LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury is still celebrating his knockout of Deontay Wilder in their instant classic Saturday in Las Vegas but people are already asking: What’s next for The Gypsy King? Apparently it won’t be a fight against fellow title holder Oleksandr Usyk, who is expected to face Anthony Joshua a second time early…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder gave an inspiring performance against Tyson Fury but came up short on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The former heavyweight champ put the current titleholder down twice but hit the canvas three times himself and was stopped at 1:10 of the 11th round of an all-time classic. What…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder put on a heavyweight battle for the ages on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. There were five knockdowns, three by Fury and two by Wilder, in a wild battle that enthralled the crowd of 15,820 that witnessed one of the best heavyweight fights in years. Fury dropped Wilder…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury has tested positive for COVID-19 and his third fight against Deontay Wilder, set for July 24 in Las Vegas, has been postponed. Boxing writer Dan Rafael, citing a “source,” broke the news on Twitter. Rafael said he was told that Fury received one dose of the vaccine but not the…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury has signed a contract to fight Deontay Wilder for a third time and said he will knock the American out inside one round. The Gypsy King had seemed to prefer an all-British bout with Anthony Joshua for the WBO heavyweight title but a legal ruling seemed to put those plans…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury has been ranked as the best heavyweight boxer in the world by Ring Magazine ahead of rival Anthony Joshua. Fury won the WBC and ‘The Ring’ heavyweight titles after knocking out American Deontay Wilder back in February and has dethroned his British rival at the top of the division. The ‘Gypsy…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has taken to social media, to inform his followers that he plans to pursue an immediate rematch with Tyson Fury. Last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Wilder was dropped twice and stopped in the seventh round by Fury, who walked away with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Deontay Wilder admits he was “surprised” he lasted seven rounds against Tyson Fury to lose his WBC world heavyweight title. The American was knocked down twice before a seventh round stoppage in Las Vegas last weekend. Wilder rattled off a number of excuses for his first defeat of his career, but the…
