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Bernard Hopkins on Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley, Evander Holyfield

Former undisputed middleweight (160 pounds) champion, Bernard Hopkins, has raised some eyebrows concerning his assertion that eight-division king, Manny Pacquiao, still has not faced a top notch African American fighter. Holder of the WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) belt, Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts) will...

David Haye Rips 'Coward' Wladimir Klitschko's Dereck Chisora Fight

Although a July 2 heavyweight match between WBO, IBO and IBF titlist, Wladimir Klitschko of the Ukraine and WBA king David Haye of England is being considered if Klitschko gets beyond an April 30 bout opposite Zimbabwe native Dereck Chisora of London, not everyone is happy about Wednesday's announcement -- least of all,...

Sherman Williams Plans 'Proper Beating' For Evander Holyfield

Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield turned 48 on Oct 19, but will participate in the 56th fight of a career that began on Nov. 15 of 1984 when he meets 38-year-old Sherman "Tank" Williams at the Greenbrier Resort in southeastern West Virginia on Jan. 22. Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 knockouts) has gone 6-6-1...

Evander Holyfield Scheduled to Fight on Jan. 22 and March 5

Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, who turned 48 on Oct 19, will participate in the 56th fight of a career that began on Nov. 15 of 1984 when he meets 38-year-old Sherman "Tank" Williams at the Greenbrier Resort in southeastern West Virginia on Jan. 22. Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 knockouts) has gone 6-6-1...

Evander Holyfield Wants to be Champion One More Time

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Evander Holyfield vowed that he'll continue to fight until he regains the world heavyweight title. The 48-year-old former four-time heavyweight champion will face Denmark's 45-year-old Brian Nielsen in Copenhagen on March 5 in a non-title bout. "My goal is to be the undisputed world champion...

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02/22/12 Valuev â Atlas Sabotaged Povetkin Source: RIA Novosti - Russia Renowned boxing trainer Teddy Atlas has endangered Alexander Povetkin's chances of retaining his WBA heavyweight title by pulling out a month before the fight in favor of a TV deal, former WBA champion Nikolay Valuev told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
05/30/11 Tyson Fury believes David Haye will be knocked out by... Source: The Sun - London - UK TYSON FURY believes David Haye's dream of unifying the heavyweight division will be left in tatters by Wladimir Klitschko.
11/13/10 Heavyweight champ Valuev refused to be used by... Source: Russia Today Heavyweight boxing star Nikolay Valuev said he rejected a cameo in the next installment of the hit franchise X-Men. "I was offered a role in the fifth part of the X-Men blockbuster. It's a cameo, a dead-end part, I'd say. If I accepted it, it would have been only for money, since there was no creative satisfaction in it for me. But Hollywood producers are sly folk. They didn't want me as an actor, but wanted to use my real image while promoting the film," Valuev said in an interview with news website GZT.ru. "It seems in America they see Russians in an outdated way. As if we are dim-witted bears, who can be easily tricked. Well, it didn't work out with me," he added.