The time is right for Tyson Fury to meet Oleksandr Usyk in an undisputed heavyweight championship fight early in 2023, according to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman. For the fight to take place, Fury would have to come through next week’s voluntary defence of the WBC title against Derek Chisora. But he will not be forced … Read more
Tyson Fury is targeting a world title unification showdown with Oleksandr Usyk in February but will seek an all-British battle with Joe Joyce if that cannot be made. The reigning WBC heavyweight champion returns to the ring on Saturday, December 3 for a trilogy fight against Derek Chisora, having reversed his decision to retire in … Read more
Daniel Dubois is preparing to challenge a world heavyweight champion, whether that’s Oleksandr Usyk or Tyson Fury. The young Londoner holds a ‘regular’ WBA belt. That title is lightly regarded, a secondary belt to the WBA heavyweight championship that Oleksandr Usyk holds along with the IBF and WBO titles. But it leaves Dubois well placed … Read more
Oleksandr Usyk’s team do not expect any mandatory commitments to derail the Ukrainian’s undisputed heavyweight title clash with Tyson Fury. Filip Hrgovic’s promoter declared the Croatian would become the mandatory for the IBF belt, one of the three titles that Usyk holds. But Usyk means to pursue a showdown with Tyson Fury, the WBC champion, … Read more
Tyson Fury’s plans to fight Oleksandr Usyk have been thrown into disarray after Filip Hrgovic’s team announced that he will challenge the Ukrainian next. Fury had hoped to finalise an undisputed world heavyweight title fight early in 2023, but the IBF have ordered Usyk to make a mandatory title defence against Hrgovic, according to the … Read more
FILE–Oleksandr Usyk celebrates winning his fight against Anthony Joshua. Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge Ukraine’s WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk said on Monday he would do anything to win against Britain’s Tyson Fury but would be glad if the match did not end with a knockout because of the toll it takes … Read more
Discussions for Tyson Fury’s undisputed heavyweight clash with Oleksandr Usyk will get underway in the coming days. Bob Arum, who promotes Fury along with Frank Warren, revealed to Sky Sports that he expects to meet Usyk and his representatives this Thursday in New York. “Oleksandr Usyk I look at as a very good friend because … Read more
Mikael Lawal will take on rival London cruiserweight Deion Jumah for the vacant British title on November 26 at Alexandra Palace, live on Sky Sports. Lawal is an unbeaten power-puncher, who’s won 10 of his 16 pro fights inside the distance. Jumah has only lost once in his 15-bout career and that was in a … Read more
Joe Joyce’s dominant victory over Joseph Parker has left him as the leading contender to challenge unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Joyce knocked Parker out with a hellacious left hook after subjecting the New Zealander to a ferocious 11-round onslaught on Saturday. That win saw Joyce pick up an interim title from the WBO so … Read more
Joe Joyce breaks downs and blasts out Joseph Parker in a way no one has done before; Parker is a former world champion who’s never previously been stopped; Joyce finishes him in 11 rounds and then calls out Oleksandr Usyk for heavyweight world title fight Source link