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Fury may fight Joshua to unify heavyweight titles

Posted: May 1, 2020 at 10:22 pm   /   Sports

Tyson Fury is reportedly negotiating with Anthony Joshua for a unification bout. If so, Deontay Wilder may need to be paid off. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Joshua’s heavyweight title defence could slip to July, says Hearn

Posted: March 17, 2020 at 10:24 am   /   Sports

Anthony Joshua's world heavyweight title defence against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium on June 20 could be postponed to July due to the coronavirus outbreak, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Tuesday. The bout would have been after the Premier League season finished but, with Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, […]

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Boxing: Former heavyweight champ Spinks battling prostate cancer, says wife

Posted: January 7, 2020 at 9:30 pm   /   Sports

Spinks, 66, an Olympic Gold medalist in 1976 best known for a memorable upset victory over Muhammad Ali two years later in a world heavyweight title fight, was battling for his life in a Las Vegas hospital last month. The report says the cancer has spread to Spinks' bladder. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, […]

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Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz 2 LIVE: Round-by-round updates from heavyweight boxing fight

Posted: November 23, 2019 at 9:22 pm   /   Sports

Deontay Wilder defends his WBC world heavyweight title against Luis Ortiz in Las Vegas, and Express Sport is on hand with round-by-round updates. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

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Alvarez KOs ‘Krusher’ Kovalev to claim WBO light heavyweight title

Posted: November 5, 2019 at 9:22 am   /   Sports

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez knocked out Sergey Kovalev with a vicious combination in the 11th round to win the WBO light heavyweight title on Saturday, moving up two weight classes to become a four division champ. The 29-year-old Mexican superstar caught Russia's Kovalev with a left hook-right Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, […]

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Beterbiev unifies light heavyweight titles

Posted: October 20, 2019 at 10:22 pm   /   Sports

Artur Beterbiev knocked Oleksandr Gvozdyk down three times in the 10th, prompting the referee to stop the fight and giving Beterbiev the TKO victory. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Oleksandr Usyk victorious in heavyweight debut

Posted: October 13, 2019 at 10:28 pm   /   Sports

Late replacement Chazz Witherspoon couldn't deliver the upset or even make it past the seventh round vs. the former unified cruiserweight champion. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Aung La Nsang stops Brandon Vera to retain ONE Championship light heavyweight title

Posted: October 13, 2019 at 10:25 am   /   Sports

Aung La Nsang remained a two-division champion after the ONE: Century – Part II headliner. The Burmese fighter might have been smaller than Brandon Vera, but he more than made up for it with speed and stamina.La Nsang was the more proactive of the two fighters in the first round. He set out of his […]

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Usyk to make heavyweight debut v Spong in Chicago on Oct. 12

Posted: September 3, 2019 at 10:22 am   /   Sports

LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk will make his debut at heavyweight in a fight against Tyrone Spong in Chicago on Oct. 12. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Mixed Martial Arts-Miocic reclaims heavyweight title with knockout win over Cormier

Posted: August 19, 2019 at 10:22 am   /   Sports

Stipe Miocic reclaimed the heavyweight title with a stunning fourth-round knockout of Daniel Cormier and Nate Diaz scored a dominant decision win against Anthony Pettis in his first fight in over three years at the UFC 241 on Saturday night. Former Olympic wrestler Cormier ducked under the longer reach Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, […]

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