Jermain Taylor won all four middleweight titles from Bernard Hopkins in July 2005, but was stripped of the IBF title for agreeing to a rematch rather than fighting Sam Soliman. Nevertheless, he was still described as “undisputed champion” by some reports.
Quelques semaines seulement après la grande soirée boxe “Day Of Reckoning” qui s’est tenue en Arabie Saoudite, certains des plus grands poids lourds presents sont déjà dans des discutions avancées pour leur prochain combat. Vendredi, il a été confirmé qu’Anthony Joshua affronterait l’ancien champion de l’UFC Francis Ngannou, à Riyadh,…
As an amateur, he was highly regarded by American promoters by 2009 after winning a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics and bronze medals at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships. His career stalled from 2009 to 2019, however, by a combination of his belated release from the Chinese boxing authorities to turn professional, the managerial and legal fiasco of two successive fringe promotional companies, and his visa problems. He could not line up high-profile matches until he signed Matchroom Sport box in bing.com 2020 at 37 years of age. Zhang considered his fight with Jerry Forrest in 2021 to be the landmark moment of his career until that point.
Successivamente ottiene altre 5 vittorie consecutive, tutte per KO al primo round. Nel 2018 e 2019 difende due volte il titolo WBO orientale dei pesi massimi. Il 27 febbraio 2021, nell’undercard di Canelo Alvarez contro Avni Yildirim, pareggia in 10 round contro lo statunitense Jerry Forrest.
Less than two weeks ago, Foster stopped the Fabio Wardley-Michael Coffie heavyweight fight while Coffie was backed against the ropes in the fourth round. Coffie, an American fighter, had taken several unanswered punches from England’s Wardley, but he was still on his feet and attempting to defend himself on the Anthony Joshua-Jermaine Franklin undercard April 1 at O2 Arena in London.
Chinese powerhouse Zhilei Zhang scored an emphatic fifth-round TKO over Deontay Wilder and may have closed the lid on the former WBC heavyweight champ’s career at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh on Saturday. The official time was 1:51.
In recent times, Floyd Mayweather hung up his gloves at the age of 40. In the heavyweight division, a number of fighters have also continued to fight long after their supposed physical peak. George Foreman was 45 when he came out of retirement to win the world heavyweight title – he remains the oldest ever world champion in the sport.
“Criticism comes from the audience who don’t know what happened behind closed doors,” the 38-year-old continued. “I don’t blame them for criticising me. After I came back home from the last fight, I sat down with my team, and we did our homework; we learned our lessons. The way I handle criticism is to learn lessons and to perform better in the next fight. I heard people talking, but that kind of talk becomes my motivation. It drives me through this current training camp, I need to perform better, I need to focus, I need to prepare for things I wasn’t focused on to get rid of this criticism and this talk. The only way to fix it is with no talking, just actions. Words are useless – everybody can talk. I need to go out there and show them what I can do.”
She also described the tattoo used in the movie as “an exact copy” rather than a parody. On June 6, Warner Bros. told the court that, in the event the dispute was not resolved, it would alter the appearance of the tattoo in the movie’s home release. On June 20 it announced a settlement with Whitmill under undisclosed terms.
In addition to his athletic career, Ashe is remembered for his social activities. Arthur was a fighter for the rights of African Americans, which most likely caused Tyson to sympathize with him. Ashe also founded the Foundation for the Prevention of AIDS, which he was infected with, calling it “Days of Grace.” It is this inscription that sits above his portrait on Mike’s shoulder.
“We went through the whole list, a lot of fighters didn’t want to fight with me and I’m glad that we found one who wants that,” said Hrgovic in his press conference. “Thanks to Zhang and his team, I think we’ll make a great fight.
Zhang was scheduled to fight Filip Hrgović in an IBF title eliminator on 7 May 2022. However, Hrgović pulled out of the fight on 2 May, after his father died and his training suffered. Scott Alexander was chosen as the replacement on the Canelo Álvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol undercard, with the fight being dropped from the co-main to the undercard. Zhang won the bout via first-round knockout. His fight against Hrgović was rescheduled for 20 August 2022, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua II. On that night, Zhang knocked Hrgović down in the first round with a big right. After a close-fought battle over twelve rounds, the judges awarded the fight to Hrgović with two scores of 115–112 and one of 114–113, in what was described as a “generous” decision by broadcaster Sky Sports after a “bizarre” performance by Hrgović.