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Promoter Eddie Hearn says he didn’t like what he saw with 58-year-old former heavyweight legend Mike Tyson returning to the ring to lose to YouTuber Jake Paul in a hopelessly one-sided fight last Friday night on Netflix. It was such a mismatch that Paul admitted…

WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (47-1, 30 KOs) was too busy, too skilled, and too mobile for the heavy-handed WBO champion Chris Billiam-Smith (29-2, 13 KOs), beating him by a grueling 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.…

Tonight on the “Latino Night” card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oscar Collazo put on a superb, almost flawless display as he knocked out long-reigning rival minimumweight champ Knockout CP Freshmart in the seventh round. The two came together in a unification showdown, with Puerto Rico’s…

Speaking tonight during a break in the action here on “Latino Night” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya confirmed that unbeaten 154 pounder Vergil Ortiz Junior will return to action on February 22. And De La Hoya also confirmed that…

By Michael Collins - 11/16/2024 - Comments Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez faces Chris Billiam-Smith in a cruiserweight unification fight today at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event will be streamed live on DAZN at noon. The winner of the Ramirez-Billiam-Smith clash will likely face IBF…

Jake Paul has been offered a world title shot against four-belt light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev after the social media influencer’s victory over Mike Tyson last Friday night. It would obviously be a mismatch between Beterbiev and Paul, but it would be fun to watch,…

A was always expected, but the real fight, the great fight of the night last night, was provided by the two female warriors going at it. And the return battle between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano did not disappoint. After ten, at times savage, bloody…

By Will Arons - 11/16/2024 - Comments Jake Paul said at the post-fight press conference he decided not to knockout Mike Tyson because he didn’t want to “hurt” him in their eight-round, 16-minute fight on Friday night. Jake (11-1, 7 KOs) won a lopsided eight-round unanimous…

Jake Paul (11-1, 7 KOs) dominated a very old fossil Mike Tyson (50-7, 44 KOs), winning a one-sided eight-round unanimous decision in a painful-to-watch heavyweight fight on Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Tyson was staggered by a jab followed by two left…