwhile, WBA Champion Kessler was upset in his first Super Six match against Andre Ward who won via an 11th round technical decision.
In the buildup to the fight there were concerns that the Icelandic volcanic ash eruptions would cause the fight to be disrupted, but it went head as planned.
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