Month: August 2023

The rain falling at Stadion Wroclaw had meant that by the start of Oleksandr Usyk-Daniel Dubois numerous outer ringside seats had been deserted for others with better cover from the elements, and that the areas immediately ringside had become so crowded that immediately after the fight had concluded it had become pointless attempting to follow
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As if the heavyweight division needed another strange controversy to create further debate about who is, or is deserving to be considered the division’s best, we were served one up this past weekend.  Heading into Saturday’s bout against Oleksandr Usyk, Daniel Dubois entered as a gargantuan underdog, with many observers scoffing at the utility of
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2023, 09:37 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
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Nick ParkinsonAug 26, 2023, 07:20 PM ET Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Oleksandr Usyk knocked out Daniel Dubois in the ninth round on an emotional night in front of thousands of his Ukrainian fans
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Highlights Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr square off again after a somewhat controversial outcome back in January! Dina Thorslund and Yuliahn Luna unify bantamweight titles in Denmark! …that’s about it! Friday, Sept. 1 FITE PPV, 6:30 am ET, Jordan Laruccia vs Fano Kori. Aussie club fights for $16.99. FITE+, Noon ET, Dina Thorslund vs
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Deontay Wilder says he likely won’t tune into the upcoming heavyweight spectacle between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. Fury, the WBC heavyweight titlist from Manchester, England, will be taking on Ngannou, the former UFC champion from Cameroon, on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a regulation boxing bout that marks Ngannou’s first foray into
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Posted on 08/26/2023 By: Sean Crose Things got interesting this evening in Poland. Although favored IBF, WBA, and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk defeated British contender Daniel Dubois, as expected, things ended up being rather controversial due to a fifth round shot which was either a low blow or a perfect body punch, depending on
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterAug 27, 2023, 12:43 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
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DANIEL DUBOIS did what he could against one of the best fighters in the world. No-one ever expected the Londoner to start bamboozling Oleksandr Usyk with sweet science he had never seen before. His corner led by Don Charles constructed a game plan to take the fight to the Ukrainian and pile on the pressure
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They were going to the ring for the fifth fight in Tulsa, preliminaries, some of the others having just their fourth fights, to go six rounds for a purse of a few thousand dollars. They were moving slowly down the aisles toward their corners, sometimes cantering, others walking, and in the press area they had
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