Oleksandr Usyk
27 Dec
Oleksandr Usyk openly admitted to wearing a bootleg Rolex days after successfully beating Tyson Fury in their second meeting.
24 Dec
Oleksandr Usyk has stuck his neck on the line with a prediction for who would win in a fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. It is the fight that many British fans want to see and with the prospect of a trilogy clash between Fury and the Ukrainian
22 Dec
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Oleksandr Usyk's victory over Tyson Fury in their heavyweight world championship rematch on Saturday, calling it proof that Ukraine "will not give up what's ours". "Victory!" Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. "So important and so necessary for all of us now." Ukraine remains locked in war nearly three…
22 Dec
Tyson Fury insisted Oleksandr Usyk got an early Christmas gift from the judges after the Ukrainian won their heavyweight championship rematch overnight on Saturday. The "Gypsy King", who was non-committal about his future, insisted he had won the fight that was scored 116-112 by all three officials in a unanimous decision. The 36-year-old Fury, unbeaten…
21 Dec
World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, like many mere mortals, often contemplates hammering the snooze button.
19 Dec
Tyson Fury will be fighting for his legacy and revenge as well as three heavyweight belts in his rematch against the superlative Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday.
7 Jun 2024
Undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk could return to the cruiserweight division after his rematch with Tyson Fury in December, reports BBC. The Ukrainian became boxing’s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion with a split decision victory over Fury in Saudi Arabia in May.
29 May 2024
Oleksandr Usyk will face Tyson Fury in a rematch on December 21 in Riyadh, the top Saudi organiser said on Wednesday, after winning their undisputed heavyweight boxing bout earlier this month. The undefeated Ukrainian won by split decision against Britain's Fury in the Saudi capital on May 19 in the first unification fight of the…
26 May 2024
Oleksandr Usyk kicked off the weekly trend by securing the world’s first undisputed heavyweight championship in 25 years. He achieved this by defeating Tyson Fury by split decision, marking an unprecedented feat in boxing’s four-belt era. Fury, who was the early aggressor, couldn’t keep up as Usyk gradually took charge. He was saved by the…
22 May 2024
The British Boxing Board of Control has suspended Oleksandr Usyk’s boxing licence until July 2, 2024, even as Tyson Fury has exercised his right to a rematch with the man who beat him in Saudi Arabia at the weekend.
19 May 2024
Tyson Fury was undecided about a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after losing his unbeaten record in one of the biggest fights in boxing history
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