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Boxer Tyson Fury Wins Fight, Then "Sings" Country Song To Crowd [Video]

Scott Prather — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:56:25 +0000

Tyson Fury is a 24-year old British boxer who is currently undefeated. The 6'9 heavyweight may be great in the ring, but his singing is a different matter. After scoring a seventh round victory over American Steve Cunningham, Fury grabbed the mic and "serenaded" the crowd at Madison Square Garden, singing an old Country gem by...

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Ruben Guerrero Calls Floyd Mayweather "Woman Beater" During Awkward Press Conference [Video]

Scott Prather — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:11:45 +0000

Robert Guerrero will box Floyd "Money" Mayweather on pay-per-view this Saturday night. Pre-fight boxing press conferences tend to be predictable. Well, not this one. Ruben Geurrero, Robert's Dad, gets a little...

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Once Again, Olympic Boxing Gets Embarassed

Jay Walker — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:36:31 +0000

It's another black eye for Olympic Boxing. Watch the edited video of round 3 and decide for yourself.

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Bradley "Beats" Pacquiao, Boxing Is The Real Loser Saturday Night

Scott Prather — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:40:16 +0000

Scott watched the pay-per-view title fight Saturday night, and is disgusted by what he saw. Manny Pacquiao appeared to conquer Timothy Bradley for the majority of their 12 round boxing match for the WBO welterweight title. However, in one of the most outrageous decisions in boxing history, two of the three judges sitting ringside scored the match in favor of Bradley, thus making him the new WBO welterweight champion. No disrespect to Bradley, but...

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Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Going To Jail

Scott Prather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:50:00 +0000

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced to 90 days in jai today after pleading guilty to a reduced battery domestic violence charge, and no contest to two harassment charges, all involving his ex-girlfriend.

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Boxing Great Joe Frazier Dies at 67

Jay Walker — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:49:35 +0000

Cancer claims the life of the former champ

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Dewey Bozella Wins Pro Boxing Debut After 26 Years in Jail

Joe Student — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:26 +0000

After being wrongly imprisoned for 26 years, Dewey Bozella, 52, won his professional boxing debut against Larry Hopkins in a four-round cruiserweight fight at the Los Angeles Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Mike Tyson Breaks Steve-O's Nose at Charlie Sheen Roast [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:05:45 +0000

Leave it to ‘Jackass’ star Steve-O to close a show with a bang. At the end of Charlie Sheen‘s Comedy Central roast, Steve-O dove headlong into Mike Tyson’s outstretched fist for reasons that probably only made sense to him.

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Floyd Mayweather Knocks Out Victor Ortiz in Bizarre Fight for Welterwight Title [VIDEO]

Danny Groner — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:20:41 +0000

Floyd Mayweather Jr. stayed unbeaten Saturday night, knocking out Victor Ortiz in the fourth round and take hold of Ortz’s piece of the welterweight title. But it was the strange circumstances of the match, and a confrontation afterward, that has people buzzing.

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Should "Rocky" Be In The Hall of Fame?

Steve Peloquin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:02:06 +0000

Even with his victory over the great Apollo Creed, did Rocky Balboa do enough to warrant being selected for boxing's Hall of Fame?

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