<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9903194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="amadeusz-roslik">Amadeusz Roslik</keyword> appeared to have a fight all but won when he floored his opponent with a heavy overhand right punch on Saturday.</li><li>But Roslik followed the shot with an illegal kick to the head, sending Adrian Polanski flying backward.</li><li>Roslik's kick was so hard, so fast, and in such a violent manner it would not have looked out of place from a Premier League star or an NFL punter.</li><li>He was disqualified. Kicking someone when they're down is a big no-no in <keyword id="6403489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma">MMA</keyword>.</li><li>Watch it right here.</li></ul>An MMA fighter was disqualified from a match when he hit his opponent with an illegal kick to the head.It all went down at the Fame MMA 7 event in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, during a welterweight contest involving Amadeusz Roslik and Adrian Polanski.Roslik already had his opponent down, and seemingly out, with an almighty right-hand whack over the top, but followed that up with a brutal head kick.As Polanski was already down — fighters are considered down when their glove has touched the canvas — a kick to the head was deemed illegal.Roslik threw his kick so hard, so fast, and in such a violent manner it would not have looked out of place from a Premier League star or an NFL punter.Though Roslik had victory all but secured, officials disqualified him from the contest, awarding the concussed Polanski with the win.Watch it here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Streetfight Banned-cho (@streetfitebncho) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1302370017342877697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2020</a></blockquote>Neither fighter seemed to feel hard done by either the incident or the result, as they posed together for a photograph after the event."Adi, get well," the official account of Fame MMA wrote on Instagram of the downed athlete. "Amadeusz, you are a real cat," it added.<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CExqKBfDmHI" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Chyba jedyni, którzy nie widzą problemu w dzisiejszym werdykcie. Sport jest piękny! Dziękujemy za emocje Panowie ❤️ Adi, wracaj do zdrowia. Amadeusz, jesteś prawdziwym kotem! #teampolak #teamferrari</a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by FAME MMA (@famemmatv) on Sep 5, 2020 at 6:02pm PDT<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-09-06T01:02:12+00:00">Sep 5, 2020 at 6:02pm PDT</time></div></blockquote><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-tyson-cried-in-pain-after-training-for-boxing-video-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Tyson said he was in so much physical pain he cried for a week in bed after training for a boxing video this year</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/yordenis-ugas-dominated-a-fight-but-almost-screwed-by-judges-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yordenis Ugas out-punched his opponent in every round of a world title fight, but was almost screwed out of a win by the judges</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-jamel-herring-retained-his-world-title-via-disqualification-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An American boxing champion won a title fight because his opponent wouldn't stop head-butting him, and was disqualified</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-alistair-overeem-score-bloody-ground-and-pound-knockout-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alistair Overeem split his heavyweight opponent's head open, scoring a bloody KO win with nasty ground-and-pound</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-ovince-saint-preux-score-cold-blooded-one-punch-knockout-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A former UFC light heavyweight title challenger scored a cold-blooded one-punch KO at a behind-closed-doors event in Las Vegas</a></li></ul>

An MMA fighter was disqualified from a match when he hit his opponent with an illegal soccer kick to the head

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="72494" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Floyd-Mayweather">Floyd Mayweather</keyword> appears to be sharper now than he was three years ago.</li><li>In 2017, the American boxer defeated <keyword id="2944528" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Conor-McGregor">Conor McGregor</keyword> in the 10th round of a <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> rules bout, before retiring, only to be seen in a ring again taking part in an exhibition in Japan.</li><li>But the fighter is in the Mayweather Boxing Gym, contesting late night sparring sessions.</li><li>His sparring partner, Denis Douglin, is impressed with what he's seen recently and believes he could be preparing to fight "<keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> guys" like McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov.