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…
For the past four years Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford the former IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO World Welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford only defended his WBO title once a year.
Except for the heavyweight division, all other weight classes require two defenses a year and at…
In Thursday’s episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV, analyst Chris Algieri considers how boxing has changed over the years, and megafights such as Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight championship bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk hold back the sport. The politics of making these events,…
Ryan Garcia is backing Tyson Fury to defeat Oleksandr Usyk in their mega-clash for all the heavyweight gold on Saturday night on DAZN PPV and ESPN PPV at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Garcia views Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) as the gold standard…
Former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko believes IBF/WBA/WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk’s technical ability will be enough for him to overcome the size of WBC champ Tyson Fury on Saturday night.
Even though the 6’9″ Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) will enjoy a six-inch height and a…
Queensberry promoter Frank Warren has had quite the journey with his charge Tyson Fury as he approaches the first undisputed heavyweight title fight in 25 years. The pair’s working relationship spans more than a decade.
“In the early days, when he fought Derek Chisora…
Oleksandr Usyk’s correct weight for Friday’s weigh-in is 223 1/2 lbs, not the 233.5 lbs that the announcer incorrectly revealed for his fight against Tyson Fury on Saturday night in Riyadh.
The 233-lb weight gain announced initially surprised fans, as IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Usyk had…
Former three-division world champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1, 31 KOs) weighed in at 135 lbs and his opponent Denys Berinchyk (18-0, 9 KOs) scaled in at 134.8 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in for their 12-round main event fight for the vacant WBO lightweight title this Saturday, May…
William Zepeda’s pursuit of Shakur Stevenson didn’t materialize, and now the unbeaten lightweight has turned his attention to Giovanni Cabrera.
Zepeda, 30-0 (26 KOs), will meet Cabrera, 22-1 (7 KOs), on July 6 at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California, as the main event of…