Reading Time: 2 minutesDeontay Wilder’s latest loss to Chinese heavyweight boxer Zhilei ‘Big Bang’ Zhang in Saudia Arabia on Saturday, (June 1), could very well spell the end for the Bronze Bomber.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLONDON (Reuters) Anthony Joshua said he would be ready to fight world champion Tyson Fury in December after he was issued a public challenge today (September 5) to fight a ‘Battle of Britain’ for the WBC heavyweight boxing belt. Joshua, 32, suffered a second straight loss to Ukraine’s WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk in a title rematch in Saudi Arabia last month and has said he wants to return to the ring before the end of the year. Fury announced last April that he was fulfilling a promise to his wife to retire but has subsequently said…
Reading Time: 2 minutes(Reuters) Anthony Joshua has the “hunger” to fight again and plans to return to the ring in December following a second straight loss to Oleksandr Usyk, the Briton said today (August 21). Usyk retained his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles with a split-decision win over Joshua, who fared better in the rematch but proved unable to dethrone the champion in an absorbing 12-round contest in Jeddah on Saturday. Joshua said he spoke to his promoter Eddie Hearn, who wants the British heavyweight boxer to have three or four fights next year. “If it’s about who I fight, it’s…
Reading Time: 3 minutesLONDON (Reuters) Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury and Jamaica-born challenger Dillian Whyte went face-to-face with respect and a handshake today (April 20) in a final news conference before their big fight at Wembley Stadium this weekend. Fury’s WBC title will be on the line on Saturday when the 33-year-old ‘Gypsy King’ faces former sparring partner, fellow-Briton and top-ranked contender Whyte in front of a 94,000 sellout crowd. Thirty-four-year-old Whyte was born in Port Antonio, Portland, the same parish as former heavyweight champ Trevor Berbick. Promoter Frank Warren predicted a classic night of boxing and the champion said people under-estimated how…
Reading Time: 3 minutesJamaica-born boxing heavyweight Dillian Whyte failed to turn up for a scheduled open workout today (April 19), ahead of Saturday’s showdown with undefeated WBC and The Ring heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Thirty-four-year-old Whyte, born in Port Antonio, Portland, is himself the WBC interim heavyweight champion, whose behaviour in the lead up to the bout may just add to the mystique around him. Whyte, who goes by the moniker ‘The Body Snatcher’ and represents his adopted homeland, the United Kingdom, previously missed a press conference promoting the event. As news emerged that Whyte would not be working out in the ring at Wembley Park, Sky Sports’ head of…
Reading Time: 2 minutesTyson Fury will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Jamaica-born British boxer Dillian Whyte on April 23, the reigning champion announced on social media today (February 22). The undefeated Fury, who hasn’t fought since knocking out Deontay Wilder in their trilogy fight in October, said Whyte had signed a contract just hours before the deadline. The fight is expected to take place at London’s Wembley Stadium. “The man (Whyte) has signed for the biggest payday he’s going to get in his life,” Fury said in a video on Twitter. Fury, known as the ‘Gypsy King’, said he will now be…