</li></ul>Floyd Mayweather is sharper now than he was when he beat Conor McGregor three years ago and he could even be preparing for a rematch, a sparring partner said.Boxing great Mayweather has already beaten the former two-weight UFC champion McGregor once, in a 2017 bout where he stopped the Irishman on his feet in the 10th round.Mayweather has since retired, returned to the ring for a New Year's Eve exhibition against Tenshin Nasukawa in 2018, and has consistently teased another comeback — <a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-leonard-ellerbe-says-hes-received-comeback-offers-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one which could earn him $100 million</a>.Denis Douglin, who trains at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, even said this week that Mayweather himself is in the gym and working-out as if he were getting ready for a bout."Yes … I think he could come back," <a href="https://www.vegasinsider.com/boxing/floyd-mayweather-return-to-boxing-eyeing-ufc-stars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Douglin told Vegas Insider</a> after sparring with the former champ.Douglin told the <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> betting website that Mayweather entered the gym all excited, told him that he was going to beat him up, and that they proceeded to spar without a break for 30 minutes.The session was so good, Douglin said, adding that Mayweather seems sharper than the last time they sparred."The last time we sparred was probably three years ago for his exhibition match in Asia [against Nasukawa] and I kind of felt like he was slowing down a little bit."This time he felt sharp, he felt strong, his stamina was great. It was almost like he's getting better."The super middleweight said he would not be surprised to see Mayweather take part in more exhibitions, like he did against Nasukawa, or even box against top tier mixed martial artists."I think he's going to fight UFC guys," Douglin said. "It's actually quite interesting because I'm left-handed and McGregor and Khabib [Nurmagomedov] are both left-handed, so him choosing to spar me, that might be the reason why."That's something someone said to me the other day and I was like, you know what, that makes sense, so it's very possible."The Conor McGregor fight generated so much money, why not do something like that again or fight another UFC fighter if he's making millions of dollars?"Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/khabib-nurmagomedov-conor-mcgregor-offers-nothing-as-a-competitor-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Khabib Nurmagomedov says Conor McGregor offers nothing as a competitor, and is no longer interested in a rematch</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-tyson-cried-in-pain-after-training-for-boxing-video-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Tyson said he was in so much physical pain he cried for a week in bed after training for a boxing video this year</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-mma-fighter-disqualified-for-a-soccer-kick-to-head-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An MMA fighter was disqualified from a match when he hit his opponent with an illegal soccer kick to the head</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/yordenis-ugas-dominated-a-fight-but-almost-screwed-by-judges-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yordenis Ugas out-punched his opponent in every round of a world title fight, but was almost screwed out of a win by the judges</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-alistair-overeem-score-bloody-ground-and-pound-knockout-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alistair Overeem split his heavyweight opponent's head open, scoring a bloody KO win with nasty ground-and-pound</a>

Floyd Mayweather is sharper now than the year he beat Conor McGregor, a sparring partner said

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A super welterweight <keyword id="11922196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boxing" source="Orion">boxing</keyword> match got nasty Saturday night and delivered in impeccable fashion.</li><li><keyword id="13569989" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sebastian-fundora" source="Orion">Sebastian Fundora</keyword> and <keyword id="13569988" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="erickson-lubin" source="Orion">Erickson Lubin</keyword> topped a seven-fight PBC on Showtime card in Las Vegas.</li></ul>LAS VEGAS — <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boxing</a>'s thriving super welterweight division took center stage Saturday during a Premier Boxing Champions event broadcast on Showtime from the theater inside Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.Sebastian Fundora and Erickson Lubin topped the seven-bout card with good reason, as they produced a David vs. Goliath firefight so electric it will go down as an instant boxing classic.Lubin lost by first-round knockout to Jermell Charlo five years ago but <a href="https://www.insider.com/erickson-lubin-deliveres-boxing-masterclass-in-rebounding-from-ko-loss-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has, in the years since, been delivering a masterclass in how to rebound from a humiliating defeat</a>.Though Fundora halted his winning run on the night, Lubin's stock will no doubt rise for the heart he showed to fight despite a disfigured face. That's what you get when you share the ring with rising star Fundora.In a bout in which Lubin surrendered a significant height advantage, he wobbled the taller man with his solid punching early in the first round.Fundora, a freak of nature, refused to box tall. Rather than rely on his 6-foot-6 frame at super welterweight, he fought with authority from close range, whipping left hands into Lubin's midsection, uppercuts to the jaw, and generally had the edge when he put his punches into bunches.Sensing how to fight Fundora, Lubin pushed him away and hit the fighter from mid-range, even wobbling him once again.But all this did was rally Fundora, who showed great recuperative ability, fought fire with fire, and scored a knockdown of his own mere seconds from the end of the second round after a barrage of uppercuts.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1513011602605297672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote><div type="image" title="Sebastian Fundora scored a first-round knockdown." