After USA Boxing announced that a male fighter who claims to be a woman would be eligible to fight in the female category, a former female competitive boxer and Olympic-level boxing coach called the decision “deadly.”
At the beginning of January, USA Boxing released its 2024 rulebook, in which the organization <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/usa-boxing-updates-rulebook-include-strict-transgender-athlete-policy-rcna131938">stated</a> transgender women over 18 could fight women if they had undergone genital reassignment surgery and had submitted quarterly hormone tests for four years after the surgery. The guidelines defined normal ranges of testosterone for women as less than 3.1 nanomoles per liter and asserted that transgender women show their testosterone serum level rested below five nanomoles per liter for four years before their first competition.
“When I heard that they were allowing transgender people to box women, I could not believe it,&#8221; Cary Williams told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/veteran-female-boxer-rips-deadly-usa-boxing-move-allowing-transgenders-fight-women-theres-just-no-way">Fox News Digital</a>. &#8220;I know it&#8217;s been going on in a lot of sports, which is not right on any level. But when you&#8217;re talking about people punching each other in the face, in the body, in the head, I really was surprised.”
Speaking of her experience as a 30-year-old fighter fighting a 16-year-old male, Williams continued:
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“I couldn&#8217;t imagine, you know, being hit by a grown man,” she speculated. “So, yeah, that experience, it takes me to this whole other level of thought, you know, thinking if they&#8217;re really going to allow men to go in there and box with women. That is just deadly.”
“We’re living in crazy times right now,” Williams asserted. “There&#8217;s just no way that a man should be able to come into a boxing ring and box with a woman. No matter what, if they&#8217;re born a man, then they&#8217;re a man. Doesn&#8217;t matter if they have gone through transition. I think most of the people that I have communicated with feel the same way. But a lot are worried to speak out. You know, we live in a weird cancel culture, and so I think a lot of people don&#8217;t want to voice their opinions on it, which is really sad because we need more people to stand up on this.”
 The Association of Ringside Physicians <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38038979/">stated</a> last December, “Allowing transgender athletes to compete against cisgender athletes in combat sports, which already involve significant risk of serious injury, unnecessarily raises the risk of injury due to these differences. Hence the ARP does not support transgender athlete competition against cisgender athletes in combat sports.”
Williams said she had been “racking my brain&#8221; to understand why USA Boxing ignored the  Association of Ringside Physicians’ perspective: “This is going to be a huge barrier for the young women coming up, the young girls coming up in the sport of boxing, because, first of all, boxing is a very challenging sport. Actually, ESPN did a study. It is the toughest sport out of all sports. So, you look at that, and obviously you can get hurt. It&#8217;s a little painful when you get hit, so you already know there&#8217;s a lot of girls that aren&#8217;t necessarily interested in getting into it. But once they do, they&#8217;ve overcome that part of it. Now, you&#8217;re adding this layer of, ‘Oh, now you might have to box a boy or a man.’ You put that in front of them, and they&#8217;re going to say, ‘Well, then I don&#8217;t want a box.’”
“For individuals to be emotional and base things off of ideology instead of, you know, actual reality and science, It&#8217;s beyond my belief,” Williams declared. “I can&#8217;t really comprehend what goes through their minds. But I&#8217;ll tell you what, if they&#8217;re going to say that I&#8217;m this, that or the other thing, the issue is if somebody decides that they want to transition, a man wants to transition to be a woman, that is a big decision in life, and they can make that decision.  But when they make that decision, there are consequences that come with that decision. And one of them is that they cannot compete as a woman in the sport of boxing or any other sport. They have to take that into account when they make that decision in their life. I think that is only fair. So, again, it&#8217;s just we all make choices in life, and there are consequences of the choices that we make.”
“Women are going to lose their space. Women, we have had to work really, really hard and for a very long time to have our space in the sport. A very long time. Why can&#8217;t transgender athletes do the same thing? You know what? They can create their own space, but it takes time. You can&#8217;t just go, ‘Oh, I&#8217;m transgender. I want to box women.’ That is unfair as well. You know, there are a lot of different layers to this,” she concluded.

