LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The judges were split, but the title is undisputed. Boxing has its first true heavyweight king in 24 years, and his name is Oleksandr Usyk. The WBA, WBO and IBF champion defeated WBC champion Tyson Fury on Saturday by split decision (115-112, 113-114, 114-113) to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oleksandr Usyk defeated Daniel Dubois on Saturday night at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland with a knockout victory in nine rounds. He retained the unified WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight belts, the titles that Usyk had won from, and defended against, Anthony Joshua. But Usyk had to weather immense pressure to…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury claims to have sent fellow British heavyweight Anthony Joshua “a draft contract” for a fight at Wembley Stadium in September. The fierce rivals appeared on course to meet each other in an £80-million mega-fight at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium last year, but both sides declared negotiations were over in October after…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua insists he is ready for 12 rounds against Oleksandr Usyk after maintaining his substantial weight advantage for Saturday’s rematch in Jeddah. A theme of the build-up had been the apparently extra bulk being carried by a beefed-up Usyk but the additional muscle turned out to be an illusion as he…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS0-While talks of stepping aside appear ongoing, Anthony Joshua remains fully focused on what he plans to do to Oleksandr Usyk. The Brit lost his WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO world heavyweight titles to the Ukrainian last September, but a rematch clause in the contract was immediately exercised and it was expected…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua says he would consider stepping aside to let Oleksandr Usyk fight the unified heavyweight world champion, Tyson Fury. Joshua will fight Usyk for a second time next spring after losing his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts on a unanimous points decision in front of a sell-out crowd at London’s…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua is no longer world heavyweight champion after being outclassed over 12 rounds by Oleksandr Usyk, who claimed the WBA, IBF and WBO titles with a unanimous decision win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. More than 66,000 fans descended on the north London venue in the hope Joshua would move…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua has spoken for the first time after losing his world titles with his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night. Joshua did not give an interview in the ring post-fight but has now broken his silence on social media after giving up his WBA, WBO and IBF belts. The Briton,…