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Jake LaMotta, Real-Life Raging Bull, Dies at 95
The former middleweight champ battled Sugar Ray Robinson six times, admitted to throwing a fight and was portrayed by Robert De Niro, who won an Oscar. Jake LaMotta, the tough-as-nails middleweight champion with the granite chin who was immortalized by Robert De Niro in the revered Martin Scorsese drama Raging Bull, has died. He was 95.
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Pacquiao dethrones Lucas Matthysse to claim WBA welterweight title
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is a world champion again. Pacquiao defeated Argentine Lucas Matthysse on Sunday to capture the WBA welterweight title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pacquiao improved his record to (60-7-2) after stopping his opponent in the seventh round of their fight. Matthysse, suffered his fifth defeat in his prosessional career.
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HBO Says It Is Leaving the Boxing Business
After 45 years, more than 1,000 fights and some of the most lucrative and disputed matches of all time, HBO is throwing in the towel on professional boxing. What started with a monumental upset seen by a relative handful of customers — George Foreman’s knockout of the heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in 1973 — will come to a close at the end of 2018. The network has no boxing broadcasts scheduled beyond a middleweight title fight at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27.
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Santillan, 23, is second boxer to die this week
Boxer Hugo Alfredo "Dinamita" Santillan, a super lightweight for Argentina, died of cardiac arrest resulting from injuries suffered in the ring Saturday in Buenos Aires. He was 23.
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Patrick Day dies aged 27 from injuries sustained in fight against Conwell
Boxer Patrick Day has died aged 27 after he sustained head injuries in a fight on Saturday night against fellow American Charles Conwell
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Mike Tyson Is Training for a Boxing Comeback at Age 53
The heavyweight champion has been hitting the mitts in preparation for his return to the ring.
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Mike Tyson Will Return to Boxing in a Fight Against Roy Jones Jr.
Iron Mike is back.
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Mike Tyson draws with Roy Jones Jr in battle of legends
The two former world champions met in an exhibition fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
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Mike Tyson smoked marijuana before exhibition fight against Roy Jones Jr.
'Listen, I can't stop smoking,' Tyson said after the fight
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Leon Spinks Jr. Dies: Ex-Heavyweight Boxing Champ Who Defeated Muhammad Ali Was 67
Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks Jr., who defeated Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1978, has died.
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Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield Rematch Confirmed for May
Tyson vs. Holyfield 3 is happening. Hours after Evander Holyfield's camp claimed Mike Tyson and [...]
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Jake Paul Makes Deal With Showtime Boxing For Next Fight, Network Confirms
Showtime confirmed to Deadline this evening that it had made a deal with YouTube star and nascent professional boxer Jake Paul. Details of the agreement were not available, but Paul advisor Nakisa Bidarian told ESPN Wednesday that talks about the potential opponent, date and location are at an advanced stage.
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Mike Tyson ‘died tripping on psychedelic toad venom – and it changed his life
‘In my trips I’ve seen that death is beautiful’
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Jake Paul Says He’ll Join UFC If Dana White Agrees to Three Demands
The YouTube star said he'll "retire from boxing" and fight for UFC under these conditions.
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Mayweather's NASCAR team revved up for debut
Former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who turns 45 this month, is set to unveil his NASCAR team at this year's Daytona 500 in Florida, "a perfect fit" for his personality.
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Tommy Fury hands Jake Paul his first pro defeat, wins split decision in Saudi Arabia - The Ring
Tommy Fury handed Jake Paul his first professional defeat, winning an eight-round split decision on Sunday night at Diriyah Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Two judges scored the bout 76-73 in favor of Fury (9-0, 4 knockouts), the half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, while the third had it 75-74 in favor of the social […]
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