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‘Deadly’: Former Competitive Boxer, Olympic-Level Boxing Coach Blasts USA Boxing Allowing Men To Fight Women

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Athletes including former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, UFC star Colby Covington, and tennis great Martina Navratilova have all blasted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA Boxing</a> for a policy change that now permits certain males to compete in the women&#8217;s division.
The new policy was first proposed in August 2022, as <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Oct22USA-Boxing-Transgender-Policy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> by National Review, and outlines that male athletes can fight women if they claim to be female, complete “gender reassignment surgery,” and test their testosterone levels for four years following such procedures.
Gaines, now an advocate for girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s sports, said the move by the boxing organization is not only unfair, but compromises women&#8217;s safety.
&#8220;Let me be the first to say women are not just a testosterone level,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/usa-boxing-fire-allowing-trans-athletes-compete-women-progress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Fox News. &#8220;And we’re not just men who merely don’t have male genitalia, which is the policy that USA Boxing has in place now.&#8221;
&#8220;In regard to this topic, we know about the unfair competition aspect, but the safety of women has been compromised by USA Boxing’s new policies and guidelines,&#8221; Gaines continued. &#8220;And I think my biggest problem with this new implementation is that we are now glorifying men &#8212; we’re calling them champions, we’re giving them titles, they’re winning prize money &#8212; for punching women in the face. That’s the purpose of boxing or MMA, any fighting sport that requires physical contact like boxing does.&#8221;
&#8220;We’re glorifying that. We’re calling it progressive,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Make no mistake, this is not progress. This is not moving us in the positive, forward direction. This is incredibly regressive. This is taking us back in time and it’s utterly misogynistic.&#8221;
Covington called the policy &#8220;despicable.&#8221;
&#8220;Biological men shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to compete in women&#8217;s sports,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/colby-covington-usa-boxing-transgender-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t matter what their hormone levels or pronouns are, they&#8217;re still biological men.&#8221;
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&#8220;When they dig up their bones in 200 years, their bones won&#8217;t leave pronouns,&#8221; the fighter continued. &#8220;They&#8217;re just gonna leave XX and XY chromosomes, and, unfortunately, boxing is a sport that could potentially have fatal consequences. So, to let women go against men is completely irresponsible, unethical, and dangerous.&#8221;
&#8220;Anyone sincerely suggesting this is a good idea needs to seek serious professional help immediately. I don&#8217;t know what sanctioning body or boxing commission is going to approve this. This is disgusting,&#8221; Covington added. &#8220;To put a man in there against a woman &#8230; this is endangering someone&#8217;s life.&#8221;
Navratilova reacted online to the news, posting on X, &#8220;So not ok…beyond irresponsible.&#8221;
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Puerto Rican professional boxer and MMA fighter Amanda Serrano also criticized the transgender policy.
&#8220;Make it make sense! Women who were born women can’t compete against women under the same rules as men according to the WBC (World Boxing Council)….BUT men can identify as a woman, transition and then fight us women?&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;All I want is equal opportunity for all. Our bodies. Our decision.&#8221;
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Make it make sense! Women who were born women can’t compete against women under the same rules as men according to the WBC….BUT men can identify as a woman, transition and then fight us women? 
All I want is equal opportunity for all. Our bodies. Our decision.
&mdash; Amanda Serrano (@Serranosisters) <a href="https://twitter.com/Serranosisters/status/1741223949965447321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/usa-boxing-allows-men-to-fight-women-with-new-transgender-guidelines">USA Boxing Allows Men To Fight Women With New Transgender Guidelines</a>

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‘Potentially Have Fatal Consequences’: Athletes Sound Off On USA Boxing’s New Transgender Policy

