Joe Joyce won the WBO Interim World Heavyweight title in a September 2022 bout against Joseph Parker. Zhang’s last bout before facing Joyce was in August 2022 when he suffered his first loss to Croatian Filip Hrgović, after a close-fought battle where he lost by unanimous decision in what was described as a “generous” decision by broadcaster Sky Sports after a “bizarre” performance by Hrgović.
Joseph Parker was floored twice by Zhilei Zhang but otherwise outboxed his foe for large stretches of the heavyweight fight to earn a majority-decision victory on Friday evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Designing a custom Mike Tyson tattoo is an exciting way to pay homage to a sports legend while expressing your unique identity. By taking the time to research, plan, and personalize your tattoo, you’ll ensure that your new ink not only looks stunning but also has a meaningful connection to both Mike Tyson’s legacy and your own life story.
In 2019, a year before the official closure of Roc Nation’s boxing division, the Lane brothers negotiated Zhang’s release with Matchroom 140 lb boxing division USA, which Duva, again, had cut a deal with. In 2024, Zhang’s co-manager recalled his promoter tried to stop him leaving by intimidation, dragging him into legal battles and refusing to line him up in fights. Brothers Tommy and Terry Lane, sons of boxing referee Mills Lane, joined Zhang as advisers and helped guide him out of trouble. It was not clear whether this incident was referring to Zhang’s termination of contract in November 2014 or in 2019.
While Bagent said he is not often asked about the meaning of his tattoos, he enjoyed the new-found attention from the country of his grandfather’s birth, and has called on Welsh NFL fans to support Chicago.
Mike Tyson’s face tattoo has become an iconic symbol of his identity and his connection to Maori culture. The tattoo represents his warrior spirit and his personal journey, and it has become a work of art in its own right. Tyson’s tattoo is a reminder that art has the power to inspire and connect people to their culture and identity.
5. The first boxer to have his tattoos publicly recognized as part of his image and identity was Sugar Ray Robinson. His elaborate tattoos, including a crown, hearts, and birds, became integral to his public persona and helped establish him as a charismatic and formidable figure in the ring.
In her post-fight interview, the newly crowned champion spoke about her promise to become the first fighter from China to capture UFC gold and the pride she felt for having achieved her dream, and you could see the emotions wash over her before she offered one quick message in English:
While attending the Miss Black America contest, Tyson met 18-year-old Desiree Washington. On July 19, 1991, Tyson took her back to his hotel room and allegedly raped the young pageant contestant. He was tried and convicted of rape and, in March of 1992, Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison. He spent three years of his six-year sentence in jail. Word leaked out that Tyson was a different man after spending time behind bars. He was said to be reading communist literature and Malcolm X, and had even converted to Islam.
He’s just as good of a trash-talker. Nicknamed “The Beast,” Travis sounds, even in casual moments, as if he’s cutting a WWE promotional clip. His voice is boastful and charming in equal, gravelly measures. He’s in show business, he admits, but has chosen to live in what he calls a “positive, super-fun” state.
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He took third place at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago, thus qualifying for boxing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won a silver medal. His fight was the last event of the 2008 Olympics. His coaches were disappointed he missed the publicity that would have accompanied the final gold medal for China. Despite that, he attracted a lot of attention by being the first Asian to win an Olympic medal in the unlimited weight class. At the 2012 Olympics, he was defeated on points in the quarterfinal by Anthony Joshua, the future unified heavyweight world champion.
In a Chinese television show in December 2019, she mentioned that Hong Kong Action Superstar Donnie Yen was her inspiration to compete in MMA, and that Donnie Yen’s 2007 feature film Flashpoint was her first introduction to the sport of MMA. She also credited Ronda Rousey, and particularly her fight with Liz Carmouche in 2013, as giving her the motivation to quit her job and pursue MMA full-time.
In the first defense of her title, Zhang faced former strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk on March 7, 2020, at UFC 248. Zhang moved her training camp from China to Thailand and later moved to Dubai due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as TSA rules stated a two-week quarantine was imposed for any non-US citizen to be granted entry to the United States if they had recently been in China. After multiple failed attempts to obtain a US visa to fight in UFC’s events in the US, on February 19, 2020, Zhang was granted US visa to fight at UFC 248. Zhang won the back–and–forth fight via split decision, which marked her first successful title defense. This win also marked her first Fight of the Night award. This bout was considered by many pundits as the greatest fight in women’s MMA history.
