Always bubbling beneath the surface of any combat sports discussion of any kind is the compulsion to compare boxing and mixed martial arts. Which sport’s fighter would win in a street fight? Which sport’s fighters are more talented? Which sport handles matchmaking better? Which has adopted the better business model, for the people in suits and for those in the ...
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has vowed to avoid the scenario of making the same error as his domestic rival, Anthony Joshua. Back in 2019, Joshua suffered the upset of the year when he was dropped four times and stopped in seven rounds by late-replacement Andy Ruiz. Joshua was a massive favorite to win the fight, but the loss would ...
Tyson’s Fury has flirted with retirement for better parts of the last 18 months. After knocking out Dillian Whyte in April 2022, Fury claimed he called it quits from boxing. The WBC heavyweight champion was never stripped of his title, and he ended up changing his tune and returning months later in December to knock out Derek Chisora. Fury (30-0-1, ...
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev produced a huge statement in the main event of UFC 294 as he stopped featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski in the first round of their title rematch in Abu Dhabi. Volkanovski stepped up on just over a week’s notice to replace the injured Charles Oliveira as he looked to complete a remarkable short-notice title heist in ...
Oleksandr Usyk admits that there has been some wear and tear on his body after his contest with Daniel Dubois in August. The unified WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF champion from Ukraine nevertheless is not too concerned about any niggling injuries as he prepares to take on Tyson Fury for the undisputed heavyweight championship in December or January in Riyadh, ...
Francis Ngannou claimed that Tyson Fury is looking for every advantage imaginable in their high-profile exhibition October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion already owns a five-inch height and a two-inch reach advantage over Ngannou. Fury’s extreme experience edge in boxing figures to work against Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champ, as well. According to Ngannou, ...
The UFC returns to “Fight Island” as Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island plays host to one of the biggest UFC pay-per-views of 2023, with two late changes at the top of the card turning an exciting lineup into a can’t-miss night of fights at the Etihad Arena. UFC 294 will be headlined by a rematch for the undisputed UFC lightweight championship ...
Lee McGregor and Isaac Lowe are primed to deliver an all-British barnstormer, when they collide on December 1 live and free-to-air on Channel 5. The featherweights clash for the WBO European title at the Toughsheet Community Stadium, Bolton in the headline fight of a Wasserman Boxing show. And in the co-main event at ‘High Stakes’, flyweight Chloe Watson meets France’s ...
The UFC returns to “Fight Island” as Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island plays host to one of the biggest UFC pay-per-views of 2023, with two late changes at the top of the card turning an exciting lineup into a can’t-miss night of fights at the Etihad Arena. UFC 294 will be headlined by a rematch for the undisputed UFC lightweight championship ...
Oleksandr Usyk certainly won’t be trying to upsell fans on the upcoming heavyweight “crossover” clash between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. Fury, the WBC heavyweight titlist from England, will be taking on Cameroon’s Ngannou, the former UFC champion, on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in what will be Ngannou’s first fight in a professional boxing ring. Hyped as a ...