Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
The outspoken John Fury recently offered a blustery two cents on the ongoing negotiations between his son and Usyk, the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion from Ukraine, saying that Usyk does not deserve to be remunerated equally.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has put his money where his mouth is - by placing down a large wager on his younger brother Tommy Fury, to score a knockout win over Jake Paul. Fury will collide with Paul on Sunday in Saudi Arabia.
A heavyweight fight that was always a nonstarter is officially no longer in play. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Andy Ruiz has declined to move forward with an ordered interim IBF heavyweight title fight versus Filip Hrgovic. Representatives for the former unified heavyweight titlist informed the sanctioning body prior to Thursday’s scheduled purse bid hearing which was canceled as a result.
Bob Arum refuses to engage in what he feels would be a form of contract suicide. The American promoter for WBC heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury took issue with a recent statement from Alexander Krassyuk, the promoter of WBO, WBA, IBF champion Oleksandr Usyk, in regards to making a deal for the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Eddie Hearn believes a fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will not be staged in Saudi Arabia. The head of Matchroom, which is the main rival to Fury’s UK co-promotional outfit Queensberry, reckons the reason behind the undisputed showdown not taking place in the desert is because it doesn’t involve one of his fighters.
DAZN’s North American CEO Joe Markowski said he is still confident that he can help get Ryan Garcia’s fight with Gervonta Davis over the line.
Eddie Hearn insists that Anthony Joshua would have no qualms fighting Tyson Fury this summer if the latter’s fight with Oleksandr Usyk fails to materialize.
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk isn’t convinced that Tyson Fury deserves a bigger slice of the financial pie. Fury, the WBC titlist from Manchester, England, and Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF champion from Ukraine, are in deep talks to fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship in the spring.
The fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship needs to remunerate its participants equally, according to the promoter of Oleksandr Usyk. Ukraine’s Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion, and Fury, the WBC titlist from England, have been in talks to face each other in the spring for all four heavyweight titles.
Oleksandr Usyk thinks he got the upper hand—psychologically speaking—during his last face-to-face encounter with boxing’s merry prankster Tyson Fury.