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Deontay Wilder believes Eddie Hearn was desperate for a contingency plan ahead of his charge Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight title rematch with Oleksandr Uysk last Saturday in Saudi Arabia.
Andy Ruiz wants to get back to having a busy boxing schedule. The former champion from California noted in a recent interview that he is at his best when he is active and insisted that he is looking to fight twice before the end of the year.
Deontay Wilder apparently believes Anthony Joshua was not in the right mindset during his highly anticipated heavyweight title rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Mikaela Mayer is shocked at how Alycia Baumgardner performed in her first career loss. Mayer, the undefeated 130-pound WBO, IBF champion from Southern California, thinks the manner in which Baumgardner suffered defeat bespeaks an inability to handle pressure and adversity.
Eddie Hearn wants to give credit where credit is due. The head of Matchroom Boxing will preside over one of the more intriguing match-ups in British boxing on Oct. 8 when his charge, welterweight Conor Benn goes up against countryman and career middleweight/super middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. in a catchweight bout set at 157 pounds at The O2 Arena in London.
Not even Barry Hearn believes his star charge Anthony Joshua did quite enough to beat Oleksandr Uysk. The founder and president of Matchroom Sport, Hearn offered an honest assessment of Joshua’s performance against Ukraine’s Usyk in their heavyweight title unification rematch last Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The fight went the distance, with Usyk winning a split decision.
If Oleksandr Usyk ever fights again, he will likely do so under a different promotional aegis. The unified heavyweight champion of the world from Ukraine retained his WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF titles by earning a split decision in his competitive 12-round rematch with Anthony Joshua this past Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Conor Benn wasn’t about to drive a hard bargain for an opportunity that could very well catapult him to new heights in the British boxing scene.
Artur Beterbiev won’t be laid up for too long, it appears, even if it means his next fight will be postponed into the new year. In a recent BoxingScene.com report, it was noted that the Montreal-based Russian native and unified light heavyweight champion (WBC, WBO, IBF) would not be fighting mandatory challenger Anthony Yarde of England in October at the O2
The promoter of still-reigning unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk believes the ball is now in Tyson Fury’s court. Ukraine’s Usyk successfully defended his WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles against London's Anthony Joshua in their ballyhooed rematch Saturday night in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, winning a split decision.