Sentences with phrase «heavyweight champion from»

Daniel Mendoza, the heavyweight champion from the London ghetto, had introduced the art of footwork and some fancy blocking, but the average bare - knuckle pug a century ago was a strong, squat, determined slug of a man who stood his ground like an ancient gladiator, dealing out punishment to the limit of his endurance and taking the full force of his opponent's blows without flinching.

Things are too easy in America, said the light - heavyweight champion from Nigeria.

Johnson was heavyweight champion from 1908 to 1915, a reign that included his knockout in 1910 of the so - called Great White Hope, former champion James J. Jeffries, which prompted race riots in dozens of U.S. cities.

Not exact matches

The city is on the Guyandotte River and Jack Dempsey, the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926, spent his childhood in Logan.

Called the U.S. Boxing Championship and presenting 60 fighters from featherweight to heavyweight, the series will run from January to June and is designed to create American champions, to build names and continuity.

Tyson was the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion from 1987 to 1990, losing the title belt to Buster Douglas in Japan.

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.

Jerry Quarry, the raw, young heavyweight from California, who should be but so far has not been called Rock, fought to a draw in Madison Square Garden last weekend and proved: 1) that if he was not yet master of his trade he could be eventually and 2) that once he learns the finer points he well might become the next heavyweight champion.

that's a joke you know right... apart from the Barca rumour years ago, which other top club have come with serious bid for the guy... it's only in Arsenal average performers are seen as giving their all... you want to be among the heavyweights in Europe, then sign the best players or bring in a coach who can shape the young minds into champions... you don't do the same thing year after year and expect a different result

Taking a temporary leave from Biafra's struggle with Nigeria, the light heavyweight champion gets ready for his own battle of survival against Bob Foster

Even his team selection and substitutions have come under attack from fan's and pundits, of late, which is more evidence that the once heavyweight champion of a manager is nothing more than a has been, who couldn't even punch his way out of a paper bag and the longer he continues in this way, the more harm he will do to his once highly regarded reputation.

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.

# 18 Bob Foster ALBUQUERQUE Light heavyweight champion successfully defended his title 14 times from 1969 to» 74.

Featuring gospel - infused tunes from the heavyweight champions of a cappella, The Persuasions, the flare and pageantry of the Brooklyn United Marching Band, and an electric performance by Vy Higginsen's Sing Harlem Choir.

From virtual unknown to world heavyweight champion of the world, this is the Rocky Balbao of liver diseases.

Daniel Cormier & Cain Velasquez both train out of the American Kickboxing Academy which provided Cormier with a dilemma once he moved over to the UFC from Strikeforce as the heavyweight champion, the eventual outcome was a drop down to 205 lbs where Cormier has remained since 2014.

Showtime Boxing: Undefeated heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defends his WBC title against unbeaten contender Luis Ortiz - live Saturday, March 3 at 9PM ET / 6PM PT on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center.

Undefeated hometown heavyweight world champion Deontay «The Bronze Bomber» Wilder (33 - 0, 32 KOs) makes the first defense of his title against «Drummer Boy» Eric Molina (23 - 2, 17 KOs), live from the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

He will fight WBC heavyweight world champion, Deontay Wilder - live from the Barclays Center, Saturday, January 16th at 10PM ET / 7PM PT on SHOWTIME.

Among the things they learn: their memory loss stems from roofies (the date rape drug), one of them got spontaneously married to stripper / escort Jade (Heather Graham), and their paths came to cross with both flamboyant Chinese gangster Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) and former champion heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson (playing himself).

Warner Bros. has released three new images from director Ryan Coogler's upcoming Rocky spin - off Creed, which show Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa training Michael B. Jordan's Adonis Creed, son of the legendary Apollo Creed... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Creed Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who -LSB-...]

With just under three weeks to go before its US release, six new clips from director Ryan Coogler's upcoming Rocky spin - off Creed have arrived online, which you can watch in the video below... SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for Creed Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who -LSB-...]

Up until this time, the undefeated Light Heavyweight champion of the world has taken on all comers, but he now has to fight to recover from hitting rock bottom after a tragedy destroys his life.

It's about a troubled inner - city youth turned seething young man, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan, the fiercely alive lead from Fruitvale Station), who knows his impulse to fight comes from his out - of - wedlock father, heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before they ever met.

Errol Flynn is excellent in this film, based on a true story, about how James J Corbett benefited from the advent of the Queensberry Rules to become one of the first heavyweight champions of the world.

Writer - director Coogler (who directed Jordan in the excellent «Fruitvale Station» in 2013) takes a chance in revisiting so many familiar and beloved touchstones from previous «Rocky» films, from the training sequences to another journey up the stone steps at the entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the introduction of yet another colorful, seemingly indestructible champion — this time one «Pretty» Ricky Conlan (Anthony Bellew), an undefeated, undisputed light - heavyweight from Great Britain who is getting one last fight before he's off to prison.

Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a small - time boxer from working - class Philadelphia, is arbitrarily chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), when the undefeated fighter's scheduled opponent is injured.

Southpaw Rated R for language throughout, and some violence Available on DVD and Blu - ray Training Day director Antoine Fuqua gives us his take on a boxing movie with this drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a champion heavyweight who faces an unimaginable tragedy which takes him from being on top to spiraling down to the very bottom.

The Knowledge Arcade is a brand new weapon of mass instruction from the undisputed heavyweight champions of learner engagement, Growth Engineering.

This is a painting made by George Bellows in 1924 of a very famous fight between Jack Dempsey, who was the heavyweight champion of the world, and Luis Firpo, who was his rival from Argentina.

The heavyweight champion of the show in Quogue is a substantial oil on canvas from 1959: an angular seated nude with a harlequin - style background (blink and the figure seems clad in a harlequin costume, a la Picasso).

The city is on the Guyandotte River and Jack Dempsey, the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926, spent his childhood in Logan.

The 30 - second commercial advertises the iPhone X's Portrait Lighting selfie feature, and includes narration from the iconic boxing heavyweight champion and social activist Muhammad Ali.