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757788" hostid="261"></div>Lubin was lucky the round was almost over because if the knockdown had happened midway through, he'd likely never have recovered.But he had 60 seconds on his stool and that was enough to throw with bad intentions in the third round in a fight that had everything required to be a 'Fight of the Year' contender.It was hell for those involved but heaven for fans watching in the crowd, for media on press row, and those watching at home.Fundora dominated when fighting inside while Lubin scored well with singular power shots mid-range and further afield.From the fourth round onwards the pace started to lag behind the badass slobberknocker that unfolded in the opening quarter.But Bodyshots were still landing all over the place, jaws were cracked for good measure, and Lubin's facial bruising became horrific to look at.Despite a rearranged face and likely broken nose, Lubin still had the eye-hand coordination, power, and accuracy to put Fundora on the floor in the seventh with shot after shot.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1513017987808174087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>Lubin's desire to throw had been beaten out of him in rounds eight and nine, though. And upon completion of the ninth, Lubin's trainer Kevin Cunningham stopped the fight, thus awarding Fundora the technical knockout win.With victory, Fundora advanced his pro boxing record 19 wins (13 knockouts) against one draw."I think this was probably my best performance ever," Fundora said post-fight. "It was a back-and-forth fight. He really brought his hammer, but I decided to bring my drill. The uppercut was landing like no other."The uppercut is my lucky punch," he added. "I'm here in Vegas, so I feel a little lucky, and that's my lucky punch. It lands most of the time with everybody. Southpaw. Right hand. It doesn't matter. Once I find that, I feel like the job's done."On the stoppage, Fundora said: "I think it was a good decision for Kevin Cunningham to stop the fight. His face shifted from round one to round nine."It completely morphed and there was a lot of blood coming out. He's a tough fighter. He was in the game the whole time but there's no need to get hurt that much."<h2>Harrison and Garcia brought great energy to their 154-pound ruck</h2><div type="image" title="Tony Harrison boxed to a tee against Sergio Garcia." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757789" hostid="261"></div>A crossroads fight between <keyword id="13570608" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tony-harrison" source="Orion">Tony Harrison</keyword> and Sergio Garcia delivered great energy Saturday as both boxers performed like their careers near the top of the sport were on the line.Harrison landed eye-catching flurries, pinging off well-placed shots in quick succession, and made Garcia miss big shots of his own.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512996900370202627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>Garcia, though, was unrelenting, and constantly moved his feet forward so he rarely let Harrison take a moment to breathe.He landed sharp counters and only occasionally seemed perturbed by Harrison's attacks, but by the fight's midway point the American dominated the action and put a considerable number of rounds in the bank.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512999094121287681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>One of the things that won Harrison the fight was his expert appreciation of space.It seemed like he knew where Garcia wanted to throw punches from — short range — and exploited that by moving in and out of his opponent's danger zone while landing solid shots of his own.Harrison's majestic footwork, his intuitive head movement, and his dazzling shot selection were all on display against Garcia.It was a much-needed reminder to the boxing industry that he is still that dude, and capable of scoring big wins after a knockout loss to Jermell Charlo and a draw to <keyword id="13585580" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bryant-perrella" source="Orion">Bryant Perrella</keyword> in back-to-back fights in the last three years.<div type="image" title="Tony Harrison dominated Sergio Garcia at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757790" hostid="261"></div>By the fight's end, Harrison landed a considerable amount of shots according to Compubox data sent to Insider.He tallied 197 of his 491 punches for a 40% accuracy, landing half of his more powerful strikes (88 from 173). He also limited Garcia to 103 shots landed from his 592 attempts (17%).True to how Insider saw the fight, the three ringside judges awarded Harrison with a unanimous decision win with two scores of 100-90 and another of 98-92."Muscles is the way of the streets, but skills pay the bills," Harrison said post-fight, in a statement sent to Insider."He was swinging for the fences. When he was missing shots, all I heard was 'whoosh!' [as the shots fizzed away from his head]. I felt it. I was trying to throw a few more counter shots in between. My composure was everything."Victory advanced Harrison's pro boxing record to 29 wins (21 knockouts) against three losses and a draw.<h2>Fifth round sole highlight in Salgado's draw with Perrella</h2><div type="image" title="Bryant Perrella lands a punch on Kevin Salgado." