1+ week, 1+ day ago   (850+ words) Jared Anderson understands the sudden change in treatment Moses Itauma is experiencing after his ninth-round defeat to Filip Hrgovic last weekend. Both heavyweights were promoted as future champions before being sent into major fights without much professional seasoning. Anderson had…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (429+ words) The years have not been kind to Andy Ruiz Jr. (35-3-1, 22 KOs), but age alone did not produce the sluggish, confused heavyweight who lost to Damian Knyba (18-1, 11 KOs) on Friday night. This was the end product of sitting on his backside,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (459+ words) Oleksandr Usyk has earned the right to choose his final opponents, but selecting 40-year-old Deontay Wilder would still be a selfish move. Instead of testing himself against Agit Kabayel, Filip Hrgovic, or another leading heavyweight, Usyk wants to add one…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (533+ words) Andy Ruiz Jr. has offered another excuse for the decline that followed his historic victory over Anthony Joshua. The former unified heavyweight champion says he essentially trained himself for his fights against Chris Arreola, Luis Ortiz, and Jarrell Miller. Ruiz…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (659+ words) Tyson Fury against Agit Kabayel is a logical WBC heavyweight title fight and a terrible business decision while the Anthony Joshua bout remains alive. Kabayel brings the exact style capable of finishing Fury’s career before the British rivals collect their…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (382+ words) Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua may still have an agreement to fight, but November 20 is becoming increasingly difficult to preserve. Less than three months remain before the proposed date, and Matchroom CEO Frank Smith has conceded that the promotion is…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (301+ words) Eddie Hearn has rejected Rick Glaser’s extraordinary list of alleged Fury-Joshua demands, but his carefully worded response leaves Lance Pugmire’s reporting untouched. In an extraordinary post, Glaser accused Hearn of using Anthony Joshua’s contract addendum to seek money and favors…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (426+ words) Tyson Fury’s team has begun applying public pressure as the wait for his fight with Anthony Joshua drags on without a confirmed venue or date. The frustration does not necessarily mean Joshua plans to withdraw. It points more directly to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (404+ words) Billy Joe Saunders has compared Moses Itauma to Muhammad Ali, although the two heavyweights share almost none of the same fighting characteristics. Ali threw combinations, circled in both directions, and controlled opponents with a busy jab. He constantly changed his…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (355+ words) Dana White treated Madison Square Garden as the frontrunner to host Tyson Fury versus Anthony Joshua while dismissing Eddie Hearn’s bid to keep the fight in the United Kingdom. Reporters told the UFC boss that Friday, November 20, had been targeted…...