Tag: heavyweight
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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Frazer Clarke vs Fabio Wardley – who wins? Expert predictions ahead of British heavyweight title clash | Boxing News
Experts, fighters and pundits have their say ahead of Frazer Clarke against Fabio Wardley for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. The British rivals will meet in the main event on a bumper card at the O2 Arena on Easter Sunday, live on Sky Sports. Lawrence Okolie (former cruiserweight world champion): “I think that’s a…
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Joshua vs Ngannou: Book the repeats of the heavyweight clash on Saturday on Sky Sports Box Office | Boxing News
Anthony Joshua traded punches with Francis Ngannou in a huge heavyweight fight – and you can watch the repeats at 6am and 4pm on Saturday! Joshua faced MMA star Ngannou in Saudi Arabia, with the winner expected to earn a huge showdown against the winner of Tyson Fury’s undisputed world title fight against Oleksandr Usyk…
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Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou – who wins? Expert predictions ahead of the heavyweight clash | Boxing News
Experts, fighters and pundits have their say ahead of Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou’s high-stakes heavyweight clash in Saudi Arabia. Joshua and Ngannou meet on Friday – live on Sky Sports Box Office – with a potential shot at the winner of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed world heavyweight championship on the…
Read More Tyson Fury vs Oleksand Usyk: Who wins? Will Anthony Joshua be champ again? Delicious Orie’s heavyweight predictions | Boxing News
Sky Sports asks Great Britain Olympic hope and European Games gold medallist Delicious Orie for his heavyweight predictions as he looks at the year ahead for the division. Who will become the undisputed champion when Tyson Fury fights Oleksandr Usyk? Delicious Orie said: “I think Tyson Fury just about edges it. I’m not taking anything…
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