Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is willing to seriously explore the possibility of staging a world title defense in the country of Australia. Fury is currently in Australia to support close friend and former WBO champion Joseph Parker, who this Wednesday will face Faiga Opelu.
Top Rank president Todd DuBoef explains that WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury "makes his own decisions" when it comes to his career. Fury is co-promoted by Top Rank and Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has once again taken to social media to call for an undisputed fight with WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Tyson Fury apparently isn’t keen on waiting until December for a much-rumored career payday in the Middle East. On Thursday, the WBC titlist from Manchester, England, took to social media to implore his British promoter, Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions, to stage a “stadium fight” in the Northwest section of his homeland in the summer.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has returned to social media to verbally blast his division rivals. Fury made a voluntary defense of his world title back in December, with a one-sided stoppage win in his trilogy fight with Derek Chisora.
WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) is still hoping that a unification fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury takes place at some point in the near future.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has stated that he's not very “optimistic” of a fight with any of the names being floated in the media. Fury was in talks for an undisputed showdown with WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk, for an April date at Wembley Stadium.
It appears Zhilei Zhang is parlaying his prolific knockout win against Joe Joyce into a world title shot. Top Rank boss Bob Arum said Zhang is the leading candidate to fight WBC and Ring Magazine heavyweight champion Tyson Fury later this summer.
Malik Scott, head trainer for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, expects fireworks if a deal is finalized to face former two-time champion Anthony Joshua. There are circulating rumors of a possible Wilder vs. Joshua fight, at the end of the year in the Middle East.
Former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew believes David Haye would have gotten the better of Tyson Fury - had their fight actually happened in 2013. The two rivals were scheduled to fight - with Haye withdrawing from two planned dates with injuries.