Sentences with phrase «middleweight belts»
Wright (49 - 3) gave up his junior middleweight belts for a shot at middleweight Taylor, but first he must dispatch the acrobatic Soliman (above), who at 31 - 7 is the IBF's No. 1 contender.
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Boxing Winky Wright can't win middleweight belts on defense alone Roy Jones Jr.'s battle royal with Prince Badi Ajamu is set for... Boise?
Thirty - six - year - old Georges St - Pierre (25 - 2 MMA, 19 - 2 UFC), one of the greatest fighters of our generation, will mark his return on Saturday night at UFC 217 in New York City for a shot at the middleweight belt against Michael Bisping (30 - 7 MMA, 20 - 7 UFC).
One thing needs clarifying before revisiting the turbulent boxing career of Joey Giardello: «My name is Carmine Tilelli,» says the man who slugged his way through 133 professional bouts over a 19 - year span and wore the world middleweight belt from 1963 to» 65.
James DeGale VS Andre Dirrell — Preview Match Information — Match of — James DeGale VS Andre Dirrell Date — 23rd may 2015 Type — IBF Super Middleweight belt Place — Boston TV channels — NBC, More...
Not exact matches
The Kazakhstan native holds onto three of the four major middleweight title belts.
Defended the belt against back to back middleweights and Sonnen was coming from a lighter weight class off a KO loss.
It is also a public and easily verifiable fact that Spike O'Sullivan holds the WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title, which is the second highest belt that the WBO gives in a weight class.
Yoel Romero will be battling Luke Rockhold in a UFC Middleweight Championship match, but he can't win the belt.
«But Golovkin has long stated his desire to fully unify the middleweight division, and he's collected three of the four belts.»
The black - belt master, a supporter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican, in the last presidential campaign, may have won a middleweight karate championship in 1968 and starred alongside Bruce Lee in «Way of the Dragon.»
I moved up to middleweight to win a belt and faced one of the greatest middleweights of all time, Bernard Hopkins.
A triple - bill of knockout kings go into battle to secure their world championship titles: Shawn «Showtime» Porter (24 -0-1, 15 KOs) defends his belt against unbeaten welterweight Kell Brook (32 - 0, 22 KOs); super middleweight Anthony «The Dog» Dirrell (26 -0-1, 22 KOs) goes after Sakio «The Scorpion» Bika (32 -5-2, 21 KOs) in hot pursuit of the crown; and Omar Figueroa (23 -0-1, 17 KOs) risks his lightweight title for the second time against challenger Daniel «Tremendo» Estrada (32 -2-1, 24 KOs).
SHOWTIME BOXING super middleweight doubleheader featuring Badou Jack «The Ripper» (20 -1-1, 12 KOs) putting his belt on the line against southpaw Lucian Bute (32 - 3, 25 KOs) and James DeGale (22 - 1, 14 KOs) taking on mandatory challenger Rogelio Medina (35 - 6, 29 KOs)- with the winners slated to meet in an immediate title unification bout.
Showtime Boxing: IBF Super Middleweight Champion James DeGale talks with Nick Halling about his family foundation, winning gold in the 2008 Olympics, and adding another belt to his resume.
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.