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757791" hostid="261"></div>A nasty left hook launched in the fifth round that sent Salgado off-balance was the sole highlight in a relatively uneventful 10-round bout that introduced Showtime's televised card from the theater inside the Virgin Hotels.Competing for the first time on an American canvas, Salgado had a chance to add his name to Mexico's rich contribution to boxing, but fell short because of Bryant Perrella's trickery.With boxing great Roy Jones Jr. in his corner, Perrella said through fight week that they had been preparing for Salgado by drilling an assertive jab.But as the rounds wore on, he showed more than that as he landed the punch of the night midway through the match.Watch it right here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512983312800915461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>Perrella found a home for his uppercut in the sixth, kept working his southpaw jab from a wide stance, and was looking more comfortable in the ring the longer the fight wore on.Though Insider regarded Perrella's work to have been superior on the night, the three judges disagreed and could not split the two boxers, awarding a split draw with scores of 97-93 for Perrella, 96-94 for Salgado, and an even card of 95-95.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512989769520799744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>Neither fighter was happy with the result."I was shocked by the decision," said Perrella in a statement sent to Insider. "I put my all into this and I get robbed at the end of the day. It's a tough pill to swallow. You know I easily outboxed him. He barely landed any punches."Compubox data sent to Insider supports Perrella's claim as the computerized punches scoring system counted 98 shots landed from 503 thrown for Perrella (20%), compared to 68 from 375 (18%) for Salgado."I thought my gameplan and execution was great," Perrella continued. "I boxed smart. I broke him down."He was just winging big shots any time I would step in just trying to knock me out with one punch. I kept the jab in his face. Jabs to the body. Left hands. I hurt him. Everything was going great and it looked like I was sweeping all the rounds."Salgado disagreed. "I felt like I won," he said. "All Perrella did was run around and away from me … Perrella kept throwing his jab but almost never connected."He added: "I think that tonight was definitely a positive step in the right direction towards becoming the next Mexican star in the United States, and I look forward to pleasing the fans with more Mexican-style fights in the future."<div type="image" title="Kevin Salgado returns fire on Bryant Perrella." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757792" hostid="261"></div>Premier Boxing Champions on Showtime returns April 16 for a pay-per-view offering at the AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.Errol Spence Jr. and Yordenis Ugas top an 11-bout card in a bout that has three welterweight world championships on the line.Radzhab Butaev fights Eimantis Stadionis, Cody Crawley boxes Josesito Lopez, and Isaac Cruz fights Yuriorkis Gamboa earlier in the show.

A David vs. Goliath boxing match delivered an instant Fight of the Year contender in Las Vegas

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6164007" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Khabib-Nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</keyword> has walked back previous comments that he would happily fight <keyword id="2944528" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Conor-McGregor">Conor McGregor</keyword> again.</li><li>Speaking to Russian media this week, the <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> champion said a rematch does not interest him as he's dominated the Irishman once already.</li><li>Nurmagomedov appeared keener to box <keyword id="72494" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Floyd-Mayweather">Floyd Mayweather</keyword>, yet said he would not risk the legacy he's cultivated in MMA simply for a money fight in another sport.</li><li>The 31-year-old leaves Dagestan next week to fly to Dubai, where he will train up until the week of his October 24 showdown with Justin Gaethje.</li></ul>Khabib Nurmagomedov says he is no longer interested in a rematch with Conor McGregor because the Irishman offers nothing as a competitor."It's absolutely not interesting to me," the 31-year-old told <a href="https://www.sport-express.ru/martial/mma/habib-gehtzhi/reviews/habib-nurmagomedov-bolshoe-intervyu-chempiona-ufc-v-legkom-vese-habib-vs-getzhi-ufc-254-24-oktyabrya-2020-1707765/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Izvestia MIC in an article published on the Russian website Sport Express</a>.It is a considerably change of heart compared to a statement he gave during a press conference in Moscow last month, in which <a href="https://www.insider.com/khabib-nurmagomedov-would-be-glad-to-fight-conor-mcgregor-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said he'd happily fight McGregor again</a> in what would likely be one of the most lucrative and best-selling bouts in combat <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> history."Of course, there is some degree of probability," Nurmagomedov acknowledged this week, adding that his focus right now is his imminent UFC lightweight championship defense against America's expert striker Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi on October 24."I have a challenger ahead. Honored, strong, active. I don't even think about [McGregor]," said Nurmagomedov.Should the two rivals ever compete again, it would be a rematch from a 2018 bout Nurmagomedov dominated as the sambo star dropped McGregor with a thudding right hand, then submitted him with a tight neck crank in the fourth.McGregor has only fought once since, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-beats-donald-cerrone-fight-result-2020-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a 40-second destruction of Donald Cerrone</a> in January, before announcing an abrupt retirement mid-year because <a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-retired-because-hes-bored-and-tired-of-fighting-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said he was uninspired at the options the UFC presented</a> to him regarding subsequent fights.While the UFC President <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nurmagomedov-vs-mcgregor-is-the-next-fight-dana-white-says-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana White has previously spoken of his desire to book another bout</a> between the men, Nurmagomedov said: "Everything that needed to be done I did on October 6, 2018."And what they say — the media and so on — does not bother me at all. I proved that, as a competitor inside the cell, he could not offer me any resistance."