Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have exchanged words remotely ahead of their fight, set to be announced formally this week. Usyk is in attendance at the WBC’s Annual Convention, held this year in Uzbekistan. Fury – the sanctioning body’s heavyweight champion – is not there, but recorded a video message for his rival. In it, […]
Oleksandr Usyk has had just five fights in the heavyweight ranks, scoring two stoppages and three decision wins. In his sixth, he will compete to become undisputed champion. The Ukrainian has wasted no time in the sport’s top division after winning all four belts down at cruiserweight, and has now signed contracts to face Tyson […]
Anthony Joshua looks set to deliver on his promise to fight three times this year as an announcement for a mega-card in Saudi Arabia on December 23 looms. The Brit has bounced back from losses to Oleksandr Usyk with two wins this year – a unanimous decision over Jermaine Franklin and a knockout of Robert […]
Francis Ngannou broke a four fight stoppage streak for Tyson Fury by taking him the distance last month in Saudi Arabia. The MMA man and pro boxing debutant performed much better than expected in the ten-rounder against Fury, keeping up with and winning rounds against the undefeated world champion. Despite looking for a big shot […]
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is known for his incredible punch power, but resurfaced claims from a rival’s team say he was stopped himself during a sparring session. Doghouse rules – commonly used in the Mayweather Gym – is a sparring session with no breaks or rounds, just two fighters going at it until one stops the […]
Oleksandr Usyk has one title left to pick up before he has ‘completed’ the heavyweight division just like he did at cruiserweight. The man who stands in the way is Tyson Fury, the current WBC Champion who has his eyes on Usyk’s three titles – the WBA, WBO and IBF. Usyk was a guest at […]
Carl Froch has little sympathy for Anthony Joshua, who recently admitted that pressure from fans, pundits and fellow fighters has taken the fun from the sport. Joshua is currently in build-back mode following two consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk in which he was relieved of his unified heavyweight titles. With two wins since then, he […]
Carl Froch and Joe Calzaghe is close to the top of the list of Great British fights that failed to materialise. The Welshman – who retired undefeated in 2008 – held the WBC, WBA and WBO super-middleweight titles in 2007, and Froch was looking for his first world honours after a stint as British champ. […]
Tyson Fury’s performance against Francis Ngannou has some questioning how he will fare against Oleksandr Usyk – arguably the most important fight of his career. Ngannou entered the boxing ring for the first time as a professional, dropping Fury in the third round and pushing the action at many points over the ten rounds. Despite […]
Teofimo Lopez currently has no solid plans for his next fight, but is open to working with most promoters when it comes to making it happen. In his third fight at super-lightweight, Lopez boxed sensationally to hand previously undisputed Josh Taylor his first loss, taking the WBO belt in the process. He briefly entered retirement, later […]
Devin Haney and Shakur Stevenson seem destined to fight, but an offer this year viewed unacceptable by the latter has kicked the bout further into the future. After defending his undisputed lightweight title against Vasily Lomachenko, Haney was expected to face WBC mandatory challenger, Stevenson. What followed was a 75/25 purse split offer in the […]
Jarrell Miller remains undefeated in the heavyweight ranks, but according to one bitter rival he has taken a beating in the gym. Miller is 26-0 with 22 knockouts, and is perhaps best known in the sport for his failed doping test ahead of a bout with Anthony Joshua. Miller had another run-in with the anti-drug […]