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Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between two-time former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois. [1] [2] The bout took place on 21 September 2024 at Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom.
On February 6, 2023, Jorge Masvidal announced on The MMA Hour that Roy Jones Jr. would face former UFC Lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in a professional boxing match on April 1, 2023. Masvidal also announced on the co-main event that former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort would be facing former Strikeforce Middleweight champion ...
Ronald David Lyle (February 12, 1941 – November 26, 2011) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980, and in 1995. He challenged unsuccessfully for the world heavyweight championship, losing to Muhammad Ali in 1975.
McClellan went into the fight as the bookmaker's favourite at odds of 1–3, with expectations that he would provide a repeat of his previous three fights, all won by knockout. [2] The fight was joint-promoted by Frank Warren and Don King. [3] McClellan himself predicted: "I can't see anything less than a vicious knockout". [4]
The fight was a 12-round lightweight unification bout between Corrales and Castillo. Corrales, who had a career record of 39–2 with 32 knockouts, was the World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion. Castillo, at 52–6–1 with 46 knockouts, was the World Boxing Council (WBC) champion. Castillo's style was to fight inside.
On March 5, he agreed to fight John Tate, the new WBA heavyweight champion, in a bout tentatively scheduled for June. [4] However, Tate lost the title to Mike Weaver by a 15th-round knockout on March 31. At a press conference on April 16, Ali said he would fight WBC Champion Larry Holmes.
For example, a world title fight in men’s boxing – a professional bout – will always be scheduled for 12 three-minute rounds; and a women’s world title fight will be scheduled for 12 two ...
[1] The first bout was held on February 25, 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida. [2] Clay, who was an 8:1 underdog, won in a major upset, when the champion gave up at the opening of the seventh round. Their second fight was on May 25, 1965 in Lewiston, Maine, which Ali won with a first-round knockout.