Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has expressed new interest in facing former UFC world champion Francis Ngannou. Last year, Ngannou - the most recent fighter to hold the UFC's heavyweight title - was angling for a boxing match with Fury.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says an announcement for the showdown with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk is 'imminent'.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is still in the process of finalizing the terms for an undisputed showdown with WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA champion Oleksandr Usyk,
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has fired back at Oleksandr Usyk - after the unified WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA champion took to social media to take a swipe at Fury.
Bob Arum and Frank Warren are awaiting an offer from investors in Saudi Arabia who they believe want to bring the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight title fight to that country sometime this spring.
A major roadblock has been cleared on the road to crowning an undisputed heavyweight champion. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has formally rescinded its previous order for its number-one heavyweight contender, Filip Hrgovic to next face unified WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk. The fight was demanded by the sanctioning body more than two months ago but Usyk is no longer on the hook to honor that ruling, at a point when talks continue for a hoped-for showdown with lineal/WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
Anthony Joshua apparently won’t factor into Tyson Fury’s plans for 2023. But the latter’s promoter would be more than happy to match the former heavyweight champion with two of Britain’s top contenders.
Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson has a lot of respect for Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe believes he would have implemented the proper formula to defeat WBC champion Tyson Fury, who is currently the dominant big man of the heavyweight class.
Oleksandr Usyk refused to be intimidated once he entered the land of the big men. But after aggregating every world title in the cruiserweight division, the Ukrainian set his sights on repeating that feat one division higher.