By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s negotiating a fight between Tony Bellew and … read more
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew and IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has two possible dates of November 10th and 17, according to Michael Benson. The date for the fight is still being determined at this time. Usyk’s promoters at K2 are working with Bellew’s promoter Eddie Hearn to put the fight together.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says he had a good meeting with the promoter for cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk this week about a fight between him and Tony Bellew. Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) holds the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO cruiserweight titles after beating IBF/WBA champion Murat Gassiev last June in the World Boxing Super Series final.
By Tim Royner: WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez will reportedly be trained by Saul Canelo Alvarez’s coach Eddy Reynoso. Valdez, 27, suffered a broken jaw in his last fight in beating former super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg last March.
By Scott Gilfoid: The working date for cruiserweight showdown between IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO champion Aleksandr Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) and Tony Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs) is November 10 in UK, according to his Tony’s promoter Eddie Hearn.
By Tim Royner: After his 12 round unanimous decision win over Murat Gassiev in their big unification fight on July 21, the World Boxing Organization has made Aleksandr Usyk their ‘Super Champion,’ at cruiserweight, which means he’s now available to be WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s mandatory challenger once he moves up in weight to heavyweight, according to Talksport. Usyk will be given a special belt for his WBO ‘Super Champion’ status.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew and promoter Frank Warren verbally jousted on Monday on the subject of whether a $50 million contract was sent by WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s management to Anthony Joshua for a unification fight.
By Allan Fox: In what could be a sign of a pending comeback, former two division world champion Andre ‘SOG’ Ward posted photos of him sparring on his social media site on Friday, saying ”Boxing, I miss you.” If Ward, 34, was to launch a comeback in 2018, he would figure to be in the mix for a clash with the popular British fighter Tony Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs).
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says if undisputed cruiserweight champion Aleksandr Usyk wants to challenge heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for his world titles, then he’ll need to go through his Matchroom stable fighters Tony Bellew in November followed by Dillian Whyte after that before he can eventually share the ring with AJ. In other words, Usyk will need to run the Matchroom gauntlet before he can get inside the ring with Joshua. Interestingly enough, Hearn feels that the unbeaten Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) won’t make it past the 35-year-old Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs) when/if they face each other in November in the UK.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew says he’ll knockout undisputed cruiserweight champion Aleksandr Usyk, and then retire afterwards due to how punishing the fight will be for him. Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs) says he won’t want to continue his after he knocks out the 31-year-old Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs).