Tyson Fury confirmed this weekend that he would be fighting on December 5th in London, England. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion Fury’s opponent still needs to be selected by his promoters and management for that date, but it’s presumed to be a fighter that presents little threat to beating him.
Speaking exclusively to Press Box PR, Michael Hunter, who is on Bob Arum’s five-man shortlist to replace Deontay Wilder for Tyson Fury’s next fight later this year, revealed exclusively:
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Michael Hunter feels that it’s too soon for Dillian Whyte to be facing Alexander Povetkin in a rematch in November, and he’d like to see him take a tune-up first.
In the biggest heavyweight fight of the decade, Anthony Joshua OBE (23-1, 21 KOs) recaptured his position as the unified world heavyweight champion with a masterful unanimous decision victory over Andy Ruiz, Jr.
Alexander Povetkin: “I am really glad to be here and very excited to be on a card like this fighting Michael Hunter.
First details of the supporting cast to the colossal Unified Heavyweight World Title rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua have now been confirmed.
Michael Hunter was in action last night in New York, having his sixth fight as a heavyweight since moving up from cruiserweight back in April of last year, and the 31 year old from Las Vegas picked up a good win as he scored a wide unanimous decision over Sergey Kuzmin.
Devin Haney produced a scintillating display in dismantling Zaur Abdullaev in four rounds to land become the interim WBC World Lightweight champion at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
Devin Haney let WBA/WBC/WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko that he’s coming for him next after beating Zaur Abdullaev (11-1, 7 KOs) by a fourth round knockout on Friday night to earn the WBC mandatory position on DAZN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Devin Haney (23-0, 15 KOs) beat previously undefeated Zaur Abdullaev (11-1, 7 KOs) by a fourth round on Friday night to win the interim WBC lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.