Amid the fervent anticipation and hype surrounding Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight championship between unbeaten three-belt champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) and unbeaten WBC titleholder Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs), the ultimate high stakes loom in their guaranteed mid-October rematch. It’s that bout that allows the winner to exit as an undisputed champion, free to select
Isaac Chamberlain will now face Jack Massey for the vacant European and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles on June 15 at South London’s Selhurst Park Stadium. Chamberlain had been set to challenge Michal Cieslak for the EBU belt, but Cieslak has been forced to withdraw due to injury and has chosen to vacate his European title, giving Massey a opportunity to step in and
By: Sean Crose One of the most entertaining (or annoying, depending on how you look at it) elements of today’s fight game is the TYSON FURY SHOW. Make no mistake about it, the towering Englishman has a way of drawing attention to himself (as does his cantankerous father). It’s hard to ignore a loud, nearly
By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk showed up for public workouts Wednesday in Saudi Arabia on the eve of Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight title fight. Usyk looked to be in terrific shape, which came as a surprise to absolutely no one since the man has always presented himself as a consummate professional. As for
By: Sean Crose Let me be quite clear here – this Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight championship fight between WBC titlist Tyson Fury and WBA, IBF, and WBO titlist Olksandr Usyk is a judges’ nightmare. Why? Because it’s going to be hard, very hard, to pick a winner that’s even close to universally accepted. The fight is
By: Sean Crose The time for talk is over. Provided there’s no last minute disasters, Tyson Fury will slip in between the ropes in Saudi Arabia tomorrow to take on fellow undefeated heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk in a battle scheduled for 12 rounds. At stake will be nothing less than the undisputed heavyweight championship of
Lauren Price routed Jessica McCaskill in a rough, ugly fight to win her first world title today in Cardiff. Price took the WBA welterweight title from the American veteran on unanimous technical decision scores of 90-82. The fight was called off after the eighth round, before the ninth really started, due to McCaskill’s eye being
Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr meet tonight — or on Sunday afternoon, if you are Australian — to contest the vacant IBF lightweight title. U.S. coverage begins at 10 pm ET on ESPN+ and ESPN, and it’s a tripleheader for us, with one other world title fight and a kinda-world title fight also on
Vasiliy Lomachenko dropped George Kambosos Jr twice in the 11th round before the towel came in from the Kambosos corner, scoring a TKO victory and winning the vacant IBF lightweight title. Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KO) was in control for the vast majority of the fight, with Kambosos (21-3, 10 KO) hanging on mainly on grit
Saturday, May 18 DAZN PPV / ESPN+ PPV / PPV.com, 2:00 pm ET, Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk BLH will have live updates. Fury vs Usyk! Undisputed for however long it lasts! Maybe the first of two fights! You’ve got various options for the streaming PPV, whatever service you like best. Price point is $69.99,
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will finally meet in an undisputed heavyweight championship showdown next Saturday. While that’s the obvious blockbuster attraction and main reason to buy the PPV or not, the card from Riyadh has some good stuff on the pay-per-view undercard, too. A quick look at some highlights on the undercard: Bet on
With the big heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk set for this weekend, Fury tells Sky Sports that he’s feeling the energy connected with this event in Saudi Arabia. Both Fury and Usyk will get the rare opportunity to compete for the undisputed heavyweight crown, which is something that hasn’t happened in decades.
John Fury headbutted a member of opponent Oleksandr Usyk’s team, busting himself open in the process, ahead son Tyson’s undisputed championship fight with Usyk this coming Saturday. John is generally good to get some spotlight on himself ahead of one of his son’s fights, and with arguably Tyson’s biggest-ever fight on tap, John went above
During the opening press conference for Jaron Ennis vs Cody Crowley that will take place in Philadelphia, both fighters appeared on stage to discuss the upcoming event. A lot of the opening press conference ended up being some goading and responding between the two trainers, which led into a question about why Crowley took so
Devin Haney has requested that the New York State Athletic Commission disqualify Ryan Garcia following his April 20 majority decision triumph in a bout later stained by Garcia’s positive test result for a banned performance-enhancing substance. Haney attorney Pat English, in an eight-page letter to the commission’s top two directors, its chief medical officer and
Mike Tyson walked out to Tupac Shakur’s “Ambitionz Az a Ridah” on Monday night to officially announce his comeback fight against Jake Paul later this summer. “Let’s f****** go,” were the first words Tyson shared on stage to the audience who gathered at the Apollo Theater in New York. Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) then elaborated
Jake Paul is pursuing an interesting promotional strategy heading into his summer showdown against Mike Tyson. The always-confident Paul admitted to vulnerability and fear on Monday at the Apollo Theater in New York during the kickoff press conference of their July 20 fight. “I know it’s going to be tough [fighting against Tyson],” said Paul.
The last time Mike Tyson held a heavyweight title, Katie Taylor was 10 years old and had yet to set foot in a boxing ring as a competitor. The notion that Taylor might one day share a bill with “Iron Mike” was likely one that had never crossed anyone’s mind – least of all her
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