The year has been a tough one for boxing
What a boxer like Alessi-LaRosa didn’t do in his boxing first fight? A tribute to Benn-Eubank
The talented boxers who have died this year, include Simiso Buthelezi, Miracle Amaeze and Luis Quiones, as they pursue dreams of world titles.
It’s an accepted risk of the profession. 1,604 boxers died because of injuries they sustained in the ring between 1890 and 2011; an average of 13 deaths annually, according to a database originally compiled by an anti-boxing activist.
In addition to having a neurologist at every professional boxing event, Alessi-LaRosa says that it would be a huge step.
Earlier this year, South African lightweight boxer Buthelezi appeared to turn away from his opponent and fight in the direction of an empty corner of the ring in the middle of a fight.
Boxing has taken many strides to make the sport safer, such as reducing the total number of rounds and the introduction of sports neurologists, according to Alessi-LaRosa.
Coln had been left in apersistent vegetative state requiring full time care and his parents filed a complaint in DC’s Superior Court seeking over $50 million from the doctor and promoter of the fight.
In his first round knockout of Robert Helenius in October, one of the emotional moments was when he talked to the media about what he had gone through.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/sport/state-of-boxing-benn-eubank-jr-spt-intl/index.html
The Benn fight in the 1990s: Why he had to give up and why he wouldn’t fight in a boxing match
There were two fights in the 1990s that gripped boxing fans. The fight between two men was canceled in October.
According to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), clomiphene in men can potentially boost testosterone levels “by interfering with the negative feedback loop of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.” The drug is on the prohibited list of anti-estrogenic substances.
“(Benn) strongly refutes the allegation of misconduct (which for the avoidance of doubt is not in relation to the Vada issue) and firmly believes that an independent tribunal will reach a wholly different conclusion,” a statement said on Benn’s Twitter.
The decision has been criticized but given the fight a legitimacy which has been missing from previous bouts.
The fight that included the fighter who had tested positive for a banned substance resulted in criticism that boxing prioritized the fight’s money making opportunities over the boxers’ safety.
Benn voluntarily surrendered his licence with the governing body just before the allegations of misconduct were to be upheld, it was claimed.
“At the appropriate time Conor will speak out on this and on the doping allegation, to the extent that he can whilst legal proceedings are ongoing. He insists that he is a clean athlete, in no uncertain terms.
“UKAD will not comment publicly on the specific facts of any case that may or may not be ongoing. We ensure the confidentiality of information required by the World Anti-Doping Code and other applicable laws and regulations.
When it comes to anti-doping, athletes are responsible for their actions and we will work hard to remove anyone from sport that breaks the rules.
The World Wide Story: Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury: The Bad Blood between Two Competing Heavyweights During the August 14th WWE Finale
Sunday’s fight between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury is one of the most hotly anticipated in the sport’s modern history – not necessarily because of their relative qualities, but because of the bad blood between the two.
Paul and Tommy Fury have been scheduled to fight twice, with the latter withdrawing both times. In the bout with Bocianski – which came on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s exhibition fight against UK YouTuber Deji – Paul could be heard goading Fury and criticizing his abilities.
The whole evening – between the ring-side incident and the nature of Mayweather’s fight with Deji – has led to criticism of YouTubers’ involvement in the sport.
boxing is experiencing an opposite state of decline according to a recent research which shows the sport is one of the top four sports in the US.
That trio of fighters grabbed the attention of the world, notably a couple of Ali’s fights – the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” and the 1975 “Thrilla in Manila” – while Mayweather Jr.’s bout against Manny Pacquiao in 2015 was billed as “Fight of the Century.”
This is due to the complicated negotiations between broadcasters and organizers. With each of the four boxing organizations having their own champion, that complicates matters even more.
Meanwhile, the unwillingness of some champion boxers – either undefeated or on long winning runs – to potentially lose their marketability by suffering a defeat has become another key stumbling block.
It isn’t like a league where the brand is the league. In combat, the brand is the fighter. When a fighter takes a loss, the cash cow falls off.
By the time the two fighters stepped in to the ring, they had raked in an eye-watering $300 million for their fight, and that’s in part due to the fact that he was able to keep his status as an Affirmative Action fighter.
Four years ago, they faced off in the first of their trilogy of fights. Fury was coming off a three-year absence from the ring, while Wilder was the defending champion.
The California State Athletic Commission said that both boxers earned $4 million in base purses. That was arguably because Wilder was the main draw, with Fury the challenger and less marketable.
The fight between Spence and Crawford takes place in Las Vegas during the February 2023 showdown – an opinionated reaction of Garcia on the prospect of a fight with Davis
The most popular fighter in the US left his promoter to challenge George Kambosos for his four lightweight world titles.
The fight boxing fans are eagerly waiting for will take place in February of twenty-onest century, and will be the first clash between US stars Errol Spence and Terrance Crawford.
If it does happen, it will happen if one of them loses and someone has a lot of leverage, says Latimore.
I want to clarify that I don’t believe the fighters think this way. I really believe that the two of them are going to bang.
“But there’s the contract and business end of it and the business end of it, very often at this level, when there’s this much money involved and this much prestige involved … the business end of it gets in the way.”
US star Ryan Garcia recently took to social media to vent his annoyance that a potential fight with Gervonta Davis was taking so long to organize. The catchweight fight will take place in Las Vegas in April of 2023.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/sport/state-of-boxing-benn-eubank-jr-spt-intl/index.html
The Fury fight at the LHC: An overview of a young fighter and his career in boxing as a father of Tyson Fury
“I think that would fix a lot of stuff,” admits Latimore, before quickly adding, “but then you remove all the ways you can make money … No one gives up power voluntarily. I do know that moving closer to any type of regulation is better for the fans.”
Why would I attempt to get into this nightmare? That’s why I haven’t really done anything. It is a difficult business to fix.
In boxing, there is often no love lost between fighters. Whether that manifests in a weigh-in scuffle or a war of words beforehand, intense rivalries have been commonplace over the years. The sport’s newest rivalry has a very modern edge to it.
The card will get underway at 2 p.m. ET (10 p.m. local time), with the eight-round cruiserweight bout scheduled to start at about 5 p.m. ET (1 a.m. local time).
Fury has boxing in his blood. As the brother of world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and the son of a former fighter, a career in the sport was always likely.
The build-up has been going on for a long time. We have been going on press tours with the fight because we have been trying to get people to see it and there is a lot of media interested.
Since the first fights featuring YouTube stars KSI and Joe Weller, the exhibition demographic of the sport has grown tremendously, with people from all walks of life stepping into the ring.
Why the Paul vs. Fury fight was so popular in the UK, and how the World Boxing Council honoured Frampton
Frampton said that the Paul vs. Fury fight didn’t suit him very well, but he understood the appeal of the event.
“At the very, very start, I was kind of like: ‘What is this?’ And as a boxer who’s dedicated his life to the sport,” Frampton told the BBC, “if I’m being honest, it did annoy me at little bit at the start that these guys were getting so much attention.
In an unprecedented event, the World Boxing Council – one of boxing’s four major organizations – announced the winner of the fight will receive a top 40 cruiserweight ranking.
A special commemorative belt has been created by the WBC. The winner of the fight will be given a belt by the World Boxing Council, which says the fight supports the growth of the sport by attracting new viewers.
