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Frank Gore scores devastating KO in pro boxing debut

Frank Gore with a smashing debut as a pro boxer

Yaya Olorunsola learned Saturday what defensive players in the NFL found out for 16 years: You don’t want to get him by Frank Gore.

Gore, the former great running back, made his pro boxing debut Saturday in Biloxi, Mississippi, and ended it in stunning fashion.

It was the fourth round when Gore delivered the right that turned out the lights on Olorunsola at a Gamebred Boxing event,

A better look at the shot that ended the fight, which came on Gore’s 39th birthday.

Video: Former NFL standout Frank Gore wins pro boxing debut with one-punch knockout

Frank Gore’s second boxing match went much better for him.

[autotag]Frank Gore[/autotag] is not short of accolades in the world of football.

But Saturday, he added the first success to his newly-minted list of boxing accomplishments. At Gamebred Boxing 1, Gore flattened opponent Yaya Olorunsola with a brutal overhand right to win his professional boxing debut by fourth-round knockout. The finish sent the crowd at Biloxi Community Center in Biloxi, Miss., into a frenzy.

Check out the knockout in the videos below:

While the match was Gore’s first in the professional ranks, he competed in an exhibition bout against former NBA star Deron Williams as part of the Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley 2 card this past December in Tampa, Fla. Gore lost the bout by four-round unanimous decision. Williams retired from combat sports competition after the bout.

Originally, the bout was expected to be a professional contest. However, it was shifted to exhibition days before it was scheduled to take place for unknown reasons.

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Close your eyes, Giants fans: Here’s a Saquon Barkley stat you don’t want to see

New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley has the fewest yards per rush (min. 150 attempts) in the NFL since the start of 2020.

Former No. 2 overall pick, Saquon Barkley, had an amazing start to his career. He was named 2018 Rookie of the Year and was named to the Pro Bowl.

The former Nittany Lion totaled 3,469 scrimmage yards and 23 touchdowns in his first two seasons with the New York Giants. However, things have not been so bright for Barkley as of recently.

In fact, since 2020, Barkley has the fewest yards per rush (min. 150 attempts) of any NFL running back.

Saquon had an awful 2020 season (where he only averaged 1.8 yards per carry) before tearing his ACL. Then in 2021, he had a below-average season where he only totaled 593 rushing yards on 3.7 yards per attempt as he was hindered by an ankle sprain.

Despite Barkley’s lack of production, not all of the burden can be placed on him. The Giants have had a bottom-five offensive line in the NFL over the past two seasons and one of the worst passing offenses. This resulted in teams stacking the box and Barkley having minimal running lanes to attack.

Hopefully for New York, these problems can improve as the Giants will likely pursue one or two linemen in the NFL draft to pair with the interior offensive line signings of Max Garcia, Jon Feliciano, and Mark Glowinski.

These veterans paired with an emerging Andrew Thomas and a likely rookie right tackle should allow the Giants to have a solid front this season which should allow Barkley to once again play like a top running back in football.

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49ers legend Frank Gore to make pro boxing debut on May 14

49ers legend Frank Gore will make his pro boxing debut on May 14.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published at MMAJunkie.com.

Frank Gore plans to officially retire from football soon, but his combat sports career might just be getting started.

It was announced Monday that Gore, who’s amassed the third most rushing yards in NFL history, is set to make his professional boxing debut for Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Promotions at a boxing/MMA event on May 14 in Jackson, Miss. His opponent hasn’t been determined.

Gore, 38, boxed for the first time last December on the undercard of the Jake Paul-Tyron Woodley rematch, losing by split decision to former NBA player Deron Williams in a four-round exhibition match. Afterward, Gore left the door open for a return to the ring.

News of Gore’s pro boxing debut comes on the heels of the five-time Pro Bowl running back announcing that he will sign a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers in the next “couple of months” to officially retire as a member of the team that drafted him in 2005.

Gore spent 10 seasons with the 49ers, three with the Indianapolis Colts, and one each with the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets. In his 16-year NFL career, Gore rushed for exactly 16,000 yards, which ranks third behind only Hall of Famers Walter Payton (16,726) and Emmitt Smith (18,355).

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49ers legend Frank Gore to make pro boxing debut on May 14

49ers legend Frank Gore will make his pro boxing debut on May 14.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published at MMAJunkie.com.

Frank Gore plans to officially retire from football soon, but his combat sports career might just be getting started.

It was announced Monday that Gore, who’s amassed the third most rushing yards in NFL history, is set to make his professional boxing debut for Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Promotions at a boxing/MMA event on May 14 in Jackson, Miss. His opponent hasn’t been determined.

Gore, 38, boxed for the first time last December on the undercard of the Jake Paul-Tyron Woodley rematch, losing by split decision to former NBA player Deron Williams in a four-round exhibition match. Afterward, Gore left the door open for a return to the ring.

News of Gore’s pro boxing debut comes on the heels of the five-time Pro Bowl running back announcing that he will sign a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers in the next “couple of months” to officially retire as a member of the team that drafted him in 2005.

Gore spent 10 seasons with the 49ers, three with the Indianapolis Colts, and one each with the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets. In his 16-year NFL career, Gore rushed for exactly 16,000 yards, which ranks third behind only Hall of Famers Walter Payton (16,726) and Emmitt Smith (18,355).

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49ers legend Frank Gore to make pro boxing debut for Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Promotions

Frank Gore plans to officially retire from football soon, but his combat sports career might just be getting started.

[autotag]Frank Gore[/autotag] plans to officially retire from football soon, but his combat sports career might just be getting started.

It was announced Monday that Gore, who’s amassed the third most rushing yards in NFL history, is set to make his professional boxing debut for Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Promotions at a boxing/MMA event on May 14 in Jackson, Miss. His opponent hasn’t been determined.

