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By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn has put together a top five list of who he considers the elite heavyweight in the division, and he surprisingly has WBC champion Deontay Wilder rated BELOW Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte.  → read full story

By Mark Eisner: Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank expects the rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury to bring in a huge surge of pay-per-view buys in early 2020, thanks to the work that he does in building up the popularity of the tall 6’9″ British heavyweight before then.  → read full […]

*** Fury vs Schwarz live and exclusive stream on June 15 begins at 10 pm EST/7 pm PST – Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of ESPN+ *** By Scott Gilfoid: Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will be defending against Tom Schwarz on June 15 in the main event on ESPN+ at the MGM Grand in […]

*** Fury vs Schwarz Live and exclusive stream on June 15 begins at 10 p.m.  → read full story

By Trevor McIntyre: Johnny Nelson says Tyson Fury told him that he’ll be facing WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in a rematch after his June 15 fight contest against German heavyweight Tom Schwarz on ESPN at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada.  → read full story

By Tim Royner: Promoter Frank Warren says he believes Showtime has offered WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder two fights before he faces Tyson Fury in a rematch, which means the two of them won’t be able to fight each other until early 2020.  → read full story

By Trevor McIntyre: Eddie Hearn denies that he ever considered using Tom Schwarz as an opponent for Anthony Joshua after AJ became heavyweight world champion in 2016.  → read full story

By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t think too highly of lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s choice of an opponent in him facing Tom Schwarz for his debut with his new co-promoters Top Rank Boxing on June 15 at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada.  → read full story

By Tim Royner: Tyson Fury insists that the rematch with Deontay Wilder has “got to happen”, but he says if it doesn’t happen, he won’t be bothered, because he already beat him on December 1 last year in Los Angeles.  → read full story

By Tim Royner: Provided that lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury wins his next fight against Tom Schwarz on June 15, the plan is for Tyson to then face WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in a rematch in the first quarter of next year in February, according to the Metro.  → read full story