Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs), in an interview with Gary Neville on The Overlap, gave his side of the story behind the scenes from his unification fight with Anthony Joshua (24-1, 21 KOs) scheduled for this summer. "The Gypsy King" claims he had to back out of a confrontation with his compatriot because an arbitration ruling ordering him to duel Deontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) could result in him losing a lot of money.
Achieving dreams can be treacherous - it often happens that once a person has achieved their goal, they see no further purpose in life and find it difficult to pursue new ambitions. This is exactly what happened to Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) when he defeated Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KOs) in November 2015.
A rematch between Derek Chisora (32-11, 23 KOs) and Joseph Parker (29-2, 21 KOs) will take place in Manchester on December 18. The date and venue have been officially confirmed by promoter Matchroom Boxing.
Bob Arum is confused by Deontay Wilder's claim that Tyson Fury has not actually contracted COVID-19. Fury's illness caused the postponement of their third WBC heavyweight title fight from July 24 to October 9. During an appearance last week on the PBC Podcast, Wilder said he believes Fury faked his COVID diagnosis because he was having trouble during training camp with younger sparring partners.
Jaime Munguia (37-0, 30 KOs) will not lose his right to participate in the WBC middleweight qualifier despite his team's lack of intention to compete in Friday's scheduled promoter bidding contest to fight Sergiy Derevyanchenko (13-3, 10 KOs). The World Boxing Council will allow the Mexican to fight Gabriel Rosado
Arthur Mann (17-1, 9 KOs) will be the next opponent for the IBF world heavyweight champion Māris Briedis (27-1, 19 KOs). The fight will take place on October 16 at the gala in Riga.
Dillian Whyte will have his next fight on October 30 at the O2 Arena in London against Otto Wallin. Whyte will defend his interim WBC heavyweight title against the Swedish lefty in the main event of the evening, which will be broadcast by DAZN.
The Top Rank and Premier Boxing Champions teams will return to negotiations after being given extra time to conclude a deal between their clients. Negotiations are ongoing for a WBC light heavyweight title fight between reigning champion Artur Beterbiev, who also holds the IBF belt, and mandatory challenger Marcus Browne. WBC officials confirmed the news on Wednesday.
Tony Bellew warns Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) about the great abilities of Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs). But AJ himself also speaks with great respect about the Ukrainian's skills. Usyk won all four cruiserweight belts and scored two more wins after moving up to heavyweight. In ten days time, on September 25, Joshua will be defending IBF, WBA and WBO world titles against Usyk.
Terence Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) will receive $6 million for his bout with Shawn Porter (31-3-1, 17 KOs). Porter's purse is expected to exceed $4 million. At stake there will be the WBO world title held by Crawford.
