Sentences with phrase «middleweight champion»

The pride of Cranston, Rhode Island was a 30 - year - old light - middleweight champion with a 31 - 5 professional record when a 1991 car accident left him with a broken neck and an iffy prognosis of walking again.

Showtime Boxing: On April 25, 2009, British great Carl Froch defended his WBC middleweight title against former undisputed middleweight champion and American Olympian Jermain Taylor.

A SHOWTIME Championship Boxing tripleheader featuring six of the world's best fighters in three high - stakes showdowns: champion featherweight Jesus Cuellar (28 - 1, 21 KOs) takes on Mexican superstar Abner Mares (29 -2-1, 15 KOs) and junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (24 - 0, 18 KOs) faces undefeated challenger Julian «J - Rock» Williams (22 -0-1, 14 KOs), live from USC's Galen Center.

It was revealed during that appearance St - Pierre will challenge middleweight champion, Michael Bisping in his first assignment in over 3 years.

Choose between former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, former UFC welterweight champion Georges St - Pierre, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson or UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Rousey won't be there but top UFC officials, as well as former UFC middleweight champion and Long Island native Chris Weider will hold a press conference in Albany to push for the bill's passage.

Five times the middleweight champion, Ray Robinson discovers at 45 that it is far better to retire than to keep struggling for the unattainable

As a boxer, Honeyghan looks to America for inspiration — he frequently trains in the U.S. before major fights, and his best friend is Buster Drayton, the IBF junior middleweight champion, who lives in Philadelphia.

Nine days before defeating Blocker, the Ragamuffin Man, in unusually somber attire, called a press conference to announce that the fight would be the last of his career — unless he was matched with middleweight champion Leonard or WBC junior middleweight champ Duane Thomas.

When he was 16 he was middleweight champion of Fort Leonard Wood despite the fact that you have to be 17 and see out of two eyes to be in the Army.

By beating the WBA junior middleweight champion, Davey Moore, Roberto Duran won his third title and recaptured his good name

MILEPOSTS — NAMED: DICK TIGER, the rugged middleweight champion from Nigeria, as Fighter of the Year, by the Boxing Writers» Association.

With UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker sidelined with a staph infection, Yoel Romero has stepped in to replace him in the main event of UFC 221 against Luke Rockhold.

The former middleweight champion lost his title and had a five - fight winning streak snapped in a surprising loss to Michael Bisping.

King approached Jones last fall, seeking an opponent for Julian Jackson, a King client (and the WBC middleweight champion until he was knocked out by Gerald McClellan on May 8).

Randy Turpin, England's former world middleweight champion, called it quits after unsungCanadian light heavyweight Gordon Wallace scored four knockdowns, knocked himout in fourth round at London.

But I resented Robert H. Boyle's saying that middleweight champion Nadeltcho Kolev's elasticity, speed and lithe musculature are «unusual among lifters.»

Nothing fueled the lore more than broadcaster Howard Cosell's nasally and deliberate voice introducing Ramos to a new audience in the late 1970s; the next great middleweight champion in waiting.

Fortunately for the fan, when he arrives to pick up his takeout, he was greeted by UFC Hall of Famer Forrest Griffin and current UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold to view some of the UFC 197 preliminary fights.

Not exact matches

Dowdney, a former British universities light middleweight boxing champion, came to Brazil in 1995 to study street children in the northern city of Recife for his dissertation in social anthropology.

Carl (Bobo) Olson, impassive middleweight titleholder from San Francisco seeking more fertile fields to conquer, was heaviest of career at 169 pounds, sported brand new crewcut, mustache and right - hand power, surprised flabby (even at announced 175 pounds), 33 - year - old Joey Maxim with lethal two - fisted attack, battered ex-light heavyweight champion to canvas with savage combinations in second and ninth rounds, kept up lightninglike barrage all way to win easy 10 - round decision at San Francisco, confidently set sights on Archie Moore's light heavyweight crown.

Pender will most likely settle the middleweight championship — andeliminate the confusion and controversy surrounding it — by taking on GeneFullmer, who is the National Boxing Association champion, acclaimed in allstates save Pender's, as well as Asia and South America.

After a four - year layoff, Georges St - Pierre knocked out Michael Bisping to claim the UFC's middleweight title and cap a crazy night at UFC 217, which saw two other champions go down.

A former IBF middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight champion, the 38 - year - old Toney, who weighed in at 229 pounds, tested positive for boldenone and stanazolol.

Boxing Scene article on BP Adams honoring Brownsville native and middleweight boxing champion Daniel Jacobs at a ceremony inside Barclays Center.

In June 2016 the shocking ending to Luke Rockhold's reign as champion was the action that would unintentionally send the middleweight into disarray.

Showtime Boxing: IBF Super Middleweight World Champion James DeGale discusses his childhood in London, winning a gold medal, and becoming one of boxing's most exciting champions in the super middleweigMiddleweight World Champion James DeGale discusses his childhood in London, winning a gold medal, and becoming one of boxing's most exciting champions in the super middleweightmiddleweight division.

Showtime Boxing: WBC Super Middleweight Champion Badou Jack sets his sights on becoming a unified world champion under the guidance of boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.

Newly crowned champion James «Chunky» DeGale (21 - 1, 14 KOs) takes on former champ Lucian «Le Tombeur» Bute (32 - 2, 25 KOs) in a battle for the super middleweight title.

Defending champion Daniel «The Miracle Man» Jacobs (30 - 1, 27 KOs) puts his middleweight crown on the line against Peter «Kid Chocolate» Quillin (32 -0-1, 23 KOs) in a battle for Brooklyn bragging rights.

Showtime Boxing: World champion, Shawn «Showtime» Porter will take on undefeated welterweight contender Kell Brook in an action - packed night of boxing also featuring the rematch between super middleweights Sakio Bika and Anthony Dirrell.

Showtime Boxing: Raul Marquez and Alejandro Luna analyze the next SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING match between WBC Super Middleweight Champion Badou Jack and former champion Lucian Bute.

Showtime Boxing: Super middleweight world champions Badou Jack and James DeGale are set to unify the 168 - pound class.

Showtime Boxing: Exclusive look at boxing's youngest world champion, David Benavidez, who left no questions in a rematch with Ronald Gavril, defending his WBC Super Middleweight World Championship with a dominating 12 - round unanimous decision.

Maurice DuBois profiles the new «Rocky»: middleweight Danny Jacobs, who's battled back from bone cancer to find himself boxing's newest champion with a chance at title reunification.Bill Whitaker leads an investigation into secret motors and mechanical cheating in pro cycling, a sport already infamous for its scandals.

Showtime Boxing: In celebration of its 30th anniversary, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING presents pound for pound champion Floyd Mayweather in his toughest middleweight test to date versus Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez.

Considine stars as the middleweight boxing world champion who reenters the ring to defend his title but doesn't leave in the same shape he went in.

Despite disagreements between Rooney and Vinny's father, Angelo (an almost unrecognizable Ciarán Hinds, «Hitman: Agent 47»), he receives a shot at the WBA World Light Middleweight Title and is successful in defeating the French champion, Gilbert Dele, with a TKO (technical knockout) in the 12th round.

Matty Burton (Considine, who also writes and directs) is no journeyman in this sense: he's a veteran of the sport, a middleweight boxing champion with a glittering career under his belt and retirement in his sights.

This multifaceted documentary about the middleweight world boxing champion, Sergio «Maravilla» Martinez, shows his struggle to gain recognition from the international boxing community as a young man from a small town in Argentina, and his fight back to the top after being a victim of boxing politics.