Teddy Atlas Urges Oleksandr Usyk To Retire Before Certain Fight
Teddy Atlas does not want to see Oleksandr Usyk fight again.
Teddy Atlas does not want to see Oleksandr Usyk fight again.
Three of boxing's most iconic names could all step through the ropes on the same night. Per a BoxingScene report, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao are all poised to appear on one blockbuster card later this year. Mayweather has spent 2026 linked to both an exhibition with Tyson and a professional rematch with […]
Terence Crawford walked away from boxing unbeaten and undisputed across three divisions. He thinks he knows exactly who's built to do it next. Fresh off capping his career with a legacy-defining decision over Canelo Alvarez, "Bud" was asked who could follow his blueprint and retire as an unbeaten great. His answer was emphatic: four-division world […]
Tim Bradley could barely watch Errol Spence Jr's final fight. Spence returned from three years out to face Tim Tszyu in a middleweight bout in Australia on Saturday, and it went badly enough that he retired immediately after. Bradley, breaking the performance down on his YouTube channel, said it was painful viewing. "That was hard […]
Tyson Fury watched Anthony Joshua nearly blow the whole thing, and his reaction was about what you'd expect. Joshua was meant to cruise through Kristian Prenga in Jeddah on Saturday, a warm-up en route to the long-awaited showdown with Fury later this year. Fury had done his part 24 hours earlier, grinding out a seventh-round […]
For the first time in 15 years, Tyson Fury is the smaller man in the ring. Fury tipped the scales at 265 pounds on Thursday in Pattaya, Thailand, ahead of Friday's charity heavyweight bout with Mariusz Wach. The Polish veteran came in at 291.4 pounds, more than 26 pounds heavier. The last time the 6-foot-9 […]
Canelo Alvarez thinks Jake Paul should seriously consider whether he wants to keep doing this. Speaking on the Ariel Helwani Show, the Mexican superstar delivered a blunt assessment of the YouTuber-turned-boxer, drawing a hard line between drawing money and being a fighter. "He needs to think about fighting again… It's just facts. It was a […]
James DeGale is 40, seven years retired, and coming back, with a wish list full of crossover names. The former two-time IBF super-middleweight champion announced his return this week, telling talkSPORT he can't let his career end the way it did. DeGale, 25-3-1 (15 KOs), is set to face 45-year-old Marcus Portman on September 26 […]
Anthony Joshua isn't eyeing the exit anymore. He's talking about three more years. A year ago, the plan was a couple of fights and a happy retirement. Not now. According to Matchroom founder Barry Hearn, father of Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn, AJ's outlook has completely shifted ahead of his return against Kristian Prenga in Jeddah […]
Conor Benn didn't need a September fight date to get his hands on Ryan Garcia. He was ready to go right there at the press conference. The long-simmering feud between the two finally has a finish line: Garcia defends his WBC welterweight title against Benn on September 12 in Las Vegas. Their first faceoff turned […]
George Liddard is stepping up to fight for European gold. The in-form British and Commonwealth middleweight champion challenges for the European title on August 22, taking on Italy's Dario Morello at London's York Hall in Bethnal Green. Liddard, fresh off a win over Tyler Denny earlier this year, headlines the Saturday card. The undercard is […]
Teddy Atlas isn't sold on the Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury hype, and he's not expecting either man to be tested this weekend. The two British heavyweights are finally on a collision course after years of failed negotiations, but first they have tune-ups against overmatched opposition. Fury faces 46-year-old Mariusz Wach in a charity bout […]
Tim Bradley thinks Oleksandr Usyk is done chasing greatness. Now he's just chasing checks. The Hall of Famer believes Usyk's decision to vacate three heavyweight titles is the clearest sign yet that the Ukrainian has entered the final, business-first stage of his career. He pointed to Usyk's grueling win over kickboxer Rico Verhoeven as the […]
Tim Tszyu doesn't just want to beat Errol Spence. He wants him to quit. The former WBO junior middleweight champion meets Spence on July 25 in Sydney, and he's promising to break the former unified welterweight champ mentally from the opening bell. Tszyu laid out the plan to Fight Hub TV. "Ideally, Errol Spence just […]
Mariusz Wach has a plan to blow up the biggest fight in British boxing: beat Tyson Fury first. Fury meets the 46-year-old Polish veteran on July 24 in Pattaya, Thailand, a charity tune-up before a planned autumn showdown with Anthony Joshua. Wach is betting that Fury's mind is already on that Joshua payday, not on […]
Andy Ruiz Jr is chasing the magic of 2019 all over again. The former heavyweight champion, 35-2-1 (22 KOs), will headline the third edition of the TNT-DAZN series "The Fight" on September 4 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. He faces Damian Knyba, 17-1 (11 KOs), in a bout announced Tuesday. It's the […]
Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson could fight on September 26 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, according to new legal filings from CSI Sports, the company that originally signed both men to compete. CSI attorney Judd Burstein filed a letter to Judge Vernon S. Broderick in the United States District Court, Southern District of New […]
Eddie Hearn has named Jaron "Boots" Ennis, Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez, and David Benavidez as three fighters he expects to dominate boxing in the coming years, arguing that the sport's current pound-for-pound picture is about to undergo a significant generational shift. Hearn made the case during a sit-down with Bob Arum on DAZN, pointing to the […]
Andy Ruiz Jr. has signed with Matchroom Boxing in his latest effort to reignite a career that has stalled since his 2019 rematch loss to Anthony Joshua, with a potential return to action targeted for September against Damian Knyba, per Bad Left Hook. Ruiz Jr., 36, issued a statement confirming the signing. "I'm so happy […]
Oscar De La Hoya says he is now actively working on Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn after previously maintaining he had not been approached about the fight, reversing course in a post on Instagram that suggested the September date discussed by Garcia could still happen. De La Hoya, who promotes Garcia through Golden Boy Promotions, […]