<h2>Nurmagomedov appears keener to fight Floyd Mayweather, than McGregor</h2><div type="image" title="McGregor and Mayweather" height="1000" width="2000" msid="78000537" hostid="261"></div>There has already been great speculation as to whom Nurmagomedov might fight next, should he retain his UFC lightweight title against Gaethje next month in what would be his 29th win in 29 pro fights.Nurmagomedov's 30th bout <a href="https://www.insider.com/georges-st-pierre-vs-nurmagomedov-determines-ufcs-best-coach-says-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could be against the all-time great welterweight and former two-weight UFC champion Georges St. Pierre.</a> His trainer Javier Mendez has already talked-up the magnitude of that match-up.But even as far back as 2018, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/khabib-nurmagomedov-wants-to-fight-floyd-mayweather-in-moscow-2018-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nurmagomedov had sounded out the Russian Boxing Federation to inquire about a crossover boxing rules contest involving Floyd Mayweather</a>, to be fought in front of 100,000 fans at a soccer stadium."[Mayweather is] most likely the only one," Nurmagomedov would be interested in <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword>, he said.But he would be loathe to do so if it was going to risk the legacy he has cultivated within mixed martial arts."Do I need him? I think you could make some money with him," Nurmagomedov said. "But I would, so to speak, not want to sell my legacy for millions of dollars."I understand that, according to the rules of boxing, it is very difficult to defeat Mayweather. As such, I have no such interest in this fight. If there is a desire to make money, it will be possible. And there is no point in going out against someone else [in a boxing ring]."Nurmagomedov leaves Dagestan next week to fly to Dubai where he will train for Gaethje.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-tyson-cried-in-pain-after-training-for-boxing-video-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Tyson said he was in so much physical pain he cried for a week in bed after training for a boxing video this year</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-mma-fighter-disqualified-for-a-soccer-kick-to-head-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An MMA fighter was disqualified from a match when he hit his opponent with an illegal soccer kick to the head</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/yordenis-ugas-dominated-a-fight-but-almost-screwed-by-judges-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yordenis Ugas out-punched his opponent in every round of a world title fight, but was almost screwed out of a win by the judges</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-alistair-overeem-score-bloody-ground-and-pound-knockout-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alistair Overeem split his heavyweight opponent's head open, scoring a bloody KO win with nasty ground-and-pound</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-ovince-saint-preux-score-cold-blooded-one-punch-knockout-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A former UFC light heavyweight title challenger scored a cold-blooded one-punch KO at a behind-closed-doors event in Las Vegas</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A widely circulated social-media video that showed <keyword id="43688" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mike-Tyson">Mike Tyson</keyword> hitting the pads in style in his mid-50s apparently left the former fighter in bed for a week.</li><li>On the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast last week, Tyson told the host he could barely move because of all the pain he felt and was crying behind-the-scenes.</li><li>He said the training sessions had gotten slightly easier as his body adjusted to the notion of returning to the ring for an exhibition bout on November 28.</li><li>The former heavyweight world <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> champion is set to take on a fellow all-time great, <keyword id="135466" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Roy-Jones-Jr-">Roy Jones Jr.</keyword>, in Carson, California.</li></ul>Mike Tyson says he cried in bed for a week because of the pain he suffered after a light training session used in a boxing video published earlier this year.The video, which was widely shared on social media, was the first glimpse into a comeback of sorts for Tyson as the former heavyweight world champion is due to return to the ring November 28 against Roy Jones Jr.Though Tyson appears in great shape for a 54-year-old, he laid bare the realities of returning to a fitness regimen after years of hardly any training."Do you want to me to tell you something about that video? I did that video and I was in bed for a week," Tyson told Joe Rogan <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcPUoxTvw5g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast</a> Friday."That was 30 seconds, and I was in bed for a week," he said. "And it's not funny because it made me realize, this is big-boy s---."Tyson said he couldn't walk and was crying. "All that s--- that came back that made me quit boxing — all the little pain started coming back."Here's one of the videos:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1256300450539700224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2020</a></blockquote>Tyson told