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Oleksandr Usyk reveals the consequences of the fight with Tyson Fury, and Gypsy King confirms the rematch
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6 months agoon
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J. HumzaOleksandr Usyk took to social media to show the brutal aftermath of his heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury. On Tuesday, the Ukrainian boxer shared a photo of the injuries inflicted on his face by the Briton, who has already confirmed that there will be a rematch.
Days earlier, Usyk was crowned the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since 2000 after defeating Fury by split decision in Riyad. The judges scored the fight 115-112 in favor of Usyk, 114-113 for Fury and 114-113 for Usyk.
The victory was fully deserved as Usyk outscored Fury over 12 rounds in the ring. The 37-year-old published a photo Instagram showing off his two black eyes and the cuts on most of his ankles. The bandage on the right eyebrow further indicated that it required stitches.
Immediately after the fight, Usyk was taken to hospital with a broken jaw. He quashed these fears by attending a press conference shortly afterwards, claiming that doctors had cleared him.
Discussing the injuries Usyk suffered, Queensberry Promotions founder and Fury promoter Frank Warren told talkSPORT: “We don’t know what the impact of the fight will be on both guys because, I’m telling you, Usyk looked like he was going to fight once.”
He had stitches in his eye, he was bruised, they thought his jaw was broken, but in fact it was an injury [tooth] implant that caused him a lot of pain.”
Fury showed off his own post-fight battle scars, arriving at the post-fight press conference with several cuts and bruises on his face. “I just had an argument. As you can see from my face, I’m pretty devastated, and Usyk was taken to hospital with a broken jaw. He’s pissed too,” he told reporters.
Work is already underway on the second clash between Fury and Usyk, and their long-awaited rematch is tentatively scheduled for October 12 or 13 in Saudi Arabia. Discussing his fighter’s status with talkSPORT, Warren said: “He’s back here, he’s recovering and he’s in the mood, he wants a rematch. The contract has already been signed, so it will happen.
“When the fight happened, there was a rematch clause,” he continued. “It was a condition demanded by the people who invested in this fight, so if Tyson wants it, and he said he wants it, then everything will work out, but I told him to go away… he has six months in training camp.
“During this time, he spent three weeks with his family. I told him to go and enjoy this time with his family, sit down and then come back. The deal is done and if he wants to come back and do it, fine.”
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Muhammad Ali’s family reflects on Mike Tyson’s defeat when Jake Paul receives a modern fight offer
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4 hours agoon
November 18, 2024Ali Walsh, whose mother is Rasheda Ali, is a middleweight with a record of 11-1. The 24-year-old told Sky Sports how Paul made him a lucrative fight offer, which he turned down because it was under the name Ali.
Nico said: “Morally it was an uncomplicated choice. I said no before I even heard the numbers. I think it was over $3 million. Of course, it would be money I had never earned in my career. That would be money like I’ve never seen before. But is everything really money? That’s how I was raised.
“You have to ask yourself, how much is your pride worth? How much are you willing to sell for? Because that’s how it is, at least in my book. Anyone else can do it. But to me I’m Ali, I carry my name with so much weight that I don’t think I should be playing in the mud with guys like Jake Paul.
Ali Walsh, who is close to Tyson, was disgusted by Saturday’s events. In lightweight of the result, he wrote on Twitter: “Jake Paul is an embarrassment to the sport. If my grandfather were still around, he would have called out to him. Absolutely no shame… I love you, Mike.
However, on Instagram, the prospect revealed that he would fight the YouTuber-turned-boxer, but only if Tyson asked him to. This would certainly be another eye-catching event that Paul could successfully promote through his own Most Valuable Promotions.
Meanwhile, Nico’s mother Rasheda said her father – who died in 2016 at the age of 74 – would have been “humiliated” by Saturday’s fight were it not for both men’s bedazzled handbags. She said Fox News: “Boxers didn’t earn money, as you know, Tyson does. Dad would be thrilled to have made that kind of money.
– Well, he would be excited to some extent. Dad would be horrified because boxers didn’t earn that much back then. They were fighting for their lives and I think when my dad started making boxing more entertaining, that’s when people joined the fight and boxers, after my father, started making a lot of money.”
Ali’s biggest fortune came at the end of his career when he collected $7.9 million (£6.3 million) for a defeat by Larry Holmes in 1980. Ali fought only once more, losing in 1981 to Trevor Berbick, who was knocked out by the juvenile Tyson five years later. Three-time heavyweight champion Ali earned $57 million (£47.7 million) during his Hall of Fame career.
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Jake Paul accused of breaking rules in Mike Tyson fight that gave him a ‘huge advantage’
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24 hours agoon
November 17, 2024Former boxing champion Tony Bellew has launched a scathing attack on Jake Paul and accused him of wearing “full boxing gloves” during his triumph over Mike Tyson.
An internet personality who switched to boxing outclassed the iconic boxer in a weekend bout in Texas.
Although Paul suggested that his goal would be a knockout, in the end he only managed to secure victory for the 58-year-old athlete. The fight was overwhelmingly dominated by Paul, with Tyson landing just 18 punches compared to Paul’s 78.
However, Bellew, a former WBC cruiserweight titleholder, believes Paul’s choice of gloves gave him an unfair advantage.
