1) Oleksandr Usyk is the best heavyweight in the world Of all the things we learned from Saturday’s fight, this is all we really needed to know in the end. If there was any uncertainty about it beforehand, we are now sure beyond a…
This week was originally supposed to bring us Naoya Inoue vs. Sam Goodman, but Goodman’s training injury caused that match to be postponed until January 24. That leaves little of note for boxing fans this week, which is no surprise given that it is the…
Oleksandr Usyk's second consecutive victory over Tyson Fury has established him definitively as the best heavyweight of his generation – a virtual bauble he can place on his hypothetical shelf alongside his “Best Cruiserweight of his Generation” gong. But how does he rate on…
Sunny Edwards has described the sense of “relief” that followed his announcing his retirement after being stopped by Galal Yafai. The referee Lee Every intervened to rescue Edwards before the conclusion of the sixth of six one-sided rounds at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham,…
Middleweight Marquis Taylor is anticipating a clash with Austin Williams in the new year as he looks to start 2025 on a bright note. The 31-year-old Taylor, of Houston, has been in camp preparing for a possible clash with Williams, 28, of Wisconsin, in…
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BOURNEMOUTH, England – It is six weeks on since Chris Billam-Smith sipped on a coffee and destroyed a plate of eggs and halloumi in this very café. We are back in one of his regular haunts, not far from his Bournemouth home in a…
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. …