Following Tyson Fury’s 10th-round TKO victory over long-time rival Derek Chisora to retain his WBC heavyweight championship at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Fury shed light on why he refers to Oleksandr Usyk as a “middleweight” during the post-fight press conference. Why Fury Calls Usyk a Middleweight Tyson Fury explained that both he and Oleksandr Usyk … Read more
Promoter Eddie Hearn told boxing reporters following Dillian Whyte’s 12-round majority decision win over previously undefeated, world-ranked Jermaine Franklin that they are planning to stage a trilogy fight (counting Whyte’s 2009 amateur win) between Whyte (29-3, 19 KOs) and superstar Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) in 2023. Eddie Hearn States Joshua vs Whyte 2 Will … Read more
Tyson Fury has never been one to sugarcoat his opinions – and he stayed true to form when asked for his prediction on the highly anticipated grudge match between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn. When questioned about how he saw the fight playing out, ‘The Gypsy King’, who retired after back-to-back losses to Oleksandr … Read more
Fury vs Joshua In Jeopardy As Frank Warren Sets Short Deadline For Joshua To Accept Deal Queensberry Promotions and Frank Warren have given Anthony Joshua a deadline of the end of today – Thursday 8th September – to accept a deal to face WBC Heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury. Frank Warren told IFL TV that “It’s … Read more
David Avanesyan Lands Terence Crawford World Title Opportunity, Gives Up EBU Strap. Armenian-Russian David Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) was scheduled to make the sixth defence of his European Welterweight championship on November 19 in Telford until his team received a surprise opportunity to face unbeaten WBO Welterweight champion, Terence Crawford. David Avanesyan Vacates His Title … Read more
Matchroom Boxing has won the purse bids for the promotional rights to Ebanie Bridges vs Shannon O’Connell and will be staging the contest on DAZN in the last quarter of the year. The fight will likely be in the United Kingdom after Bridges declared she does not want to fight in Australia at the moment, … Read more
Daniel Dubois Defends WBA (Regular) Title Against South African Southpaw In what will be a sensational heavyweight double-header, the WBC and lineal world champion Tyson Fury will defend his crown against long-standing rival Derek Chisora at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday December 3 on a night where WBA world champion Daniel Dubois will make a … Read more
Women’s boxing’s P4P#1 Katie Taylor moved to 22-0 and retained her undisputed lightweight titles with a dominant 10-round points decision over Argentina’s previously unbeaten Karen Elizabeth Carabajal. The Irish star attempted to force a stoppage early on and managed to catch Carabajal clean multiple times but around the halfway point, she realised that she wasn’t … Read more
The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) today ordered undisputed super lightweight champion, Britain’s Chantelle Cameron (17-0, 8 KOs) to face her mandatory challenger, Greece’s Christina Linardatou (14-2, 6 KOs) in her next bout. Chantelle Cameron Next Fight The WBO informed promoters Eddie Hearn (Cameron) and Lou DiBella (Linardatou) that they had 30 days to negotiate the … Read more
Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight championship with a 10th-round TKO win over long-time rival Derek Chisora, improving his record to 33-0-1 (24 KOs) on Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Chisora, meanwhile, suffered his 13th career defeat and his third loss to Fury. Fury’s Elbow Injury and Surgery Plans Following the fight, … Read more