Tag: heavyweight
Anthony Joshua to fight Daniel Dubois for IBF heavyweight belt
Britain’s Anthony Joshua, left, and Daniel Dubois during a press conference at the OVO Arena, Wembley, London, Wednesday June 26, 2024. ( Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP) LONDON— Anthony Joshua will fight Daniel Dubois in an all-British bout for the IBF heavyweight belt on Sept. 21 at Wembley Stadium, following Oleksandr Usyk’s announcement that he will…
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Usyk in tears for late father after historic heavyweight win
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk cries as he talks about his father during a news conference following his victory over Britain’s Tyson Fury in their undisputed heavyweight championship boxing fight at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, early Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) An emotional Oleksandr Usyk shed tears for his late father after…
Read MoreUsyk edges Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk celebrates after beating Britain’s Tyson Fury in their undisputed heavyweight world championship boxing fight at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Oleksandr Usyk has been shorter, lighter and older than all of his opponents since he moved up to the…
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Tyson Fury to pray for Oleksandr Usyk before heavyweight clash
(COMBO) In this combination of pictures, Britain’s Tyson Fury (L) and Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk train in Riyadh on May 15, 2024, ahead of their undisputed heavyweight world boxing championship fight on May 18. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) Tyson Fury declared himself ready to face Oleksandr Usyk and said he’d pray for his Ukrainian…
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Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Deontay Wilder’s trainer Malik Scott predicts who will win heavyweight fight | Boxing News
Deontay Wilder’s trainer Malik Scott has given his prediction ahead of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s undisputed world heavyweight championship fight, live on Sky Sports Box Office on Saturday May 18. Scott knows first-hand what it takes to prepare for a heavyweight clash against Fury. Wilder and current WBC heavyweight champion Fury were embroiled in…
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Oleksandr Usyk: Fabio Wardley on the ‘mental battle’ of sparring the unified world heavyweight champ | Boxing News
Autumn 2018. A 23-year-old Fabio Wardley has just stepped off a plane in Kyiv after being summoned to spar a then-cruiserweight by the name of Oleksandr Usyk ahead of his upcoming undisputed world title showdown with Tony Bellew that November. From there, he will be picked up by Usyk’s friend and ferried to his hotel,…
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Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter praying Tyson Fury avoids injury ahead of undisputed heavyweight title showdown | Boxing News
Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk laughed off suggestions the Ukrainian is a ‘cry baby’ and hopes Tyson Fury can swerve another injury withdrawal ahead of the pair’s historic undisputed heavyweight world title showdown. Usyk and Fury will meet for all the belts in Saudi Arabia on May 18, live on Sky Sports Box Office, in a…
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Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Promoter demands ‘very strong’ referee for undisputed heavyweight title fight | Boxing News
The referee of the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Uysk undisputed heavyweight title fight must be “very strong,” demands promoter Frank Warren. Fury will fight Usyk for the four major belts, the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF titles, on May 18, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Warren, who co-promotes Fury, is concerned by Usyk’s last…
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Frazer Clarke and Fabio Wardley’s brutal heavyweight clash draws huge television viewing figures on Sky Sports | Boxing News
Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke’s epic heavyweight clash recorded a massive television audience on Sky Sports this Easter Sunday making it one of the platform’s highest-rating boxing events in the past decade. Billed as ‘Bad Blood’, the unbeaten rivals could not be separated on the night as they put everything on the line in a…
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Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke draw in epic British heavyweight championship fight | Boxing News
Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke drew in an epic heavyweight contest that proved too close to call. After 12 breath-taking rounds on one card Wardley won 114-113, on another Clarke had it 115-112 and on the third they were level 113-113. Clarke had to rise from a knockdown in the fifth round and had a…
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