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The happily married couple finally has plenty of time to spend together.

2024 was a special one for Simone Biles. The renowned gymnast ended up cementing her legacy at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, capturing three gold medals and one silver, becoming the most decorated Olympic gymnast in U.S. history. While Biles was in Paris, husband Jonathan Owens was cheering her on in person as much as he could.

He had some obligations with the Chicago Bears during the summer, but he made time to support her in person. Once the Olympics were over, Owens had to begin the NFL regular season, leaving very little time for the married couple to spend together in a relaxed manner. But now, they have plenty of time.

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens are currently in Switzerland on vacation

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Biles and Owens are currently in Switzerland, living it up on a “second honeymoon“. While there, Biles posted an interesting picture of the couples’ drinks, which featured portraits of the two.

Fans couldn’t believe how realistic the pictures looked in their drinks. Owens appeared to have a coffee, possibly an espresso martini, while Biles’ drink was pink. Some fans even thought it was a bit “creepy”, but in reality it was a nice touch by the bartender.

As they enjoy their vacation, Biles will have to make a decision once she’s back in the states. Her gymnastics future is up in the air and she doesn’t seem all that close to a final decision. Owens, meanwhile, is under contract with Chicago for one more season.

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Eddie Hearn insists ‘only one man can beat’ Oleksandr Usyk after laying waste to Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois

Oleksandr Usyk has barely put a foot wrong during his unblemished 23-0 professional career – but Eddie Hearn believes one man could push him all the way.

The Ukrainian slickster is the current pound-for-pound king of boxing and is one of only three male fighters in the four-belt era to achieve undisputed supremacy in two separate weight classes (alongside Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford).

After unifying all the belts at cruiserweight with a stunning victory over Murat Gassiev in July 2018, and then defending them by flattening Tony Bellew four months later, Usyk moved up to boxing’s glamour division.

There, he recorded a couple of routine victories over Chazz Witherspoon and Derek Chisora before landing a blockbuster showdown with WBA, WBO and IBF title holder Anthony Joshua.

Several members of the boxing fraternity insisted that Usyk was ‘too small’ to beat AJ.

But the masterful technician proved his doubters wrong by outclassing the Watford powerhouse in back-to-back bouts.

Usyk then laid waste to the fast-rising Daniel Dubois before taking on WBC champion Tyson Fury in May 2024 for the undisputed crown.

‘The Cat’ edged their epic inaugural encounter via split decision and subsequently widened the margin in their rematch seven months later.

In between the two fights, Usyk was forced to relinquish the IBF title to Dubois in order to pursue his rematch with Fury.

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Heavyweight Legend Says Mike Tyson Fight Never Happened Because Tyson Was ‘Scared’ Of His Power

Despite being one of the most feared fighters in boxing history, there is one man who claims Mike Tyson was too ‘scared’ to fight him.

‘Iron’ Mike still holds the record of being the youngest world heavyweight champion ever, 39 years from his incredible second round knockout win over Trevor Berbick to capture the WBC heavyweight title

Tyson went on to hold the undisputed heavyweight championship from 1987 to 1990, before he was dethroned in a dramatic loss to James ‘Buster’ Douglas in Japan.

In a shock revelation, another legendary big man made claims that Tyson did not go through with a fight with him during their respective careers because he was ‘scared’.

Speaking to ESPN, thudding puncher and Hall of Fame heavyweight George Foreman was asked if ‘Iron’ Mike had any interest in facing him.

“No way. one of us was scared and the other was glad of that. [He was scared and I was glad], amen.”

Foreman – who still holds the record as the heavyweight division’s oldest ever world champion – was then asked to explain why he believed the once formidable ‘Iron’ Mike was scared of him.

“I could really punch. And of course I was an expert at punching downward, my manager would hold the bag and he was down there, so I learned to really develop power from punching guys that were down low. He [Tyson] was smart enough to understand that.”

A showdown between ‘Big ‘ George and Tyson never materialised, though was a possibility in the early nineties has Tyson not lost his title to Douglas, which has left boxing fans wonder what really could have happened in a fight between two of boxing’s greatest ever heavyweights.

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‘A natural’ – I’ve cornered Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao but ‘Lights Out’ was most talented fighter I worked with

Legendary coach Miguel Diaz has cornered some of boxing’s most precocious talents.

