BOXING

[ad_1] By Barry Holbrook: Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn says the frontrunner date is July 23rd for the rematch between IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk Anthony Joshua, and the location will be in either Saudi Arabia or the UK. The question is whether Usyk will be able to gain back the 20+ pounds of muscle weight […]

[ad_1] By Chris Williams: Shakur Stevenson reminded Oscar Valdez this week to make sure there’s no “cheating” going on this Saturday night when the two fight in a 130-lb unified bout on ESPN. WBO super featherweight champion Shakur’s reminder to the WBC 130-lb champion is alluding to his positive test for the banned stimulant from

[ad_1] By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says Tyson Fury is NOT retiring despite him saying he’s done with the sport after his win over Dillian Whyte last weekend. Hearn states that WBC heavyweight champion Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) is a “Bluff merchant” and just talking. That’s the view that many boxing fans have about Fury,

[ad_1] By Jack Tiernan: Oscar Valdez and Shakur Stevenson meet next Saturday, April 30th in an important super featherweight unification bout in the headliner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. ESPN and ESPN+ will be showing the Valdez vs. Stevenson event beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET. The unbeaten WBO 130-lb champion

[ad_1] By Allan Fox: Otto Wallin is expressing doubt that Tyson Fury will retire without fighting the winner of the Anthony Joshua – Oleksandr Usyk rematch because he would have the chance to become undisputed. If Fury does choose to stick walk away, it will give boxing fans the message that he didn’t like his

[ad_1] By Dan Ambrose: Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero says Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis resembles a “T-Rex” with his “short arms” and he’s going to knock him out on May 28th when the two fight on Showtime at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Rolly (14-0, 12 KOs) believes his power and size advantage is going to

[ad_1] By Jim Calfa: Tyson Fury will be making a BIG mistake if he retires now without fighting the winner of the Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usykk rematch next July. With Fury making the decision to retire now without fighting Joshua or Usyk, fans are already beginning to say that he’s afraid of them. As

[ad_1] Roy Jones. Vasiliy Lomachenko. Muhammad Ali. Ray Leonard. James. Toney. Pernell Whitaker. Willie Pep. Nicolino Locche. There is plenty more where those names above came from when we discuss defensive boxers. They say that boxing is about the “art of hitting and not getting hit.” And fighters like those guys certainly believed in that

[ad_1] By Jack Tiernan: Dillian Whyte seemed to be in a state of denial after losing to WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury by a one-punch sixth-round knockout last Saturday night. After the fight, Whyte (28-3, 19 KOs) stated that he felt the contest was a “close fight,” and that he wasn’t “outclassed” by Fury. Other

[ad_1] By Barry Holbrook: Carl Froch says he expects Tyson Fury to be “lured back” out of retirement if Anthony Joshua does the business against unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in July in their rematch. If that’s the case, Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) hasn’t already vacated his WBC title because that would rob him &