Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
When Tyson Fury says that Oleksandr Usyk neither surprised him nor was particularly difficult to fight back in May, it really doesn’t matter whether you choose to believe him or not. All that really matters, in fact, is that Tyson Fury has decided to say it, more than once, and that, in saying it, he presumably believes it.
World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and challenger Tyson Fury came face-to-face in London this evening to promote their December 21 contest in Saudi Arabia.
The heavyweight division has been white-hot over the last year, largely thanks to Saudi Arabia’s investment in boxing. Riyadh Season has already hosted eight showcase cards over the last year around the world, with another one set for December 21.
An attempt to be undisputed in a fistic sport such as boxing is tantamount to seeking greatness. That was what Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol had in mind when they went head-to-head last Saturday.
Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol is every bit as appealing as was Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk and Terence Crawford-Errol Spence. It’s one of the fights fight fans have been salivating over for a very long time.
We tackle your thoughts on a fight that has just been announced (David Benavidez-David Morrell), one that’s being imagined (Nick Ball-Naoya Inoue), one that has been ordered (Janibek Alimkhanuly-Hamzah Sheeraz) and one that should have happened (Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua).
There’s no belt connected to this fight, and there doesn’t need to be. Serhii Bohachuk versus Israil Madrimov – the fight crowned on Tuesday as the co-main event to the Dec. 21 Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury unified heavyweight title rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – is pure action.
As an observer and fan of boxing, I never thought I’d be as interested in hearing what Todd duBoef has to say as I am in listening to Wladimir Klitschko.
It would be “a travesty” if Tyson Fury never fights Anthony Joshua, said the ‘Gypsy King’.
For Tyson Fury, there are parallels between his multi-fight rivalry with Deontay Wilder, which stretched from December 2018 to October 2021, and a potential multi-fight rivalry with Oleksandr Usyk.