Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury would have preferred to fight Oleksandr Usyk on December 23 but is willing to endure a “s**t Christmas” to become undisputed champion in February

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Tyson Fury would have preferred to fight Oleksandr Usyk on December 23 but is willing to endure a "s**t Christmas" to become undisputed champion in February

By Declan Taylor TYSON FURY has stopped short of cancelling Christmas altogether but did concede that his normal ‘15-pint’ session might have to be tempered with the undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk looming. Fury and Usyk were supposed to fight on December 23 until debutant Francis Ngannou put a knife through those plans with his … Read more

Editor’s Letter: For as long as it’s a fixture in the boxing calendar, Riyadh Season can conquer all

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Instead of using the pages of this week’s Boxing News magazine to wrap up his fish and chips, Frank Warren may want to keep it for prosperity. As well as staging what is surely the most stacked British card of 2023 this weekend, the Hall of Famer is at the heart of a seismic shift … Read more

Not the Average Joe: “There are far worse things in boxing than Tyson Fury struggling to beat Francis Ngannou”

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Former European super-lightweight champion Joe Hughes was the matchmaker for an amateur show at Paddy John’s gym in Bristol last Saturday. After the event he sat down to watch Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou. In his latest column for Boxing News, he believes what happened isn’t necessarily a bad thing for the sport. BOXING has … Read more

The Beltline: Just because a boxer thinks it’s cool to say they care only about the money doesn’t mean it’s the truth

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By Elliot Worsell AT school, it seemed almost unacceptable for either boys to get good grades or for girls to break a sweat. It was mainly for this reason the boys neglected to do their homework and took pride in failing exams and the girls, brighter but just as prone to herd mentality, excused themselves … Read more

Editor’s Letter: Ngannou proves everyone wrong but does that make his bout with Fury justifiable?

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By Matt Christie EVERY time we publish a cover that highlights the chaos inside the boxing industry, like last week’s Silly Season cover, I am contacted via email and on social media by a small percentage of readers who are critical of our decision. Generally, it’s because they feel we should not give contests like Tyson … Read more

Saudi Arabia pressing ahead with show on December 23

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By Declan Taylor SAUDI ARABIA are pressing ahead with a show on December 23 despite the delay on Tyson Fury’s undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk. The two heavyweights were supposed to finally meet on December 23 to decide who is the planet’s No.1 heavyweight but, after Fury’s bruising encounter with Francis Ngannou on Saturday, that … Read more

Welcome, Francis: Five options for Francis Ngannou now that he has been anointed saviour of boxing’s heavyweight division

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By Elliot Worsell IF you had told me that on Monday, October 30, two days after a “boxing match” between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou, I would spend my morning drawing up a list of five potential opponents for Francis Ngannou, in a boxing ring, I wouldn’t know which of us was crazier: you or … Read more

Oleksandr Usyk says the Tyson Fury fight has to happen on December 23 in Saudi Arabia

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By Declan Warrington Oleksandr Usyk and his promoter Alex Krassyuk have responded to suggestions of a postponement of his fight with Tyson Fury by insisting that they expect the date of December 23 to be honoured. The combination of how unexpectedly difficult Fury found Saturday’s fight with the mixed martial artist Francis Ngannou, on the … Read more