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA Boxing</a> on Friday officially adopted a new transgender policy, which will permit males who identify as female to compete against females if they meet certain qualifications.
The new policy was first proposed in August 2022, as <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Oct22USA-Boxing-Transgender-Policy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> by National Review, and outlines that male athletes, in addition to claiming to be female, must complete &#8220;gender reassignment surgery&#8221; and test their testosterone levels for four years following such procedures.
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&#8220;The athlete must demonstrate that her total testosterone level in serum has been below 5 nmol/L (nanomoles per liter of blood) for at least 48 months prior to her first competition,&#8221; the policy says, adding that requirement &#8220;for any longer period to be based on a confidential case-by-case evaluation, considering whether or not 48 months is a sufficient length of time to minimize any advantage in women&#8217;s competition.&#8221;
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&#8220;The athlete&#8217;s total testosterone level in serum must remain below 5 nmol/L throughout the period of desired eligibility to compete in the female category,&#8221; one requirement reads.
Notably, the guidance notes that the &#8220;normal range of testosterone for males is defined as more than 10 nanomoles per litre (10 namol/L) and normal range of testosterone for females is less than 3.1 nanomoles per litre (3.1 namol/L).&#8221;
<a href="https://www.ucsfhealth.org/medical-tests/testosterone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health, the normal measurements for males is 10 to 35 nmol/L, and for women it&#8217;s 0.5 to 2.4 nmol/L.
A qualifying male, therefore, could have more than double the testosterone level of an average female competitor.
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USA Boxing has said in a statement that the adopted policy has been put in place &#8220;to provide fairness and safety for all boxers,&#8221; the Daily Mail reported.
The organization also claims that since USA Boxing&#8217;s International Federation (IF) has yet to determine eligibility for transgender boxers, the policy was necessary.
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&#8220;Since boxing’s IF has not determined transgender eligibility and boxing is considered a combat sport, USA Boxing’s overriding objective is the safety of all boxers and fair competition between all boxers,&#8221; the guidance says.
Alternatively, critics of such transgender policies warn that permitting males to compete against females will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sports-is-biological-fitness-guru-jillian-michaels-says-trans-athletes-will-destroy-female-sports-hurt-women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">destroy</a> female sports, allow unfairness, erase girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s spaces, and put females at physical risk.
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/study-trans-women-still-have-athletic-advantage-over-women-after-year-of-hormone-therapy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> published in 2021, for example, found that men who identify as transgender still maintained physical advantages against females, even after years of hormone therapy.
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A Mexican world champion boxer threatened Argentinian Lionel Messi after seeing a video of the soccer superstar standing atop what appeared to be either a jersey from Mexico’s soccer team or the Mexican flag.
On Sunday, Argentina defeated Mexico 2-0 in the World Cup as Messi scored the first goals. After the game, Messi appeared to stand on the jersey or flag amid a locker room celebration, sparking the ire of boxer Canelo Alvarez.
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“Did you guys see Messi cleaning the floor with our jersey and flag????” Alvarez, who has won multiple world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight, tweeted. “He better pray to God that I don&#8217;t find him. Just like I respect Argentina, he has to respect Mexico! I&#8217;m not talking about the country as a whole, just about the bulls**** that Messi did.”
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Vieron a Messi limpiando el piso con nuestra playera y bandera ????
&mdash; Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canelo/status/1597017518530387968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Que le pida a Dios que no me lo encuentre!! 👊🏻👊🏻🤬🔥
&mdash; Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canelo/status/1597017649376276480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Así como respeto Argentina tiene que respetar mexico!! no hablo del país(argentina) hablo de messi por su mamada que hizo. 👊🏻🔥
&mdash; Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canelo/status/1597024849708228608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Messi’s former Argentina teammate Sergio Agüero chided Alvarez for his comments.
“Mr. Canelo, don’t look for excuses or problems, surely you don’t know about football and what happens in a changing room,&#8221; Agüero tweeted. &#8220;The shirts are always on the floor after games have finished due to sweat and then if you look properly, he makes the movement to remove his boot and accidentally hits it.”
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Señor canelo no busques excusas o problemas , seguramente no sabes de fútbol y que pasa en un vestuario . Las camisetas siempre después que se terminan los partidos están en el piso por el sudor y después si ves bien hace el movimiento para sacarse el botín y sin querer le da . <a href="https://t.co/zfftTXH3JB">https://t.co/zfftTXH3JB</a>
&mdash; Sergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) <a href="https://twitter.com/aguerosergiokun/status/1597126414150807552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Messi was euphoric after the game with Mexico, which kept Argentina’s hopes alive after the shocking loss to Saudi Arabia in the opening game of Group C.
“We needed this euphoria,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The days were very long, and we were eager to have the chance to turn it around. It was a critical game. [Winning] was a weight off our shoulders, and we now have peace of mind.”
“The first half was difficult due to the situation and the need to win. We couldn&#8217;t find spaces,” he continued. “In the second half, we started playing our game and doing what we stand for. … The goal changed the game.”
In other World Cup news, U.S. Soccer briefly displayed Iran’s national flag without the emblem of the Islamic regime on its official Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts to show support for protests in Iran, but then pulled it down, telling <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/27/football/iran-us-flag-protesters-klinsmann-2022-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html">CNN</a> it always had intended to go back to the Islamic Republic flag, calling the brief display “a one-time graphic.”
Iranian state media Tasnim news agency reacted to the brief display by insisting the U.S. team be thrown out of the World Cup, tweeting, “By posting a distorted image of the flag of the Islamic Republic of #Iran on its official account, the #US football team breached the @FIFAcom charter, for which a 10-game suspension is the appropriate penalty. Team #USA should be kicked out of the #WorldCup2022.”

