Undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury have scheduled a Dec. 21 rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “The world will watch another historical fight again,” Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, posted Wednesday on social media.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson required medical attention after experiencing an “ulcer flare up” toward the end of a cross-country flight Sunday, his representatives confirmed to the New York Post. “Thankfully Mr. Tyson is doing great,” his representatives told the Post.
A B-sample requested by boxer Ryan Garcia came back positive for the banned substance Ostarine on Thursday. Garcia, though, maintains his innocence and is now claiming that contamination caused a positive test in both his A- and B-samples prior to
Former UFC fighters Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen will renew their rivalry in the boxing ring next month. The 216-pound bout will consist of five two-minute rounds on June 15 in Sao Paulo in Silva’s native Brazil. Both men announced
Oleksandr Usyk downed Tyson Fury by split decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday to become the undisputed heavyweight champion. Usyk (22-0-0, 14 KOs) had two judges on his side, earning scores of 114-113 and 115-112, while Fury (34-1-1, 24
Usyk (22-0) added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and IBO belts with a spectacular late rally highlighted by a ninth-round knockdown in a back-and-forth bout between two previously unbeaten heavyweight champs. Two judges favored Usyk, 115-112 and 114-113, while the third gave it to Fury, 114-113.
Usyk (22-0) added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and IBO belts with a spectacular late rally highlighted by a ninth-round knockdown in a back-and-forth bout between two previously unbeaten heavyweight champs. Two judges favored Usyk, 115-112 and 114-113, while the third gave it to Fury, 114-113.
After Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk finally meet in the ring this weekend, boxing should have its first undisputed heavyweight champion in nearly a quarter-century.
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson traded insults and expletives as they previewed their fight just a few football fields from the site of the planned summer bout, the 80,000-seat home of the Dallas Cowboys.