Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
Top Rank President Todd DuBoef, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes a fight with Anthony Joshua could still happen down the line. Fury will return to the ring on October 9, in a trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Tyson Fury admitted Wednesday that he was “absolutely wounded” when he watched Oleksandr Usyk knock off Anthony Joshua on Saturday night in London.
Tyson Fury scoffed at Deontay Wilder’s accusation that Fury faked COVID-19 to postpone their third fight. Fury refuted Wilder’s claim during an interview with BoxingScene.com. England’s Fury also noted that he has contracted COVID-19 twice since he defeated Wilder in their rematch 19 months ago.
John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has actually come out in defense of Anthony Joshua. Last weekend, Joshua suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Uysk, who walked away with the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.
As tantalizing as the prospect might be, Shelly Finkel has no plans of entertaining an undisputed title bout anytime soon for his client Deontay Wilder.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, expects his fighter to get a mandatory crack at the winner of the upcoming trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, who battle for the WBC world title on October 9th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Oleksandr Usyk would have a repeat performance in a rematch with Anthony Joshua.
Deontay Wilder couldn’t be any more direct in the approach to his upcoming trilogy clash with Tyson Fury. “I just want to beat his ass,” Wilder told reporters during a virtual press conference to promote his upcoming third fight versus Fury. “It’s as simple as that. I just want to beat his ass.”
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. is not in favor of a full division unification between heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. The plan for was for Fury and Anthony Joshua to unify their titles in the first quarter of 2022.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Anthony Joshua would be making a big mistake by moving forward with a direct rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.