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February

Joshua Buatsi wins WBA title eliminator, sets sights on Bivol

Joshua Buatsi took a big step toward a world light heavyweight title shot with a unanimous-decision victory over English rival Dan Azeez on Saturday at Wembley’s OVO Arena in London. Buatsi earned scores of 116-110, 117-109 and 117-109 in an eliminator for the WBA world light heavyweight title, held by Dmitry Bivol. Buatsi, the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, also claimed the British and Commonwealth titles from Azeez after showing greater accuracy and ambition. Azeez was knocked down twice in the 11th round, but he argued both were slips. Regardless, Buatsi was a worthy winner after resisting a spirited finish from […]

December

Jai Opetaia vacates IBF cruiserweight title, will fight Ellis Zorro next

Jai Opetaia announced on social media that he has vacated his IBF cruiserweight title after the organization ruled he must next face mandatory challenger Mairis Briedis in a rematch. Instead, Opetaia (23-0, 18 KOs) will proceed with a fight vs. Ellis Zorro on Saturday’s stacked card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, headlined by Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in separate fights. “I fought through absolute agony to win that belt and it saddens me to relinquish it,” Australia’s Opetaia said. “But the fact is, Briedis isn’t ready to fight on Dec. 23 and I need to stay active. I simply can’t turn down […]

August

‘I’m going to shock the world’: Daniel Dubois ready for Oleksandr Usyk

Despite recent setbacks and visits to the canvas, Daniel Dubois is confident of his probabilities of pulling off an upset to victory the WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight titles from Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday (5 p.m. ET on ESPN+). Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs), from Greenwich in south London, has got this far despite looking vulnerable in recent fights and suffering a serious knee injury in his last fight. Usyk (20-0-0, 13 KOs), 36, from Ukraine, is widely expected to retain his belts at the Stadion Wroclaw in Wroclaw, Poland, but what is it that is fuellng Dubois’ confidence? And […]

December

Derek Chisora-Tyson Fury: Rivals promise ‘best first round in heavyweight game’ for Dec. 3 fight

Derek Chisora stated he and Tyson Fury agreed to deliver “the best first round in the heavyweight game ever” as he looks to cause an upset versus the WBC heavyweight world champion on Saturday. The two Britons face off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with the “Gypsy King” expected to complete a winning trilogy over a 38-year-old underdog opponent he comfortably defeated in 2011 and 2014. Chisora, unfazed by the pre-fight hype and his underdog status, said he will be “going to war” with Fury. “I don’t care what is said. For me to give up, just because a newspaper […]

December

Anthony Joshua with dual mandatory order from IBF, WBO

Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua faces a decision of keeping one of two titles after being told TWO sanctioning bodies want immediate defenses. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has already stipulated number one contender Kubrat Pulev is next before Joshua went through with his redemption rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr. Just days after his triumph, Joshua has now been ordered to battle Oleksandr Usyk as the World Boxing Organization (WBO) mandatory challenger. Joshua will have six months to complete the WBO’s wishes. This means one of those requests is impossible to follow through, and unless an exemption is granted, Joshua will […]

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Joshua Buatsi wins WBA title eliminator, sets sights on Bivol

Jai Opetaia vacates IBF cruiserweight title, will fight Ellis Zorro next

‘I’m going to shock the world’: Daniel Dubois ready for Oleksandr Usyk

Derek Chisora-Tyson Fury: Rivals promise ‘best first round in heavyweight game’ for Dec. 3 fight

Anthony Joshua with dual mandatory order from IBF, WBO

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