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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…

Heavyweight Kingsley Ibeh will face Scott Alexander on January 10 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington, headlining a card that will also feature the pro debut of popular Tacoma-based amateur Dedrick Crocklem. Ibeh, 14-2-1 (12 KOs), is on a nine-fight win streak,…

This weekend’s fight between unbeaten heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma and once-beaten Demsey McKean has a rematch clause – which McKean says Itauma’s team inserted into the contract. And the 34-year-old McKean is taking that as a confidence booster for himself, and perhaps a…

Jarrett “Swift” Hurd is targeting a shot at WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara or a scrap with Jermell Charlo. Maryland’s Hurd, 34, has struggled since losing his IBF and WBA 154-pound titles to Julian Williams five years ago. Hurd has had just five fights…

In this week’s mailbag, we tackle one big shot in Bruno Surace’s shocking knockout of Jaime Munguia; one fighter who appears shot in heavyweight Dillian Whyte; one sanctioning body being praised for not putting its imprint on Errol Spence fighting Sebastian Fundora; and another sanctioning…

Ignore for a moment Tyson Fury’s insistence that he deserved the decision over Oleksandr Usyk on May 18 — that he’s watched the fight a hundred times, and every time, he sees himself racking up the points. Fury is perhaps a wee bit of a…

Bob Arum made the trek to Saudi Arabia because – like everyone else – he’s fascinated to see what will transpire in Saturday’s rematch between his former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and the unbeaten three-belt heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. “He’s in great mental shape,”…

While it would be wrong to say that news of a positive performance-enhancing drugs test in boxing is cause for celebration, there is a silver lining to be found whenever a fight is cancelled on account of one. As depressing as it is, the only…

While it would be wrong to say that news of a positive performance-enhancing drugs test in boxing is cause for celebration, there is a silver lining to be found whenever a fight is cancelled on account of one. As depressing as it is, the only…