Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
Mauricio Sulaimán, president of the World Boxing Council, held a press conference to unveil the second edition of the Mayan belt - an honorary title that will be given to two winners on September 14. Initially only a single fight would receive the belt.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder believes Tyson Fury would step aside and allow him to take part in a full division unification. Wilder is slated to face Luis Ortiz in a rematch, likely on a date in November. Should Wilder win, he would then go on to collided with Fury in a rematch on a date in February of next year.
London, England - Following his dominant 12-round decision this past Saturday over heavyweight contender Hughie Fury, Alexander Povetkin has set his sights on another family member, Lineal Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, the co-promoter of heavyweight Tyson Fury, says the main requirement for his boxer's next opponent was "height." Fury will face undefeated prospect Otto Wallin of Sweden on September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Hughie Fury figures his cousin will defeat Deontay Wilder handily in their rematch early next year. But after watching Tyson Fury settle for a draw with Wilder in their first fight, Hughie Fury feels the last thing Tyson Fury should do is allow their rematch to go the distance.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum believes Anthony Joshua and his handlers made a big mistake in taking an immediate rematch with Andy Ruiz. Back in June, Ruiz captured the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles when he dropped Joshua four times to secure a seventh round stoppage at New York's Madison Square Garden.
BoxingScene.com recently caught up with 2016 Italian Olympian Guido Vianello (4-0) as he trains for his September 14th fight on the Tyson Fury-Otto Wallin undercard. The fight card takes place at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas strip.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) is promising to make good on a string of knockouts in his upcoming two fights. Wilder is going to repeat his schedule of 2018 - where he knocked out Luis Ortiz in the tenth round and then went on to fight Tyson Fury to a controversial twelve round split draw.
Tyson Fury is still favoring Andy Ruiz to come out on top, when he defends his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world heavyweight titles against Anthony Joshua on December 7th. The rematch is taking place in the unexpected location of Diriyah in Saudi Arabia.
Hungarian Felix-Promotion open the new season September 21 in Budapest with a show topped by the three fights for national titles. At cruiserweight Joszef Darmos (13-2-3) defends the title against unbeaten prospect Ferenc Urban (6-0), Norbert Harcsa (11-2) and Barna Hegyi (5-0) clash for the vacant middleweight belt and finally Renato Egedi (15-1-2) and Gabor Gorbics (26-17) clash for the vacant 154 lb crown.