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The great, the good and the not-so-good will convene in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday night as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world. As the arena lights dim and the world focuses on the two people…

Zelfa Barrett is back in the gym and making sure he is ready when the opportunity presents itself.  Barrett, a junior lightweight contender, scored a 10th-round stoppage against Jordan Gill in April, accelerating through the gears and twice flooring the former European featherweight champion…

Austin “Ammo” Williams (16-0, 11 KOs) is back in camp preparing for his Queensberry-Matchroom “5vs5” matchup versus Hamzah Sheeraz (19-0, 15 KOs) for the WBC middleweight final eliminator on June 1, in Saudi Arabia. The fight is part of a ground-breaking bill featuring five…

When even the bookmakers are shrugging their shoulders, you know it’s a tough fight to call. Surveying the numbers for Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk at some of the major regulated U.S. online sportsbooks as of this writing (prices can fluctuate), we see that……

Despite having his own fight incoming, heavyweight contender Jermaine Franklin is looking forward to this weekend’s unified heavyweight championship bout between WBC titlist Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, holder of the WBA, WBO and IBF belts. Saginaw, Michigan’s Franklin is 22-2 (14 KOs) and…

Just like Oleksandr Usyk, Roy Jones Jr. understands the rigors of moving up in weight for a shot at a heavyweight championship against a bona fide big man. Jones will argue that his ascent, which culminated in a 2003 WBA heavyweight title victory over…

Denys Berinchyk plans on making Saturday a banner day for Ukraine. Oleksandr Usyk will kick things off by facing Tyson Fury for the undisputed heavyweight title in Saudi Arabia.  Halfway around the world at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, Berinchyk (18-0, 9…

In Tuesday’s episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV, analysts Paulie Malignaggi and Chris Algieri discuss how the outcome of Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will affect how boxing observers think of each fighter’s career, as well as how…

Lightweights Charlie Sheehy and Manuel Jaimes might be from the same part of Northern California but they have taken different paths to their upcoming fight, which could set the trajectory for the rest of their career. They will fight Saturday in an eight-round contest…