Jai Opetaia (25-0, 19 KOs) wasn’t altogether pleased with his performance last Saturday night, wishing he’d done better defeating Mairis Briedis (28-3, 20 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF cruiserweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Opetaia,…
Denys Berinchyk capped a memorable night for Ukrainian boxing when he followed Oleksandr Usyk in bringing home more silverware.
Hours earlier, Usyk had become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in Saudi Arabia with a points win over Tyson Fury. Then, in San…
Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson views Tyson Fury’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night as a further sign of the Gypsy King’s physical decline.
Fury’s deterioration was exposed in his previous fight by 37-year-old Francis Ngannou, who, as Nelson points out, “beat up” the…
The power of heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr. was too much for fellow unbeaten Brandon Moore on Saturday night at Pechanga Arena.
Torrez, the 2020 Olympic silver medalist, unleashed a series of devastating punches that Moore could not withstand as the bout was stopped in…
Boxing pundit, Johnny Nelson predicts Tyson Fury won’t use his rematch clause to fight Oleksandr Usyk again after losing to him last Saturday night. Fury won’t risk another humiliation.
Nelson feels Fury will look at how he performed in the fight, particularly in the ninth…
Brian Norman Jr. caused a shock with his 10th-round knockout of hometown hero Giovani Santillan.
With the victory, Norman Jr became the WBO interim welterweight champion on Saturday night at the Pechanga Arena. The stoppage came at 1:33.
Norman (26-0 with 20 KOs)…
Tyson Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, has no problems with the referee, Mark Nelson, stepping in to stop the action in the ninth round to give a standing eight when the Gypsy King was battered from pillar to post by Oleksandr Usyk. He feels that the…
Promoter Frank Warren is uncertain if Tyson Fury will take the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after he was beaten by him last Saturday night, losing a 12-round split decision in their undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh.
Potential Implications of a Rematch
Warren isn’t sure if…
Promoter Frank Warren isn’t sure what Tyson Fury will do as far as taking a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after losing to him last Saturday night. Warren says he’ll wait for Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) to call him and let him know what he wants…