NEWS & OPINIONS
BOXING SET FOR AN EXPLOSIVE END TO 2024
With just over two months left in 2024 and boxing booming as Riyadh Season kicks into gear, we’re on the cusp of a massive conclusion to what has been an incredible year for the sport. We’ve selected seven fights—some you’ll definitely know about and others you might not—worth watching before the year ends.
USYK MAKES HISTORY IN HEAVYWEIGHT THRILLER
Oleksandr Usyk wrote his name into heavyweight folklore on Saturday night as he became the first EVER four-belt undisputed champion AND the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years as he dropped Tyson Fury on his way to a split-decision points victory.
A POTENTIAL DOMESTIC CLASSIC WITH WORLD HONOURS ON THE LINE
Wales and Northern Ireland, two areas of Great Britain renowned for breeding boxing talent, and this weekend we see two of their finest sons go glove to glove for the IBF World Super-Featherweight championship on a historic night in Saudi Arabia.
STARS OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TO KICK OFF THE RING OF FIRE
All eyes will be on Saudi Arabia this weekend when Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk put it on the line to become the undisputed heavyweight champion. Ahead of the headline act, however, stars of the past, present and future will showcase their talents on an action-packed undercard.
A CRUISERWEIGHT CRACKER AS THE FURY VS USYK PRECURSOR
When Jai Opetaia stepped up to challenge Mairis Breidis for the IBF World Cruiserweight Title back in July 2022, many fans outside of the hardcore boxing circle didn’t really know who he was.
HEAVYWEIGHT TITANS TO MAKE HISTORY IN SAUDI
The two best heavyweight boxers on the planet will put it all on the line this weekend as the lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury takes on the former undisputed cruiserweight, and now unified heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, in a bid to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era.
AN UNDISPUTED DELAY
In just 11 days from now, and for the first time this millennia, boxing was ready to crown an undisputed heavyweight world champion.
FURY SCRAPES BY
Francis Ngannou was 40/1 to win on points in Saudi Arabia. That is because Francis Ngannou is a mixed martial artist who is used to 5x5 rounds, and hasn’t competed in over two years.
BATTLE OF THE BADDEST
We are just days away from the opening of Riyadh Season 2023, and the fanciful match-up between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou.
Boxing Legends: Tyson Fury
Born on August 12th 1988 in Wythenshawe weighing just a pound, Tyson Luke Fury has been defying the odds since he entered the world and if you’d told anyone at that point that he would go on to stand at 6’9”, weigh 19 stone and become one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time, they’d have probably laughed at you.