Denis Boytsov

Boytsov pulls out, who will Fury face now?

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Image: Boytsov pulls out, who will Fury face now?By Alex Hedges: In disappointing news for heavyweight fight fans, Denis Boytsov 31(25)-0 has withdrawn from his scheduled WBC eliminator with Tyson Fury 19(14)-0. It’s a real shame as competitive heavyweight fights between young prospects are few and far between these days.

Interestingly, Boytsov becomes the second high profile heavyweight to have walked away from a showdown with the fast improving 6’9″ Fury, after Ruslan Chagaev turned down a potential showdown in favour of a fight against Cuban enigma Mike Perez. In both cases, Boytsov and Chagaev cited a lack of preparation as the reason.

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Boytsov pulls out of Fury fight: Tyson gets a lucky break?

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Image: Boytsov pulls out of Fury fight: Tyson gets a lucky break?By Scott Gilfoid: #3 WBC heavyweight contender Denis Boytsov (31-0, 25 KO’s) pulling out of his scheduled December 1st fight with Tyson Fury (19-0, 14 KO’s) may have handed Fury a huge gift in a couple of ways. First off, Fury can now avoid what would have likely been a knockout loss against the tough Russian fighter with excellent boxing skills and superb power. Fury wasn’t going to win that fight, let’s face it.

Boytsov was the much more skilled fighter of the two and would have done a number on the slapping Fury. But something Fury also gets from Boytsov pulling out of the fight is that it’s going to give more than a few boxing fans the feeling that Boytsov chose not to take the fight because he’s afraid of fighting the 6’9″ Fury. That’s obviously not the case, but a lot of fans will believe that illusion anyway.

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Fury to get Vitali fight if he beats Boytsov

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Image: Fury to get Vitali fight if he beats BoytsovBy Scott Gilfoid: In a real scary scenario, unbeaten and unproven British heavyweight Tyson Fury (19-0, 14 KO’s) is in a position to get a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko if Fury beats Denis Boytsov (31-0, 25 KO’s) next month in their World Boxing Council heavyweight title eliminator bout on December 1st at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

What’s scary about this is how over-matched Fury would be if he were to be thrown in the ring with Vitali. I don’t care that Vitali is 41 now and fighting at roughly 80 percent of what he once was, he’ll still destroy Fury no problem if that fight happens next year. God, it would be one of those fights where boxing fans end up shaking your head afterwards wondering why on earth the fight was ever put together in the first place.

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Tyson Fury to stay off twitter until after Boytsov fight

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Image: Tyson Fury to stay off twitter until after Boytsov fightBy Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (19-0, 14 KO’s) says he’s disengaging from his twitter account until after his December 1st fight against unbeaten Russian heavyweight contender Denis Boytsov (31-0, 25 KO’s) Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Fury said on his twitter “I am now switching my phone off till after the fight [with Boytsov] on December 1…I’ll win. I will win. I’m the best.”

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Fury-Boytsov to be WBC heavyweight title eliminator

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Image: Fury-Boytsov to be WBC heavyweight title eliminatorBy Scott Gilfoid: The December 1st clash between unbeaten Tyson Fury (19-0, 14 KO’s) and Denis Boytsov (31-0, 25 KO’s) will reportedly be a World Boxing Council heavyweight title eliminator with the winner of the fight becoming the mandatory challenger for WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.

It sounds good, right? It might not be if Fury wins because I kind of doubt that he’ll agree to fight Vitali next year. It would be too much of a mismatch due to Fury’s lack of power, experience, talent and boxing skills. He’s too rough and needs A LOT of work on his nonexistent power before facing someone as good as Vitali.

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Fury gallops ahead of Price in the matchmaking table

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Image: Fury gallops ahead of Price in the matchmaking tableBy Jack Tarpey: We have now been told that Tyson Fury’s next fight is none other than the tough, durable and undefeated fighter Denis Boystov. Now give credit where credit is due and that is a huge gamble for Fury, especially as Boystov is really only well known to the hardcore boxing fans. So a win probably won’t elevate Tyson too much in the celebrity league. However, the respect he will gain from the true boxing fans will be second to none.

This is certainly on paper Tyson’s biggest test so far in his career and it is certainly refreshing to see him being let of the leash to challenge the big names in the heavyweight division. Tyson looks in the best shape of his career so far judging by the pictures on twitter and has been promising fireworks come fight night, as Price’s 1st round demolition job on the biggest joke in heavyweight boxing seemed to really touch a nerve for Tyson.

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Boytsov will destroy Tyson Fury

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Image: Boytsov will destroy Tyson FuryBy Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (19-0, 14 KO’s) and Denis Boytsov (31-0, 25 KO’s) are on crash course to meet on December 1st at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. To show you how serious that Fury is about this fight, Fury said on his twitter that he’s turning it off until after December 1st.

I think I smell fear coming from Fury. Boytsov will ruin Fury’s big title hopes and dreams of getting a shot against one of the Klitschkos or snatching the WBC title after Vitali Klitschko retires.

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Boytsov cancels fight with Airich, sick with sinus infection

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Image: Boytsov cancels fight with Airich, sick with sinus infectionBy Jason Kim: Friday’s fight card at the Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany got a little weaker today with the news that unbeaten heavyweight contender Denis Boytsov (31-0, 25 KO’s) has pulled out of his scheduled fight against Russian heavyweight Konstantin Airich (23-7-2, 17 KO’s) due to a sinus infection. The fight card will still go ahead but there are few interesting fights on the card to really appeal now.

Here’s what’s left:

Rakhim Chakhkiev vs. Epifanio Mendoza

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