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Tyson Fury isn’t too concerned that he has a relatively short window of time to prepare for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Fury, the WBC titlist from Manchester, England, indicated on Saturday that he had begun his training camp for a proposed fight with WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine on April 29 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Callum Smith is probably feeling pretty chuffed, as far as injured fighters go. The former super middleweight titlist from Liverpool reportedly suffered an injury that forced him to bow out of a 175-pound fight with Pawel Stepien scheduled for March 11.
Eddie Hearn wants the public to wake up to what he feels is a charade from Tyson Fury. The Matchroom head let out some steam recently when he was asked about the protracted negotiations between Manchester, England’s Fury, the WBC heavyweight titlist, and Oleksandr Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBF, and IBO champion from Ukraine.
Oleksandr Usyk is making some tweaks to his usual preparation for a fight. The unified WBO, WBA, IBF, and IBO heavyweight champion from Ukraine is in deep talks to fight WBC titlist Tyson Fury of Manchester, England, for the undisputed heavyweight championship. April 29 has been identified as the target date, and London's Wembley Arena is the preferred venue. The fight is far from a done deal, as the organizers are in disagreement over compensation.
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk is beginning to doubt that the undisputed heavyweight championship will take place on the target date of April 29. It is the latest indication that a fight between Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF champion from Ukraine, and Tyson Fury, the WBC titlist from Manchester, England, is in dire straits.
Eddie Hearn has indicated that he is close to putting on the finishing touches to Conor Benn’s ring return. The promoter of the embattled British welterweight contender informed an outlet on Thursday that he has whittled down the number of potential opponents for Benn to three and that a fight is “close” to being finalized.
Anthony Joshua may have been just as surprised as the person next to him at how effective Jermaine Franklin was against Dillian Whyte in their heavyweight bout last November.
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk has revealed that his charge was willing to accept a smaller portion of the revenue from a potential fight with Tyson Fury but that the latter rejected that proposal.
Frank Warren realizes Tommy Fury is in a unique position to shape the sort of career he wants in boxing. Fresh off what some might call a mild upset over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in their highly publicized eight-round cruiserweight bout last weekend in Saudi Arabia, the previously unrecognized member of the Fury fighting clan now finds himself with the sort of prestige and financial success that rarely comes to fighters with only nine fights to their name.
Canelo Alvarez doesn’t think that one of his former opponents necessarily has what it takes to defeat David Benavidez. Alvarez, the Mexican superstar and current undisputed champion in the 168-pound division, offered his thoughts on an intriguing, 12-round super middleweight bout between Benavidez and Caleb Plant that will take place March 25 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay-Per-View.