Tag Archives: boxing

Mike Tyson Pummels Man On JetBlue Flight [VIDEO]

TMZ reports: Mike Tyson seemed to lose his cool on a plane on Wednesday night, repeatedly punching a man in the face after the guy had apparently annoyed him. TMZ Sports has learned the incident all went down at around 10:30 PM PT as Tyson was slated to fly out of San Francisco International Airport to Florida. We’re told the …

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MMA Fighter Hailed By Trump For Offering To Beat Up Democrats Gets Jaw Broken In Championship Bout

MMA Fighting reports: Colby Covington will go home without the UFC welterweight title and instead spent his Saturday night at the hospital receiving treatment following his fifth round TKO loss to Kamaru Usman. Between the third and fourth rounds, Covington went to his corner and told his coaches that he believed he suffered a broken jaw. A replay seemed to …

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Pro Boxer Threatens To Shoot Gay Men After Getting Messaged By “I’m Not Gay No More” Ex-Gay Nutjob

The Root reports: Looks like boxer Adrien Broner’s masculinity is so fragile that he had to go on a caveman-esque, homophobic disturbing rant that he titled a “PSA” to gay men who might be interested in him. “If any fag, punk ass nigga come run up on me, trying to touch me on all that gay shit, I’m letting you …

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Oscar De La Hoya: I Might Run For President [VIDEO]

TMZ reports: President Oscar De La Hoya?!?! Don’t scoff — the boxing legend says he’s “very seriously” considering running for the highest office in the land … and he’s already putting together an exploratory team. “I am actually very, very serious and I strongly feel that if a Kanye West can do it and announce and maybe tease the world …

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Trump Posthumously Pardons Boxer Jack Johnson

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump has granted a posthumous pardon for boxing’s first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after the late Jack Johnson was convicted by all-white jury of accompanying a white woman across state lines Trump had said he was considering a pardon in April, when he announced on Twitter that the actor Sylvester Stallone, a …

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AMERICA FIRST: US Boxer In Anti-Immigrant “Border Wall” Trunks Get Pummeled By Mexican Opponent

Deadspin reports: American boxer Rod Salka lost a six-round bout to Mexican fighter Francisco Vargas last night. Salka, who is known for having been brutally knocked out by Danny Garcia in 2014, entered the ring wearing trunks with an anti-immigrant message. The top of Salka’s trunks had “AMERICA 1ST” written on them, and they were patterned like a brick wall. …

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Sen. Rand Paul Pays Tribute To Muhammad Ali By Naming Bill To End Selective Service After Him

From the Washington Post: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told reporters in Louisville on Monday that he’d be introducing legislation to end the Selective Service program that replaced the military draft, as a tribute to the late Muhammad Ali. “One of the things I liked about Muhammad Ali is that he would stand on principle even when it was unpopular,” Paul …

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Obama Praises Muhammad Ali As “The Greatest, Period”

President Obama has issued a heartfelt statement on the passing of Muhammad Ali. He writes: Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Period. If you just asked him, he’d tell you. He’d tell you he was the double greatest; that he’d “handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder into jail.” But what made The Champ the greatest – what truly separated him from everyone else …

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Muhammad Ali Dies At Age 74

NBC News reports: Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself “The Greatest” and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead. Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesman confirmed to NBC News. He was 74. …

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LOS ANGELES: Shopping Center Bans Boxing Champion Manny Pacquiao Over Anti-Gay Comments

The owner of a popular Los Angeles shopping center spotted notoriously anti-gay boxing champion Manny Pacquiao leaving a movie with his entourage yesterday and decided he doesn’t want Pacquiao allowed back on the property. TMZ Sports reports: The battle between The Grove and Pacquiao started in 2012 … when Manny was banned over an interview in which he reportedly quoted …

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HBO Slams “Deplorable” Manny Pacquiao

HBO has issued a statement denouncing champion boxer Manny Pacquiao as they prepare to air his next bout. Via Outsports: “Next month Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. are scheduled to meet in a Pay-Per-View bout,” HBO said in a statement. “We have an obligation to both fighters and, therefore, will proceed to produce and distribute that event. However, we …

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World Net Daily Has The Manny Pacquiao Sadz

World Net Daily readers are vowing to boycott Nike after the sportswear giant yesterday fired boxing champion Manny Pacquiao over his “abhorrent” comments about gay people. From their story: “It’s common sense,” the Christian athlete told TV5 in the the Philippines on Monday. “Do you see animals mating with the same sex? Animals are better because they can distinguish male …

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Boxer Manny Pacquiao: Death To Gays

TMZ Sports reports: Manny Pacquiao is doubling down on his anti-gay stance — posting a bible verse that condones putting gays to death … hours after he was fired by Nike. The Filipino news agency ABS-CBN captured an Instagram Manny put up early Thursday morning quoting Leviticus 20.13: “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does …

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CONFIRMED: Nike Fires Boxing Champion Manny Pacquaio Over “Abhorrent” Comments About Gays

TMZ Sports confirms their scoop from earlier today: Nike has made it official — Manny Pacquiao has been FIRED over his anti-gay comments. Nike issued a statement saying, “We find Manny Pacquiao’s comments abhorrent.” “Nike strongly opposes discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community. We no …

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TMZ: Nike Is Preparing To Drop Manny Pacquaio

TMZ Sports reports that Nike has pulled its Manny Pacquaio line of branded sportswear from its website in preparation for cutting ties with the anti-LGBT champion boxer. They write: Multiple sources tell TMZ Sports … Nike is preparing to cut ties with boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao after his latest round of anti-gay comments. The two sides have had a relationship …

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Boxing Champ Floyd Mayweather Responds To Manny Pacquaio: Stop Trashing Gay People [VIDEO]

Last year Floyd Mayweather whupped Manny Pacquaio in a match billed as the “fight of the century.” Via TMZ: Floyd Mayweather has a message for Manny Pacquiao — stop throwing shade at gay people!!! Mayweather was on a jewelry shopping spree in NYC (per usual) when we asked how he felt about his most famous opponent saying gay people are …

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Boxer Manny Pacquiao: Gays Are Worse Than Animals

Former worldwide boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, who is running for the Philippines Senate, is saying “sorry not sorry” after declaring that gays are worse than animals. The BBC reports: Mr Pacquiao’s original remark, made during a TV interview, drew ire from gay Filipino celebrities and a rights group and sparked heated discussion. Initially he appeared unrepentant, writing in a post …

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Porn Company Threatens To Sue Retired Boxer Yusaf Mack For Claims He Was Drugged Into Performing

Earlier this week retired pro boxer and father of ten Yusaf Mack, 35, claimed that he has no memory of performing in a gay porn video and therefore must have been drugged against his will. Today the porn site behind the video is threatening to sue. Pink News reports: In response to the accusastions, the company have rubbished Mack’s “patently …

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PHILADELPHIA: Retired Pro Boxer Yusaf Mack Claims He Was Drugged Into Doing Gay Porn

Philly.com reports: West Philly’s Yusaf Mack is known for his boxing. But it’s his sexual prowess that has people buzzing. He appears in a new porn video that’s caused a bit of a local scandal. And it’s not just any porn video but a particularly graphic one that shows him engaging in a threesome with two other men. Mack, a …

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Holyfield “Beats” Romney In Two Rounds

Via Fox News: Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield squared off in the ring Friday at a charity fight night event in Salt Lake City. Romney, 68, and Holyfield, 52, sparred, if you could call it that, for just two short rounds before Romney ran away from the boxer and threw in the …

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