Zhang Xilei is a Chinese boxer best known for winning a silver medal in the super heavyweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Zhang also won bronze medals at the World Amateur Championships in super heavyweight in 2007 and 2009.
What jumps right out here is of course the whopping poundage of “Big Bang” Zhang. The huge southpaw from China may have raised some eyebrows due to today’s poundage (or tonnage), but the 40 year old carries the weight well and he looked good on the scale today. As former champ turned pundit David Haye said when commenting on Zhang’s weight – “There’s no junk there, that’s all good stuff.”
Williams was a tall, talented heavyweight with a superb jab. He took Larry Holmes to a disputed points decision in a 1985 title fight but then seemed to be eliminated from the heavyweight sweepstakes when the veteran Mike Weaver stopped him in the second. But in 1987 Williams got right back into contention when he upset the streaking powerpuncher Bert Cooper with a stoppage after eight rounds. Cooper was from the Frazier stable and so carried the sobriquet “Smokin'”. A short, compact puncher like Tyson, Cooper was hot stuff for a while and after he demolished the Canadian hope Willie de Wit thoughts had turned to a Cooper v Tyson fight. Williams boxed superbly and took Cooper’s place in the Tyson lottery, exposing Bert’s limitations against big heavyweights. If Williams – with his height and great jab – could defuse an explosive slugger like Cooper than perhaps he might be in with a chance of doing the same to Tyson? The most salient objection to this line of speculation was that Williams was not known for his sturdy chin. And Mike Tyson was not Bert Cooper.
Mike Tyson has led a hugely eventful and interesting life. He has done it all: sports, prison, movies, bankruptcy, and business. He has managed to reinvent himself into a bit of a sage in the past few years.
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s highly anticipated fight against Jake Paul is rescheduled for November 15 in Arlington, Texas. The sanctioned eight-round match against Paul, 27, will stream on Netflix and mark Tyson’s first competitive bout since June 2005.
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I think that’s pretty awesome! He was the first to do that. I like that. It’s going to happen more, absolutely. I don’t know how well we would’ve done fighting them – it always depends on under which rules you’re fighting.
Tyson and Holyfield fought again on June 28, 1997. Originally, Halpern was supposed to be the referee, but after Tyson’s camp protested, Halpern stepped aside in favor of Mills Lane. The highly anticipated rematch was dubbed The Sound and the Fury, and it was held at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena, site here of the first bout. It was a lucrative event, drawing even more attention than the first bout and grossing $100 million. Tyson received $30 million and Holyfield $35 million, the highest paid professional boxing purses until 2007. The fight was purchased by 1.99 million households, setting a pay-per-view buy rate record that stood until May 5, 2007, being surpassed by Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Meaning: On Mike’s left forearm, there is a tattoo of his ex-wife, Monica Turner, whom he married on April 19, 1997. However, the couple got legally separated on January 14, 2003. Monica had filed for divorce from Mike in January 2002, claiming that Mike had committed adultery during their five-year marriage.
Despite its popularity, the Mike Tyson tattoo has also been the subject of legal disputes and controversies. One prominent example is the lawsuit filed by tattoo artist Victor Whitmill over the use of the design in the movie The Hangover Part II.
I don’t think that Cus, who’d worked with Floyd Patterson, Rocky Graziano, and Jose Torres, thought that in a thousand years he’d get another champion, although he hoped he would. Then I show up there knowing nothing, a blank chalkboard. Cus was happy. I couldn’t understand why this white man was so happy about me. He would look at me and just laugh hysterically. He’d get on the phone and tell people, “Lightning has struck me twice. I have another heavyweight champion.” I have no idea how, but somehow he saw it in me.
On 27 June 2005, Zhang accepted an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), placing her among the ranks of those who are able to vote on the Academy Awards. In May 2006, Zhang was chosen as a jury member of Feature Films at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Zhang sued the magazine for defamation the next day and Vivi issued a statement supporting Zhang. In July, the owner of the magazine settled the case with Zhang and issued an apology. In August, the magazine was shut down.
