Sentences with phrase «heavyweight bout»

HENDERSON, Nev. — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid isn't on this year's ballot, but he has at least one heavyweight bout left in him.

Any fight involving Chisora and Haye is likely to be the biggest British heavyweight bout since Lennox Lewis fought Frank Bruno in 1993.

Woods came out on top in that slugfest, firing a 66 to McIlroy's 70 — a heavyweight bout Rory remembers well.

A light heavyweight bout between Gian Villante and Francimar Barroso is the second fight on the main card, while a featherweight contest between Calvin Kattar and Shane Burgos will precede the title fights.

Team Zimmerman came into this heavyweight bout, also with aspirations for qualifying for their first Championship Night in the Hoops League.

Tuesday night, we'll get to see two heavyweight bouts at the United Center in Chicago that will truly kick off the beginning of the college basketball season.

Not exact matches

The biggest biotech fight of the century thus far, the heavyweight title bout between the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT and the University of California over the ownership of the CRISPR - Cas9 genome - editing technology — or the Thrilla in Virginia, as I described it in December — is over.

BEST COMMENTARY — Howard Cosell during the Larry Holmes - Randy Cobb heavyweight title bout.

Later on in the centennial year the state will play host to the National AAU Track Championships, the National Amateur Golf Tournament and, perhaps, a heavyweight title bout.

SCHEDULED: A 15 - round bout between MUHAMMAD ALI, the No. 1 heavyweight challenger, and MAC FOSTER, 29, the eighth - ranked challenger who has won 27 of 28 fights by knockouts, for Nov. 29 in Tokyo.

The main card opens with a women's bantamweight bout between Cat Zingano and Ketlen Vieira, while a heavyweight showdown between Stefan Struve and Andrei Arlovski will be second on the main card.

Bosnich, a former heavyweight in Flaherty's stable, was protested before the bout by Pep's trainer.

The UFC put on an exclusive Fight Pass card from the O2 Arena in London, England on Saturday, featuring a main event bout between heavyweights Fabricio Werdum and Alexander Volkov.

The unbeaten heavyweight will face Chisora for a second time at London's ExCel in November, after winning the first bout on points in 2011.

Born in Estonia, Hackenschmidt was the world heavyweight wrestling champion for many years and is best remembered for his epic bouts with Frank Gotch in 1908 and 1911.

Let's call it the biggest, if not greatest, moment: People in tiny Shelby were so eager to host a heavyweight title fight that they erected a 40,208 - seat stadium for the July 4, 1923, bout between champion Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons.

Las Vegas has been the undisputed heavyweight champion of fight towns for more than a decade, but the procurement of the Lennox Lewis - Michael Grant bout by Madison Square Garden is the latest sign that New York is making a comeback.

Doug Jones came back from being dropped in the first round to knock out Heavyweight Zora Folley in the seventh of a 10 - round bout in Madison Square Garden.

But there is an even greater chance for a finish in the preceding bout between Tai Tuivasa and Cyril Asker, both heavyweights as well.

Jake Matthews and Li Jingliang will be in a welterweight contest prior to that bout, while the main card will open with a contest between light heavyweight's Tyson Pedro and Saparbek Safarov.

Chisora was stripped of his licence in March after an ugly press conference brawl with Haye following his unsuccessful heavyweight title bout against reigning world champion Vitali Klitschko the previous month.

Game 1, then, promised an unpredictable, classic bout between SEC heavyweights, and damn did these guys deliver.

He fought five champions, among them Jack Ortega, who weighed 220 pounds and from whom he won the heavyweight title of Panama and South America in the 19th round of a scheduled 45 - round bout.

1974 MUHAMMAD ALI knocks out George Foreman to win his second world heavyweight title; during his career, the Greatest routinely abstained for six weeks before bouts, claiming, «When you don't have sex for a while, it makes you a great warrior»

On Saturday night, in the final bout of the three - day tournament — Willie Ferrell's first competitive endeavor since Jonathan's death — he fought to defend his heavyweight belt.

Former World Heavyweight Champion SONNY LISTON scored his second victory on his comeback mission when he knocked out Amos Johnson of Medina, Ohio with a right uppercut in 1:48 of the third round of a scheduled 10 - round bout in Goteborg, Sweden.

