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Tyson Fury already entered the night as the best current heavyweight in the world. Following a repeat knockout win over Deontay Wilder—having to recover from two knockdowns to prevail Saturday evening at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas—the belief is that the reigning lineal/WBC champion has transformed from a top heavyweight to an all-time great. “100

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas – Great back and forth action as Tyson Fury dominated the stats, outlanding Deontay Wilder 150-72 in total punches including 114 power shots – the most ever against Wilder. Fury had a 52-19 edge in punches landed in the last 3 rounds. Wilder had 2 knockdowns in the fight and his

The longtime WBO welterweight king and pound-for-pound star, Terence Crawford, finally has the super fight he craves. Enter Shawn Porter, the two-time champion who has fought most of this generation’s elite welterweights. (photos by Mikey Williams) Crawford and Porter will fight Saturday, Nov. 20 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The

Robert Helenius noticed a different Deontay Wilder when they sparred recently in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Helenius sparred several times per week with Wilder, usually for three or four rounds per session, since the veteran heavyweight arrived in Wilder’s hometown from Finland to complete camp early in September. The 6-feet-6 Helenius is preparing to fight a shorter

The talking isn’t really over. Where heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is involved, talking is never going to be over. Challenger Deontay Wilder can certainly hold his own in that regard and their words directed at each other have been laced with venom. But, within hours, the talking outside the ring will meet the reality of

At Utilita Arena in Birmingham on Saturday (October 9), live on BT, Queensberry’s British and Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight champion Brad Foster (14-0-2, 5 KOs) meets European title holder Jason Cunningham (29-6, 6 KOs) in a 12 round contest where all three titles are on the line. In a Midlands derby, Nottingham’s Ekow Essuman (15-0, 6 KOs)

LAS VEGAS – As the defending WBC heavyweight champion from a foreign country, England’s Tyson Fury could’ve fought for a panel of officials for his third fight with Alabama’s Deontay Wilder that doesn’t include three judges and a referee all from the United States. Fury has no issue whatsoever, though, with the Nevada State Athletic

LAS VEGAS – Tyson Fury fought about as effectively as imaginable at 273 pounds during his rematch with Deontay Wilder. That hasn’t stopped him, according to his trainer, from packing potentially another 20 pounds on his 6-feet-9 frame in advance of his third heavyweight title fight with Wilder. Fury, however, wouldn’t commit during an interview

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz LAS VEGAS – Everything Malik Scott has seen during his time training Deontay Wilder over the past year and a half leads the retired heavyweight to think Wilder will be the dominant fighter this time around against Tyson Fury. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Scott, who replaced Jay Deas as

Deontay Wilder altered how he has handled virtually everything during the buildup toward his third fight against Tyson Fury on Saturday night. The former WBC heavyweight champion limited the amount of time he has spent promoting their ESPN/FOX Sports per-per-view event because those countless commitments were “draining” before their rematch in February 2020. Wilder hasn’t

LAS VEGAS – Deontay Wilder promised a redemptive performance Saturday night that’ll make him a two-time WBC heavyweight champion. The Alabama-based knockout artist mentioned the word “redemption” during a press conference Wednesday at MGM Grand Garden Arena. After a five-year reign as champion and 10 title defenses, though, Wilder apparently doesn’t feel as though he

The winner of this weekend’s heavyweight trilogy clash will leave the ring with marching orders already in place. (photo by Ryan Hafey) The WBC is prepared to order a mandatory title defense for whomever prevails in the third fight between England’s Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21KOs) and Alabama’s Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41KOs). The pair of heavyweight

LAS VEGAS – Tyson Fury held his tongue for all of about three seconds Tuesday. After telling Top Rank’s Crystina Poncher that he hadn’t come to T-Mobile Arena to disparage Deontay Wilder, the gigantic British showman unloaded a barrage of insults on his rival heavyweight. Fury and Wilder never appeared together at their “grand arrivals”

WBC and lineal heavyweight world champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury and former heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder made their grand arrivals in Las Vegas Tuesday evening to officially kick off fight week for their highly anticipated heavyweight title trilogy showdown taking place this Saturday, October 9 live on ESPN+ PPV and

Armando Torres returns to his favorite venue, though matched aggressively versus a contender nearly half his age. The 40-year-old junior flyweight gatekeeper from Mexico City faces 21-year-old countryman Axel ‘El Mini’ Aragon Vega in a battle of former title challengers. Their scheduled ten-round regional title fight headlines the fall season premiere of Boxeo Telemundo, which

After unanimously decisioning Anthony Joshua to win the WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO titles, Oleksandr Usyk is now a power player in the sport’s glamour division.  Usyk disrupted Joshua’s undisputed heavyweight championship plans with a definitive win over the British boxer, and Joshua’s superfight with WBC champion Tyson Fury is off for the time being.

It’s four days before a Deontay Wilder fight. (photo by Ryan Hafey) But it doesn’t sound the same. By this point in the fight-selling process the “Bronze Bomber” has usually issued an inappropriately chilling threat, suggested rendering an opponent lifeless wouldn’t cause him to lose sleep, or at the very least proclaimed himself well on

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was not shocked by last month’s big occurrence, when Anthony Joshua suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Usyk, who walked away with the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO world titles. Wilder is facing WBC champion Tyson Fury on Saturday night at T-Mobile