Rogan he had been getting used to some arduous training sessions and was feeling less pain. He said he's "training every day, except Sunday, [waking up at] 5:30 a.m. as soon as it's daylight to go out for a run."Then he returns to his house, flies his pigeons, does a machine twist abdominal exercise "200 times, both sides," and then eats.Tyson said he's been training since March and would be in peak condition in time for the November opening bell at the Dignity Heath <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> Park in Carson, California, for his boxing exhibition against a fellow all-time great in Jones."It is fun," he said. "But it's still … apprehensive stuff."It is a far cry from the last time he appeared <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVvcjoMzRk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast in 2019</a>, telling the host that he no longer worked out because he feared his ego would consume him and lead him somewhere he might not want to go.Fast-forward one year, and Tyson is training for an exhibition against a fighter who knocked out 47 opponents in a professional career that spanned 30 years — and says the Jones bout could be the first of many."I think this is going to be the beginning and whatever happens, happens," he said."I don't know what the future holds, but we're doing it for fun."When Rogan asked whether a win against Jones could see him pursue an official fight, with the view of challenging for an actual heavyweight championship against the likes of Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua, Tyson dismissed the idea, reiterating that his focus was on raising money for charity rather than on personal financial gain."Interested in the title of giving," Tyson said. "It feels soul-cleaning. Doing it for myself doesn't do it for me anymore."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-tyson-said-possibility-he-could-hurt-somebody-is-orgasmic-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Tyson said he struggled with the possibility that hurting somebody in boxing could be 'orgasmic'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/yordenis-ugas-dominated-a-fight-but-almost-screwed-by-judges-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yordenis Ugas out-punched his opponent in every round of a world title fight, but was almost screwed out of a win by the judges</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-jamel-herring-retained-his-world-title-via-disqualification-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An American boxing champion won a title fight because his opponent wouldn't stop head-butting him, and was disqualified</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-alistair-overeem-score-bloody-ground-and-pound-knockout-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alistair Overeem split his heavyweight opponent's head open, scoring a bloody KO win with nasty ground-and-pound</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-ovince-saint-preux-score-cold-blooded-one-punch-knockout-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A former UFC light heavyweight title challenger scored a cold-blooded one-punch KO at a behind-closed-doors event in Las Vegas</a></li></ul>

Mike Tyson said he cried for a week in bed because of the physical pain caused by a boxing training video he filmed earlier this year

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d8f3e6b2e22af0972498186-2000/shawn porter boxing.jpg" border="0" alt="Shawn Porter, boxing" data-mce-source="Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images" data-link="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/fighter-shawn-porter-shadow-boxes-during-a-media-workout-at-news-photo/1170869288" /></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Shawn Porter is the forgotten fighter in the media's rush to anoint a new Floyd Mayweather.</li><li>This has left the American feeling "overlooked" despite feeling like "the best welterweight in the world."</li><li>Porter puts his world title on the line in Saturday's unification contest against Errol Spence at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.</li><li>Spence is an unbeaten boxer, who this week was profiled by the LA Times as a new Mayweather.</li><li>A dream match-up for 2020 would pit Spence against another unbeaten American called Terence Crawford. The winner would be seen as this era's Mayweather.</li><li>Porter told Business Insider that even if he beat Spence, Crawford would want to fight the loser. It makes him feel avoided.</li><li>But Porter his own dream match-up in mind. He wants to defeat Spence, then challenge Manny Pacquiao.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Shawn Porter is the forgotten fighter in the media's rush to anoint a new Floyd Mayweather, leaving him feeling "overlooked" despite proclaiming to be "the best welterweight in the world."The American boxer Porter has 30 wins (17 by knockout) against two losses and one draw. His record has featured a who's who of top 147-pounders for more than five years. He has even posted good victories over Devon Alexander, Adrien Broner, Andre Berto, Danny Garcia, and, most recently, Yordenis Ugas.But Porter is not seen as the best in the world in his division, he is not heralded as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters, and his ability to win against elite opponents has failed to see him attract comparisons to Mayweather.No.Those honors are instead reserved for Errol Spence, the unbeaten Texan who is favored to beat Porter at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday. The LA Times even published an opinion piece this week asking, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-09-25/errol-spence-shawn-porter-floyd-mayweather-boxing-fight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Can Errol Spence be the new Floyd Mayweather?"