During an illustrious career stretching back to 1974, Diaz lent his services to modern greats Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, and Miguel Cotto in varying capacities from trainer to cutman.

But when asked to pick the most talented fighter he ever worked with he went with former three-weight world champion and first-ballot Hall of Famer James ‘Lights Out’ Toney.

“It’s tough! Toney had everything, he was the total package, he was aggressive, he was a tactician,” he told Ring Magazine of the boxing icon who beat Evander Holyfield, Iran Barkley and Mike McCallum.

Diaz also reserved the distinction of the strongest and smartest fighter he ever trained for the Michigan technician.

Speaking about his ring IQ, Diaz said: “Steve Johnston was very clever in the ring. Floyd was clever.

“James Toney was a very smart fighter. Everything in boxing was easy for him, he was natural.”

Then touching upon Toney’s brawn, he added: “You’ve got to consider James Toney that kind of fighter, you could not push him back.

“Also, Mike McCallum a very strong fighter.”

The first boxer Diaz ever guided to a world title was Roger Mayweather in 1987.

Through Roger, Diaz was introduced to his talent-laden nephew Floyd.

He worked with Floyd as a co-trainer and cutman for a stretch alongside rising star Diego ‘Chico’ Corrales.

But he was forced to pick between ‘Money Mayweather’ and Corrales when they were booked to face each other in a much-anticipated super featherweight clash in 2001.

Diaz chose to work in Corrales’ corner for the fight instead of staying with Mayweather, with whom he had a longer relationship.

“It wasn’t easy working with Corrales because of his alcoholism, and if Mayweather’s camp would come up just a little he would have worked with them, but they would not budge.”

Corrales was subsequently dropped five times and stopped inside 10 rounds by Floyd.

It marked the end of Diaz and Floyd’s partnership.

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Floyd Mayweather Sums Up Canelo’s Boxing Ability Honestly In Just 3 Words: “I’m Telling The Truth”

It’s been twelve years since Floyd Mayweather handed Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez the first defeat of his career.

Mayweather fought Canelo in a WBC and WBA light middleweight title showdown in September 2013. It was the 45th contest of the American’s glittering career, coming up against the young Mexican who was facing his toughest challenge to date.

‘Money’ dominated the fight throughout, using his skills and expertise to outclass Canelo over 12 rounds to claim a majority decision victory. Despite being the clear winner at the end of the contest, judge C.J. Ross scored it 114-114, which baffled many of those in attendance, including Mayweather.

Speaking to Fight Hype, the 47-year-old did not hold back when talking about Canelo’s boxing ability, initially summing up in three words how the fight went.

Mayweather then explained further what he thinks of the Mexican’s ability.

“You can take a guy like Canelo. I’ll tell the truth about Canelo. The mo**erf**ker was easy. A cakewalk, easy. You’re all praising this dude. He was nothing. I was almost 40 and I cooked this dude, easy.”

After tasting defeat for the first time against Mayweather, Canelo went on to win his next 15 fights, winning world titles at middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight in the process.

The 34-year-old from Guadalajara, Mexico currently holds the unified WBC, WBA and WBO titles at 168lbs, as he looks set to defend his crown against fellow pound-for-pound superstar Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford later this year, in what could be one of the biggest fights in the long history of boxing.

Canelo’s only other career defeat came in 2022, when he was beaten comprehensively by the former WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.

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Teddy Atlas Delivers Honest Verdict On Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua Fight: “Here’s My Answer”

Despite Tyson Fury‘s recent retirement announcement, many believe he will still step through the ropes with Anthony Joshua this year.

2025 seems the time the heavyweight battle of Britain will finally take place. Though neither man is considered in his fighting prime, and the bout has lost some weight due both being out of the world title picture, it has a chance because there are no mandatory challengers, rematch clauses, arbitrations or promoter conflicts in the way.

Fury is coming off the back of two losses to Oleksandr Usyk, the Ukrainian southpaw who also did the double over ‘AJ’, and Joshua is faced with returning from a devastating KO loss at the hands of Daniel Dubois.

Speaking to Froch on Fighting, famed trainer turned analyst Teddy Atlas said he wouldn’t make a prediction but believes ‘AJ’ has more left physically whilst Fury would have the mental edge.

