Heavyweight Division

[diehard]

Hughie fought ok. I think he's top ten. Just. And he's only 24. He's just not very exciting.

[Ibeabuchi]

(09-01-2019, 09:05 PM)diehard Wrote: Hughie fought ok.  I think he's top ten.  Just.  And he's only 24.  He's just not very exciting.

good defensive fighter but just never pulls the trigger offensively, at his age to lose a UD to a worn and damn near shot Povetkin is not a great sign

[diehard]

Alexander Povetkin: One Fury down, one to go!

Following his dominant 12-round decision this past Saturday over Hughie Fury, Alexander Povetkin has set his sights on Hughie’s cousin Tyson Fury.


“I’m very happy with my performance, we worked very hard in training camp and I was able to control the fight with my aggression,” said Povetkin. “[Tyson Fury’s] talked a great deal about me turning down offers to fight him this year which were never sent. He speaks of wanting to fight in England before the end of the year. This is a perfect plan for me. I’d be happy to return to fight in front of these great boxing fans and prove to them and the rest of the world that I can beat Tyson Fury.”

[bart]

Tyson would toy with Povetkin, JP ( if he gets through Del) v Povetkin is a good fight that could open doors

[diehard]

Usyk vs. Spong is official

Finally announced. Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) will face Tyrone Spong (14-0, 13 KOs) in his heavyweight debut at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on October 12, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.

Oleksandr Usyk: “Spong is a fast and powerful heavyweight who has had much success in the ring. I must come through this test to challenge for the world heavyweight title I look forward to seeing everyone there.”

Tyrone Spong: “After achieving most of my goals as a kickboxer and becoming one of the most decorated champions in the history of the sport, I wanted to test myself in the difficult and challenging sport of boxing. I have worked tirelessly during the last three years and now have the opportunity to prove my worth as a boxer against perhaps the best pound for pound, and most technically sound boxer in the world. Some may think the challenge may be too difficult, but I believe in myself, and look forward to being victorious on October 12.”

[diehard]

Ex-champ Oliver McCall fights in New Mexico Sept 28

By David Finger

It’s a story as old as the sport of boxing itself: the former heavyweight champion on the comeback trail. Far removed from the bright lights of Las Vegas he makes a pit stop in some smaller venue hoping to create enough of a buzz to position himself for one more shot at the title. And yet, it’s a story that has never before been told in New Mexico. Sure New Mexico once hosted a heavyweight title fight in 1912, and two future heavyweight champions fought early in their career in New Mexico. But never had a former heavyweight champ stopped off in New Mexico while on the comeback trial.

Until now.

On September 28th boxing history will be made as a former heavyweight champion will step into the ring in the State of New Mexico for the first time ever. Oliver “The Atomic Bull” McCall (59-14, 38 KOs) is slated to take on the durable journeyman Grover Young (13-27-3, 9 KOs) as he tries to position himself for one more run at the title, and he will do it in Hobbs at the Corral Arena.

At 54-years old the likelihood of another world title shot is miniscule, but McCall is still regarded as a durable and competent fighter despite his age. In fact he is a fighter who has earned a reputation of possessing the best chin in boxing history, having never been dropped in a career that started in 1985. In that time he worked as Mike Tyson’s chief sparring partner before scoring a monumental upset in 1994 when he stopped Hall of Famer Lennox Lewis in the second round to win the WBC heavyweight title. McCall would defend his title once against another future Hall of Famer in Larry Holmes before he dropped a decision to Frank Bruno in 1995.

The McCall-Young clash will be an intriguing featured fight on a loaded card that features several other talented heavyweights, several of whom were in town during a press conference Friday night at the Corral Arena.

[Ibeabuchi]

whats the status of Dillian right now? did we ever get the B sample result?

[bart]

Hearn reckons no ban and trying to arrange a fight foe dec..strange no media though around court cases - libel etc...
No B sample results... alot going on

[diehard]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/combat-sports/115731837/tyson-fury-determined-to-make-the-most-of-second-life-after-overcoming-his-demons

[diehard]

Tyson Fury claims he sank four pints just hours before drawing with Deontay Wilder
13:59, Sep 13 2019

Two former world champs get together at Parker's Las Vegas gym to work on their games.
Controversial boxing star Tyson Fury might have turned his life around but that doesn't mean he's a role model of high-performance sport.

In a bizarre interview - which is nothing new for the undefeated 6ft 9in fighter - Fury (28-0-1) has claimed he drunk four pints of beer just hours before challenging WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in December last year.

The big Brit and former heavyweight ruler was knocked down twice in the fight before salvaging a draw.

Tyson Fury got up from two knockdowns to earn a draw with Deontay Wilder.
"I'm a man, 30-year-old, I've been a professional for 11 years, I'm married with five children, if I want some f***ing beers I'll have some," Fury told SecondsOut.com.

Fury made the bizarre claims just days ahead of his return to the ring against unheralded Swede Otto Wallin (20-0) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday (Sunday NZT).

Tyson Fury claims he drank four pints of beer before securing a draw with Deontay Wilder.
Fury has never been one to let the truth get in the way of a good yarn but his trainer Ben Davison said the story of knocking back beers the night before the Wilder fight was genuine.

"He's not lying, when I come down I was like 'what the f*** is this,' and he [Fury] was like, 'they're non-alcoholic," Davison told SecondsOut.com.

"I found out two days later that they weren't non-alcoholic."

Tyson Fury should chalk up an easy win against Otto Wallin in Las Vegas this weekend.
In the years after upsetting Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 to win four world championship belts, Fury's life spiralled out of control as he packed on more than 63kg. He battled mental health issues that were fuelled but fuelled by alcohol and drug use.

Yet despite battling and ultimately beating those demons, Fury hasn't been put off from throwing back a few beers during his training camps - or the night before his fights.

"If the body craves something - give it to it. Why deprive yourself just because it's fight week," he told SecondsOut.com.

Fury, who should make swift work of Wallin, went on to justify his drinking habits as paying tribute to boxing history.

"Fighters from the past used to drink a bottle of whisky before going in the ring. It didn't hurt them did it, have a shot of whiskey. Years ago, people use to have a shot of whisky in the corner," Fury told SecondsOut.com.

"The thing is, if you can fight, there is no set way in what you should do."