Boxing

Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine retained his world heavyweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Britain’s Daniel Dubois in Wroclaw, Poland on Saturday. Victory meant Usyk kept hold of the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Federation belts. It also extended his perfect professional record to 21 wins …

Shelly Finkel, manager of American boxer, Deontay Wilder, has expressed optimism that a deal can be agreed for a mega-fight with Anthony Joshua.   The British heavyweight stayed on course for a showdown against the Bronze Bomber after a seventh-round knockout of Robert Helenius on Saturday night. Wilder also defeated …

Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, has revealed the rest of the former heavyweight boxing champion’s fights this year. Hearn on Monday, May 29, revealed that Joshua’s camp has received communication from Tyson Fury’s team about a potential fight even though Fury has been linked to most heavyweights as he searches …

  Anthony Joshua, a two-time heavyweight champion, has retracted his claim that he won’t fight again until December of this year in favour of suggesting that he might do so this summer.     At the beginning of April, Joshua, 33, returned to winning ways by dominating Jermaine Franklin in …

British boxer Anthony Joshua is aiming to become a three-time world heavyweight champion “within the next 16 months”, despite his recent setbacks in the ring. The 33-year-old fighter lost two consecutive fights to Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk in September 2021 and August 2022, following a shock defeat to Andy Ruiz …

Alex Pereira is the new middleweight champion after he vanquished longtime rival Israel Adesanya with a stunning fifth-round knockout.   It was just Pereira’s fourth fight in the UFC and just when it looked like Pereira was staring down a loss, he decided to come after Adesanya with everything knowing …

    Nigerian-born fighter, Israel Adesanya defeated Jarred Cannonier via unanimous decision on Sunday morning in Las Vegas. The win sees him retain the UFC middleweight championship title. Adesanya fought against middleweight contender Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 at the T-mobile Arena. More so, the win for Adesanya means that he …

Deontay Wilder has congratulated Tyson Fury in his first public statement since losing their WBC heavyweight title showdown in Las Vegas. Fury handed an 11th-round knockout to the American, having come from a bruising third contest between the pair at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.   Following the defeat, …

Deontay Wilder has been handed a six-month medical suspension following his knockout defeat by Tyson Fury, another major blow to the Bronze Bomber’s boxing career. The American heavyweight was knocked down three times by the Gypsy King on his way to victory in their trilogy fight last weekend. Wilder was …

British-Nigerian professional boxer, Anthony Joshua has finally reacted after loosing his heavyweight title to Oleksandr Usyk. Recall that the two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, was outboxed and dethroned by Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night, September 25th, 2021. Usyk, the Ukrian professional boxer who now hold the unified WBA, …