“It’s a few years too late … But, here’s my answer: who’s got more left? Physically, more left. Because both of them have left something in the ring. When you’re in a tough fight, especially when you get older, you leave pieces of yourself in the ring. Maybe Joshua [has more left]. Fury took a lot punishment in those Wilder fights and a lot of punishment in that first Usyk fight.

“I tell you who I think’s got a chance to better mentally recover, that would be Fury. I think he’s more resilient mentally. But from a physical standpoint, Joshua might, might, have a little bit more left. Very interesting.”

For the fight to happen, Fury must first reverse his retirement decision. Whether or not he does that before ‘AJ’ – who will fight regardless – books another opponent remains to be seen.

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Canelo vs Crawford almost closed for September: fight conditions and Tyson’s opposition

The highly anticipated fight between Canelo and Crawford could take place in September 2025

Arab sheikh Turki Al-Sheikh, an avid boxing fan, promised that by 2025 he will bring several world-class fights, but the jewel in the crown could be the long-awaited fight between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford, which could be in the works for September.

Both fighters spoke, away from Al-Sheikh’s radar, during a meeting in London last week, and it seems that they would have started the negotiating points for the long-awaited fight between two of the best pound-for-pound fighters today, reported Boxing News Online.

The fight is planned to take place on the weekend of the celebrations for Mexico’s Independence Day in mid-September, ESPN reported.

ESPN boxing specialist Mike Coppinger noted that: “From what I’m told, they’re in the process of finalizing a deal for a fight in September, Mexican Independence Day weekend. And it will be in Las Vegas with the 168-pound weight limit, no rehydration clause.”

However, there is one issue to be defined, and that is that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) would require an additional 14-pound weight jump to match the weight and category of the Mexican fighter.

Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) has been moving up in weight over the years, after starting out at super welterweight, where he won the WBC world title, and later became the unified middleweight champion (160 pounds). He made a brief stop at light heavyweight (175 pounds) and defeated Sergey Kovalev to win the IBF belt before dropping down to super middleweight, where he would become the first undisputed four-belt champion.

Tyson’s opposition to Canelo-Crawford

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson immediately spoke out about the possibility of a fight between Canelo and Crawford, and disagreed with such a fight, especially because of the aforementioned weight difference between the two fighters.

“You know I don’t like that fight. I don’t like that fight. For him (Crawford) the weight difference seemed quite annoying. It’s a lot of weight,” Tyson said.

And to reaffirm his statement, Tyson recalled the fight between Crawford and Israel Madrimov in August 2024, when Crawford reigned as welterweight champion, and moved up to 154 pounds.

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Gervonta Davis at Centre of Storms as Lamont Roach Jr’s Big Disclosure Leaves Him Exposed

Gervonta Davis has been confusing his fans for the past few months with unexpected statements regarding his career and fights. On top of his retirement announcement, on Christmas Eve he sent the combat world into disarray, claiming that his upcoming fight with Lamont Roach, which has been in the making for months and fans have been desperately waiting for, is canceled. However, there was neither an explanation nor any backup statement, forcing the fans to believe it was another one of Tank’s meltdowns.

Thankfully, Roach and his father released statements claiming the fight was still very much on schedule. Keeping the debacle aside, both Roach and Davis are now preparing for their March 1, 2025 clash at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. However, we never got to listen to the Washington native’s side and why the rumor began.

During the Q&A session on his YouTube channel, ‘The Reaper’ was asked by a fan, “Why did people say the fight was canceled or you pulled out?” The WBA super featherweight champion appreciated the question. He revealed that Gervonta Davis is like a wild card and no one knows what he will do next. However, he has learned to deal with it and does not let Tank’s wild nature affect him.

Y’all know what y’all dealing with man. Y’all dealing with a wild card, you know what I’m saying. Just be doing sh*t. He be lunching. That s**t ain’t affect me,” claimed Roach. According to Roach, Gervonta Davis is erratic and what he will do is anyone’s guess. The Washington native explained, “The fight was never canceled just to let y’all know. The fight was never off, whatever the case may be. I already knew that but just so you know he scared ya’ll a little bit,” claiming that it was just one of Gervonta Davis’ usual meltdowns.

