Anthony Yigit endured a tougher fight to tend to his many wounds than he did in his actual in-ring defeat. The former title challenger from Sweden was understandably livid over the gross disregard for his safety after his twelve-round, unanimous defeat to Ukraine’s Denys Berinchyk. The lightweight bout took place on the Oleksandr Usyk-Daniel Dubois undercard Saturday at Stadion Wroclaw ...
Oleksandr Usyk will be a very interested observer in the upcoming fight between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former UFC beltholder Francis Ngannou. The non-title fight is scheduled to take place on October 28 in Saudi Arabia. Usyk was in action on Saturday night in Poland, when he knocked out Daniel Dubois to retain the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO ...
Alexander Krassyuk, promoter for unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, says there is no doubt that his boxer was hit with a low blow in the fifth round of his fight with Daniel Dubois. On Saturday night in Poland, Usyk knocked out Dubois in the ninth round to retain the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles. In the aftermath, a mountain ...
Terence Crawford doesn’t understand why boxing fans are so incredulous at the thought of him facing Canelo Alvarez. In the wake of his career-defining ninth-round stoppage of Errol Spence Jr. last month, Crawford, the newly crowned undisputed welterweight champion, turned heads recently when he expressed his desire to take on Alvarez, the undisputed 168-pound champion. Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs), of ...
Jermell Charlo didn’t think twice when Al Haymon called him about boxing Canelo Alvarez. Accepting this task required Charlo to move up two weight classes, a total of 14 pounds, and to end what will be a 16-month layoff against the toughest opponent of his 15-year professional career. This is a fight that the undisputed 154-pound champion has wanted for ...
Retiring from the sport of boxing is incredibly tricky. For fighters, most have been boxing since they were incredibly young. In essence, it’s the only life that they know. We’ve seen it all before. Floyd Mayweather dipped his toe in and out of the retirement waters before officially calling it a career in 2017. But even after racking up a ...
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 professional boxing. However, Fury’s WBC ...
Before he knew it, Travon Marshall was being viewed as the next-best junior middleweight prospect. Although he had just a few fights under his belt, his explosive punching power and deadly skills seemed to be legit. In addition to his abilities, fans loved to root him on. On August 12th, the promising 22-year-old was given a homecoming bout against Gabriel ...
Heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois wants "justice" after his knockout loss to unified world champion Oleksandr Usyk. On Saturday night in Poland, Usyk knocked out Dubois in the ninth round to retain his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles. There is a lot of controversy over a body shot, landed by Dubois, in the fifth round. Dubois connected with a punch ...
Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois, is planning to protest the outcome of his boxer's world title fight with Oleksandr Usyk. On Saturday night in Poland, Usyk knocked out Dubois in the ninth round to retain the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA world titles. Dubois, the WBA's "regular" champion, was the mandatory challenger under the sanctioning body. There is ...