Yearly Archives: 2024

The judges agreed on the final score in Saturday’s rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury – 116-112 for Usyk across the board – but the route each took to get there was very different. Gerardo Martinez, Patrick Morley and Ignacio Robles only agreed…

Leading cruiserweight titlist Jai Opetaia is among the names of potential opponents for world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk following the Ukrainian’s rematch victory over Tyson Fury – but the Aussie has identified Moses Itauma as the future of the division. Opetaia, 26-0 (20 KOs),…

Tyson Fury felt he deserved to defeat Oleksandr Usyk in their Saudi Arabia rematch.  Instead, Usyk won by 116-112 on all three scorecards but the Englishman said his rival, who also defeated him via split decision in May, had been given a gift. …

Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk has said that he wants the unified heavyweight champion of the world to become the undisputed champion of the world again. Usyk defeated Fury for the undisputed title in May, but relinquished the IBF version for Daniel Dubois, who…

Heavyweight icons Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko had differing views of what transpired between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury in Riyadh on Saturday night. Klitschko was full of praise for his countryman, Usyk, the winner on the scorecards, while Lewis felt Fury blew his…