Most Valuable Promotions announced Friday the boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was postponed after Tyson’s medical scare this week. The fight was initially slated for July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. Most Valuable Promotions says the new date will be announced next Friday. “During a follow-up consultation on Thursday with medical professionals on his recent ulcer …
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UFC legend Michael Bisping took issue with the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight still having the green light later this summer after the boxing legend’s health scare on a plane. Tyson wrote on social media he was feeling 100% after the incident “even though I don’t need to be to beat Jake Paul.” Still, Bisping said on his podcast that it …
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Boxing great Mike Tyson suffered a health scare on a flight over the weekend, raising concerns about the status of this summer’s heavily anticipated match up against the sport’s newest sensation, Jake Paul. The news prompted embattled boxer Ryan Garcia to offer himself as a potential replacement, despite recent calls for him to quit the sport after he tested positive …
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Mike Tyson’s in-flight medical emergency over the weekend raised concern about the status of his upcoming fight against Jake Paul this summer, but the YouTuber-turned-boxer quickly dispelled the rumors with a fiery post on social media. The boxing legend’s representatives told the New York Post that the 57-year-old became nauseous and dizzy on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles. …
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Boxing legend Mike Tyson had a medical scare, becoming nauseous and dizzy on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on Sunday, his representatives told the New York Post. However, his team says the 57-year-old is “doing great” after the incident that occurred just before landing. “He became nauseous and dizzy due to an ulcer flare up 30 minutes before …
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Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia were set to battle for the WBC super lightweight title, but the latter missed weight – the fight went on, but the belt was not at stake, and Haney remained champ despite losing. However, it was then revealed that Garcia also tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Now, because of that, and his erratic behavior outside …
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Embattled boxer Ryan Garcia’s drug test samples collected before his fight against Devin Haney returned two positive tests for banned performance-enhancing drugs, according to boxing writer Dan Rafael. “Ryan Garcia’s B sample results were returned Thursday a.m., 1 day after being opened,” Rafael tweeted. “I have the lab reports & the B samples, as expected, matched A samples – both …
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Tyson Fury suggested that the judges’ sympathies for Ukraine played a part in their decision to score his fight against Oleksandr Usyk in favor of his opponent in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Usyk defeated Fury via split decision. He knocked down Fury in the ninth round and claimed a narrow victory on two of the judges’ scorecards. Usyk became the …
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The American boxing ring announcer who called out the wrong winner after a title fight last weekend has resigned. Following a boxing match between Cherneka Johnson and Nina Hughes in Australia on Saturday night, announcer Dan Hennessey read out the judge’s scorecards and mistakenly said Hughes was the winner of the WBA bantamweight title. The ensuing social media backlash was …
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British middleweight boxer Sherif Lawal died after collapsing during his professional debut on Sunday. Fight organizers announced his death, which came after the 29-year-old was hit on the temple in the fourth round by his opponent,Malam Varela, at London’s Harrow Leisure Centre. “Unfortunately during Sherif’s fight, he collapsed and despite the best efforts of the paramedics, he was later pronounced …
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