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PETA Protests Mike Tyson Pigeon Show
By David Moye - AOL NewsPETA, the animal rights activist group, is now going ape over Mike Tyson's new TV show where he attempts to fly to the heights of the pigeon racing world. The new series, "Taking on Tyson," which debuted Sunday on Animal Planet, follows Iron Mike around as he immerses himself in the world of pigeon racing. But PETA members think the series is a birdbrained idea and protested Monday outside of his Las Vegas home. Mel Evans, AP The animal rights group PETA is protesting former boxing great Mike Tyson because they believe his new hobby, pigeon racing, is cruel. The group has ...
Pigeon Racers Have High Hopes for Mike Tyson TV Series
By David Moye - AOL NewsFor more than two decades, Mike Tyson has been one of the most controversial figures in sports. Strangely enough, that may make him the absolute best choice to make pigeon racing cool again. Tyson is winging it as a pigeon racer for the new series "Taking On Tyson," which debuted March 6 on Animal Planet. The show follows Iron Mike around his old Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond as he immerses himself in the world of pigeon racing. Mel Evans, AP Former boxing great Mike Tyson holds a racing pigeon on a rooftop with friend Mario Costa in Jersey City, N.J. In his eyes, it's not as ...
Exerpts, Video of Mike Tyson Feature on HBO's Real Sports
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsHall of Fame former heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, will be featured on a Tuesday, Feb. 15 segment of HBO's Real Sports, an edition that will also include an examination of former BALCO founder, Victor Conte, who is working as a nutritionist for WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist Nonito Donaire, among other athletes. The now, 44-year-old Tyson (50-6, 44 knockouts) became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport with his Nov. 22, 1986, second-round knockout of Trevor Berbick for the WBC belt. Among several scandals over the course of Tyson's career, ...
HBO's Real Sports Features Victor Conte, Nonito Donaire
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsFormer BALCO founder Victor Conte, who is working as a nutritionist for WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist Nonito Donaire, among others, will be featured during a Feb. 15 edition of HBO's Real Sports, Conte informed FanHouse. The Feb. 15 show will also include a segment examining former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Donaire (25-1, 17 knockouts) is preparing for an HBO-televised Top Rank Promotions clash on Feb. 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas opposite WBO and WBC bantamweight (118 pounds) king Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KOs) of Mexico. Click here for video ...
Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley Field Fans' Questions in Las Vegas
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsThis past Thursday, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum was enthused that a throng of 300 or so reporters was in attendance on at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where eight-division champion, Manny Pacquiao, was in Los Angeles for the first top in a four-city promotional tour gearing up for a May 7, Showtime pay per view televised defense of his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt against Shane Mosley that will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This past Saturday, Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts) and Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) were, yet again, greeted by a large contingent of media members during the second ...
Video: HBO's Real Sports To Feature Mike Tyson on Feb. 15
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsHall of Fame former heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, will be featured on a Tuesday, Feb. 15 segment of HBO's Real Sports, an edition that will also include an examination of former BALCO founder, Victor Conte, who is working as a nutritionist for WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist Nonito Donaire, among other athletes. The now, 44-year-old Tyson (50-6, 44 knockouts) became the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of the sport with his Nov. 22, 1986, second-round knockout of Trevor Berbick for the WBC belt. Among several scandals over the course of Tyson's career, ...
Ross Greenburg Hopes Floyd Mayweather Resolves Issues
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsPONTIAC, MICH. -- Calling him, "a charismatic personality, both in and out of the ring," HBO's President of Sports Ross Greenburg expressed optimism that six-time champion, Floyd Mayweather, might overcome his legal troubles and make a successful return to boxing. "I think Floyd Mayweather is a charismatic personality in and out of the ring. He has some issues, and when he gets them resolved, I hope that he comes back to boxing," said Greenburg. "Floyd Mayweather spent a lot of years on the straight and narrow," said Greenburg. "Floyd has shown that he can conduct himself well, and he ...
Former Mia St. John Trainer is Not A Fan of Women's Boxing
By Elie Seckbach - AOL NewsElie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. A former IBF super featherweight (130 pounds) champion who compiled a record of 35-3 with 25 knockouts, trainer, Robert Garcia, will be at work yet again on Feb. 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. That's when he'll be in the corner of WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KOs) for an HBO-televised, Top Rank Promotions clash with WBO and WBC bantamweight (118 pounds) king Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KOs). Garcia also ...
Boxing, Detroit Needs Alexander-Bradley Without Question
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsDETROIT -- When Frank Garza steps into the ring for Saturday night's HBO televised, junior welterweight (140 pounds) title clash between southpaw WBC king Devon Alexander and WBO counter part Tim Bradley, the 58-year-old referee said that he will treat the situation as if it is the fighters' first professional bout. "That's the way that I treat every fight," said Garza, a resident of Lincoln Park, Mich. "Because to that first-time fighter, you had better believe it will be like he's on the biggest stage of the biggest fight of his professional career." There certainly is a lot at stake for ...
Mike Tyson Becomes a Father Again
By FanHouse Staff - AOL NewsMike Tyson and wife Lakiha Spicer Tyson welcomed a new son to the world Tuesday. Morocco Elijah Tyson was born in Henderson, Nev. and came in at 8 lbs. and 13 oz. and 19 inches in length. Morocco is Tyson's eighth child, following Rayna, Amir, Mikey, Miguel, D'Amato, Milan and Exodus. Lakiha is also the mother of Milan. Exodus Tyson died tragically at four years old in 2009, when her neck got caught in the cord of a workout machine. ...
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