On X (previously on Twitter), Bellew confessed: “The gloves Mike has look heavily padded, while Jake has full punching gloves on his feet. There is a huge difference between them and I only watch from my bed. “
Moreover, Bellew tore to shreds the very idea of a brawl taking place: “We are all guilty of this man! We’re all talking and watching! We have to stop this fool [Paul]!
“Don’t count on him until he fights someone vigorous, not his grandfather! Any decent boxing person helping Paul should take a look at themselves! It’s just depressed.”
Despite his irritation with Paul, Bellew admitted he had some respect for the younger player. Paul, 27, said after the fight that he held back to prevent Tyson from being seriously harmed.
Bellew commented: “I don’t like that stupid idiot kid, but I will say this… he stopped beating Mike and showed him respect and dignity by letting him live. He wasn’t looking for KO there, just leave him and leave him alone.
After the fight, both fighters received mandatory suspensions from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, with a required rest period of 24 days due to the duration of the fight.
Despite this, both are already planning to return to the ring – Paul aims to fight Canelo Alvarez, and Tyson challenges his brother Logan.
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Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith – results and post-fight report
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November 17, 2024The Riyad season hosted a Latin night, with Gilberto Ramirez adding the WBO cruiserweight title to his WBA belt with a high-octane points win against Chris Billam-Smith.
Former WBO super middleweight champion Ramirez (47-1, KO30) moved up to cruiserweight last year and followed up a wide-scoring victory over Joe Smith Jr. won the WBA belt in March by defeating Arsen Goulamirian ten rounds to two. Billam-Smith (20-2, KO13) won the WBO belt with a majority decision victory over Lawrence Okolie in May last year and was last eliminated in June, taking revenge on Richard Riakporhe by scoring at Selhurst Park.
Billam-Smith had a very good start in the first round, landing some solid punches, but Ramirez found his moment in the second round, landing a piercing left arm that sent the Englishman into a frenzy and his combinations worried the WBO boss. In the fourth, Billam-Smith was bleeding from the nose, and Ramirez landed a phenomenal right hand and landed several impressive combinations to the body before crushing his opponent with the sheer number of punches he was throwing.
This fight is gaining momentum! 🔥
Great combinations from both players 💥#ZurdoBillamSmith X #LatinNight | #RiyadSeason pic.twitter.com/lSptHGuugF
— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) November 16, 2024
Ramirez kept his foot on the gas pedal as the doctor looked at Billam-Smith’s eye ahead of the seventh round, and although the Bournemouth man continued to work tough, he struggled to cope with the cumulative effects of Ramirez’s work. Billam-Smith did rally to the distance, but couldn’t find the punches to break Ramirez’s spirit, and the Mexican was able to maintain enough accuracy to keep his fighter at bay, and after the pair left it all in the ring in the final round the winner was decided by scorecards.
What a fight Zurdo and Chris Billam-Smith 👏#RiyadSeason | #LatinNight | LIVE and FREE on DAZN | @Turki_alalshikh pic.twitter.com/G9ucyZGvAe
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) November 16, 2024
Two scores of 116-112 and a third of 116-113 sent Ramirez home as the unified world champion.
The WBO super lightweight title eliminator didn’t catch fire, but Arnold Barboza Jr (31-0, KO11) did enough to earn a ten-round decision and win over former unified world champion Jose Carlos Ramirez (29-2, KO18) . It was a stop-start match, but Barboza mostly had the advantage and outscored the winner by two scores of 96-94 and one of 97-93.
The interim WBC lightweight title was won by William Zepeda (32-0, KO27), defeating Tevin Farmer (33-7-1, KO8) by an extremely high score, and getting up from the floor in the process. Zepeda was clotheslined in the fourth round, keeping him on the canvas with a powerful left hand, and the fight lasted a full ten rounds, during which Zepeda scored two scores of 95-94 compared to a third score for former world champion Rolnik.
A FARMER FROM TEVIN dumped William Zepeda 😱#RiyadSeason | #LatinNight | LIVE and FREE on DAZN | @Turki_alalshikh pic.twitter.com/ar1MCcZIZM
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) November 16, 2024
Oscar Collazo (11-0, KO8) defended his WBO minimumweight world title for the fourth time and impressed with a seventh-round victory over Thammanoon Niyomtrong (25-1, KO9). Niyomtrong trailed in the sixth round and trailed twice more before the break.
HE DID IT!!! OSCAR COLLAZO IS THE NEW WBO UNIFIED MINIMUM WEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!!
🔗: https://t.co/MTP8yGOf9T#LatinNight | #RiyadSeason | LIVE November 16 | FREE on DAZN pic.twitter.com/VHKJdaGvsF
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) November 16, 2024
Oscar Duarte (28-2-1, KO22) won his ten-round super lightweight fight on points against Botirzhon Akhmedov (10-4, KO9). Duarte won by scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94.
Welterweight prospect Ziyad Almaayouf (6-0-1, KO1) suffered a defeat after drawing to a six-round draw against Juan Carlos Ramirez Garcia (5-6-1, KO0). One judge declared Almaayouf the winner 58-56, but two scores of 57-57 ensured the fight ended in a stalemate.
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