He was 58 but matched about as soft as you could get in the pro ranks: his opponent had an 0-6 record, with five of those losses coming by first-round knockout. And yet England was floored by the very first attack.
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Even Mayweather makes an exhibition of himself by overstaying his welcome
Without fail, boxing exhibitions are either boring or horrible mismatches, or both, and that’s not a recipe for longevity. Already this trend has gone on for far too long. It can only be hoped now, that if even Floyd “Money” Mayweather can no longer generate cash from it, that it may at last be over.
Front Page Fight Sports Boxing Awards 2022
As the first calendar year of Front Page Fight Sports’ existence comes to a close, we look back at boxing in 2022 and choose the best examples of the sport from the past 12 months.
Boxing’s exhibition trend: 10 recent bouts ranked from least worst to very worst
Manny Pacquiao is the latest ageing boxing star to join the exhibition circuit, against South Korean martial artist/Youtube influencer DK Yoo. Here are 10 of the most high-profile – and most disappointing – exhibition matches of recent times.
28 Tyson Fury matches that would be more interesting than Chisora III
Fury-Chisora III has precisely no intrigue, no intangibles, nothing with which to sow even the smallest seeds of uncertainty, not even the curiosity value of an unknown opponent. So, who might have been a more marketable foe for Fury? Here are TWENTY EIGHT suggestions.
From tainted steaks to female fertility pills… why it’s high time for a hard line on PEDs
I’m being framed. It was in a supplement I took. I ate contaminated beef. My brother spiked my drink.
Just some of the excuses that are trotted out when a boxer fails a PED test.
Such testing failures are sadly common, but even then the true scale of the problem is surely even bigger. One has to assume that for every fighter who fails a drugs test, there are yet more who evade detection.
The 10 greatest comebacks in heavyweight boxing history
Tyson Fury has, not for the first time, announced his retirement. Whether or not he fights again, he has already staged one of the sport’s more successful returns. With that in mind, we take a look at the 10 best heavyweight comebacks.
The insane risk of Ric Flair’s Last Match – 14 years after his last ‘last match’
Flair was bloodied, his skin was loose, his muscles lacked definition, and he just looked old.
That was in 1991.
The 10 wildest nights of Derek Chisora’s career
Derek Chisora has already solidified his legacy as perhaps the most exciting heavyweight of his generation. We look back at his 10 wildest nights… even as there may be yet more to come.
How Nonito Donaire helped me without even knowing it
I was already well aware of Donaire’s reputation, but this was my first time watching him perform on TV. I was hooked.
8 crazy ideas for boxing with a Fight Circus twist
Could Mike Tyson win a Royal Rumble? I haven’t given it serious thought since I was 14, but Fight Circus has fired my imagination once more and I’m beginning to contemplate the possibilities.
Who’s next? The dos, don’ts and dream fights of the world’s 10 best heavyweight boxers
We cast an eye over boxing’s competitive heavyweight division, considering not only who the sport’s 10 best big men are, but what the near-future might hold for them