Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
Former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew would love to see some of the top heavyweight names step in the ring with Chinese contender Zhilei Zhang. Last weekend, Zhang secured a brutal one-punch knockout of Joe Joyce in the third round.
Terry Lane, co-manager of Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang, would love to match his fighter against WBC world champion Tyson Fury. The two sides were in serious talks earlier this year, and a deal appeared to be close, but then Joe Joyce derailed those discussions by exercising an immediate rematch clause to force a second encounter with Zhang.
Boxing used to be a simple sport. Its complexities should become even less accentuated when a fighter becomes a world champion. To put it in its simplest form, just fight other good fighters. Tyson Fury, however, is making things far more complicated than it has to be.
Now that he has violently knocked out Joe Joyce in their rematch, Zhilei Zhang wants to fight an even bigger British heavyweight promoted by Frank Warren next. The gigantic Chinese southpaw wasted no time whatsoever calling out Tyson Fury in the immediate aftermath of his
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has been listening to past interviews from Deontay Wilder. During a recent interview with Joe Rogan, Ngannou expressed concern about the possibility of Tyson Fury gaining an unfair advantage by manipulating his gloves.
There’s very little that Fury hasn’t done. Of course, we can point to his unfulfilled undisputed status but considering that Fury held the IBF, WBO, and WBA titles in 2015, and is now in possession of the WBC trinket, he isn’t sweating the whole undisputed thing.
Top Rank president Todd DuBoef, who promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is still hoping to finalize a future deal for an undisputed showdown with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch has reacted to the recent statements from heavyweight Tyson Fury. Fury is back in action on October 28, when he faces former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia. Fury's WBC world title is not at stake.
Tyson Fury has weighed in on this weekend’s WBO Interim heavyweight title fight between Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce. Zhang comprehensively beat Joyce in April, stopping the Londoner in six rounds. Joyce seemed totally bemused by Zhang’s southpaw style and was unable to build any momentum. The fight was officially stopped due to damage around
Terry Lane, co-manager of Chinese heavyweight contender Zhilei Zhang, indicates that WBC world champion Tyson Fury would be their first target in the aftermath of a rematch win over Joe Joyce.