Before dying in 1985, Cus D’Amato was Mike Tyson’s surrogate father, manager, trainer, and the man largely responsible for shaping Tyson into the tour de force he eventually became.
Tyson went on to work with many of the sport’s top trainers throughout his career,…
Featherweight contender Bruce Carrington’s first big moment on ESPN came when he celebrated a knockout win by mimicking one of Mike Tyson’s iconic speeches. It’s no surprise he felt emotional meeting Tyson during fight week media obligations—a powerful moment for the two Brooklyn fighters sharing…
Chris Billam-Smith expects Gilberto Ramirez to prove the “most well-rounded” opponent of his career.
On Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the WBO and WBA champions contest their titles and their statuses as the leading rivals to Jai Opetaia as the…
By Geoffrey Ciani - 11/15/2024 - Comments
Between April 1986 and June 1988, Iron Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield were making a lot of noise in boxing.
Tyson took the heavyweight division by storm, and Holyfield took the cruiserweight division by storm. Mike won all 3…
Fans of entertainment, of so-called fun events (we could call them ‘freak shows’) see tonight’s fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul as the main event, the undisputed headliner. We boxing fans, we know the distinction should really in all goodness be held by the…
One could argue that Friday nights Netflix main event pitting a 58-year old, long retired Mike Tyson in the same ring with a 27-year old YouTube star is a heist in a variety of ways. From the sounds of it the fighters are being very…
IRVING, Texas – Age is just a number, or so they say. It is a saying that is meant as motivation, an exhortation not to curl up and prepare for death the moment you hit 60, an encouragement to be fit and healthy and to…
Mike Tyson shouldn’t be here.
No, this isn’t another article about why Tyson shouldn’t still be fighting whatsoever, never mind fighting Jake Paul this week in Texas. We covered that back when this spectacle was first announced . Many more continue to voice…
The British Boxing Board of Control issued their latest British title circular on Thursday afternoon.
The most eye-catching piece of news was their decision to order Lyndon Arthur and Liam Cameron to box in a final eliminator for Lewis Edmondson’s light heavyweight title.
In June,…