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‘He Better Pray To God I Don’t Find Him’: Mexican World Champion Boxer Threatens Soccer Superstar Messi

Mexican World Champion Boxer Threatens Soccer Superstar Messi 

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-world-champion-boxer-has-a-hard-time-believing-tyson-furys-boxing-career-is-over/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boxer</a> Luis Quinones, who was an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/earnie-shavers-boxing-legend-whose-power-shook-ali-and-even-sylvester-stallone-dead-at-78/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">undefeated junior welterweight</a> before he was knocked out Saturday night in a Colombia bout against a pal and sparring partner, has died of his injuries.
Quinones, who was 25, entered the fight against Jose Munoz at Coliseo Elias Chegwin with a 10-0 record. The fight, in Barranquilla, was close, but in the eighth and final round, Quinones went down with just 30 seconds remaining. He was scooped from the canvas and rushed to the North General Clinic in Barranquilla, where he underwent surgery for &#8220;neurological deterioration as a result of head trauma.&#8221; Less than a week later, he was dead.
&#8220;You went ahead of us my loving brother, now you are with your heavenly father, whom you adored and served, I love you my brother Luis Quinones, forever and ever in our hearts,&#8221; his brother, Leonardo Quinones, wrote on Facebook.
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Duele mucho ver partir a un joven lleno de sueños y con todo un futuro por delante. A la familia del boxeador santandereano Luis Quiñones: un abrazo de corazón, lamento mucho este difícil momento. <a href="https://t.co/GYKh3dj6pN">pic.twitter.com/GYKh3dj6pN</a>
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Munoz (9-0, 7 KOs), had been a sparring partner of Quinones. Munoz lost his mouthguard in the final round, prompting referee Leonel Mercado to send Quinones to his corner while Munoz put his mouthguard back in, <a href="https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/34696155/junior-welterweight-luis-quinones-25-dies-5-days-ko-loss-colombia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Salvador Rodriguez, of ESPN Deportes</a>. Once the fight resumed, Munoz floored Quinones , who never recovered.
“I never thought that a dream could turn into a real nightmare,” Munoz, who is from Venezuela but fights out of Colombia wrote in an open letter which was made public before Quinones’ death. “The desire to succeed in life put us both on the same path, but because of those things in life and especially the profession we chose, today you are in a situation that we never imagined.”
Quinones was declared brain-dead Thursday, but remained on life support until midnight.
Cuadrilatero Boxing, which promoted the fatal fight, released a statement on social media expressing its sorrow.
&#8220;Cuadrilatero Boxing is deeply saddened by the death of Luis Quinones, an exceptional and disciplined human being, who always showed the greatest commitment to this sport,” the statement read. “Luis was passionate about boxing, so much so that he left his hometown of Barrancabermeja to continue his career in Barranquilla and become a national athlete. His idol was Julio Cesar Chavez.&#8221;

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Up-And-Coming Boxer, 25, Dies After Horrific Ring Tragedy

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/putin-calls-up-reservists-plane-tickets-exiting-russia-sold-out-as-frantic-russians-panic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vladimir Putin</a>’s latest conscript will need extra meal rations and a custom-tailored uniform.
Nikolai Valuev, a 7-foot-tall, 350-pound former two-time <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/earnie-shavers-boxing-legend-whose-power-shook-ali-and-even-sylvester-stallone-dead-at-78/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world heavyweight champion</a>, told the Russian news outlet <a href="https://iz.ru/1402986/2022-09-29/deputat-nikolai-valuev-soobshchil-o-poluchenii-povestki-iz-voenkomata" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Izvestia</a> that he has been called on to fight in Ukraine. Valuev, who retired from the ring in 2009, said he intended to enlist immediately.
“In my opinion, everyone has received a summons, I also received a summons,” Valuev said. “Will I go? Of course, I will go to the enlistment office now.”
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Looks like we are finally getting the Klitschko &#8211; Valuev showdown that Valuev backed down from in 2010.
My money is on Klitschko, HIMARS is going to give him an enormous reach advantage.
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Valuev is the tallest world heavyweight champion of all time and posted a career record of 50-2-1. He lost his final fight to David Haye by decision. That fight followed a win over former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield. Following his retirement, doctors warned him that degenerative bone and joint problems could jeopardize his longterm health.
After his ring career ended, Valuev, 49, became television host and a member of the Russian Duma, representing Putin’s United Russia Party. He has served in the nation’s parliament for a decade.
Valuev was in Donbas, the Russian-breakaway region of eastern Ukraine, when he was summoned. He said other members of parliament were also called to fight.
“My colleagues are good, they were registered for military service in the State Duma and received summons here, but I have to go home,” he said.
Putin is desperately trying to raise a bigger army after the invasion he launched in February has faltered. Russian soldiers have reportedly surrendered to their Ukrainian counterparts and men who are being called up are reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/putin-boosts-russian-troop-numbers-as-invasion-of-ukraine-stalls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">purposely breaking limbs</a> to avoid fighting in the unpopular war.
Ukraine has a pair of former heavyweight champs in brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. Vitali, a three-time world champ who posted a 45-2 record, is now the mayor of Kyiv. Wladimir, who held world title belts twice and posted a career record of 64-5, was later engaged to actress Hayden Panettiere, with whom he had a child. Both Klitschko brothers enlisted in the Ukrainian army following the invasion.
Neither the Klitschko brothers nor Valuev ever fought each other during their careers.

