In what may be the biggest Hollywood score by a fighter in some time, heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko has been linked with hottie Hayden Panettiere who stars in NBC’s ‘Heroes’. Here’s a pic of the two together in Miami:
LeRoy Neiman will forever be synonymous with fight sports, particularly boxing. Here’s an exchange between Neiman and Hugh Hefner in 1959 on the classic TV show ‘Playboy After Dark’:
Here’s a collection of Neiman’s boxing art from his official website:
LeRoy Neiman boxing art @ LeRoy Neiman Official Website
Mike Tyson’s guest host gig for WWE Raw–scheduled at the same time as UFC’s Ultimate Fight Night–on January 11th is a done deal. There’s a big story announcing his appearance on the WWE website:
Very familiar with being the center of attention inside the squared circle, Mike Tyson is ready to return to the ring. [...]
Taking a page from the UFC’s playbook, the WWE is pulling out a big gun to counter the 1/11 Ultimate Fight Night event. In recent months, the WWE has featured a different celebrity guest host on ‘Monday Night Raw’ and on this evening they’ve signed former world heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson to do [...]
Color me unsurprised. Dan Rafael reports at ESPN.com that the new Dallas Cowboys’ stadium is out of the running for the Pacquiao/Mayweather (or Mayweather/Pacquiao) fight:
For unspecified reasons, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is out of the running to host the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather super fight, Top Rank’s Bob Arum told ESPN.com on Wednesday.
Arum, Golden [...]
James ‘Lights Out’ Toney rips The Dana a new one:
Tell Dana White he can suck my [expletive]. That’s why he calls out them bum ass fighters. He called out Roy Jones and Floyd Mayweather, but they ain’t calling James Toney out because they don’t want to see me. They have the same excuse that I [...]
Wow…a post actually dealing with fighting. Lance Pugmire at the LA Times updates the progress of the Mayweather v. Pacquiao deal:
That official announcement is being crafted as we speak, a promotional source told The Times on Monday, even if Pacquiao hasn’t signed his name on either a final contract or even a deal memo [...]
Wow–we’ve somehow hit the mother lode of intelligent MMA analysis. Here’s one that deals specifically with the MMA fan’s favorite ’straw man’ at the moment, the 10 point must system and MMA judging. Well worth reading but, again, not for the special ed set. Lateral thinking ability a prerequisite:
In case you’re wondering, after 5 [...]
Great PPV showing for the Miguel Cotto/Manny Pacquiao fight with 1.25 million PPV buys. ESPN’s Dan Raphael puts in perspective:
Combined with the approximately 1.05 million buys generated by Floyd Mayweather’s dominant decision victory against Juan Manuel Marquez on Sept. 19, it was the first time since 1999 — when Felix Trinidad claimed a decision [...]
Manny Pacquiao withstood an early challenge from Miguel Cotto tonight to take over and win the fight in dominant fashion. Referee Kenny Bayless stopped it early in the 12th giving Pacquiao a TKO victory. The Savage Science had the fight scored 118-108 Pacquiao at the time of the stoppage.