Anthony Joshua is set to take on New Zealand boxer Joseph Parker for the heavyweight unification bout on Saturday, 31st... [Read More...]

Ah well, there's the Joshua - Whyte heavyweight boxing bout on Saturday, so something to look forward to before then

The future of a bedeviled sport hangs in the balance as the promoters of Madison Square Garden stage their highly attractive but phony heavyweight title bout between Joe Frazier and Buster Mathis

The midfielder completed his move on Thursday, and is in contention to feature for the north London heavyweights in their Premier League bout against Stoke City on Sunday.

Likewise, Team GB boxer Josh Buatsi will know whether it is bronze or one last bout for light heavyweight silver or goldwith his semi-final penciled in.

But Ali would have his days against Frazier, defeating him twice, in a non-title bout on Jan. 28, 1974, in New York, and for the heavyweight title in Manila on Oct. 1, 1975.

The lawyer for a once - undefeated heavyweight boxer who was left unable to walk or talk after a brutal bout at Madison Square Garden has sued the state, demanding it to finally release the results of its probe of the fight.

Excitements are growing as Lagosians and others await the much talked about boxing bout between former World Heavyweight champion, Evander Holyfield in Lagos.

Joshua's IBF and WBA world titles will be on the line, as will Parker's WBO belt, in the first heavyweight unification bout held on British soil.

Stipe Miocic vs Daniel Cormier Heavyweight super bout set for UFC 226 The timing of this recently confirmed fight is perfect, both champions coming off impressive wins on the same card at UFC 220 with their stock on the rise.

Showtime Boxing: Undefeated British knockout artist Anthony Joshua defends his heavyweight title against boxing legend and long - reining former champ Wladimir Klitschko in the most significant world title bout in more than a decade.

Evander Holyfield recalls his first bout against WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson in honor of the 30th Anniversary of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

A sell - out title bout has just taken the undisputed light heavyweight champ's record to 43 - 0, and as ever, his loving wife and childhood sweetheart Maureen (Rachel McAdams) had a ringside view.

The movie ventures into fantasy when the world heavyweight champion (Carl Weathers, as a character with a certain similarity to Muhammad Ali) decides to schedule a New Year's Eve bout with a total unknown — to prove that America is still a land of opportunity.

In director Zack Snyder's «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,» in theaters March 25, that heavyweight title bout — which has been depicted numerous times in the comics, most famously in Frank Miller's classic 1986 series «The Dark Knight Returns» — will finally play out on the big screen.

Braddock ultimately makes his way back into the ring and a championship bout with heavyweight champ Max Baer.

The coverage reminded me of the well - orchestrated pre-fight hype of a heavyweight championship bout — a match ultimately memorable not for the dramatic or unexpected outcome but for the staged antics at the weigh - in or the endless jawboning from both camps.

Legends of Wrestling II offers many exciting new features, including: More than 65 of the greatest wrestlers of all time; Cranium - crushing match types, such as 6 - and 8 - man Elimination Bouts, Cage, Battle Royal, Ladder, and 3 - and 4 - way dances; Never - before - seen $ 15,000 Body Slam Challenge with Big John Studd; All - new career mode, allowing players to battle throughout the United States and the world for the respect of promoters and fans while fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world; All - new DVD bonus footage, including interviews with many of the legends talking about their famed careers, favorite opponents and more (not available in Nintendo GameCube or Game Boy Advance); Signature entrances and taunts for each legendary wrestler, including all new licensed music composed by «Mouth of the South» Jimmy Hart; Fierce tag - team tournaments with great teams such as The Road Warriors, Steiner Brothers, British Bulldogs, Nasty Boys, Rock - n - Roll Express and more; Advanced ISP system delivering even more bone - breaking one - button combos and reversals for outstanding game play; Create - A-Legend returns bigger and better, allowing players to make their ultimate grappler; All - new dynamic cloth and hair technology enhancing the realism of the wrestlers» movements.

Francis Bacon wins the latest bout between artistic heavyweights, against Henry Moore at the Ashmolean