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Moses Itauma is getting used to the big occasion. The 19-year-old heavyweight prodigy sauntered down the red carpet at Tuesday’s grand arrival event looking every inch the future star. Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk may well be fighting for the undisputed heavyweight championship on Saturday…

Mauricio Sulaimán, the president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), told BoxingScene that the undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk this Saturday will have a separate boxing commission to the rest of the card.  “For the main event it will…

Ahead of the undisputed heavyweight title fight in Riyadh on Saturday night between WBC champion Tyson Fury and WBA, WBO and IBF champion Oleksandr Usyk, BoxingScene spoke to three leading trainers to talk about how the fight could be won and lost. The International…

Unbeaten WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani will make the first defense of his new belt July 20 at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena against top-ranked contender Vincent Astrolabio, manager Sean Gibbons told BoxingScene. Japan’s three-division champion Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs) has been a destructive force, following…

Whisper it, but it is looking increasingly likely that Anthony Cacace will finally get the chance to take part in a big fight.  Twelve years into his career, ‘The Apache’ is scheduled to fight for his first major world title on Saturday night when…

WBC heavyweight titleholder Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) and WBO, IBF, and WBA unified champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) will battle for the undisputed heavyweight crown this Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  (Photos: Mikey Williams / Top Rank Inc) …

Boxing trainer Robert Garcia has high hopes for his lightweight charge Raymond ‘Danger’ Muratalla despite a substandard performance in his previous bout against Xolisani Ndongeni. Muratalla won a unanimous decision in March, but the 27-year-old saw his four-fight knockout streak end and he had…

RIYADH – Oleksandr Usyk’s former trainer believes the “phenomenal” Usyk can defeat the “ordinary” Tyson Fury if on Saturday he can win the opening rounds. James Ali Bashir guided Usyk, 37, from his second professional fight – the stoppage of Epifanio Mendoza in December…

In Monday’s episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV, analyst Chris Algieri is asked about potential opponents for two-time unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko. Although Agieri said he believes Shakur Stevenson would win a matchup with Lomachenko, he isn’t sure the fight would make for…