Step aside, Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury, it’s time for a real heavyweight fight. Matchroom announced today that cult heroes Johnny Fisher and Alen Babic will meet atop a July 6th NXTGEN show at London’s Copper Box Arena. “I have no words other than I am locked in and ready for the hardest fight of
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During a video interview captured by Fight Hype, longtime trainer Vergil Hunter weighs in on the whole drama between Errol Spence and his trainer Derrick James splitting up over a dispute regarding trainer fees, and gives his take on why James should be paid appropriately, even without knowing the particulars of their agreement. “Fighters got
On this week’s show: Oleksandr Usyk is the undisputed king of the heavyweights after beating Tyson Fury. How’d he do it, where did Tyson Fury fall short, and would a rematch between the two of them go any differently? Emanuel Navarrete fell short in a bid for a world title in a fourth division. What’s
ProBox TV returns tomorrow with Wednesday Night Fights. The card takes place at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida, and will be headlined by junior welterweight contender Batyrzhan Jukembayev taking on Ivan Redkach. Jukembayev (22-1, 16 KOs), of Shu, Kazakhstan by way of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, came in slightly under the junior
Heavyweight contender Jermaine Franklin believes there should be harsher penalties for fighters who fail tests for PEDs. Many boxers who have been caught by VADA and other agencies have not been served bans because of boxing’s thick veil of politics and lack of organisational structure, and after Franklin boxed Anthony Joshua last year, havoc was
With their grudge match days away, Jack Catterall is still getting asked about his fight in Leeds on Saturday night with Josh Taylor by members of the general public, but they are not about whether he can win. Catterall was unlucky to lose a contentious decision to Taylor when they met in February 2022 for
Frank Warren has defended Tyson Fury’s unsavory postfight comments following the Brit’s unsuccessful attempt to become undisputed heavyweight champion. Fury suffered the first defeat of his professional career to Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) lost a split decision to Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) in a thrilling spectacle with the former
During his post-fight interviews Tyson Fury was very sober about how his fight with Oleksandr Usyk went, and he was gracious in defeat, so the news that he intends on activating his rematch clause comes as no surprise. I thought he was very gracious – he gave the perfect answers for someone who’s as genuine
Dmitry Salita, former fighter turned promoter, has seen his promotion, Salita Promotions, rise over the past decade in part due to his partnership with two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-division undisputed champion Claressa Shields. Now, Salita is calling for Shields to receive her proper recognition following a historic weekend in boxing. Salita will host the
Pepe Reilly is one of the assistant trainers at Wild Card Boxing Club, and he is seeing a lot of growth in 2016 Mexican Olympian Raul Curiel. Curiel stopped Jorge Marron Jr. in the first round of their scheduled 10-round DAZN opener on April 27th, at the SaveMart Center in Fresno, Calif. Reilly, a 1992
The Daily Mail has reported that the undisputed heavyweight championship clash between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury was watched by at least 20 million people using illegal streams. That equates to 95 million euros in lost revenue for the broadcasters, says the Daily Mail. The May 18 showdown, which was won by Usyk on points
Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced that India’s number one boxer and MVP’s first international signee, Neeraj Goyat (18-4-2, 8 KOs), will make his MVP debut against Brazil’s multi-talented superstar Whindersson Nunes, who holds a cumulative 2-2-1 record in his boxing career with 1 KO, in a professional 6 round super middleweight bout
By: Sean Crose The mood was explosively electric in Riyadh. The 21-0 WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk entered the ring looking like a Ukrainian warrior from the era of Napoleon. The 34-0-1 WBC heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury came out sans elaborate costume. Still, he danced, smiled, and communicated with the audience while
By: Sean Crose Just hours after Oleksandr Usyk won his brilliant heavyweight battle against Tyson Fury, the WBO lightweight title was at stake in San Diego. Emanuel Navarrete, the thrilling 38-2-1 action fighter squared off against the 19-0 Denys Berinchyk in a scheduled 12 rounder. The winner would enjoy such esteemed company as Vasyl Lomachenko,
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz By: Sean Crose “Those days are gone forever,” Steely Dan once claimed, “over a long time ago.” And so we were led to believe that boxing’s heavyweight division was no longer the “big man’s division.” It was now the “supersized division,” featuring men who could pass for NBA players
By: Sean Crose Can Tyson Fury possibly win a rematch against newly crowned undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk? Why yes, yes he can. While there’s no doubt Usyk laid a beating on Fury when they fought last Saturday in Saudi Arabia, there’s also no doubt that Usyk took a beating himself. Check out the recent
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk finally square off for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world on Saturday in Riyadh. Two unbeaten champions, the men who have fought their way to this spot, and our first undisputed heavyweight champion to be crowned in a quarter-century, the first in the four-belt era. So who wins boxing’s
While the eyes of the boxing public remained firmly fixed on Saturday’s undisputed showdown between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, something extremely bizarre developed elsewhere, starting with Frank Martin’s claim yesterday that the WBA had instituted a rehydration clause for his June 15th lightweight title fight against Gervonta Davis. Davis (29-0, 27 KO) took to
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