</a><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d3851afa13c951b10604ae2-2000/errol spence.jpg" border="0" alt="Errol Spence" data-mce-source="Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images" data-link="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/bill-tompkins-getty-images-errol-spence-jr-defeats-chris-news-photo/1160852093?adppopup=true" /></div></div></div>"I think I'm the best welterweight in the world," Porter told Business Insider. "I have to continue proving myself against other great fighters. But I don't really concern myself with rankings, just winning. I'm only worried about beating Errol."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-the-tyson-fury-english-traveller-boxing-style-2019-8?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">English travellers like Tyson Fury are taking over boxing but there's a good reason why they fight nothing like Brad Pitt's character in 'Snatch'</a>Spence, Porter said, "is sharp, smart, patient and he picks his punches." He added: "A lot like me, he likes to dictate tempo. Where he'll fall short is that I'm just hard to prepare for. I'm extremely versatile and he won't have all of the pieces to solve this puzzle."Porter's confidence comes from his experience. He said his level of opposition is superior to Spence's. "Errol only has 25 fights," Porter said. "I don't know how many of those opponents were champions - I think only a couple. I've faced lots of top guys and I have all the experience that I need to beat Errol. I expect that to show up on fight night."<h2>Shawn Porter feels avoided</h2>Of the best match-ups to make in world boxing, a dream all-American affair between Spence and welterweight rival Terence Crawford has long been touted. It would pit two champions, both unbeaten, against one another. The winner could be seen as this era's Mayweather.One man not mentioned in that match-up is Porter, who feels Crawford will do his best to avoid him should he continue winning. "I get it," he told us. "We're all human and people look to the future. But Terence Crawford said that when Shawn Porter beats Errol Spence, he'll still want to fight Spence."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5b7adfcc2be4ab1b2f8b4d31-2054/floyd mayweather.jpg" border="0" alt="Floyd Mayweather" data-mce-source="Getty Images" /></div></div></div>"So, these other top fighters know there are dangerous fighters like me out here, but they still just want to fight who they want to fight."I think he's looking towards the future and maybe to other fights that he wants down the line. And yes, he's overlooking me because he wants that future that he sees for himself."Porter finished by saying he has his own dream match-up. "After I win this fight against Spence, it should be [Manny] Pacquiao next for me," he said. "I'd love to take another belt from one of the greatest of all time."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>One of the biggest fights of 2020 takes place Saturday as <keyword id="10215521" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="errol-spence-jr-">Errol Spence Jr.</keyword> defends his two 147-pound championship belts against <keyword id="982019" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Danny-Garcia">Danny Garcia</keyword> in Arlington, Texas.</li><li>The former welterweight champion <keyword id="1965088" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Shawn-Porter">Shawn Porter</keyword> has fought both guys and recently told Insider what he learned about those bouts.</li><li>One of the big storylines heading into the show regards Spence's recovery from a high-speed car crash which left him in hospital, albeit with no broken bones.</li><li>Porter was confident in picking Spence to win, but added that observers should be able to gauge who'll succeed based on the opening round alone.</li><li>The Premier <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">Boxing</keyword> Champions event will be broadcast on December 5 on Fox <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> pay-per-view in the US.</li></ul>There are things a fighter can do to recover from a brutal knockout, the former two-time welterweight champion Shawn Porter told Insider recently.Porter will commentate on the Fox Sports pay-per-view boxing show Saturday at the AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington - a card which is headlined by two athletes he has previously fought, Errol Spence Jr. and Danny Garcia.One of the main storylines leading into 147-pound championship bout regards the mental and physical state Spence is in. The Texan returns to the ring for the first time since crashing his $300,000 Ferrari at high-speed last year.Spence was taken to hospital, and though he posted a photograph to social media where he looked disfigured, he did not suffer any broken bones.It begs the question whether he'll be the same fighter this weekend as he was before the crash.There are some who believe that once a combat athlete has been viciously knocked out, then they will be prone to being finished again in the future.Porter believes "it depends on the fighter.""A lot goes into a knockout. Even beyond that, what rehabilitation do you take your body through to recover from that knockout," he told Insider. "I don't think a lot of fighters know this but there's things you can eat, exercises you can do, and of course there's just time away from the ring."All of those things can help you physically and mentally come back from being knocked down, knocked out, and things of that nature."