Gore, 38, boxed for the first time last December on the undercard of the Jake Paul-Tyron Woodley rematch, losing by split decision to former NBA player Deron Williams in a four-round exhibition match. Afterward, Gore left the door open for a return to the ring.

News of Gore’s pro boxing debut comes on the heels of the five-time Pro Bowl running back announcing that he will sign a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers in the next “couple of months” to officially retire as a member of the team that drafted him in 2005.

Gore spent 10 seasons with the 49ers, three with the Indianapolis Colts, and one each with the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets. In his 16-year NFL career, Gore rushed for exactly 16,000 yards, which ranks third behind only Hall of Famers Walter Payton (16,726) and Emmitt Smith (18,355).

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Jed York open to Frank Gore joining 49ers front office

Frank Gore’s post-playing career may involve returning to the #49ers.

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Frank Gore might be hanging up his pads, but he’s not done with football. After telling the SF Niners Podcast that he intends to retire after signing a one-day contract with the 49ers, he mentioned that he’d like to return to the club to work in the front office. CEO Jed York told Matt Barrows of the Athletic that he’s very much open to obliging the team’s all-time leading rusher.

“We’re gonna also sit down with me and my agent to talk about me working in the front office,” Gore said. “I love looking at talent. I love evaluating talent, and I love ball. And they know that I know football players, and what it’s supposed to take to be a football player.”

Gore spent 16 seasons in the NFL with four different clubs and saw a pretty dramatic shift in the way football is played between his rookie year in 2005 and his final season in 2020. Despite a changing game, Gore continued to find ways to be productive en route to 12 consecutive seasons with at least 1,200 scrimmage yards.

Simply being a good player doesn’t make a good front office member though. York believes Gore has what it takes to make the transition from player to front office member.

“Frank is somebody I’ve always stayed close with, even after he left for Indy,” York told the Athletic. “I would love to have Frank help us. I know his passion for the game, his eye for talent.”

York also told the Athletic Gore “knows which guys like to play football and which guys don’t.”

Knowing which players like football enough to be successful is a key aspect of evaluating talent, and that could wind up making Gore an extremely valuable member of a front office.

The running back isn’t the only star the club is trying to get back in the building. While Gore is angling for a front office role, former left tackle Joe Staley said last year that head coach Kyle Shanahan is trying to get him on the coaching staff.

Neither Staley nor Gore won a championship as a player, but perhaps they’ll come together to win one with the 49ers in their post-football ventures.

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49ers legend, ex-Jets RB Frank Gore to retire with San Francisco

Frank Gore’s NFL run is coming to an end after 16 seasons. The former Jets RB will retire with the 49ers, the team that drafted him in 2005.

Frank Gore’s NFL career is coming to an end after 16 seasons.

The running back told the SF Niners Podcast that he plans to sign a one-day contract with San Francisco before retiring. The 49ers drafted Gore in 2005, thus being a 10-year run in the Bay Area.

Gore, a five-time Pro Bowler with San Francisco, went on to play for the Colts, Dolphins, Bills and, most recently, Jets. Gore last played in 2020, totaling 653 rushing yards and two touchdowns for New York.

Gore became just the third running back in NFL history to record 16,000 rushing yards while with the Jets. He ends his career with exactly 16,000 yards, trailing only Walter Payton (16,726) and Emmitt Smith (18,355) on the all-time rushing list.

Despite his other stops, Gore will best be remembered for his accomplishments with the 49ers. Now that he is hanging up his pads, his next stop should be the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.

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Frank Gore signing contract to retire as 49er

Former Colts RB Frank Gore will retire as a member of the 49ers.

Former Indianapolis Colts running back Frank Gore is signing a one-day contract to retire with the San Francisco 49ers.

Gore spent the first 10 years of his career with the 49ers before joining the Colts in 2015 at the age of 31. In that span, Gore started all 48 games while taking 748 carries for 2,953 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Gore’s best season with the Colts came during the 2016 season when he took 263 carries for 1,025 rushing yards and four touchdowns. After the 2017 season, Gore signed with the Miami Dolphins (2018), Buffalo Bills (2019) and New York Jets (2020).

Even though Gore will be retiring from football as a member of the 49ers, that won’t be the case if he’s voted into the Hall of Fame. The NFL isn’t like MLB in the sense that a player must declare a team to be inducted with. Should Gore get voted in, he would go into the Hall of Fame as a member of every team he played for.

Gore’s 16,000 career rushing yards are third-most all-time so there is a more than solid chance he gets into Canton.

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49ers legend Frank Gore to retire as a 49er

Frank Gore is set to retire with the #49ers after a remarkable 16-year NFL career.

49ers all-time leading rusher Frank Gore is retiring. He told the SF Niners Podcast he plans to sign a one-day contract with the team and then hang up his pads after 16 NFL seasons.

Gore entered the NFL as a third-round pick of the 49ers in the 2005 draft. He took a back seat in his rookie year, but by his second season he played and started all 16 games and went to the Pro Bowl after rushing for 1,695 yards and eight touchdowns. It was the first of nine 1,000-yard seasons and 12 consecutive years with 1,200 yards from scrimmage.

He spent his first 10 years with the 49ers, then left in free agency at Age 31. He signed with the Colts for three years, then played for the Dolphins, Bills and Jets for one season each. He went unsigned in 2021.

Gore ran for 16,000 yards in his career – third-most all-time – and averaged 4.3 yards per carry on 3,735 attempts. Of those 16,000 yards, 11,073 came in red and gold. It’s fitting he’ll end his career as a member of the 49ers where he’ll surely go into the team’s Hall of Fame, and he should eventually wind up in Canton.

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