Heavyweight

Review: 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth' is a knockout

2013-03-10 18:05:00

If there was one ring in the world that I, a weakling theater critic, knew I could knock Mike Tyson out in, it was the Pantages Theatre, where "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" played this past weekend. Tyson might have 100 pounds more muscle on him than I...

Mike Tyson says the 'Undisputed Truth' is he's changed

2013-03-02 07:00:00

LAS VEGAS — Spend a sunny afternoon at home with Mike Tyson and if the erstwhile Baddest Man on the Planet is in an expansive mood, he may indulge his cherished pastime: letting loose the performing pigeons he raises in his backyard to flap and...

Mike Tyson's one-man show to hit Hollywood's Pantages Theatre

2012-11-27 22:00:00

Heads up, Hollywood: Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson is heading west this spring. Tyson is bringing his one-man show, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” to Anaheim and the Pantages Theatre in March as part of a national tour. Spike...

Andre Ward will fight Kelly Pavlik Jan. 26 at Galen Center

2012-11-27 12:32:00

Unbeaten super-middleweight champion Andre Ward will defend his two belts Jan. 26 against former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in the first boxing match at USC’s Galen Center. Oakland’s Ward (26-0, 14 knockouts) is ranked by most...

Don Chargin recalls glory days of boxing at Olympic Auditorium

2012-11-08 18:40:00

Boxing keeps turning up the volume on the hype. Apparently, if you sell it loudly, fewer will notice if it is lousy. Oscar De La Hoya, never lousy in the ring, was presenting a card of boxers at a media gathering the other day for a Saturday night show...

Emanuel Steward dies at 68; boxing trainer to world champions

2012-10-26 00:00:00

Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, who directed several world-champion fighters including Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis and current heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, has died. He was 68. Steward's executive assistant, Victoria Kirton, said...

Angelo Dundee, trainer for Muhammad Ali, dies at 90

2012-02-01 20:28:00

Anderson Silva on greatness, Chael Sonnen, Brazil, the future

2012-02-14 16:33:51

PASSINGS: Bernard G. Sarnat

2011-11-06 00:00:00

Bernard G. Sarnat Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, research scientist Dr. Bernard G. Sarnat, 99, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon and research scientist who advanced the study of facial deformities, died of respiratory failure Oct. 21 in Los Angeles, his...

PASSINGS: Sid Melton, Leonard Stone, Liz Anderson, Thomas McNeeley Jr., George Rountree

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Sid Melton Character actor in dozens of TV, film projects Sid Melton, 94, a character actor perhaps best known for his roles in the hit television shows "Green Acres" and "The Danny Thomas Show," died of pneumonia Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph...

Joe Frazier dies at 67; heavyweight champ had epic bouts with Muhammad Ali

2011-11-08 00:00:00

Joe Frazier, the heavyweight boxing champion who in 1971 became the first fighter to defeat Muhammad Ali, then lost two epic rematches including a ferocious battle known as the "Thrilla in Manila," died Monday night. He was 67. Smokin' Joe, as he was...

UFC 130: Rampage Jackson defeats Matt Hamill, Frank Mir beats Roy Nelson

2011-05-28 16:33:31

Tyson first gained notoriety among kids with the 1987 NES game "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!," which made Tyson the final opponent players had to defeat to win the game. Despite his legal and personal troubles, Tyson has remained a popular figure in video games.

2013-02-27 16:39:08

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson bought a mansion in Farmington for $2.8 million in 1996. He tried to sell it for $22 million, then lost it in a divorce settlement. Tyson's boxing career spanned from 1985 until 2005. The mansion was later owned by rapper 50 Cent.

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield recently buried the hatchet with Mike Tyson for the infamous ear-biting incident of 1997 on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Holyfield turns 48 today.

2012-10-10 15:11:00