History was made in Saudi Arabia on Saturday when boxing crowned its first four-belt undisputed heavyweight world champion as Oleksandr Usyk edged Tyson Fury in a thriller.
Terence Crawford didn’t waste any time before praising Oleksandr Usyk for his incredible victory against Tyson Fury. After winning the bout, Usyk gained the WBC title to go along with the WBA, IBD, and WBO belts he already owned.
Oleksandr Usyk had already posted many career-defining victories in a decorated 11-year professional spell. However, last night's triumph over Tyson Fury was the greatest of them all.
On Saturday, May 18, we saw history created in the heavyweight division as Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) defeated Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to become the first undisputed champion in the division since Lennox Lewis.
Denys Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) became the WBO lightweight champion against Emanuel Navarrete (38-2-1, 31 KOs) on a historic day for Ukrainian boxing. While one judge had it 116-112 for Navarrete, the other two had it 116-112 and 115-112 for Berinchyk.
After an incredible fight for all the titles, the encore encounter will surely be more anticipated than the first fight.
Drake bet $565,000 on Tyson Fury to beat Oleksandr Usyk, losing big money. The Undisputed Heavyweight Championship took place with Usyk coming out the winner via a split decision.
Devin Haney has reacted to Ryan Garcia’s claim that his B-sample will likely return positive. Garcia beat Haney in a one-sided fight, dropping him three times on his way to a majority decision victory.
Oleksandr Usyk was taken to the hospital after his win over Tyson Fury on Saturday due to a suspected serious injury, according to Fury.
Badly hurt in Round 10, Jai Opetaia held on to defeat Mairis Briedis by unanimous decision to regain the IBF cruiserweight title.
Oleksandr Usyk's split decision win over Tyson Fury for the unified heavyweight belt should only intensify the demand for a rematch.
On Saturday, May 18, on the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we saw Jai Opetaia (24-0, 19 KOs) confirm his dominance at cruiserweight as he defeated the brave and experienced Latvian Mairis Briedis (28-2, 20 KOs).
Anthony Cacace (22-1, 8 KOs) is now the latest world champion from Belfast with a stoppage win against Joe Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs). Cacace got the technical knockout at the 0:39 mark of round eight.
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fans planning on making the pilgrimage to Cowboy Stadium for their upcoming boxing match just received some good news. According
Rogan had a warning for Paul ahead of his bout with Tyson.
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