The American earned landslide scores of 98-92, 100-90, 98-91 over late replacement Wildheart for the WBC interim lightweight title, which moves Mayer closer to a shot at undisputed world lightweight champion Katie Taylor, who fights England’s Chantelle Cameron on May 20.
Wilder has lost four of his past five fights, including a decision defeat to Joseph Parker in December along with a pair of losses to Tyson Fury in their heavyweight championship trilogy. Wilder said before the fight that if he lost, «this could be the final goodbye, the farewell of Deontay Wilder.»
Tyson got the tattoo done a week before the fight, and because of his lack of conditioning, he was asked to cancel the fight. However, Tyson decided to go forward with it and broke everyone’s expectations by defeating Etienne in 49 seconds.
After winning third place in the unlimited weight class in boxing in the 2001 National Games of China, he was called in as a sparring partner for the Chinese national boxing team in 2002. In 2003, he lost 22:8 in the first round of the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships to Grzegorz Kiełsa. At the 2004 World University Boxing Championships, he lost in the final to Rustam Saidov. Zhang enrolled at Zhengzhou University in 2005 and graduated in 2009 majoring in sports training. At the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in China, he beat Vugar Alekperov 20:11 before losing to eventual champion Odlanier Solis (17:7).
«Zhang Zhilei is the best fighter in the world. He’s a skilled heavyweight, he does it all — box in yahoo.com, bang,» said George, himself a former pro who has transitioned to a young trainer. «His technique is fine; it’s going to get better. All you have to do is put him in with the best fighters in the world.»
China’s Zhang, 41, connected with a perfectly timed counter right hook that spun Wilder in a daze. With Wilder defenseless, Zhang (27-2-1, 21 KOs) sprinted in and smashed him with another right hand that planted the American hard on the canvas.
Post Malone is one such rapper who likes to add tattoos to his whole face. His famous tattoos include the phrase Always Tired and barbed wire on his forehead. He also has a bunny (which is a playboy sign and a smiley with x eyes under his eye where he also has the infamous quote tattooed.
Yarde (24-3, 23 KOs), 32, from Ilford in east London, was stopped in eight rounds by unified titleholder Artur Beterbiev in January and got his career back on track with a simple win over late replacement Silva (22-9, 12 KOs), from Portugal.
Tyreek Hill spoke on Wednesday about the incident in which he was handcuffed by police during a traffic stop, and the Miami Dolphins star expressed some regret over the way he handled the situation. Hill was asked by a reporter…
In one of the interviews, Tyson explained why the portrait of this particular political figure appeared on his stomach: «Che Guevara is an incredible person. He did so much, sacrificed everything for the benefit of other people.»
MT: No. A lot of stuff happened out of this tattoo, a lot of good stuff. Other young athletes come to me and said, It’s because of you they call it the Mike Tyson. People have to register their tattoos. You have to have the likeness of your tattoo.
Joe Joyce was already mandatory for Usyk’s WBO title and did not need to fight Zhilei Zhang in April. The feeling was that left-hander Zhang would be the ideal opponent to prepare for southpaw Usyk, but it was a risky fight to take for Joyce.
There was a doctored image recently that went viral showing Paul with a tattoo above his right ear that was similar to Tyson’s famous tattoo on the left side of his face. The photo was fake and made to help promote the fight, but Paul may want a real one now.
Plus, he has absolutely no regrets about getting the tat. «A lot of stuff happened out of this tattoo, a lot of good stuff,» he told Sports Illustrated in 2016. «Other young athletes come to me and say, ‘It’s because of you they call it the Mike Tyson.'»
