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WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has lashed out at Matchroom Boxing's Eddie Hearn, over the British promoter's statements regarding a potential clash with domestic rival Anthony Joshua.
This coming Saturday in Saudi Arabia, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will step in the ring with MMA veteran Francis Ngannou to kick off this year’s Riyadh season.
Former world champion Paulie Malignaggi does not believe Mike Tyson will make one bit of difference for Francis Ngannou in his upcoming non-title fight with WBC heavyweight king Tyson Fury.
Tyson Fury confirmed that December 23 is the date on hold for his heavyweight title unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk. The unbeaten WBC champion must emerge from his 10-round fight against Francis Ngannou on Saturday night without any cuts or other injuries that could delay his showdown with Usyk. If Fury is relatively unscathed following a main event he is heavily favored to win in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Fury-Usyk likely will be announced in the ring for eight weeks from Saturday night, also in Riyadh.
Frank Warren has seen pretty much everything during his Hall of Fame career but the sheer scale of this weekend’s event in Saudia Arabia has taken even him by surprise. Promotion for ‘The Battle of the Baddest’ has been plastered over billboards around the world and tagged onto the front of YouTube videos for months.
By Keith Idec - Tyson Fury is about to get paid an enormous sum of money for fighting a heavyweight novice in a 10-round, non-title fight. Some reports have suggested Fury’s purse for facing former UFC champ Francis Ngannou will exceed $60 million. Though Ngannou’s power poses at least some sort of threat to the unbeaten WBC heavyweight champ, even Fury feels as though this windfall from Saudi Arabian investors is almost too good to be true.
Tyson Fury responded incredulously when he was informed Tuesday night that one of his co-promoters stated moments earlier that he shouldn’t stand and trade with Francis Ngannou.
Fury, Ngannou Grand Arrivals Photos Gallery - WBC & lineal heavyweight boxing world champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury and lineal MMA heavyweight world champion Francis Ngannou made their grand arrivals today ahead of their showdown this Saturday, Oct. 28, at Boulevard Hall.
Promoter Bob Arum says he knew a deal between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk was inevitable once Turki Alalshikh entered the picture. Talks between Fury, the WBC titlist from England, and Usyk, the unified WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF champion from Ukraine, were repeatedly stymied in the past year, with Fury eventually pivoting to a fight with ex-UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou; they fight this Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Former cruiserweight champion and Sky Sports pundit, Johnny Nelson, would be shocked if Tyson Fury doesn't score a knockout of Francis Ngannou on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.