Sentences with phrase «middleweight championship»

By contrast, Southpaw involves a fictional character, Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), who has attained the junior middleweight championship.

A triple - header of dynamic American fighters take on Brooklyn's biggest stage: Danny «Swift» Garcia (28 - 0, 16 KOs) battles «Lightning» Rod Salka (19 - 3, 3 KOs) in a 10 - round super lightweight bout; Lamont Peterson (32 -2-1, 16 KOs) faces off against top prospect Edgar «El Chamaco» Santana (29 - 4, 20 KOs) for the junior welterweight crown; and Brooklyn's own «Miracle Man» Daniel Jacobs (27 - 1, 24 KOs) challenges Jarrod «Left Jab» Fletcher (18 - 1, 10 KOs) for the vacant middleweight championship.

# 44 Dave Tiberi NEW CASTLE Ranked middleweight lost controversial split decision to James Toney in 1992 IBF middleweight championship bout that resulted in U.S. Senate boxing investigation.

The melancholy fact of last week's Carmen Basilio - Gene Fullmer middleweight championship match was not that Basilio lost.

Sirs: It should be called the «butting championship» instead of the middleweight championship.

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.

Not exact matches

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.»

Daniel Jacobs and Peter Quillin meet at the Barclays Center for the WBA Middleweight World Championship on Saturday, December 5th at 9PM ET / 6PM PT on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

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: 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: Highlights from James DeGale's unanimous decision victory and first defense of his IBF Super Middleweight World Title against former champ Lucian Bute on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

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.

SYNOPSIS: At the peak of his career in the 80s, boxer Vinny «Paz» Pazienza had won the lightweight world championship, followed by the junior middleweight title.

With this victory, Pazienza became the second fighter in boxing history to win both the lightweight and junior middleweight world championships.