By Declan Taylor LENNOX LEWIS believes Tyson Fury will only truly understand the importance of his legacy once he has retired from boxing. On Saturday night, Fury faces Oleksandr Usyk in the first undisputed heavyweight title fight since his compatriot Lewis beat Evander Holyfield in 1999. But the Gypsy King has insisted throughout the build
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 15, 2024, 08:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury has accomplished a staggering amount during his 35 pro-fight career, enough to cement himself among the all-time greats. The heavyweight championship division Fury rules over today is part of perhaps the most-storied lineage in all of sports, one that dates back to
By Eric Armit Highlights from the past week of action Vasyl Lomachenko stopped George Kambosos to win the vacant IBF lightweight title and took the IBO title from champion Kambosos. Pedro Guevara won the WBC interim super-flyweight title with a split decision over Andrew Moloney. Mixed night in Pasay City for Filipinos as former IBF
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr will return to the ring on July 20, featuring on the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Netflix undercard in Texas. Chavez will face MMA veteran Darren Till, a former UFC title challenger. The 38-year-old Chavez (53-6-1, 34 KO) will be fighting for the first time since a Dec. 2021 win over
Emanuel Navarrete will attempt to win a world title in a fourth different weight class Saturday night when he takes on Denys Berinchyk for the vacant WBO lightweight title. Navarrete is a former 122, 126, and 130-pound beltholder and has been appearing in title fights since 2018. His next fight will mark his 14th career
THEY often look fanciful, adding to the sense of occasion. Organised to create an element of pageantry and ceremony around a big event. The grand arrivals have long become a staple of fight week kick-off, cutting the invisible ribbon to announce to the world that it’s all getting real. As expected, a trim and ready
Turns out DAZN will be counterprogramming ESPN’s Shakur Stevenson vs Artem Harutyunyan show (and Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz) on July 6th, as Salvador Rodriguez reports that William Zepeda will meet Giovianni Cabrera that evening. Zepeda (30-0, 26 KO) is currently Vasiliy Lomachenko’s mandatory challenger after bulldozing Maxi Hughes in March and has been Gervonta
Boxing trainer Robert Garcia has high hopes for his lightweight charge Raymond ‘Danger’ Muratalla despite a substandard performance in his previous bout against Xolisani Ndongeni. Muratalla won a unanimous decision in March, but the 27-year-old saw his four-fight knockout streak end and he had to settle for winning on points through scores of 97-93, 99-91
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 14, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boxer Devin Haney, in a letter to the New York State Athletic Commission obtained by ESPN, formally requested Saturday that last month’s loss to Ryan Garcia be overturned to a disqualification win after Garcia’s failed doping test. Garcia’s A-sample tested positive for the anabolic
The IBF has authorized placement of its featherweight eliminator for July 13 in Johannesburg, South Africa, meaning second-ranked Lerato Dlamini (20-2, 11 KOs) will enjoy home cooking for his bout against third-ranked Arnold Khegai (21-1-1, 13 KOs), a Los Angeles-based Ukrainian. As reported previously, TGB Promotions submitted a top purse bid of $71,000 for the
By: Sean Crose One of the most entertaining (or annoying, depending on how you look at it) elements of today’s fight game is the TYSON FURY SHOW. Make no mistake about it, the towering Englishman has a way of drawing attention to himself (as does his cantankerous father). It’s hard to ignore a loud, nearly
The Floyd Mayweather Exhibition Tour shows no sign of slowing despite its star turning 47 a few months back. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that “Money” will settle some finished business when he meets Victor Ortiz on August 24th in Mexico. Mayweather (50-0, 27 KO) has not confirmed the matchup but did tease a “big announcement”
By Declan Taylor OLEKSANDR USYK has warned Team Fury that no amount of fight week antics will ‘destabilise’ his quest to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Monday’s first fight week event was marred by violence as John Fury, father of Tyson, headbutted a smaller member of Usyk’s team, Stanislav Stepchuk, as the two
May 13, 2024, 11:51 AM ET British middleweight Sherif Lawal has died after collapsing in the ring during his professional debut on Sunday, fight organisers said. The British Boxing Board of Control sent a note of condolences on Monday. Media reports said Lawal, 29, was hit on the temple in the fourth of six scheduled
Logic should dictate that the more well-matched the fight, the greater the likelihood of a draw. That’s certainly the case ahead of Oleksandr Usyk versus Tyson Fury where the draw is currently priced at +1400 and 14/1 in the UK. They’re not dead cert odds by any means but certainly short enough to underline it’s
With the big heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk set for this weekend, Fury tells Sky Sports that he’s feeling the energy connected with this event in Saudi Arabia. Both Fury and Usyk will get the rare opportunity to compete for the undisputed heavyweight crown, which is something that hasn’t happened in decades.
HALFWAY through writing a piece in which Andy Lee discussed Tyson Fury’s renewed focus, I became distracted by news that John Fury, Tyson’s dad, had used his head – or not, as the case may be – on a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s entourage, just because, well, it was Monday. I then thought about two
By Keith Idec NEW YORK – Twenty-two years after he bit Lennox Lewis’ leg and threatened to sexually assault a male reporter during an infamous press conference in Manhattan, a much mellower Mike Tyson was the reasonable adult in the room Monday. When a foul-mouthed child addressed Tyson and Jake Paul as “fucking legends” and
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