The WBA Championship committee has ordered their Super champion’ Olekander Usyk, to face ‘regular’ champ Daniel Dubois next to consolidate the heavyweight belts. Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) and the ‘Dynamite’ Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) have 30 days to assemble a deal before a purse bid on May 2nd.… read more “WBC officially orders Oleksandr Usyk to defend against Daniel Dubois”
You can add Filip Hrgovic’s name to the list of top heavyweights who want to fight WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk next. Now that the Usyk-Tyson Fury fight is a dead duck (maybe for good), as expected, the various top-ranked heavyweights with the governing bodies are calling for their mandatory shot at Usyk – be it WBA mandatory Daniel Dubois, WBO mandatory (and interim champ) Joe Joyce, or IBF mandatory Filip Hrgovic.… read more “Kalle Sauerland Pushes For Filip Hrgovic To Get IBF Mandatory Shot At Usyk Next”
Promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s doubtful the undisputed heavyweight contest between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will get made for April 29th.
Hearn gives two reasons why Fury-Usyk won’t happen:
For an aging, out-of-shape heavyweight like the 34-year-old Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs), he needs a lot of time to train for a fighter of Usyk’s caliber, and six weeks is obviously not nearly enough.… read more “Eddie Hearn doubts Fury vs. Usyk fight happens, given deadline”
Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren insists that the undisputed heavyweight fight with Oleksandr Usyk will get made for April 29th despite today’s turbulence over the rematch clause.… read more “Frank Warren insists Fury vs. Usyk will happen on April 29th”
IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk says that if the fight with Tyson Fury doesn’t happen next, which it doesn’t look like it is, he’ll be facing his WBA mandatory Daniel Dubois next to avoid losing that title.… read more “Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois possible next if Tyson Fury fight fails to happen”
Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren is listing a deadline of this week for the negotiations with IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to be completed for their undisputed heavyweight fight on April 29th.… read more “Fury vs. Usyk deadline set by Frank Warren: “It’s not going past the end of this week””
Tyson Fury made it clear last Saturday night that “money” is his focus for his undisputed heavyweight clash with Oleksandr Usyk when the two battle in April, which doesn’t appear destined to take place at Wembley Stadium in London, England.… read more “Tyson Fury says “I go where the money is,” Usyk fight heading to Middle East?”
According to Tyson Fury’s co-promoters, Bob Arum and Frank Warren, the heavyweight unification clash with Oleksandr Usyk is all set to go, with the sole sticking point now being the location of the fight.… read more “There’s Still A Chance The Fury – Usyk Showdown Could Take Place At Wembley”
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s management has sent a draft contract to IBF/WBA/WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk for him to quickly look over for a fight in March for the undisputed champion.… read more “Oleksander Usyk given draft contract for Tyson Fury fight for March”
The end of the year came just hours ago, and the final pound-for-pound rankings were in place. If you go by the Ring Magazine rankings (and if you don’t, why not?),… read more “The Final Pound-For-Pound Rankings Of 2022 – Who Ended The Year As The Man?”