Tag: fury
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Usyk vs Fury 2: Leeway to legendary status – By Fabianhart C. N.
The world is currently plagued with diverse issues that has kept it away from beaming the search light on Riyadh Saudi Arabia, before now epic fight such as these would keep the worlds media buzzing with frenzy as fight night draws near.
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I’ll be ready in December – Anthony Joshua replies Fury
Anthony Joshua has declared his intention to face world champion, Tyson Fury in December. The British boxer was responding to a public challenge on Monday for a ‘Battle of Britain’.
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Fury sets 7-day deadline for unification fight with Usyk
Tyson Fury has set a seven-day deadline to arrange a unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk retained his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO belts after winning his rematch with Anthony Joshua on Saturday. Fury, who retired after beating Dillian Whyte in April, holds the WBC belt.
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Tyson Fury promises to knockout Wilder in trilogy fight
Tyson Fury vowed to knockout Deontay Wilder when the two meet for the third time on Saturday in Las Vegas with the Briton’s WBC heavyweight title on the line. The undefeated Fury (30-0-1), who battled Wilder (42-1-1) to a draw in 2018 before taking the belt from the American 20 months ago, was the aggressor…
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Tyson Fury sends warning to Wilder, Joshua
Tyson Fury believes he will never lose his unbeaten record, despite the looming threat of fights against dangerous punchers such as Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua. Fury defends his WBC belt against Wilder on October 9, which could finally set up an undisputed world title showdown against Joshua. Joshua risks his world titles against Oleksandr…
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Fury-Wilder Heavyweight Fight Postponed – WBC
Tyson Fury’s heavyweight title defence against Deontay Wilder has been postponed after the champion and members of his camp contracted Covid-19, the World Boxing Council confirmed on Friday. In a brief post on Twitter, the WBC confirmed the July 24 bout had been postponed but did not say when the trilogy fight would be rescheduled.…
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Fury to wait as Joshua fights Pulev in December
Boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will defend his titles against contender Kubrat Pulev the first week of December. Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said this on Monday, according to ESPN. The fight was originally scheduled for June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London but was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We know…
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Mike Tyson identifies Fury, Wilder Andy Ruiz; omits Joshua in list of top five boxers
Mike Tyson named Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in his top five favourite current boxers but didn’t include two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Fury, who recently claimed the WBC heavyweight title in a rematch with Wilder, has always earned the respect from Tyson since his comeback in 2018 and the former American heavyweight said he…
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Joshua, Fury fight confirmed for 2021
Matchroom boss Barry Hearn is ’95 per cent’ sure Anthony Joshua faces Tyson Fury at the start of next year. With the Covid-19 pandemic grounding global sport to a halt, the snooker and darts kingpin believes fans will not tolerate tune-up fights once the lockdown is lifted. And, while son and boxing promoter Eddie is…
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Fury not yet champion, he fought a ”zombie” not me – Deontay Wilder
Dethroned world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said he still does not see his conqueror Tyson Fury as the true titleholder. The American told a Premier Boxing Champions podcast on Wednesday that the real “Bronze Bomber’’ had not shown up for their last fight. He likened his performance on the night to that of a zombie.…