What took place inside the erected boxing ring at Caesars Palace on the 24th of January 1976 rocked, thrilled, shocked and stunned fight fans the world over. To this day, fans and experts point to the battle heavyweight contenders George Foreman and Ron Lyle put on as THE heavyweight slugfest to end all heavyweight slugfests. Both hunting another shot at the coveted world title, these two tough guys went at it in simply crazy fashion; the pair caring nothing for defence as they traded leather – and knockdowns.
Marciano’s 49-0, Mayweather’s 50-0, Foreman’s record as oldest heavyweight champ – Wilder says he can break ’em all!
WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder is in a mood to not only break opponents, and their bones, but also world records. Wilder, currently unbeaten with impressive 39-0 numbers (all but one of his wins coming via stoppage) says he can “easily” top Floyd Mayweather’s astonishing 50-0 pro record; Floyd actually besting heavyweight immortal Rocky Marciano’s magic 49-0 number this year (some say with an asterisk firmly placed alongside the 50-0 due to the fact that Mayweather picked up his “final” win against a boxing novice).
Robert Easter, Javier Fortuna, Marcus Browne quotes for 1/20 on Showtime
Lou DiBella
Thanks for joining us. Greetings from the blizzard in New York City. I know that Marcus Browne and Adam Kownacki are both local right now, so they’re experiencing this insanity with me, and I guess a lot of you are also. So we’re going to try to warm up this blizzard afternoon and talk boxing for a little bit.
Mikey Garcia aims for Jorge Linares fight this summer: It is still the goal
According to Mikey Garcia the big title fight unification showdown between he and Jorge Linares will still happen, this summer – this despite the fact that both 135 pound champions will fight against separate opposition in January and February respectively. Unbeaten Garcia will look to capture his fourth title in as many weight divisions when he will challenge Sergey Lipinets for a 140 pound belt on Feb. 10, while Linares will defend his lightweight belt against Mercito Gesta on January 27.
Exclusive Interview with Robert Rolle
Robert Rolle is here to discuss with us the first ever WBC/ LBF Title which is soon to be upon the horizon. Robert is the son of the legendary “lady in red” boxing promoter Eva Rolle. The Legends Boxing Foundation truly is a unique organisation, and we can now find out what is in store for us boxing fans in 2018. So, ladies and gentlemen here we have Robert Rolle’s voice on the latest developments for the WBC/LBF.
WV: Robert, it is great to have you here with us at East Side Boxing. Could you give us an introduction to what you are about?
Fighting through the blood, sweat and tears
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Tyson Fury offers Anthony Joshua ‘Winner Take All’ clash
Not only does Tyson Fury want to fight Anthony Joshua is his very first fight back after well over two years of inactivity, but Fury wants to meet his rival unbeaten heavyweight in a ‘Winner Take All’ showdown. Taking to twitter once more, Fury – who is currently training alongside WBO middleweight champ Billy Joe Saunders – insisted how a fight between he and AJ is not about money to him.
“@anthonyjoshua To prove this fight is not about a few measly pounds for me I’ll do a winner take all! Loser gets nothing but a beating & that loser will be you,” Fury wrote.
Dogboe, Juarez make weight for WBO title fight in Accra
The countdown is almost over and tomorrow night at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana’s Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe and Cesar Juarez of Mexico will slug it out for the WBO interim super bantamweight world title before an expected huge crowd.
The clash between the WBO’s number one ranked and number two ranked junior featherweights is promoted by Rising Star Africa Promotions who have promised an exciting atmosphere at ringside come fight night.
Mikey Garcia vs. Jorge Linares possible for summer
Mikey Garcia and Jorge Linares could be facing each other in the summer at 135 after the 2 of them get done with their interim fights. Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) wants to fight for the IBF light welterweight title against IBF 140 pound champion Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs) on February 10 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
David Haye: 2018 is going to be the most exciting year of my life
David Haye is buzzing, anticipating as he is, an exciting 2018. The former cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight ruler has released a video on social media, showing us the scar that is the result of his biceps operation. As fans know, it was this injury that forced Haye to postpone his December return with Tony Bellew, but the sequel is now back on for May.