Legendary Boxing Fights
Feb 17, 2021 Down but not out, the Overthrow Boxing Club is assisting the neediest in the community with grassroots food assistance at its doorstep. But owner Power Malu is not throwing in the towel. Outside the Bleecker Street storefront is a so-called community fridge, stocked with plant based, organic, foods as well as canned goods. All free …. In fact, he has one of the most legendary work ethics in boxing. The Filipino ring icon is known for his laser focus during camp and it has resulted in some of the most epic performances in the history of the sport. Pacquiao perfectly summed it up before one of his fights, and said that “If you work hard in training, the fight is easy.”.
The legendary Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez returns to the ring tonight as he takes on Avni Yildirim in Miami.
Canelo – the WBA and WBC world super-middleweight champion – continued his incredible dominance in December when he saw off Britain’s Callum Smith.
Now he’s ready to face his next challenger – Turkey’s Yildirim, who lost to Anthony Dirrell in his last bout a year ago.
Canelo – a four-weight world champion – has showed no signs of weakness in recent years and will be confident of extending his professional record to an incredible 55 victories.
Canelo v Yildirim: How to follow
- This 12-round super-middleweight bout will take place TONIGHT on Saturday, February 27
- It is being held at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida with a limited number of fans in attendance
- The ring walks are expected from 4am UK timeon Sunday but that will depend on the undercard results.
- You watch on DAZN in the UK with their coverage starting at midnight. The streaming service costs £1.99 per month – you can sign up HERE.
- The fight will be able to be streamed via the the DAZN app and can be viewed o smart TVs, game consoles, connected devices, mobile, tablets and computers
- You can watch it through Sky by going to their apps section
Canelo v Yildirim: Undercard
- MAIN EVENT: Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez v Avni Yildirim – for WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super middleweight titles
- Zhilei Zhang v Jerry Forrest
- Diego Pacheco v Rodolfo Gomez Jr
- Alexis Espino v Ashton Sykes
- Aaron Aponte v Harry Gigliotti
- Keyshawn Davis v Lester Brown
- Marc Castro v Raul Corona
Callum Smith reported to have suffered gruesome ‘detached bicep’ injury during Canelo Alvarez beatdown
Canelo v Yildirim: What has been said?
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez: ”I feel very motivated to be in Miami and have this fight.
“And to put on a great show for the people there because I don’t just represent Mexico, I represent all Latinos.
“I like everything about Miami and I am very happy to be here, it is an honour to fight at Hard Rock Stadium. I feel very excited, very happy, it’s even more motivation for me.
“Let’s hope that normalcy will arrive soon, and the stadium can be filled, but with 15,000 I feel very good, and if there were 1,000 it would be the same, the support of the people is incredible, and I feel very grateful.”
Canelo – Yildirim
Nationality: Mexican – Turkish
Age: 30 – 29
Height: 5ft 8 – 5ft 11
Stance: Orthodox – Orthodox
Legendary Boxing Fights Knockouts
Reach: 70in – 70in
Record: 54/1/2 – 21/2/0
KOs: 36 – 12
Rounds: 414 – 132
Debut: 29/10/2005 – 22/3/2014
Spinks was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017
Leon Spinks — former undisputed heavyweight boxing champ who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1978 — has died after a lengthy battle with cancer.
According to TMZ, Spinks passed away Friday evening at the age of 67 after courageously battling prostate cancer for five years. At his time of death, Spinks was surrounded by his wife Brenda and several other close friends and family.
The St. Louis native won a gold medal as a light heavyweight at the 1976 Olympics and his younger brother, Michael, won a gold medal in a separate weight class the same year.
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Early in his boxing career, with only seven professional fights under his belt, Spinks stepped into the ring against reigning heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali. Surprisingly, he became the victor in one of the biggest upsets in sports history when he defeated Ali in a 15-round, split decision win in Las Vegas in February 1978.
In defeating Ali, Spinks became the only fighter to ever take a belt from “The Greatest.” But in a rematch later that year, Ali took back the belt in New Orleans.
The two fights against Ali were the highlights of Spinks’ career, and he never again reached such heights. After his loss to Ali, he had two other opportunities to regain the title. But, he was defeated by Larry Holmes in 1981 and by DwightMuhammad Qawl in 1986.
Spinks was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017, along with his brother, Michael Spinks, who was regarded as one of the greatest light heavyweights in boxing history. But by that time of the ceremony, Spinks, who was plagued by health issues, struggled to walk and attended the event in a wheelchair.
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The former champ is survived by his wife, Brenda and son, Cory. Another son, Leon Calvin, who also boxed, was murdered in East St. Louis in 2017.
People took to Twitter to pay tribute to the late boxing legend including boxing promoter Lou DiBella, who gave his condolences to Spinks’ brother Michael, tweeting, “Rest in peace, Neon Leon, a heavyweight champion and a nice man. Condolences to @MikeSpinksjinx and the Spinks family. Rest In Peace and Power, Leon Spinks.”
Mark Ortega shared a photo of himself and Spinks with the caption, “Was a privilege meeting Leon Spinks when I was just a teenaged freelance boxing scribe. He scored one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight championship boxing history and his name will live forever. May he rest peacefully.”
Twitter user @cwucat62 tweeted the February 1978 Sports Illustrated cover, which featured Spinks flashing his gap-tooth smile, and said, “Easily a top 5 @SInow #SportsIllustrated cover of all time!”
theGrio’s Ashley Terrell contributed to this report.
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