FORMER WBC super-middleweight champion Richie Woodhall is backing Tyson Fury to beat Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch should one take place. Now a TNT Boxing pundit and co-commentator Woodhall was ringside last night to watch Usyk crowned as the undisputed heavyweight champion after overcoming Fury to win by split decision. In a fight that surpassed…
THE RESULT: Ukraine is celebrating another boxing success tonight after Denys Berinchyk beat Emanuel Navarrete by a split decision to win the vacant WBO lightweight title. Scores were 115-113, 112-116, 116-112. KEY MOMENTS: There were very few to write about. This fight was untidy with two styles that didn’t gel. Thankfully, in the final few…
THE RESULT: Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by a split decision verdict in the Kingdom Arena, Saudi Arabia. The scores were 114-113 and 115-112 to Usyk and 114-113 in favour of Fury. KEY MOMENTS: So many to count. Usyk landed a left hand in round one that instantly caught Fury’s attention. That same shot was…
00:47:17 WHAT A NIGHT, WE HAVE A NEW KING A fantastic show, topped by the headliner of all headliners. Usyk is a deserved winner. It took two warriors to tango. I’m out, but I’ll catch you in the next one. Cheers for following along. Good night from Steve. 00:40:58 USYK IS THE UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION…
MAKING the biggest fights imaginable always brings obstacles. When Tyson Fury got cut in sparring, postponing his undisputed date with Oleksandr Usyk in February, people doubted whether the world’s best two heavyweights would ever face one another. Boxing had already waited 25 years for an undisputed heavyweight champion, so a few more months wasn’t going…
“I ACTUALLY think it’s gonna be a draw.” Those were the words of David Haye when asked to pick a winner ahead of Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk this evening. Controversy is commonplace in big-time boxing and spurious decisions, riddled with contention, often come with the territory. Haye was among a variety of heavyweights, past…
By Declan Taylor TYSON FURY knows the eyes of the world will be upon him at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday night but in Morecambe next week, he will plot his dog walk so that nobody will see him at all. Given the postponement of this undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk, caused by a sparring…
THE time for talking had stopped but the mind games hadn’t when Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk shared the stage for this evening’s final press conference in Riyadh. In two days’ time boxing will crown its first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield 25 years ago. The two men were in the…
SOMETIMES, when watching Vasiliy Lomachenko in action, one can’t help but wonder whether in the end only his ambition and the pressure on him to find challenges has dirtied what could have been a pristine – yes, even perfect – record. It could be argued, of course, that this is just the nature of the…
25 years ago, Lennox Lewis reigned as the last undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. As history is made once again, now is your chance to get in on the legacy-defining action. To mark Fury vs. Usyk we’ve got a signed Lennox Lewis bookazine to give away and winning the prize could not be easier……
