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Naseem Hamed Vs. Augie Sanchez
Naseem Hamed vs. Augie Sanchez was a professional boxing match contested on August 19, 2000, for the WBO and lineal featherweight championship. The bout took place at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. Background WBO featherweight champion Naseem Hamed and 22-year old prospect Augie Sanchez agreed to meet one another in June 2000 for an August title fight. After knocking out the reigning super bantamweight champion Vuyani Bungu in the fourth round earlier in the year, Hamed and his team began negotiations for Hamed's next title fight to be against a highly-rated fighter, with Érik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera being in the forefront. Other names such as Johnny Tapia, Danny Romero and Freddie Norwood were also mentioned, but none were able to agree to a deal. Then- WBA super bantamweight champion Clarence emerged as the front-runner before Hamed ultimately chose to face the relatively unknown Sanchez. Sanchez had been a promising prospect, engaging in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamed Vs Sanchez
Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (): # (Arabic: ''ḥāmed'') also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one who praises". # (Arabic: ''ḥamīd'') also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is Hamit, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy". Given name Hamid * Hamid Ahmadi (historian) (born 1945), Iranian historian * Hamid Ahmadi (futsal) (born 1988), Iranian futsal player * Hamid Ahmadieh (born 1953), Iranian ophthalmologist and medical scientist *Hamid Al Shaeri (born 1961), Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician *Hamid Arasly (1902–1983), Azeri and Soviet scientist *Hamid Idris Awate (1910–1962), Eritrean guerrilla commander *Hamid Berhili (born 1964), Moroccan boxer * Hamid Mahmood Butt, Pakistani ophthalmologist *Hamid Chitchian (born 1957), Iranian politician *Hamid Drake (born 1955), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2011. He held multiple triple champion, world championships in three weight classes between 1995 and 2007, from super bantamweight to super featherweight. After a brief retirement after losing twice to Junior Jones, Barrera revived his career with Barrera vs. Morales trilogy, a trilogy against Erik Morales and a win against Naseem Hamed, earning him the ''The Ring (magazine), Ring'' magazine featherweight title. He lost this title in his first fight against Manny Pacquiao. BoxRec currently Barrera 55th in its list of the greatest boxers of all time, pound for pound, while ESPN ranked Barrera as 43rd on their list of the 50 greatest boxers of all time. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017. Amateur career As an amateur, Barrera had a record of 104–4 and was a five-time Mexican national champion. Before losing his first amateur contes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micky Ward
George Michael Ward Jr. (born October 4, 1965), often known by his nickname, "Irish" Micky Ward, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2003. He challenged once for the IBF light welterweight title in 1997, and held the WBU light welterweight title in 2000. Ward is widely known for his trilogy of fights with Arturo Gatti, two of which received Fight of the Year awards by ''The Ring'' magazine, as well as his devastating left hook to the body and his pressure fighting style. Ward was portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the 2010 film '' The Fighter'', which was based on his early career. Ancestry His maternal great-grandmother Annie Greenhalge (Carroll) was born in Ireland, the daughter of Michael and Mary (Flood) Carroll. His maternal great-great-great grandparents Peter McMahon and Ann Quinn were from County Tyrone, Ireland. They fled Ireland during the 1850s to escape from poverty and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts. They settled in the Acre neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Díaz (boxer)
José Antonio Díaz (born June 13, 1976) is a Mexican professional boxer. He's the former International Boxing Association light welterweight and WBO Latino light middleweight champion. Antonio is the brother of boxing trainer Joel Díaz and former IBF lightweight champion Julio Díaz. Professional career Among his 11 title defenses, Díaz holds wins over champions like Cory Spinks, Ivan Robinson, Micky Ward, Ahmed Santos, and Omar Gabriel Weis. His only losses have been to Juan Lazcano, Victor Ortiz, Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito. See also *List of boxing families This is a list of boxing families with two or more notable boxers. Many families have had multiple members become famous in the sport of boxing, with some having held multiple world titles. While this does not have extensive details, their highe ... References External links * People from Jiquilpan, Michoacán Boxers from Michoacán Light-middleweight boxers Welterweight boxers Light-welterweigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Kovács (boxer)
István Kovács (born August 17, 1970), nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian people, Hungarian retired world champion boxing, boxer. He is a Secretary General of the International Boxing Association, AIBA. As an amateur, he won the bantamweight gold medal at the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in featherweight. He was a world champion as a professional, winning the WBO Featherweight Champion, WBO featherweight title in 2001. Amateur career Kovács was born in Budapest and began his sports career as a football (soccer), football player, training among others in the youth team of MTK Budapest. He started boxing relatively late at the age of 15 in EVIG SE. He moved to Vasas SC in 1988 where he was trained by Gyula Bódis. His first international success also came in 1988 when he won the junior-flyweight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Las Vegas (song)
