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, ...
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By Scoop Malinowski The first red flag came a couple of weeks ago when Tyson Fury’s sparring partner Jai Opetaia, the cruiserweight champion, suddenly left training camp in Saudi Arabia – or was kicked out – after only five rounds. And now this week is the second red flag ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Larry Merchant used to sometimes call boxing “the theater of the unexpected” and if the 92 year old Hall of Fame writer and broadcaster were still a major voice of the sport, his words would apply the “Day Of Reckoning” blockbuster in Saudi Arabia December 23. ...
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By Scoop Malinowski Tyson Fury had many objectives in today’s press conference to announce the Heavyweight Unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk in Feb. 2024. But the most important was to do damage control for his two ducks of Usyk. Ring observers and insiders know Fury ducked Usyk twice already, there ...
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By Scoop Malinowski The reality is fake wrestling generates far greater revenues than real wrestling competitions. Considering that truth, it would make sense that if pro boxing ever decided to follow the WWF fake boxing blueprint, fake boxing has the potential to generate greater revenues than real boxing… Tyson ...
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By Scoop Malinowski It has now been confirmed by both combatants, that WBC and Lineal heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury will challenge WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk in a superfight showdown to determine the division’s first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999. The fight will be staged at the ...
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