BoxingScene presents the ultimate guide to the 78-step trail of the ‘undisputed’ heavyweight championship - from when Mike Tyson claimed three belts in 1987 to the present day when, at last, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury battle it out for four.
August 1, 1987:…
In Thursday’s episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV, analyst Shawn Porter says he finds no flaws in either Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk, who are set to meet each other in the ring Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight championship…
Isaac Chamberlain will now face Jack Massey for the vacant European and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles on June 15 at South London’s Selhurst Park Stadium.
Chamberlain had been set to challenge Michal Cieslak for the EBU belt, but Cieslak has been forced to withdraw due to injury and has chosen to vacate…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
The undisputed heavyweight champion will be crowned as both the WBC heavyweight titleholder Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) and WBO, IBF, and WBA titleist Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs), made weight ahead of their pay-per-view clash at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Photos: Mikey…
New welterweight blood is ready to break through.
Giovani Santillan (32-0, 17 KOs) and Brian Norman (25-0, 19 KOs) will meet in a critical 147-pound clash Saturday night in an ESPN-televised co-main event fight at San Diego’s Pechanga Arena.
The winner will be…