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WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is still on the fence with respect to a potential future fight. Fury saw action in April, when he knocked out mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium in London.
Robert Garcia, trainer of two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, explains that his boxer is entering next month's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk with a brand new mindset.
According to one of his training partners, unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is busting up his sparring partners in the ongoing camp. Usyk is preparing for his upcoming rematch with Anthony Joshua, scheduled for August 20 in Saudi Arabia.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Ryan Garcia fought over the weekend. Showed some patience. Landed some shots. And eventually got to his foe with a series of flashy punches that yielded three knockdowns, a sixth-round finish and an audience to make a case for bigger quarry.
Heavyweight contender Robert Helenius is eager to get a mandatory crack at the WBA world title. Helenius, 38-years-old, became the WBA's mandatory challenger after back to back knockout wins over Adam Kownacki. With multiple WBA titles in the weight class, there is some confusion.
There isn’t much that Robert Garcia has not accomplished both as a world-class fighter and a renowned trainer. Among the few things he’s yet to achieve is to guide a pro heavyweight to a major title. That opportunity is now well within reach, with Garcia now taking the lead in the corner of former two-time unified heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua ahead of the Brit’s upcoming August 21 rematch with WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO titlist Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Shelly Finkel, the co-manager of former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, explains that they are potentially going to target the winner of the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua.
Former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew is very familiar with Oleksandr Usyk. In what became Usyk's final bout at cruiserweight, he dramatically knocked out Bellew in 2018. Bellew retired in the aftermath.
Eddie Hearn does not believe there was anything misleading about Anthony Joshua’s recent career pledge to DAZN, even though the platform will not be streaming his upcoming and arguably most important fight to date.
Sky Sports have reportedly won the rights to broadcast the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua fight in the UK, beating a bid from DAZN, despite Joshua agreeing a deal with DAZN last month.