Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 3, 2024, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk undisputed heavyweight championship bout has been rescheduled for May 18 in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s chairman of general entertainment authority, Turki Alalshikh, announced Saturday on “The MMA Hour.” Fury and Usyk were set to meet Feb. 17 in the kingdom’s
Month: February 2024
THE RESULT: To watch the first couple of rounds of Conor Benn vs. Pete Dobson, you would be forgiven for thinking Benn would stop his American opponent in the first half of what appeared to be a woeful mismatch. However, to Dobson’s immense credit, the unknown from The Bronx made a real fight of it
London – Ben Whittaker insisted this week that although he was focused on beating Khalid Graidia, he had one eye firmly fixed on the top of the bill fight between Dan Azeez and Joshua Buatsi. Whittaker (6-0, 5 KO’s) was as good as his word and the light heavyweight produced an explosive performance. Whittaker has
ESPN News Services Feb 2, 2024, 02:54 PM ET Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks to Fight Hub TV about the launch of PBC on Amazon Prime, starting with a PPV event headlined by Keith Thurman vs Tim Tszyu. Hearn admits that he thinks as a fan the card will provide a fun night of boxing, but doesn’t see how any of the fights will
TYSON FURY and Oleksandr Usyk will now clash in their long-awaited world heavyweight title showdown on May 18. The pair were supposed to meet on February 17 but that plan was officially put to bed yesterday (February 2) when it was revealed Fury had suffered a serious cut above his right eye during a sparring
Connor Coyle and Armel Mbumba-Yassa don’t have similar styles, but Austin “Ammo” Williams doesn’t see a much different degree of difficulty in Coyle’s late replacement. Mbumba-Yassa (10-0, 7 KOs), a native of The Republic of Congo, seems limited, from what Williams (15-0, 10 KOs) has seen. If nothing else, Mbumba-Yassa is ambitious, as he stepped
Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 07:51 PM ET Japanese boxer Kazuki Anaguchi died Friday after suffering a subdural hematoma in his Dec. 26 fight in Tokyo, according to the Japan Boxing Commission. He was 23. Anaguchi (6-1, 2 KOs) was knocked down four times in the 10-round bantamweight fight and lost a tightly contested unanimous
Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez square off today in London, with two domestic light heavyweight titles and a key spot in the division on the line. The undefeated fighters were meant to meet late in 2023, but injury postponed the bout, and we’ve got it today from OVO Arena Wembley. On the undercard, Adam Azim
By Elliot Worsell IF blessed with the power to make big decisions, or, failing that, an array of alternative options from which they could both choose, it’s probable British light-heavyweights Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez would not be fighting each other this Saturday (February 3) or, for that matter, any other Saturday. Were it up
Teofimo Lopez will defend his WBO junior welterweight world titles against Jamaine Ortiz on Thursday, Feb. 8 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis steps up against former two-division world champion Jose Pedraza. Lopez-Ortiz and Davis-Pedraza will be
Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The long-anticipated fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship has been postponed after Fury suffered a deep cut over his right eye while sparring Friday. Fury and Usyk will still meet for heavyweight supremacy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, just
We’ve got a south London ding-dong and something resembling a Matchroom bachelors party in Las Vegas this weekend, as Buatsi and Azeez turn friends to fren-emies and Conor Benn lines up the midday shots against Peter Dobson. Azeez a healthy 3/1 dog Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez square off in north London on Saturday night
No matter how hard he tried, Keyshawn Davis simply couldn’t get over the hump. As an amateur, he ran across Andy Cruz on four separate occasions, including in the 2021 Olympic finals. While those matchups were close, Davis came up short each time. Those losses haven’t put a dent in Davis’ confidence as a pro
Posted on 02/02/2024 By: Sean Crose It looked like there would finally be a new king of the heavyweight division. After what seemed like an eternity, a new undisputed champion would emerge when WBC titlist Tyson Fury took on WBA, WBO, and IBF titlist Oleksandr Usyk later this month in Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, it was
Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 01:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury suffered a cut over his right eye that required stitches while sparring Friday and his undisputed heavyweight championship fight vs. Oleksandr Usyk on Feb. 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has been postponed, Fury’s promoter, Queensberry, announced Friday. “I am absolutely devastated after
Japanese bantamweight prospect Kazuki Anaguchi entered last Boxing Day’s clash with Seiya Tsutsumi as a fighter on the rise. Despite turning pro just two years prior, he had already picked up a number of noteworthy wins, including UDs over former title challenger Jonathan Taconing and undefeated countrymen Kento Uchigamae and Shori Umezu. He and Tsutsumi
TYSON FURY’S undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk is OFF after Fury, the WBC heavyweight champion, sustained a cut in sparring. The undefeated pair were scheduled to clash in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 17 in a fight to decide the best heavyweight on the planet. However, it is understood that Fury, who has been preparing