Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury admits that he was lured back to boxing after becoming miserable while sitting out in retirement for several months. In the aftermath of his knockout win over Dillian Whyte in April, Fury announced his retirement from the sport.
Malik Scott, the head trainer for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, says Oleksandr Usyk - the unified champion - should face his boxer instead of waiting around for Tyson Fury, who currently holds the WBC strap.
All that is apparently standing in the way of Oleksandr Usyk from getting his shot at the undisputed heavyweight championship is the green light from Tyson Fury.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for Anthony Joshua, is giving WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury the edge in a potential 2023 undisputed clash with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is fully focused on securing a fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury before the month of March.
Sometimes, we don’t get a great fight. Instead, we get the sort of singular performance that separates one foe from another in a way that drops jaws. Roy Jones-James Toney, Bernard Hopkins-Felix Trinidad, Floyd Mayweather-Diego Corrales, and Tyson Fury-Deontay
Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is taking the rest of the year off in order to mentally recover from the August decision loss to unified world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Oleksandr Usyk has insisted all along that he intends to fight Tyson Fury in a heavyweight championship unification bout. In September, the WBO, WBA, IBF, and IBO titlist Usyk said he planned on taking a break until the first part of 2023 in order to allow his injuries to heal following a second consecutive decision victory against Anthony Joshua in August.
Eddie Hearn, who worked for several years with heavyweight contender Derek Chisora, believes the boxer's upcoming trilogy fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury will be a hard sell.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has rejected suggestions that Derek Chisora is tune-up for a 2023 undisputed showdown with WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk.