Tag: unified
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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Callum Smith on Artur Beterbiev making three crucial mistakes going into their unified WBC, IBF and WBO title fight | Boxing News
Callum Smith has warned Artur Beterbiev against making three crucial mistakes ahead of their unified light-heavyweight championship clash this weekend. Beterbiev defends the WBC, IBF and WBO 175lb titles against Britain’s Smith at the Videotron Center in Quebec City, live on Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event in the early hours of Sunday…
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Oleksandr Usyk recovers to floor and knock out Daniel Dubois in unified heavyweight title fight | ‘Tyson Fury next!’
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Daniel Dubois on Saturday night at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland with a knockout victory in nine rounds. He retained the unified WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight belts, the titles that Usyk had won from, and defended against, Anthony Joshua. But Usyk had to weather immense pressure to win, and pick…
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