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Putin’s Latest Conscript Is A 7-Foot, 350-Pound Ex-Heavyweight Champ

Putin's Latest Conscript Is A 7-Foot, 350-Pound Ex-Heavyweight Champ

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Earnie Shavers, the hard-punching heavyweight who lost title fights to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/muhammad-alis-son-my-dad-wouldnt-have-supported-racist-black-lives-matter-wouldve-supported-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Muhammad Ali</a> and Larry Holmes in the 1970s and once showed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sylvester-stallones-wife-files-for-divorce-from-rocky-star-after-25-years/">Sylvester Stallone</a> what a real punch felt like, died Thursday, one day after turning 78.
An Alabama native who grew up in Cleveland and turned pro in 1969, Shavers was known as “The Black Destroyer” during a career that spanned 26 years. Although he never won a championship belt, he compiled a 74-14-1 record, with 68 of his victories by knockout. More than anything, Shavers was known for his devastating punching power.
“Earnie hit me so hard, it shook my kinfolk in Africa,” Ali said after winning a 1977 title fight at Madison Square Garden.
The loss to Ali came in a 15-round unanimous decision that some thought Shavers had won. Shavers had come alive late in the bout and by the start of the 15th round, had Ali noticeably wobbling.
“You don&#8217;t look so good,” Ali’s legendary trainer, Angelo Dundee, told him as the heavyweight great prepared to finish the fight. “You better go out and take this round.”
Ali staggered Shavers in the round and came away with the victory. Although some in his camp urged Ali to retire after his narrow escape, he fought four more times, losing three.
Two years after losing to Ali, Shavers lost to Larry Holmes in Las Vegas’s Caesar’s Palace in his only other title shot. Although Shavers knocked Holmes down in the seventh round with a punch Holmes called the hardest he’d ever absorbed, the fight was stopped four rounds later after a Holmes barrage left Shavers dazed.
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Another person who felt Shavers’ punching power was Stallone, who considered casting a real boxer in the role of his “Rocky III” opponent. Stallone invited Shavers to spar with him, and when the pro declined to hit him, reportedly said, “C&#8217;mon Earnie, show me something real.”
Shavers hit the actor in the midsection and the session ended immediately. The role of Clubber Lang went to Mr. T.
“That nearly killed me,” Stallone would say later. “I went straight to the men&#8217;s room and threw up.”
Shavers retired in 1983 and became a preacher, but attempted multiple comebacks, the last of which came in 1995 and ended after two fights, including a second-round knockout loss to journeyman Brian Yates.
Because the 1970s is widely viewed as the golden age of heavyweights, with Ali, Holmes, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and other all-time greats passing around the championship belt, Shavers is often overlooked. But those who fought him remember his thunderous right hand and devastating left hook.
“He can get you out of there with any kind of shot,” Dundee told Sports Illustrated in an interview.
Ron Lyle, who defeated Shavers with a 12-round technical knockout in 1975, said he had never been hit with the force Shavers brought.
“Hey man, that’s the hardest I’ve ever been hit in my life,” Lyle said later. “And George Foreman could punch, but none of them could hit like Earnie Shavers did. When he hit you, the lights went out. I can laugh about it now, but at the time, it wasn’t funny.”

