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A match was then set up between Tucker and Buster Douglas to serve as a co-feature of a May 30, 1987 event. The winner of the Tucker-Douglas fight would claim the vacant IBF championship and face the winner of the second co-feature, pitting Tyson against former champion Thomas, for all three major titles in his next fight.
After both Julio César Chávez and Oscar De La Hoya defeated their opponents (Scott Walker and Darryl Tyson respectively) in tune-up bouts on February 9, 1996, the two fighters agreed to face one another in a "dream match" set for June of that year. The undefeated De La Hoya had already won world titles in two divisions and was looking to ...
Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Fight of the Century or simply The Fight, [2] was an undisputed heavyweight championship boxing match between WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and Lineal champion Muhammad Ali, on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [3] [4] [5]
More than six decades after the NCAA ended collegiate boxing, Sacramento State and UC Davis returned to the ring on Friday night for the inaugural Causeway Boxing Classic. The two Sacramento ...
De La Hoya and Chavez had previously fought each other over two years earlier on June 7, 1996 for Chavez's WBC super lightweight title. In a highly–anticipated matchup, De La Hoya dominated the aging champion, winning the first three rounds on all three judge's scorecards before the fight was stopped in the fourth round due to a large gash Chavez had received over his eye after a De La Hoya ...
The highly anticipated boxing event, featuring the clash of two eras with Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, is just under two weeks away. This must-see match will take place on November 15 at AT&T Stadium ...
George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle, was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium (now Stade Tata Raphaël) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), between undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
Furthermore, rules are more flexible in exhibition fights. For example, a world title fight in men’s boxing – a professional bout – will always be scheduled for 12 three-minute rounds; and a ...