Turns out DAZN will be counterprogramming ESPN’s Shakur Stevenson vs Artem Harutyunyan show (and Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz) on July 6th, as Salvador Rodriguez reports that William Zepeda will meet Giovianni Cabrera that evening. Zepeda (30-0, 26 KO) is currently Vasiliy Lomachenko’s mandatory challenger after bulldozing Maxi Hughes in March and has been Gervonta
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 14, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boxer Devin Haney, in a letter to the New York State Athletic Commission obtained by ESPN, formally requested Saturday that last month’s loss to Ryan Garcia be overturned to a disqualification win after Garcia’s failed doping test. Garcia’s A-sample tested positive for the anabolic
By: Sean Crose One of the most entertaining (or annoying, depending on how you look at it) elements of today’s fight game is the TYSON FURY SHOW. Make no mistake about it, the towering Englishman has a way of drawing attention to himself (as does his cantankerous father). It’s hard to ignore a loud, nearly
Ahead of his undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk on May 18th, BoxingScene presents, from 10 to 1, Tyson Fury’s best performances. Some towards the bottom of the list are far from awe-inspiring, but those near the top indicate the extent of the challenge Usyk will face on Saturday. 10. John McDermott, TKO 9 (June 25,
The Floyd Mayweather Exhibition Tour shows no sign of slowing despite its star turning 47 a few months back. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that “Money” will settle some finished business when he meets Victor Ortiz on August 24th in Mexico. Mayweather (50-0, 27 KO) has not confirmed the matchup but did tease a “big announcement”
By Declan Taylor OLEKSANDR USYK has warned Team Fury that no amount of fight week antics will ‘destabilise’ his quest to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Monday’s first fight week event was marred by violence as John Fury, father of Tyson, headbutted a smaller member of Usyk’s team, Stanislav Stepchuk, as the two
May 13, 2024, 11:51 AM ET British middleweight Sherif Lawal has died after collapsing in the ring during his professional debut on Sunday, fight organisers said. The British Boxing Board of Control sent a note of condolences on Monday. Media reports said Lawal, 29, was hit on the temple in the fourth of six scheduled
In a recent episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV, analyst Paulie Malignaggi discusses the prospects of former undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo in the middleweight division. Malignaggi believes a prime Charlo would consolidate the current 160-pound class, but he says the troubled, 33-year-old version of Charlo would find it much more difficult to
With the big heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk set for this weekend, Fury tells Sky Sports that he’s feeling the energy connected with this event in Saudi Arabia. Both Fury and Usyk will get the rare opportunity to compete for the undisputed heavyweight crown, which is something that hasn’t happened in decades.
HALFWAY through writing a piece in which Andy Lee discussed Tyson Fury’s renewed focus, I became distracted by news that John Fury, Tyson’s dad, had used his head – or not, as the case may be – on a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s entourage, just because, well, it was Monday. I then thought about two
By Keith Idec NEW YORK – Twenty-two years after he bit Lennox Lewis’ leg and threatened to sexually assault a male reporter during an infamous press conference in Manhattan, a much mellower Mike Tyson was the reasonable adult in the room Monday. When a foul-mouthed child addressed Tyson and Jake Paul as “fucking legends” and
Andreas Hale, ESPNMay 13, 2024, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal’s upcoming encounter inside a boxing ring has a new date and venue. Diaz vs. Masvidal, originally slated for June 1 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, will now relocate to the Honda Center in Anaheim and take place
Riyadh – Tyson Fury is “levels ahead” of everyone Jordan Thompson has ever sparred – Oleksandr Usyk included. The WBC heavyweight champion on Saturday fights his leading rival for the undisputed title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and does so aware that it could prove his defining night. When he makes his way to the ring
John Fury headbutted a member of opponent Oleksandr Usyk’s team, busting himself open in the process, ahead son Tyson’s undisputed championship fight with Usyk this coming Saturday. John is generally good to get some spotlight on himself ahead of one of his son’s fights, and with arguably Tyson’s biggest-ever fight on tap, John went above
May 13, 2024, 11:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury’s father, John Fury, was involved in a head-butting incident during a media event ahead of Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight championship bout with Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In a heated altercation, John Fury was standing head-to-head with a member of Usyk’s team before being
By: Sean Crose Perhaps no one should be surprised. John Fury, father of WBC titlist Tyson Fury, headbutted a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s team in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Usyk is, of course, fighting the younger Fury this Saturday for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world. That fact, however, didn’t keep a melee from
Former IBF super-bantamweight champion TJ Doheny is experiencing a renaissance, demonstrating that despite his advancing years, the 37-year-old remains a threat within the 122lbs division. Doheny (26-4, 20 KOs) defeated Ryosuke Iwasa to claim the IBF super-bantamweight title in 2018 and successfully defended it once before suffering defeat in a unification attempt against then-WBA title
During the opening press conference for Jaron Ennis vs Cody Crowley that will take place in Philadelphia, both fighters appeared on stage to discuss the upcoming event. A lot of the opening press conference ended up being some goading and responding between the two trainers, which led into a question about why Crowley took so