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Promoter Eddie Hearn believes referee Mark Nelson made the right call by not stopping the undisputed heavyweight fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Usyk made history at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last Saturday as the 37-year-old won a split decision…

Tyson Fury will exercise his rematch clause and fight newly-minted undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk again in October. Promoter Frank Warren told talkSPORT that the second fight will take place back in Saudi Arabia in October. Previously October 12 had been mentioned as…

Marcus Tomlinson believes that Queensberry team captain Hamzah Sheeraz will not only set the perfect example and get his team on the scoreboard with a win in the June 1st ‘5 v 5’ showdown with Matchroom, he also thinks that the unbeaten middleweight will rack…

Promoter Alex Krassyuk has dispelled fears of a severe jaw injury following Oleksandr Usyk’s crowning moment of glory against Tyson Fury in Riyadh to claim the undisputed heavyweight title.  Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) rallied to drop Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) in the ninth before…

If things had worked out differently, this could have been the week former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew returned to the ring. After retiring following defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in 2018, via an eighth-round stoppage, Liverpool’s Bellew called it quits and did not think…

Tyson Fury is the ultimate “ 1 of 1 ” heavyweight champion. There’s never been, and presumably will never be, another like him. He’s listed at six-foot-nine, has a dad bod even at the end of a great training camp, has the hand speed…

Salita Promotions has made a significant late addition to the televised lineup of “Big Time Boxing USA” fights this Thursday night (May 23), as world-class super middleweight Ali Akhmedov will take on always-tough Encarnacion “Demoledor” Diaz in a 10-round bout from Wayne State Fieldhouse in…

A pair of title showdowns will round out a stacked PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video co-headlined by separate showdowns featuring popular superstars Gervonta “Tank” Davis and David “El Monstruo” Benavídez taking place Saturday, June 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. A jam-packed four-bout…

Brian Norman Jr. considered what he was up against: Fighting in the hostile hometown of come-forward, unbeaten fighter Giovani Santillan with nothing less than a welterweight world title on the line. Norman (26-0, 20 KOs) mulled sticking with a boxing-oriented fight plan. He felt…