Tyson Prepares for Exhibition Tour
Friday September 29, 2006
After a brief stint at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, the "Mike Tyson World Tour" officially begins on October 20 in Youngstown, OH when the former champ takes on ... Read More
Underdog Brewer is Contender Champ!
Wednesday September 27, 2006
Grady Brewer, an underdog throughout season two of The Contender, continued to defy the odds by scoring a 10-round split decision over former champ Steve Forbes. Brewer used his size ... Read More
Contender Finale Tonight!
Tuesday September 26, 2006
Welterweights Steve Forbes and Grady Brewer square off tonight in the final fight of the second season of "The Contender". Two things are unique about tonight's bout. First, it's scheduled ... Read More
Winky to Fight Quartey in December
Thursday September 21, 2006
St. Petersburg natives Winky Wright and Jeff Lacy have decided to head home as they attempt to return to their winning ways. Wright has agreed to fight Ike Quartey on ... Read More
Forbes and Brewer Advance to Contender Finale
Wednesday September 20, 2006
The finalists in season two of The Contender are set after a doubleheader episode featuring both semi-final bouts. First, Steve Forbes won an ugly unanimous decision against the bigger, stronger ... Read More
Retired Hopkins to Return? As a Heavyweight?
Tuesday September 19, 2006
Barrera Tops Juarez Again
Monday September 18, 2006
Marco Antonio Barrera (63-4) retained his WBC super featherweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Rocky Juarez (25-3). When these two met in May, Juarez gave Barrera all he ... Read More
Contender Final Four Set
Wednesday September 13, 2006
A special double-header episode of The Contender has reduced the field of welterweights competing for the $500,000 prize from 16 to four. In the first bout, Grady Brewer had a ... Read More
Heavyweight Update
Tuesday September 12, 2006
Contender Bundrage Outmuscles Wright to Advance
Wednesday September 6, 2006
Underdog Cornelius "K9" Bundrage advanced to the final four of The Contender by roughing up and outhustling the less experienced Walter Wright. Bundrage was warned several times for holding but ... Read More
Peter Edges Toney by Split Decision
Sunday September 3, 2006
Samuel Peter wasn't very impressive against James Toney but he did enough to impress two of the only three people that really mattered -- the judges. Neither fighter was in ... Read More
Tyson Back in Training ... Sort Of
Friday September 1, 2006
If you thought you'd seen the last of Mike Tyson in a boxing ring, guess again. The former champ is back in Las Vegas and training again but he doesn't ... Read More