<h2>Garcia's training would presumably have been easier than Spence's, Porter said</h2><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGLaI9kAlxn" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Errol Spence Jr (@errolspencejr)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Spence, who is <a href="https://www.insider.com/who-are-the-best-pound-for-pound-boxers-in-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ranked by Insider as America's best boxer</a>, said last month that it took three or four sparring sessions to return to normal after last year's horror crash.But Porter told us it's hard to imagine he could have been sparring at the required intensity for a world title fight such as this."The tough part about it for Errol is I don't think he can spar at the same intensity that he would fight."He won't be able to take the intensity of a sparring session that he would into a fight and I think in turn it may take Errol a round or two to warm up, whereas not taking that long layoff and having opportunities to spar at the same intensity of a match would help him be more prepared for a fight."Both guys have been off because of COVID, but the preparation for Danny Garcia would be easier because he can take his intensity up in training, and not be in as much as risk or danger as Errol Spence."<h2>Porter has inside knowledge as he has fought both guys</h2><div type="image" title="Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter" height="1082" width="1442" msid="79569706" hostid="261"></div>Porter has a record of 31 wins (17 knockouts) against three losses and one draw. Against the two fighters competing in Saturday's main event he is 1-1.Porter beat Garcia by decision to win the vacant WBC welterweight title in 2018, but after one win over Yordenis Ugas in his first defense of the belt, he lost the championship to Spence by split decision in a title unification bout.Both those belts will be on the line in the Spence and Garcia fight.For Porter, competing with Garcia provided the most surprises."Everything that happened that night with Errol Spence Jr., were all things that I had expected and had seen from him," he told us. "I don't think his speed was any different than I expected, defense … nothing."An extraordinary in-fighter with a great box of tricks, Porter said it's his "eye for boxing" that helps push Spence into that elite tier of combat competitor. "He's really got an eye for boxing," he said. "He's got a good feel for what's happening in the ring, and what needs to happen in the ring."He's very consistent with his offense and his defense. It's all a combination of feet, and a combination which is hard to defeat."On Garcia, Porter said: "I think maybe the only thing I experienced in the Garcia fight that may have caught me by surprise a little bit was his toughness - he's tougher than I expected, and has more heart than I anticipated."Not only did he hold up well with my punches, but I thought he did a great job of firing back and not folding under the pressure that I bring, and the pressure and magnitude of that kind of fight."Porter said Garcia doesn't tend to show that in-ring toughness outside of sport. "That might have also been why it caught me by surprise."If Errol and his team looked at the fight that Danny Garcia had with me, and Garcia had with Keith Thurman, [they can see] this kid's tough, he can take a punch."[But if they don't] then it'll definitely catch them by surprise, too."<h2>Work-rate could determine the fight's winner, according to Porter</h2><div type="image" title="Errol Spence and Danny Garcia" height="978" width="1500" msid="79569708" hostid="261"></div>On where the fight could be won and lost, Porter said: "For Garcia, the fight could be lost … he's not a workman during the course of a fight."It takes a few rounds to get started and his slow work-rate pace, if he loses, that could be a component on the scorecards. Just him not being consistent offensively."If he beats Errol, it will be because he hurt him, so for Errol it's a case of being defensively responsible and not being caught with any of those surprise punches that Danny Garcia has, because he's a very good counter-puncher."Porter added: "I'm picking Errol Spence Jr. to win by decision, but I will officially pick the winner after the first round. I think we'll see the winner in that first round."We'll be able to see who Errol Spence Jr. is, which, more than anything, is the biggest component to this fight."Then I think also, we'll be able to see where Danny Garcia is in terms of his readiness and desire to win the fight."The Premier Boxing Champions event will be broadcast on December 5 on Fox Sports pay-per-view in the US.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/danny-garcia-mother-being-a-boxers-mom-extremely-nerve-wracking-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'Being a mother of a boxer is extremely nerve-wracking,' Danny Garcia's mom said ahead of Errol Spence Jr. fight</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/errol-spence-on-returning-to-normal-after-ferrari-crash-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">America's best boxer said it took 4 sparring sessions to return to normal after crashing his $300,000 Ferrari at high-speed</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/anthony-yarde-in-tough-fight-after-4-deaths-6-months-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Yarde is thrust into a 'tough fight' in his first bout since losing 4 family members in 6 months</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/weve-entered-a-golden-era-of-boxing-exhibitions-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We've officially entered a golden era of showbiz boxing, and it's all down to Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, and Floyd Mayweather</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/willy-hutchinson-dennis-mccann-expectations-high-for-boxing-talents-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2 young fighters compared to Joe Calzaghe and Prince Naseem Hamed will be unleashed Saturday, boxing promoter Frank Warren said</a>

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