Serena Williams is getting ready for the tennis season by training with Mike Tyson.
Serena Williams will return to the court to try and win her 24th Grand Slam singles title next month at the 2020 Australian Open, and she’s getting ready for the upcoming tennis season with a little cross-sport training with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
Tyson shared video training session with Williams, who lit up a bag as Tyson provided instructions.
Former heavyweight champion has been giving tennis great Serena Williams a lesson on the finer points of boxing. He posted a video on his Instagram page showing him providing instructions and then having her hit a bag held by him.
He obviously liked what he saw, saying, “She has some power” and “I don’t want to get into the ring with this GOAT.”
There was no word on whether Williams has plans to start a second career in the sweet science.
Tyson took part in the “Mouratoglou Preseason,” which brings together tennis players and celebrities as part of a warm up for the coming season.
Who are the hardest punching heavyweights in modern history? Here are the Top 10.
Deontay Wilder’s legend continues to grow with every spectacular knockout he delivers. The man can punch.
The Bronze Bomber demonstrated his unusual ability most recently on Nov. 23, when he ended the night of Luis Ortiz with one perfectly timed right hand from hell in the seventh round of a heavyweight championship fight Ortiz was winning on the cards.
But Wilder is hardly the first man to enter the ring with inhuman power. A number of legendary big men over the generations have had the ability to strike down their opponents with one blow as if they were hit a lightning bolt.
Who were the most lethal?
Here is a list of the 10 hardest punching heavyweights of the modern, post-World War II era (from No. 10 to No. 1).
NO. 10 LENNOX LEWIS
KO percentage (of wins): 78
Years active: 1989-2003 Record: 41-2-1 KOs: 32 KOs inside 3 rounds: 16 Notable KO victims: Frank Bruno, Andrew Golota, Oliver McCall, Tommy Morrison, Hasim Rahman, Donovan Rudduck, Mike Tyson Background: Hall of Fame boxing writer Colin Hart paid Lennox Lewis the ultimate compliment in British boxing circles when he wrote about Lewis’ knockout of Razor Ruddock in 1992. Lewis put Ruddock down with a monstrous right hand in the first round and then finished the job in Round 2. Wrote Hart for The Sun: “The blow that floored Ruddock in the first round was, without doubt, the best single punch I’ve seen from a British heavyweight since ‘Enery’s ‘Ammer (a reference to Henry Cooper) put Cassius Clay on his backside at Wembley Stadium almost 30 years ago.” Lewis, an Olympic champion who held six major titles over a decade that he dominated, was a complete boxer. He was a good, athletic – especially for a 6-foot-4 man – and clever technician, with one of best jabs of his era. However, his straight right – usually landed from the perfect distance – was his calling card. When it landed flush, his fights generally changed in an instant. The Ruddock punch, the one that ended Hasim Rahman’s night in their rematch and the shots that led to Mike Tyson’s demise stand out but many more are noteworthy. One sparring partner reportedly said: “The man hit like a tank.” More quotes: Graham Houston wrote for ESPN.com: “There were fights in which Lewis was frustratingly hesitant, but when he stepped in and really let the right hand fly he was one of heavyweight boxing’s most potent practitioners.” … TV commentator Max Kellerman once called Lewis “one of the most devastating right-handed punchers in the history of boxing. You don’t think Lennox has historical power in his right fist? OK, who has ever hit harder? George Foreman? Maybe in his first incarnation, when he had more snap on his punches, but then the 1973 version of big George checked in around 220. Lewis has him by nearly 30 pounds. Earnie Shavers? The champ has him by nearly 40. Foreman and Shavers hit harder for their size, but they were significantly smaller.”
Mike Tyson scored 44 knockouts in his career. Here’s a look at 10 of the bigger names he dropped.
Mike Tyson was fierce and ferocious He won 50 fights out of 58 career bouts with 44 knockouts. Here are 10 of the opponents who were dropped by Iron Mike.
Marvis Frazier
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In 1986, Mike Tyson stepped into the ring with Marvis Frazier, son of legendary heavyweight champ Joe Frazier. The combatants were not in there for long as Tyson finished Marvis Frazier in 30 seconds. The loss ended Frazier’s dreams of repeating as champ like his dad. He fought three more times, beating Tom Fischer, Robert Evans and Phillip Brown before retiring at age 28,
Will the rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua join the most-memorable sequels in history? That’s no easy task.
The rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua on Saturday is as compelling as it gets because of their first fight.
Ruiz, a replacement opponent known as much for his paunch as his ability, pulled off one of the great upsets by putting Joshua down four times and stopping him in Round 7 on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Can Ruiz do it again in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, the site of the rematch? Or will Joshua have made the necessary adjustments and avenge his career-changing setback?
Of course, we can only imagine whether Ruiz-Joshua II will live up to the original. Some sequels are as good or better than the first fight, some fall short.
Here are 10 heavyweight rematches – or third fights – that remain in our consciousness for reasons unique to each of the fights.
Boxing Junkie presents in this special feature its list of the 10 greatest heavyweights of the modern era.
The process of selecting the 10 greatest heavyweights of the modern era – post World War II – made one thing clear: There have been many outstanding big men over the past 75 years.
Boxing Junkie was able to whittle the list down to the desired number but it wasn’t easy. The criteria we used wasn’t complicated: Our decisions were based on the accomplishments of the fighters, with some consideration of their impact on the sport.
We decided not to include active fighters such as Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Andy Ruiz Jr. We thought it made sense to let the current crop of heavyweights sort things out before considering them.
Wilder faces Luis Ortiz in a rematch on Saturday. Ruiz does the same with Anthony Joshua on Dec. 7.
So here is our list, with the “next five” listed after No. 10.
