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Tyson Fury’s heavyweight unification fight with Anthony Joshua could be put on hold after an independent arbitrator ruled that the WBC heavyweight champion must face former champion Deontay Wilder in a rematch. Retired judge Daniel Weinstein upheld a claim lodged by Wilder that Fury must face him in a third fight by September 15 following

USATSI Tyson Fury thought he’d put the saga with Deontay Wilder behind him when a third fight between the two failed to materialize through the second half of 2020. On Monday, an arbitrator ruled Fury has until Sept. 15 to grant Wilder his contractually guaranteed rematch. The news coming just days after Fury said his

Only a day after WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announced a massive unification fight against IBF-WBA-WBO champion Anthony Joshua on Aug. 14 in Saudi Arabia, an arbitrator ruled he must face ex-champion Deontay Wilder next. The arbitrator, retired Judge Daniel Weinstein, granted an injunction request by Wilder to enforce a provision in his original contract

Sep 23, 2020 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Editor’s note: This story was originally published in September. It has been updated to reference that Josh Taylor will face Jose Ramirez on May

With Tyson Fury confirming via a video on social media Sunday the news that he’ll fight Anthony Joshua for the undisputed heavyweight championship on Aug. 14 in Saudi Arabia, boxing will get its bi-annual opportunity to see how the other half lives. It will present the best fight it can make in the sport’s most

Brandon Figueroa demonstrated again on Saturday that determination can take you a long way. Figueroa attacked WBC 122-pound titleholder Luis Nery relentlessly in a close, give-and-take fight until a single left to the tiring champion’s ribs ended the fight in the sixth round, giving the winner his first major titles at Dignity Health Sports Park

Showtime From the aggressive styles of each fighter to the venue’s spectacular reputation for producing instant classics, Saturday’s 122-pound unification fight between WBC champion Luis Nery and WBA secondary titleholder Brandon Figueroa has boxing fans expecting something truly special.  Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, will be the site of this weekend’s Premier Boxing

11:51 AM ET Forty-eight hours before fight night isn’t the time for introspection. Brandon Figueroa has a major championship to win. On Saturday night in Carson, California (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET). The 24-year-old Figueroa will face Luis Nery at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California on Saturday (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET), in a battle

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski spent at least a portion of the offseason watching his brothers get beat up by a YouTuber. Gronkowski served as a referee as four of his brothers boxed against YouTube personality-turned-boxer Logan Paul. Paul — who will box Floyd Mayweather in June — completely outclassed each of the

Excerpted from “Once There Were Giants: The Golden Age of Heavyweight Boxing” by Jerry Izenberg. Copyright © 2017. Paperback now available from Skyhorse on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. EPILOGUE “Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honors out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man.”

7:59 AM ET Canelo Alvarez once again showed why he’s almost unbeatable by making Billy Joe Saunders quit in his corner after eight rounds. Is Alvarez the current best fighter in the world? There’s a good argument to be made for the super middleweight unified champion. A former great, Floyd Mayweather, killed two birds with

Olympic-bound boxer Mary Kom received her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Pune.© AFP India’s Olympic-bound boxers Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Command Hospital in Pune on Wednesday. The ongoing elite women national camp at the Army Sports Institute in Pune, is scheduled to go

Top Rank Boxing Boxing fans will have to wait a few extra weeks to see Teofimo Lopez defend three of boxing’s four lightweight world championships against George Kambosos. After initial reports by BoxingScene.com, Kambosos confirmed to Yahoo Sports that the fight has been delayed from June 5 to June 19. The fight will still take

Getty Images Rightfully so, given the leverage he holds as the sport’s biggest star and reigning pound-for-pound king, Canelo Alvarez has been lauded almost gratuitously over the past year for his commitment to still seek difficult challenges within multiple weight divisions.  But can we now turn the focus to something else, and essentially more important,

Triller Fight Club’s next pay-per-view show is moving to June 19 at loanDepot Park in Miami and will feature two fights for all four belts. In the main event, lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez will defend his IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO title against mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr. In the co-main event, women’s WBC-WBO super middleweight champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn

The 2021 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia will be held from October 26.© AFP The dates of the 2021 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia were agreed on Tuesday and the tournament will be held from October 26 to November 6 this year. AIBA’s flagship tournament will be a key

The all-British heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is set to take place on one of the first two Saturdays in August in Saudi Arabia, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. The bout between the two fighters, who hold all four major world titles in the division, has been on the cusp of being

LONDON (Reuters) -A long-awaited world heavyweight boxing title unification fight between British rivals Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is set for Saudi Arabia in August, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Tuesday. Joshua, 31, holds the IBF, WBO, WBA and IBO titles while Fury, 32, is the WBC belt holder. “August the seventh, August the 14th.