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NBA YoungBoy’s name has become synonymous with drama at just 20 years old. Even the news that the rapper’s girlfriend, Yaya Mayweather, is pregnant with their child produced friction between their two families. For reasons that are unknown at this point, YoungBoy referred to Mayweather’s father, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, as a “b—- a– daddy.”…

Boxer Gervonta Davis said he’d be “okay” with contracting the novel coronavirus if it meant he was able to get in the ring and put on a good show for the fans. Davis made this wild statement while speaking to TMZ about how he and his manager, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, are scheduled to fight…

Roy Jones Jr. is nobody’s fool. He watched Mike Tyson run roughshod through the heavyweight division during the ’90s just like everyone else and he sees the former undisputed now – at 54 years old, looking every bit the physical specimen he was back in the day. As such, Jones told Sky Sports over the…

Mike Tyson, the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in American history, faced his greatest challenge — and fear — when he agreed to wrestle one of the ocean’s greatest predators during the ultra-popular “Shark Week” on TV. Tyson, 54, admitted he was “scared to death” as he appeared on the Discovery Channel’s “Tyson vs. Jaws: Rumble…

Former heavyweight champion George Foreman has some legitimate concerns regarding the recently announced exhibition fight that will pit Roy Jones Jr. against Mike Tyson. Both superstars and widely regarded the best in the sport when they were at their best, the former champions are both over 50 years old and have not fought professionally for…

Two of the most noted boxers in history will face off in the Fall. Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. have both agreed to participate in a boxing match on Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Cason, California, according to Yahoo Sports. The eight-round match will just be an exhibition without any ramifications…

Jamie Foxx has confirmed the “ball is rolling” on his Mike Tyson biopic, and he has started an intense training regime to get into shape. It was first speculated in 2014 that the 52-year-old star may take on the role of the former heavyweight boxer, and Foxx has now confirmed the “ball is rolling” on…

Mike Tyson was known as “the baddest man on the planet” during his prime boxing days in the late 1980s and early 1990s. But now at 53, he is mostly known as a podcaster with a hit show, “Hot Boxin’ with Mike Tyson,” where he interviews athletes, musicians and actors. Tyson caused a stir on…

Mixed Martial Arts fighter Conor McGregor revealed that a family member may have passed and suggested that the coronavirus was the cause. McGregor shared the news with his followers on Instagram on March 14. “Sitting in the chair about to beam live to all the U.S morning talk shows, I get a phone call telling…

Floyd Mayweather’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of three of his four children, Josie Harris, has been reportedly found dead in her car, TMZ Sports reports. Harris was 40 years old. The aspiring actress was reportedly found unresponsive in her car at her home in Valencia, California, about an hour north of Los Angeles. Law enforcement…

He once had breakfast with an 87-year-old Don King and earned enough trust to learn the infamous boxing promoter’s secret to the fountain of youth. In another career-defining moment, he sat across the desk from J Prince and dared tell him, “No,” then subsequently formed an unbreakable bond with one of hip-hop’s most notorious bosses.…

Record-breaking boxing legend Floyd Mayweather claims he has the antidote that Deontay Wilder needs to be able to beat champion Tyson Fury in their upcoming rematch fight. What does Money Mayweather, 43, think Wilder needs to come back from an embarrassing pummeling and knockout by Fury? Well, he needs Mayweather, of course. Mayweather, the only…

Mike Tyson at ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ in LA. (Picture by: Nancy Rivera / Splash News) Like a drug or alcohol addict who is deathly afraid of relapsing, legendary boxing champion Mike Tyson admits he “hates” and “fears” that his old self will one day reemerge and create “hell” for someone else. Tyson, one of the…

Deontay Wilder has an excuse as to why he got beat down in the most anticipated fight of the year and it has nothing to do with his profusely bleeding left ear that caused many to suspect he’d suffered a broken eardrum. No. The Alabama bred heavyweight blames his costume, which reportedly cost him a…

Former boxing champion and legendary bully Deontay Wilder took more than just an “L” last night in Vegas. He got molly whopped and trounced into complete oblivion by undefeated champion Tyson Fury at the MGM Grand on the Vegas Strip early Sunday morning. The 34-year-old Tuscaloosa, Alabama-born pugilist strutted into the cage sporting a 42-0-1…

Some of the biggest names in entertainment witnessed boxing’s newest star, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, at a rare championship boxing match in Atlanta. It was the first boxing match in the city since Atlanta’s hometown champion, Evander Holyfield, beat Vaughn Bean in 1998. Held at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, celebrity attendees at Davis’ fight…

Evander Holyfield reveals why Gervonta Davis is boxing’s next big star.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing’s self-proclaimed “The Best Ever,” announced via Instagram that he will be coming out of retirement in 2020. To do what and to whom exactly is yet to be determined. Mayweather, 42, last appeared in a boxing match when he took on MMA champ Conor McGregor, who he disposed of by technical…

Ryan Destiny will star as champion boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields in a new film. Destiny will portray the world and two-time Olympic champion in a new biopic for Universal entitled Flint Strong. The script is based on the 2015 boxing documentary “T-Rex” by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper. In the documentary, Shields is a 17-year-old from…