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Did you know that the Nazis created a non-Jewish, Aryan Jesus? As Susannah Heschel <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Aryan-Jesus-Christian-Theologians-Germany-ebook/dp/B09JJNHXM7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SD1N2DFLJGGB&amp;keywords=the+aryan+jesus&amp;qid=1661488640&amp;sprefix=the+aryan+%2Caps%2C92&amp;sr=8-1">explained</a>, Nazi theologians “redefined Christianity as a Germanic religion whose founder, Jesus, was no Jew but rather had fought valiantly to destroy Judaism, falling as victim to that struggle. Germans were now called upon to be the victors in Jesus’s own struggle against the Jews, who were said to be seeking Germany’s destruction.”
Talk about rewriting the Bible and creating a savior in our own image.
But that’s what many of us also do. We make a god who is like us — affirming, agreeing, confirming, empowering — rather than acknowledge the one true God, the God who transforms us, the God to whom we give account, the God who often makes us uncomfortable. We create a God who is here to serve us rather than us being here to serve Him.
Let me give you a few striking examples, some of which you’ve seen on TV.
A boxer lays prone on the ground in a corner of the ring, surrounded by concerned doctors and trainers. On the other side of the ring, his triumphant opponent says to the interviewer, “First, I want to give all the glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Without Him, I could not have done this.” 
In other words, without Jesus, I could not have landed such a vicious knockout punch, a punch that has endangered the health of my opponent. Is there something wrong with this picture?
I’m always glad to hear an athlete acknowledge the Lord. And it’s good to recognize that, without Him, we can do nothing (meaning, nothing truly good).
But thanking God for a violent victory? Really? Isn’t this another way that we create a god in our own image, a god who helps us win our every preference and desire, and defeat those whom we see as our enemies? God is always with the winner (that is, as long as we’re the ones winning).
I recently saw a boxer praying with his team before a fight. He was passionate, crying out like someone who truly knew the Lord. He sounded like the real deal.
Then he said, “And Lord, help me to show no mercy tonight.”
Seriously? He asked the God of mercy to help him show no mercy to his opponent in the boxing ring?
To paraphrase the prayer, “Merciful Savior, You who shower me with mercy every day, You who said, ‘Blessed are the merciful,’ help me to show no mercy in the ring. In Your name, amen!”
This same boxer is known for his free use of expletives during his interviews, adding another curious touch to his open and unashamed proclamation of Jesus as Lord. It looks like he has some growing to do.
I’ve seen this in other violent sports, too, where an injury leaves an opponent quivering on the mat, blood gushing from his head, while the victor points to the sky with gratitude, mouthing the words, “Thank You Jesus!” To paraphrase, “You were the one who put that special power in my kick. I could not be so violent on my own!”
Again, I’m all for athletes thanking God for His protection. Or saying that it’s only by His grace they made it to where they are. Or acknowledging His help in being a successful athlete.
And I recognize that there are many boxers and mixed martial artists who are known to have strong Christian testimonies, some of them sharing their stories about how their sport got them out of a life of crime. For them, while it is a tough sport, a combat sport, it is also a sport of honor, discipline, and hard work, and they wish no harm to their fellow combatants.
But does that mean that they should thank God for the skill to pulverize their opponents, leaving some of them brain damaged for life?
Yet this kind of thinking is all too common here in America, where the Lord exists to make us bigger and better, to empower us rather than change us.
This reminds me of an old friend of the family who used to give 10% of her gambling winnings to two of her favorite TV preachers. It was the Lord, she reasoned, who enabled her to beat the casinos, and so she owed him her tithe. 
I’ve heard of a “Christian” strip club owner who was a regular at his local gospel church, giving from his earnings to support the ministry. 
I’m familiar with a “Christian” abortion doctor in North Carolina who tithed out of her income to her local church. (In this case, the doctor actually believed she was doing God’s will. I’m not so sure even the strip club owner is quite that deceived.)
I saw another boxer give an interview after his victory, and he too was quick to glorify the Lord before he said anything else.
He then proceeded to rail on the other champions in his division, saying that he was the only self-made man among them. He alone was responsible for getting to the top, whereas these others had all kinds of help. And he too is known to let the profanity fly.
Is there nothing incongruous here? In one breath, you’re saying that you’re only here with the help of the Lord. In the next breath, you’re boasting about being a self-made man. Huh?
For some, God is the implicit, spiritual head of a political party. 
For others, He is the one who backs a particular denomination or Christian branch, also frowning on those other groups that are not as beloved (or faithful) as we are.
Some believe the Lord is the one who is obligated to get us out of trouble, no matter how we got into trouble. After all, isn’t that what the deity is supposed to do? Isn’t His primary function to answer our prayers and give us a get out of jail card?
This is what happens when we create a god in our own image, projecting on him our own proclivities and passions. It is easier to do than we realize.
We would be wise, then, to get on our knees, take out our Bibles, and pray, “Lord God who created the universe, show me who You really are. No other gods are worthy of worship. No other gods are really gods at all. Only You are God!”
May He give us eyes to see.
Dr. Michael Brown (<a href="http://www.askdrbrown.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.askdrbrown.org</a>) is the host of the nationally syndicated <a href="http://www.lineoffireradio.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Line of Fire</a> radio program. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from New York University and has served as a professor at a number of seminaries and is the author of 40 books. Connect with him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AskDrBrown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/DrMichaelLBrown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbINn3x-intLp88Zrf8acpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Boxing great <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-foreman-smacks-privileged-kaepernick-durant-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Foreman</a> has been accused in twin civil suits of raping two women in the 1970s, when the alleged victims were underage.
The women, now in their 60s and identified in court papers as Denise F. and Gwen H., sued the 73-year-old pugilist-turned-pitchman separately Wednesday in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> County Superior Court. Both say they met Foreman when they were young children because their fathers knew the fighter.
Foreman denied the claims.
“Over the past six months, two women have been trying to extort millions of dollars each from me and my family,” he said in a statement. “I don&#8217;t pick fights, but I don&#8217;t run away from them either.”
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Two women who said former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman sexually abused them in the 1970s have filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles court.
Foreman has denied the allegations.
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Foreman is not named in the court papers either but is identified as a professional boxer who defeated Joe Frazier in 1973 to become the heavyweight champion of the world before losing the title to Muhammad Ali the following year. That description conclusively refers to Foreman.
Denise, of Los Angeles, claims Foreman groomed her when she was just eight and had sex with her when she was 15 in a San Francisco hotel. Gwen, a Nevada resident, says she met Foreman when she was nine, and that he raped her in a Beverly Hills apartment when she was 15. She claims Foreman told her he would fire her father, who was part of his entourage, if she didn&#8217;t submit to his advances.
A 2020 California law extended the statute of limitations that previously had barred most victims of childhood sexual abuse from suing. Both women are seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages.
Foreman, a native Texan, posted a 76-5 record over a professional career that spanned nearly 30 years. A 1968 Olympic gold medalist, he turned pro a year later and won the world heavyweight title in 1973 with a second-round knockout of Frazier. But three years after Ali took the title from him, Foreman retired following a loss to Jimmy Young and became a preacher.
Foreman announced an improbable comeback at age 45 in 1994 and won the heavyweight belt for the second time with a defeat of Michael Moorer to become the oldest heavyweight champ of all time.
While Foreman was seen as a brooding behemoth in his earlier career, he was beloved after his comeback. His newfound charm led to a host of lucrative endorsements, most notably the eponymous countertop cooker. Some estimates say he has made more than $200 million hawking the George Foreman grill.
Foreman has 12 children, including five boys who are all named George.

