Tyson Fury’s wealth almost doubles after Usyk bout June 30, 2025 The wealth of former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury almost doubled thanks to his unification title fight with Oleksandr Usyk, it has been revealed. The self-styled Gypsy King saw his wealth surge from £82.2m to £161.9m in the 12 months to the end of September 2024, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. [...]
Benn vs Eubank: Why Fatal Fury fight is key to future of boxing in London April 23, 2025 Turki Alalshikh is in town, which can only mean one thing: boxing is in London and the Saudis are here to parade their latest sporting interest. After last year’s British record attendance at Wembley Stadium for Daniel Dubois’ demolition of Anthony Joshua, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will this weekend play host to a fight night topped [...]
Hearn hopeful of Battle of Britain Fury fight with Joshua April 16, 2025 Matchroom bigwig Eddie Hearn has said he is hopeful boxing fans will still get to watch Anthony Joshua take on Tyson Fury in the future. Hearn’s optimism comes despite Fury retiring for the fourth time in January. There have been calls from British boxing fans to see a Battle of Britain fight at Wembley Stadium [...]
Wembley lined up for Usyk-Dubois undisputed heavyweight title fight April 15, 2025 London’s National football stadium Wembley is being lined up to host Oleksandr Usyk’s undisputed heavyweight fight with Daniel Dubois. The arch-topped arena has hosted eight headline bouts before and could stage one of Ukrainian Usyk’s final fights in July this year. Dubois has taken on Anthony Joshua previously at the 90,000-seater stadium in north London, [...]
Tyson Fury ‘will never fight again’, top promoter says April 15, 2025 Boxing promoter Bob Arum insists Tyson Fury “will never fight again” after the Brit retired from fighting earlier this year. The Gypsy King retired from professional boxing for the fourth time back in January, throwing into doubt the opportunity to see him take on Anthony Joshua in a highly anticipated Battle of Britain bout. But [...]
Boxing nearing Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games inclusion March 17, 2025 Boxing’s once uncertain Olympic future appears to have been resolved with the sport set to feature in the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. The International Olympic Committee itself organised the sport’s competitions at the last two Games – in Tokyo in 2021 and Paris in 2024 – after governance issues relating to the International Boxing [...]
Wembley considered for Usyk undisputed heavyweight fight with Dubois March 12, 2025 Wembley Stadium could host the undisputed heavyweight boxing world title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois. Ukrainian Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis last May when he beat Tyson Fury in Riyadh but relinquished one of his belts when he couldn’t face Dubois due to a rematch clause with [...]
London 2012 Team GB boxer becomes Reform UK mayoral candidate February 28, 2025 London 2012 Olympic gold medallist boxer Luke Campbell will stand for Reform UK in the upcoming Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral election. Campbell, bantamweight Olympic champion in London, is the sixth candidate to be declared for the May election. In boxing bantamweight is for fighters who are 51kg to 54kg and all four world title [...]
Why rugby union should get its own Riyadh Season event February 28, 2025 One gripe I have with the 2025 Six Nations is the second rest week; it stifles interest and really damages the flow of the rugby tournament. As least, then, I had spare time to watch Chris Eubank Jr slap Conor Benn with an egg during their face-off ahead of their bout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. [...]
Daniel Dubois next fight: Brit mulls Usyk revenge mission and Joshua rematch February 24, 2025 Daniel Dubois is weighing up a rematch with either Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua after being forced to pull out of his £7m world title defence against Joseph Parker. IBF heavyweight champion Dubois was ruled out of the scheduled fight with Parker in Riyadh on Saturday at short notice after falling ill and his stand-in [...]