The 25-1 boxer further revealed that even he himself had no idea why the Baltimore native uploaded that story. Even he was in the dark just like all the fans. “I know but that s**t nothing to do with me. So I don’t know why people was saying I pulled out. I was in the gym,” preparing for his career’s biggest fight.

Despite all the rumors and delays, the fight is back on track and will headline PBC’s second event of 2025. According to the trend, the fight is bound to break gate records and will be another sell-out in Tank’s resume.

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Terence Crawford and Gervonta Davis go head-to-head on social media: “Let’s see who has the longest lasting money”

Bud Crawford mocks Tank Davis for his absence from The Ring awards: “I see someone upset because they weren’t invited”

The The Ring magazine awards ceremony brought together the best boxers of today in London this weekend, with the exception of Gervonta Davis, who, despite announcing his retirement for 2025, his unbeaten record after 30 fights, with 28 knockouts, places him in the elite of boxing.

Although Tank was probably not invited because he is not on good terms with Riyadh Season and Sheikh Turki Alalshikh, who also owns The Ring magazine, Davis made several posts on his X account, which he later deleted, but Terence Crawford took the opportunity to mock him, which generated a dispute on social networks that has continued until Tuesday.

I see someone angry because they were not invited to the @ringmagazine gala,” posted Bud Crawford along with some mocking emojis, in response to the now deleted posts, but some were rescued by users: “Why didn’t they invite everyone,” questioned Tank, then went on to say “But they invited the people they deal with… Get out of here! Stop eating shit,” while in one more he went against Eddie Hearn: “Look at that little rat thinking he came up with something.”

Gervonta and Terence keep bickering on social media

Gervonta also had words for Turki Alalshikh, first asking them to take the opportunity to fight among all the guests and then criticizing the sheikh for not knowing anything about boxing.

“They want to act like this guy is good for boxing when he’s not good at anything. If so, why isn’t he training people from where he’s from? This guy doesn’t know anything about boxing, and that’s who they’re turning to,” Tank Davis posted in another of the messages deleted from his X account.

The dispute between Davis and Crawford continued until Tuesday, apparently because Gervonta bragged to Terence that he had more money.

“The first thing a rich fool tells another rich fool is that he has more money than you. I bet I have more investments than you and I don’t owe a dollar in taxes. You can’t buy anything that I can’t buy and want, sir, and that’s a fact. Let’s see who has the longest lasting money, smart boy,” Bud Crawford wrote to Tank Davis, who responded not to complain accompanied by some insults.

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3 Reasons Why Floyd Mayweather’s 50–0 Record Cannot Be Broken in Boxing History

Boxing is an amazing sport, made even greater by some undefeated boxers who refuse to lose no matter what. This sport has been home to several cherished streaks that made this sport far more enjoyable and intense than it should have been. There have been many boxers with an undefeated streak, but Floyd Mayweather with his 50-0 career record, might hold the most celebrated streak in boxing.

‘Money’ retired without a single blip in his professional career with a record of 50-0. While there have been many boxers with a career-defining winning streak, no one has come close to the Michigan native in the modern era of boxing.

Furthermore, the way boxing is progressing, it looks like no one might ever get close to Mayweather’s streak. Let’s take a look.

At this point, no active boxer is even close to Floyd Mayweather’s record. Terence Crawford is the closest boxer with 40-0 straight career wins. However, at 37 years old, the Omaha native does not have much time at the top. Furthermore, with Crawford getting closer to his dream fight against Canelo Alvarez, he might not even remain undefeated by the end of this year.

On the other hand, other boxers closest to Mayweather’s record like Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs), Jermall Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs), Oleksandr Usyk (21-0), still have a lot of ground to cover in seemingly very little time.

Boxing is an unforgiving sport, and no one can escape aging. We recently saw Mike Tyson mercilessly failing in his attempt to cheat age against Jake Paul in front of 70,000 live fans. With the brutal nature of boxing, combined with their age and rigorous physical demand, achieving 50-straight wings, seems quite impossible.

High-stakes matchups and Saudi Arabia’s big-money fights

The entry of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has completely changed the boxing scenario. With dreams and high-stakes fights being made like never before, the chances of everyone remaining undefeated are getting lesser. Undefeated vs. undefeated matchups like Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia, Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, and Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev have completely changed the boxing scene.