Wanda Bamberg Tia, owner of WorkIt! Studio, and fitness trainer Delvin Tyler discuss the benefits of boxing in this week's Fit!Live!Win!
Floyd Mayweather was stripped of his welterweight world title Monday after earning more than $220 million in a long-awaited match against Manny Pacquiao on May 2, CNN reports. Mayweather, 38, who won the belt with an unanimous points victory, lost the title after failing to meet a deadline to pay a $200,000 “sanctioning” fee to the World […]
Floyd Mayweather has been sued by the mother of his three kids after the athlete told Katie Couric she was on drugs during their domestic violence incident in 2010. Josie Harris filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday, asking for $20 million in damages and claiming intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress, CNN reports. In […]
A Philadelphia native is on the run after fatally stabbing his younger brother following the highly anticipated match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. The stabbing happened shortly after midnight on Saturday, NBC Philadelphia reports. The body of a 35-year-old man was found in the hallway of a West Philly home following a 911 call that reported someone screaming. A […]
It took multiple rounds of negotiations, a historic purse, and nearly seven years worth of haggling. But ultimately, methodical punches and the scores of four judges decided the bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Floyd Mayweather won the highly anticipated fight Saturday night with a decision after twelve rounds. The judges unanimously awarded Mayweather […]
The upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao matchup is being dubbed the “fight of the century,” and boxing fans are making sure they’ll be there to witness history. Tickets to the fight, which were released at 3:00 p.m. on the Ticketmaster and MGM websites yesterday, were sold out within 30 seconds. “I’m sure people were lined up […]
Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s (pictured) son, Koraun has branded his famous fighting dad as a “coward” for not coming clean, after he witnessed him pummeling his mom, Josie Harris (pictured), four years ago. In an article published in USA Today, Mayweather’s oldest child, who is now 15, spoke with the newspaper with his mom’s permission about the terrifying chain of events […]
Sylvester Stallone’s fictional character, Rocky Balboa, in the memorable film, “Rocky” is what many will conjure up when they think about a Philadelphia-born prizefighter, but the City of Brotherly Love is working on changing that. Artist Stephen Layne is in the final stages of completing a 9-foot tall, 1,800-pound clay sculpture of the late boxing great Joe […]
Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, 90, the man who once trained such legendary greats as Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Sugar Ray Leonard collapsed and died unexpectedly of a heart attack Wednesday night at a rehabilitation center in Clearwater, Fla. SEE ALSO: Black Army Vet Declared Dead 4 Times Is Alive Dundee was one of […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. completed the second part of a plea deal Friday that let the championship fighter pay a $1,000 fine and avoid trial and jail time for a November 2010 scuffle with a homeowner association security guard in an argument about parking tickets. SEE ALSO: How Ron […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due to take a plea deal in Las Vegas to avoid trial on felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend. RELATED: Why Isn’t God Not Listening To Tim Tebow? The 34-year-old Mayweather is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in Las Vegas Justice Court to misdemeanor battery […]