"Viva Las Vegas" is a 1964 song recorded by Elvis Presley written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman for his film Viva Las Vegas, of the same name, which along with the song was set for general release the year after. Although Elvis Presley never performed the song live, it has since become popular and often performed by others. The Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA certified the single disc "Viva Las Vegas/What'd I Say" gold on March 27, 1992, having sold 500,000 copies in the United States. History The song was recorded on July 10, 1963. Released as a single (music), single in 1964 with the B-side "What'd I Say" from Viva Las Vegas#Soundtrack, the same film, "Viva Las Vegas" charted separately from its B-side, reaching No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop singles chart. The Elvis version of "What'd I Say" peaked at No. 21, the two sides having equivalent appeal in the marketplace. "Viva Las Vegas" reached No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart, improving t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mix of influences across color lines during a civil rights movement, transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and Cultural impact of Elvis Presley#Danger to American culture, initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. He began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on guitar and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, Backbeat (music), backbeat-driven fusion of country music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whoa! (Black Rob Song)
"Whoa!" is the lead single released from Black Rob's debut album, '' Life Story''. The song was produced by Diggin' in the Crates Crew member Buckwild. Released in early 2000, "Whoa!" became Black Rob's highest chart appearance. It peaked at number 43 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and reached the top 10 on both the R&B and rap charts. It is Rob's only solo single to have charted during his lifetime. In addition to ''Life Story'', "Whoa!" has also appeared on the compilations '' The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 2000'', '' Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits'', and '' Bad Boy 20th Anniversary Box Set Edition''. Music video The video for “Whoa!” was directed by Jeff Richter. It features Rob along with Diddy and a mob of people near a New York street. It then shows Rob entering a strip club complete with TV screens and strippers dancing as he's partying with the people around him. Midway through, Black Rob gets a call from Diddy telling him that he's bringing in the truck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Rob
Robert Ross (June 8, 1968 – April 17, 2021), known professionally as Black Rob, was an American rapper who was signed to Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment. He was best known for his 2000 single " Whoa!", which peaked at number 43 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Career Ross grew up in East Harlem and began rapping between the ages of 11 and 12. He was inspired by the artists he listened to regularly, including Spoonie Gee, Doug E. Fresh, and Slick Rick. When he was 22, he joined his first rap group, the Schizophrenics, though they did not release any albums. He initially rapped under the alias "Bacardi Rob". He began associating with the Bad Boy label as early as 1996, appearing on the Bad Boy remix to 112's "Come See Me". He was then featured on several Bad Boy releases, including remixes to Total's "What About Us" (1997) and Faith Evans's " Love Like This" (1998), the song " 24 Hrs. to Live" (1997) from Mase, and albums by Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family (1997) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He list of undefeated boxing world champions, retired with an undefeated record and won 15 major world championships spanning List of boxing quintuple champions, five weight classes from super featherweight to light middleweight. This includes the ''The Ring (magazine), Ring'' magazine title in triple champion#Boxing, three weight classes. As an Amateur boxing, amateur, he won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships (at light flyweight, flyweight, and featherweight), and the United States national amateur boxing championships, U.S. national championship at featherweight. After retiring from professional boxing in August 2017, he transitioned to Exhibition fight, exhibition boxing. As of April 2025, BoxRec ranks him the third greatest boxer of all time, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Adams (boxer)
Clarence Richard Adams (born July 6, 1974) is an American former professional boxer. He has won a world title in the Super Bantamweight weight division. Early life Adams was born in Henderson, Kentucky. Professional career Adams turned pro in 1990, at the age of 16. In 2000 defeated Néstor Garza for the WBA super bantamweight title by unanimous decision. In his first defense he beat Andres Fernandez by 6th-round TKO. The fight ended when the referee stopped the fight and the ringside physician, Armando Sanchez, determined that Fernandez could not continue due to cuts. Adams defended the title one more time before vacating to fight Paulie Ayala. He lost the bout by split decision in 2001, and also lost a rematch in 2002. Adams retired in 2003 after drawing with journeyman Manuel Sepeda, but returned to boxing in 2006. On June 12, 2009, Adams defeated veteran Alex "Ali" Baba in an 8th-round TKO. His last match was in 2010, a fourth-round technical knockout loss to Edel Ruiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is an international professional boxing organization based in Panama. The WBA awards its world championship title at the professional level. Founded in the United States in 1921 by 13 state representatives as the NBA, it is the oldest major organization regulating fights. In 1962, it changed its name in recognition of boxing's growing popularity around the world and began to admit other nations as members. By 1975, a majority of its members were Latin American nations and the organization headquarters was moved to Panama City, Panama. It moved again in the 1990s to Venezuela before returning to Panama in 2007. Alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO), it was one of four major organizations which sanctions professional boxing bouts. As of August 2024, boxing website BoxRec no longer recognizes WBA world tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
