In sad news, it has been reported that Thierry Jacob of France has passed away at the age of 59. Jacob, who ruled as WBC super-bantamweight champion in 1993, lost his fight against lung cancer. Tributes have been coming in since the bad news broke,…
Tyson Fury will be allowed to fight with his long beard this Saturday night against unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) has chosen not to shave, and he’s been given the green light to compete with the lumberjack-looking beard.
Usyk’s team reportedly…
Former heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko is still fielding questions about his possible comeback to the ring. As fans know, a news story broke a few days ago that reported how Klitschko was seriously thinking about launching a comeback, with Saudi money man Turki Alalshikh saying…
Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis defeated every man he faced – even if that meant fighting some of them twice. Lewis got revenge on both Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman after he was stopped by both. Tyson Fury has only lost once…
Bill Haney says he wants Gervonta Davis next for Devin Haney after Tank defends his WBA lightweight title against Lamont Roach on March 1st.
If Bill gets his wish, Devin will come off a long layoff to fight Tank (30-0, 28 KOs). He might have…
Ishmael Davis hasn’t had too long to prepare for junior middleweight contender Serhii Bohachuk, stepping in as a late replacement opponent just a couple of weeks before their fight, which will take place this Saturday on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury II.…
New Jersey’s Steve Weisfeld looks likely to step in for Miami’s Fernando Barbosa as a judge for the Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury rematch, though that was yet to be confirmed before the end of Friday morning’s rule meeting in Saudi Arabia. The vastly experienced Weisfeld,…
Earlier in the week this boxing podcaster saw a media member tweet about wishing this fight was for all four belts so it could be call undisputed. As if it’s not as meaningful now that the IBF is not at stake. I wish I were…
Tyson Fury is a mountain of a man. Standing at 6ft 9in and weighing over 260lbs, Fury so often makes his heavyweight opponents look tiny. That could be seen when he towered over Oleksandr Usyk in their extraordinary 10-minute face-off ahead of their rematch…