Tyson Fury wasn’t able to use his size and weight to maul Oleksandr Usyk because he was ready for the Gypsy King’s dirty tactics last Saturday night. He wasn’t going to let Fury use his shenanigans like he’d done in his previous six fights.
Usyk’s…
Boxing commentator Tim Bradley was impressed with Denys Berinchyk’s twelve-round split decision win over Emanuel Navarrete in the main event of their clash at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego. The 2016 Olympic silver medalist Berinchyk captured the vacant WBO lightweight title with his victory.…
Jai Opetaia (25-0, 19 KOs) wasn’t altogether pleased with his performance last Saturday night, wishing he’d done better defeating Mairis Briedis (28-3, 20 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF cruiserweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Opetaia,…
Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson views Tyson Fury’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night as a further sign of the Gypsy King’s physical decline.
Fury’s deterioration was exposed in his previous fight by 37-year-old Francis Ngannou, who, as Nelson points out, “beat up” the…
Boxing pundit, Johnny Nelson predicts Tyson Fury won’t use his rematch clause to fight Oleksandr Usyk again after losing to him last Saturday night. Fury won’t risk another humiliation.
Nelson feels Fury will look at how he performed in the fight, particularly in the ninth…
Tyson Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, has no problems with the referee, Mark Nelson, stepping in to stop the action in the ninth round to give a standing eight when the Gypsy King was battered from pillar to post by Oleksandr Usyk. He feels that the…
Promoter Frank Warren is uncertain if Tyson Fury will take the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after he was beaten by him last Saturday night, losing a 12-round split decision in their undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh.
Potential Implications of a Rematch
Warren isn’t sure if…
Promoter Frank Warren isn’t sure what Tyson Fury will do as far as taking a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after losing to him last Saturday night. Warren says he’ll wait for Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) to call him and let him know what he wants…
Former super middleweight champion George Groves reacted with amusement when Tyson Fury told the media that unified heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk had suffered a broken jaw in their fight last Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fury’s “Theory” vs. Reality
Groves…
Boxing analyst Tim Bradley says the adjustments Oleksandr Usyk made in the eighth round played a large part in his victory over WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
Early Rounds: Fury’s Dominance
Bradley felt that Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) was controlling the fight early on, sweeping…