By Scoop Malinowski Oleksandr Uysk won the Olympic gold medal. He achieved a perfect record as a pro so far. Unbeaten undisputed cruiserweight champion. Unbeaten undisputed heavyweight champion. He totally cleaned out two divisions and is still going strong at 38. Never seen hurt, never knocked down. This ring genius ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Now we know why Tyson Fury had to be forced into fighting Oleksandr Usyk by Turki Alalshikh’s persistence, money and prodding. Fury, the mad scientist that he is, knew all along Usyk was his worst nightmare. Usyk unanimously decisioned Fury over 12 rounds again by a ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury engaged in an 11 minute staredown after yesterday’s press conference for their World Heavyweight Championship fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Staredowns before fights are always sensational events and this one was as fascinating as any we have ever witnessed in boxing. The ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Oleksandr Usyk doesn’t say it and will never say it but he could be the greatest of all time. No heavyweight champion has achieved and performed a more perfect career. He beat Glowacki in Poland, Hunter in America, Huck in Germany, Breidis in Latvia, Gassiev in ...
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By Scoop Malinowski The long-delayed Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury World Heavyweight unification clash is set for May 18 but the boxing establishment already has a bigger ambition in its long term business blueprints – Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua, which would be the biggest money fight of all. If ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Tyson Fury may set a boxing record for ducking one opponent – Oleksandr Usyk. So far, Fury has ducked Usyk three times. The first time was the fake negotiations which resulted in Fury ducking Usyk to fight the UFC novice Ngannou this past fall. Then after Ngannou, ...
Read More »By Scoop Malinowski A common perception created by the media is that the modern heavyweight era is far less talented than the Muhammad Ali era of the 1960s and 1970s. For decades we have heard over and over and over that today’s heavyweights are nowhere near the same level of ...
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