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Boxing legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-tyson">Mike Tyson</a> is lashing out against the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hulu">Hulu</a> biopic “Mike” once again, saying the streaming giant stole the story of his life without permission.
“Don’t let Hulu fool you. I don’t support their story about my life,” the 56-year-old former world heavyweight champion posted to his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg7JRAeLY9B/">Instagram</a> account. “It’s not 1822. It’s 2022. They stole my life story and didn’t pay me. To Hulu executives I’m just a n****r they can sell on the auction block.”
In the caption, Tyson wrote, “Hulu is the streaming version of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/racism">slave master</a>. They stole my story and didn’t pay me.”
The day before, Tyson praised UFC president Dana White for refusing to promote the documentary. 
“Hulu tried to desperately pay my brother @danawhite millions without offering me a dollar to promote their slave master take over story about my life,” Tyson <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg5xQwPrx4V/">said</a>. “He turned it down because he honors friendship and treating people with dignity. I’ll never forget what he did for me just like I’ll never forget what Hulu stole from me.”
“Mike” stars Trevante Rhodes as Tyson and promises to “explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson &#8211; one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture,” per the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14181914/">IMDb</a> description. The miniseries is scheduled to debut on August 25.
Tyson has been railing against “Mike” for months. In a now-deleted Instagram post from February, he wrote, “Hulu’s announcement to do an unauthorized mini-series of the Tyson story without compensation, although unfortunate, isn’t surprising,” the celeb wrote at the time, per <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/08/mike-tyson-takes-jab-hulu-mike-series-premiere-they-stole-my-life-story-1235086753/">Deadline</a>.
“This announcement on the heels of social disparities in our country is a prime example of how Hulu’s corporate greed led to this tone-deaf cultural misappropriation of the Tyson life story. To make this announcement during Black History Month only confirms Hulu’s concern for dollars over respect for black story rights. Hollywood needs to be more sensitive to black experiences especially after all that has transpired in 2020.”
Showrunner Karen Gist defended the existence of “Mike.” 
“We just wanted to tell an unbiased story and have the audience decide what they think or feel,” Gist said at Hulu’s Television Critics Tour panel last week. 
“Challenging what people think they know about Mike and hoping that they come away from the series with something else to think about. Whether you like him or hate him, does the story make you question how complicit society has been? That was the intention, that was the North Star for the writers’ room as we were crafting stories.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">President Joe Biden</a> might want to put YouTuber-turned pro boxer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jake-paul-in-advanced-talks-to-fight-boxing-legend-mike-tyson">Jake Paul</a> down as &#8220;undecided.&#8221;
The fighter, who has 4.3 million Twitter followers, weighed in on the president&#8217;s performance with a tweet Saturday listing Biden&#8217;s accomplishments. Among them were record-high gas prices, surging inflation, falling crypto currency values, rising rents, and the creation of a &#8220;new incomprehensible language.&#8221;
&#8220;If you’re reading this and voted for Biden and you still don’t regret it then you are the American problem,&#8221; Paul said in summation.
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Biden accomplishments 
1. Highest gas prices 2. Worst inflation 3. Plummeting crypto prices 4. Highest rent prices ever 5. Created new incomprehensible language
If you’re reading this and voted for Biden and you still don’t regret it then you are the American problem.
&mdash; Jake Paul (@jakepaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1535788374048575489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Last week, the national average price for a gallon of gas topped $5 for the first time in history. Conservatives blame Biden for restricting drilling and pushing a liberal environmental agenda that seeks to get America off of fossil fuels.
Paul&#8217;s tweet garnered nearly 100,000 likes, but Biden supporters replied by telling him he was out of his lane. Many told him Biden is powerless to stabilize soaring gas prices.
Washington Post reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1535853627096453121?s=20&amp;t=eBhNlOv7FL7FZpxTz4xTFA">Taylor Lorenz was surprised</a> that Paul’s &#8220;third biggest critique of the administration is the price of crypto going down.&#8221;
Paul could be watching Biden closely to help plot his own unlikely and very distant bid for the White House. Last year, he told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca-odw3nriQ">Overtime</a> he and his older brother, Logan, plan to run for president in 2032 although the plans appeared to be in their infancy.
“I&#8217;m running for president, but I&#8217;m not even 35 yet,&#8221; he said, noting the Constitution-prescribed minimum age limit. “My brother and I are running for president in 2032. That&#8217;s when we&#8217;ll be eligible.
“We&#8217;re still figuring it out. I might be president, he might,&#8221; Paul continued. &#8220;I think we&#8217;re gonna flip a coin and see who gets to be the president versus vice president.”
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Until then, Paul seems focused on his ring career, which was also considered unlikely when he was just a YouTube prankster. His next fight will take place on August 6 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. So far, he is 5-0 with knockouts in each fight.
In December, Paul stopped former UFC champion Tyron Woodley, who was a last-minute replacement for an injured Tommy Fury, the half-brother of world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury– who withdrew from his scheduled bout with Paul due to injury and illness.

