All posts containing the tag: "boxing"
Posted Nov 19th 2009 12:35AM by TMZ Staff
After kicking Miguel Cotto's ass, Manny Pacquiao took on "La Bamba" at a party at the Highlands in Hollywood Tuesday night. He's actually pretty good ... and we're not just saying this 'cause we're scared.

Posted Nov 12th 2009 9:22AM by TMZ Staff
This is what it looks like when Mike Tyson punches you in the face.

Paparazzo Tony Echevarria got into it with Tyson yesterday afternoon at LAX. Both men were arrested. Tyson was taken to the police station ... Echevarria went to the hospital.
Tyson's lawyer, David Chesnoff, claims the photog was harassing Tyson, his wife and kid. Chesnoff claims some photogs followed the ex-champ into the bathroom, though he didn't say if Echevarria was one of them.
The photog got 5 stitches.
Pretty ironic -- his t-shirt says, "Live Long."
Posted Nov 9th 2009 12:15AM by TMZ Staff
DMX couldn't come to terms with the people putting on a celeb boxing match next month -- meaning they wouldn't fix it so he would win -- so X is out and Coolio is in.
Thunder Productions tells TMZ they have signed Coolio to the upcoming celebrity boxing match scheduled to take place in Alabama next month. They tell us Coolio has been much easier to deal with and "he is going to take this seriously."
X had previously agreed to the bout, but only on the condition he was guaranteed to win.
Posted Nov 4th 2009 2:19PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has just obtained the video of Rob Kardashian getting pummeled during a charity boxing match last night -- and dude didn't even last 10 seconds before hitting the ground!

According to sister Kim's Twitter, Rob (wearing red shorts above) was fighting against a dude "at least 25 lbs heavier than him" -- and the guy punched Rob's face while he was trying to fix his mask, knocking him to the floor.
The fight lasted a whopping 1:15 after that -- and Kim says Rob was taken to the hospital with a concussion.
Posted Nov 4th 2009 10:45AM by TMZ Staff
Rob Kardashian boxed last night ... and let's just say he went down faster than a Kardashian sister at a NAACP convention.

Rob got in the ring for a charity event at the Commerce Casino in California -- and fought a guy who bid for the right to fight a Kardashian. After Rob took a quick and brutal beating, the fight was called after the first round.
Kim also got in the ring for a charity fight, but we're told she went down pretty quick, too.

Posted Sep 24th 2009 12:27AM by TMZ Staff
It'd have to be one hefty purse to get heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko to take on his brother, Vitali -- because he says not even $5 billion would get him in the ring.

Dude was outside Katsuya last night, where he said he wouldn't do it because it'd break his mama's heart to see her sons fight each other. Vitali is currently the World Boxing Council champ though ... think Wlad's just scared?
He said he would take on Chuck Liddell, which begs the question ...
Posted Sep 20th 2009 10:47AM by TMZ Staff
Floyd Mayweather won a 12-round decision over Juan Manuel Marquez last night in Las Vegas -- and you can tell because it looks like the dude never got touched.

Floyd partied it up post-fight at Studio 54 inside the MGM Grand with the likes of Diddy, Tyrese and Ray-J.
Posted Sep 19th 2009 10:50AM by TMZ Staff
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is already bobbing and weaving -- and he doesn't even fight Juan Manuel Marquez until tonight.
Mayweather has been sued by a law firm in Las Vegas for allegedly not paying them for some legal real estate work.
They are suing for $10,000 -- plus interest and costs. Mayweather reportedly will make a minimum of $10,000,000 for tonight's fight, so 10k should be no sweat off his back.
Posted Sep 14th 2009 12:30AM by TMZ Staff
A cop punched Rodney King and this time King punched him back.

King won a boxing match against former Pennsylvania PD officer Simon Aouad as part of something called Celebrity Boxing 11 -- which went down Friday at the boxing mecca known as the Philadelphia Airport Ramada.
King was paid $5,000 for his dignity the fight.
Posted Jun 7th 2009 9:50AM by TMZ Staff
Sure, "Sugar" Shane Mosley handled Antonio Margartio in a fight earlier this year -- but should he really be calling out both Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather?

Posted Jun 5th 2009 7:19PM by TMZ Staff
Tito Ortiz is on the receiving end of a serious legal attack -- one that started after the UFC legend bashed "Rampage" Jackson's former trainer to the media.
The guy filing the lawsuit is Juanito Ibarra -- a fighting expert who claims he's trained more than 15 world champs and several Olympic Gold Medal winners. Ibarra's pissed over an interview Tito gave to a website back in 2008, in which the fighter ripped Ibarra as a "thief" who had financially "taken advantage of Rampage."
In the lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Ibarra claims Tito's statements are all false and "highly offensive" -- and things got worse when scores of sports websites began publishing follow-up stories, repeating Tito's comments.
Ibarra is suing Tito and all the blogs and publications that ran Tito's interview for defamation, invasion of privacy and emotional distress.
Posted May 20th 2009 1:40AM by TMZ Staff
If you've ever wanted to pull a Bonaduce on Jonny Fairplay's face -- and who doesn't? -- here's your chance... "Survivor's" most hated villain wants to fight you!
Fairplay issued an open challenge for "Celebrity Boxing 9: Survival" -- and the only qualifications are you have to weigh under 160 pounds and have zero boxing experience.
That means you, Gary Coleman.
Posted May 7th 2009 2:15AM by TMZ Staff
Before he was fighting Republicans to get bills passed, Congressman Robert "Bob" Brady (D, PA) was beating up on an arguably stronger opponent -- Smokin' Joe Frazier!

In the 60s, Brady was the boxing great's sparring partner -- and later knocked gloves with Sonny Liston.
Posted May 4th 2009 9:00AM by TMZ Staff
Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton took on Manny Pacquiao this weekend in Vegas -- but the only thing Hatton could knock down was a pint of Guinness.

After his devastating second round knockout loss to Pacquaio, Hatton nursed his injuries at Wet Republic -- with as much beer as he could possibly get his hands on. Brilliant!

Posted May 3rd 2009 10:40AM by TMZ Staff
Manny Pacquiao made Ricky "The Hit Man" Hatton go to sleep last night with a sick second round knockout punch to the chin -- which means pay-per-viewers shelled out roughly 30 bucks a round to watch Hatton quickly get flattened.

Ricky was out cold on the mat for few minutes after the devastating punch -- and after the fight, his trainer told the media it would probably be a good idea for him to retire.
Ouch.