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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, Saudi Arabia.
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
Terence Crawford and Oscar De La Hoya have some differing viewpoints as it relates to growing the boxing business. An existential crisis of sorts has gripped boxing since it was announced earlier this week that Showtime will no longer be programming the sport after the end of this year, effectively ending the broadcaster’s nearly four-decade relationship with The Sweet Science.
Eddie Hearn says he would welcome the addition of another content provider for DAZN—specifically a competitor he has taken shots at over the years.
Eddie Hearn apparently isn’t feeling much schadenfreude from the pending death knell of a competitor. The Matchroom Boxing head somberly greeted the news on Tuesday that Showtime will no longer broadcast boxing—a programming staple on the pay cable network for nearly four decades—after the end of the year.
Some of the most notable fighters in boxing want to help improve the sport’s business model. With the news on Tuesday that Showtime, the premium cable network that has showcased boxing since 1986, will no longer be broadcasting the sport after the end of the year, prominent fighters such as junior welterweight star Ryan Garcia and undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford took to social media to voice their desire to reinvent the way boxing is distributed to the masses.
Promoter Frank Warren says he will “appeal” the appeal to the controversial low blow sequence during the heavyweight title match between his client, Daniel Dubois, and champion Oleksandr Usyk.
A representative for Zhilei Zhang doesn’t have high hopes that his charge will ever get to square off against Anthony Joshua. China’s Zhang is coming off a rousing third-round knockout of Joe Joyce in their rematch last month that was more definitive than their first encounter, in April, which ended with Zhang stopping Joyce in the sixth round.
Devin Haney may be the undisputed lightweight champion, but he is not exactly undefeated, alleges upcoming adversary Regis Prograis. Ahead of a press conference to announce their Dec. 2 junior welterweight title bout at Chase Center in San Francisco,
A DAZN executive has demanded that Tommy Fury and KSI trade punches again. Manchester’s Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury, defeated YouTube star KSI on points in their highly hyped—but otherwise dull—six-round grudge match last Saturday night in Manchester, England, on DAZN Pay-Per-View.