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A judge in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/puerto-rico">Puerto Rico</a> tossed charges against five suspects in the 2012 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">murder</a> of world-famous boxer Hector &#8220;Macho&#8221; Camacho after a witness fled and the government&#8217;s case collapsed.
Camacho, who held world titles at three different weight classes and compiled a record of 79-6-3 in an illustrious 30-year career that began in 1980, was shot in the face in November 2012 outside a Puerto Rico bar. He died several days later. The case went unsolved for years, but recently five suspects were charged.
The charges were dropped after a star witness fled the island, although no further details were available. The suspects, who were arrested in March, included three men already serving time in Florida for unrelated crimes, a fourth who was arrested in the northern city of Bayamón, the same city where Camacho was killed, and a fifth suspect currently serving time in Puerto Rico. Two other suspects had since died. The arrests were announced with fanfare and dubbed &#8220;Operation Knockout,&#8221; as authorities sought to solve a cold case involving an island legend.
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Hector &#39;Macho&#39; Camacho murder case dismissed after star witness flees <a href="https://t.co/dndj1iaRkx">https://t.co/dndj1iaRkx</a> <a href="https://t.co/Sfcc2aeSJD">pic.twitter.com/Sfcc2aeSJD</a>
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During his storied career, Camacho defeated such legends as Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán and also fought Julio Cesar Chavez and Oscar De La Hoya. He held the WBC super featherweight and lightweight titles, as well as the WBO junior welterweight belt.
Camacho was also notable for entering the ring garbed in flamboyant costumes, including feather crests and brightly colored robes.
&#8220;Camacho brought a lot of excitement to boxing. He was bright, colorful, and always gave something to talk about with his walks to the ring, with his unique style of entering, and the costumes he wore,&#8221; Ed Brophy, director of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, said at the time of his death, adding that Camacho was &#8220;an exciting fighter, and one of the greats.&#8221;
Camacho battled drug addiction and courted controversy throughout his career. He pleaded guilty to a 2005 burglary charge, was shot by carjackers in San Juan in 2011 and was awaiting trial in Florida for allegedly abusing his son when he was killed.
Camacho, 50, was fatally shot November 20, 2012, while he and a childhood friend, Adrian Mojica Moreno, were parked in a Ford Mustang outside a bar. Police reportedly found nine bags of cocaine in the car. Moreno died, and Camacho was clinically brain dead but remained on life support for several days before being flown to New York for burial.

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