Frank Warren, WBC World Heavyweight Champion Co-Promoter Tyson Fury, commented on his record-breaking bid, which secured him the rights to conduct a mandatory defense of his boxer with Dillian Whyte. On Friday, Warren offered more than $41 million—nearly $9 million more than White's promoter Eddie Hearn.
By decision of the WBC, the winner of the heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) and Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) will receive a special financial bonus.
Bob Arum, in an interview with Fighthype, stated that, to his knowledge, the fight Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) vs. Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) for the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles will take place in June.
Three weeks before his death, the well-known Ukrainian boxer Volodymyr Virchis published a post on social networks in which he said that he was going through hard times and was trying to start life from scratch.
Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions offered a bigger bid than Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and won the right to organize a mandatory defense of the WBC heavyweight title between its holder Tyson Fury and official contender Dillian Whyte.
Everton defender Vitaliy Mikolenko posted a photo with the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion on his Instagram Oleksandr Usyk. The athletes arranged an exchange of gifts: the football player handed Oleksandr an Everton jersey with his number, and Usyk gave Vitaly an autographed boxing glove. “With the champion,” ...
Famous Ukrainian boxer, ex-European heavyweight champion, died at the age of 49 Vladimir Virchis: he was found hanged in Kiev, the police opened criminal proceedings. The body of Virchis was discovered by a passer-by on the night of January 28 in the Dnipro region. The police have started criminal ...
Sergio Martinez (55-3-2, 30 KOs) after his return from sports retirement, he won his fourth victory in the pro ring. The former middleweight king is now aiming for the WBA title, and Macaulay McGowan (14-3-1, 3 KOs) stood in his way until yesterday.
Eddie Reynoso, perhaps the most famous boxing trainer today, expressed his willingness to work with Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs). Thus, AJ will soon be able to train in the same gym with Andy Ruiz, with whom he had two memorable fights.
Final negotiations on organizing a fight for four heavyweight belts in Saudi Arabia between Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) and Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) could last 11 hours.
