Daily Archives: May 17, 2024

Zelfa Barrett is back in the gym and making sure he is ready when the opportunity presents itself.  Barrett, a junior lightweight contender, scored a 10th-round stoppage against Jordan Gill in April, accelerating through the gears and twice flooring the former European featherweight champion…

Austin “Ammo” Williams (16-0, 11 KOs) is back in camp preparing for his Queensberry-Matchroom “5vs5” matchup versus Hamzah Sheeraz (19-0, 15 KOs) for the WBC middleweight final eliminator on June 1, in Saudi Arabia. The fight is part of a ground-breaking bill featuring five…

When even the bookmakers are shrugging their shoulders, you know it’s a tough fight to call. Surveying the numbers for Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk at some of the major regulated U.S. online sportsbooks as of this writing (prices can fluctuate), we see that……

Despite having his own fight incoming, heavyweight contender Jermaine Franklin is looking forward to this weekend’s unified heavyweight championship bout between WBC titlist Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, holder of the WBA, WBO and IBF belts. Saginaw, Michigan’s Franklin is 22-2 (14 KOs) and…

Just like Oleksandr Usyk, Roy Jones Jr. understands the rigors of moving up in weight for a shot at a heavyweight championship against a bona fide big man. Jones will argue that his ascent, which culminated in a 2003 WBA heavyweight title victory over…