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Artur Beterbiev beats Dmitry Bivol to become undisputed light-heavyweight champion

IBF orders Artur Beterbiev to fight mandatory challenger despite Bivol’s rematch plea

Russian-Canadian boxer Artur Beterbiev has been ordered to defend his IBF light-heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Michael Eifert, Afrosport reports. This comes a day after former WBA title holder Dmitry Bivol appealed to all four sanctioning bodies to back his attempt at securing an immediate rematch. Beterbiev, 39, unified the light-heavyweight titles and became the division’s undisputed champion, by securing a split-decision victory over Bivol at...

Anthony Joshua sounds fight warning to Franklin

Anthony Joshua sounds fight warning to Franklin

British boxer Anthony Joshua has remarked that Saturday is "the worst time" for Jermaine Franklin to fight him and described the current heavyweight terrain as shambles. The former IBF, WBA and WBO champion will face Franklin at the O2 Arena in London where he made his professional debut in 2013. Despite a record of three loses in five bouts, Joshua is bullish on his chances of...

Usyk and Fury unification heavyweight fight collapses

Usyk and Fury unification heavyweight fight collapses

The undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will no longer take place over failure to reach a conclusion by both parties. The fight was initially scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium in London on April 29. However, Uysk's promoter Alexander Krassyuk confirmed on Wednesday that they have pulled the plug on the bout as both parties failed to come to an...

Fury and Usyk agree to unification fight

Fury and Usyk agree to unification fight

Tyson Fury and Oleksander Usyk have agreed to fight each other next in a heavyweight unification bout. The two fighters currently share all four major heavyweight world titles between them, and the highly anticipated fight would decide the undisputed heavyweight world champion. Top-rank promoter Bob Arum revealed that both Fury - the WBC champion - and Usyk - the unified WBO, WBA, and IBF heavyweight champion...