O espaço que você vê hoje dedicado às noites de lutas do UFC eram ocupadas pelas grandes lutas de Boxe transmitidas para todo o mundo. E a categoria mais importante na época, a que trazia mais prestígio aos lutadores, era a dos pesos pesados, e Mike Tyson dominou a categoria por anos, box se tornando o campeão mais jovem da história dos pesos pesados.
After the 2008 Olympics, Dino Duva built relationships with the National Boxing and Taekwondo Center of the Department of Sports of China and obtained exclusive rights to market all Chinese boxers. As a result, Chinese boxers had little freedom to choose an alternative promoter. On March 10, 2014, the 31-year-old Zhang signed a four-year contract with Dynasty Boxing, a company 50% owned by Duva. Zhang was Dynasty’s first signing and Zhang had only one fight under Dynasty Boxing. Dynasty went bankrupt and closed down in December 2014.
Carcillo said he felt like his brain was made brand new after a teammate introduced him to psilocybin, better known as magic mushrooms, two and a half years ago. “There’s no FDA approved pharmaceutical for traumatic brain injury and once I took psilocybin I got clear brain scans, clear blood work. Then, I was able to put this innovation I had into patents and create Wesana Health,” he said.
When Tyson got the face tattoo, he agreed in writing that all drawings, artwork, and photographs of it belonged to Whitmill’s Paradox-Studio of Dermagraphics, an uncommon step in the tattoo industry. In The Hangover’s 2011 sequel, The Hangover Part II, the character Stu Price (played by Ed Helms) gets a face tattoo almost identical to Tyson’s. After seeing a poster depicting the tattooed Stu, Whitmill registered a copyright for the tattoo and then on April 28, 2011 filed Whitmill v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., seeking to enjoin The Hangover’s distributor, Warner Bros., from using the tattoo in the movie or its promotional materials. Describing the face tattoo as “one of the most distinctive tattoos in the nation”, Whitmill did not challenge “Tyson’s right to use or control his identity” but challenged Warner Bros.’ use of the design itself, without having asked his permission or given him credit.
Since then Tyson has gone bankrupt in 2003, losing his $400 million fortune, been involved in several drug-related run-ins with the law, and got in trouble for comments he made in the media about Sarah Palin. Despite all this, Tyson has managed to build back his brand and is now worth around an estimated $10 million, mainly thanks to his cannabis company Tyson 2.0. He’s also helped soften the media and public’s perception of him by exposing his flaws in interviews, appearing in movies, such as The Hangover, and revealing more about himself on his podcast, Hot Boxin’.
Zhang used that size advantage to bully Wilder and smother him on the ropes. A southpaw, Zhang was able to connect with right hooks that scored time and again as Wilder cocked his vaunted right hand back but rarely let it go.
Zhang’s fight with Jerry Forrest was on the undercard of the super-middleweight title fight between Canelo Álvarez and Avni Yıldırım. Although Zhang started strongly, scoring three knockdowns in the opening three rounds, Zhang completely gassed out from the fourth round and Forrest was able to battle his way back to earn a majority draw. The final scorecards read 95–93 Forrest, 93–93, and 93–93, with the irregular scores owing to a point deduction against Zhang for excessive holding. Many fans thought Zhang vs. Forrest was a better fight than the main bout.
Zhang’s wife, Jiang Huanhuan (蒋欢欢), is a retired starting pitcher for the Henan provincial softball team. They met in 1998, started dating in 2000, and married in December 2006. They have a son, born 2010. Zhang rarely visits his wife and son in China due to problems re-entering the United States.
Round 10: Williams has been the gamest fighter of the night. Unloading in desperation and looking to turn the tide. Sheeraz is just too big and defensively sound right now. BIG RIGHT HAND COUNTR DECKS WILLIAMS. Bell saves Ammo, who staggers back to his corner with the blood flowing from his mouth.
Zhang’s slow rise to prominence was also contributed to the debacle that saw his first and second promotional companies go out of business in 2014 and 2020 respectively and the legal chaos that followed.
Mike Tyson is one of the most recognizable athletes in history. Not the least role in this is played by the boxer’s appearance, namely his tattoos. Many people associate Tyson primarily with a tattoo on his face, but in addition to it, there are six more images on the body of the athlete. And there were three more, which you may have already forgotten about. All of them were stuffed in different periods of the boxer’s life.
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.”
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