Chip off the old block? UFC sign Khabib Nurmagomedov’s younger cousin Umar and will fight on undercard to his huge fight against Tony Ferguson The UFC have announced the signing Khabib Nurmagomedov’s younger cousin Umar Nurmagomedov is undefeated in his 12 professional MMA bouts to date The 24-year-old is a regular fixture in Khabib’s entourage and training group The UFC are lining up a bantamweight debut bout for the UFC
Tyson Fury returned to reality this week as he did the school run just days after his win over Deontay Wilder . The newly-crowned heavyweight world champion touched down in Manchester on Tuesday and on Friday posted a video of himself taking his kids to school. Fury did however find time to celebrate with his wife Paris as they tucked into a stunning five-tier cake which features a crown, a
Deontay Wilder could be paid off to forfeit his chance for a rematch and allow Tyson Fury to take on Anthony Joshua as soon as JUNE, claims Eddie Hearn Eddie Hearn insists Anthony Joshua could fight Tyson Fury as early as June Fury was crowned WBC king after his seventh-round win over Deontay Wilder Wilder has activated a clause to secure a third fight with the Gypsy King Meanwhile Anthony
Dillian Whyte wants to fight Deontay Wilder, despite the fact that he hasn’t got a world title anymore, because he wants to fight a “bully fighter”. Wilder was knocked out in the seventh round of his clash with Tyson Fury last weekend. Whyte has been the mandatory challenger for the WBC belt since last year and is due to fight for the belt in early 2021. His promoter Eddie Hearn
Tyson Fury’s flight home was delayed by a thunderstorm leading to a boozy wait in a random airport – it was the only thing to go wrong in an otherwise perfect assault on Las Vegas. The 48-hour stretch from before to after his destruction of Deontay Wilder veered from a calculated calm to wild celebration and ended with Fury’s inner-circle sat in an airport pub wondering when they could go
Deontay Wilder has been told he could land his biggest ever payday if he lets Tyson Fury fight Anthony Joshua instead of insisting on a rematch. The Bronze Bomber lost his WBC heavyweight title to a dominant Fury on Saturday, and is set to refuse an offer from the Gypsy King to skip the trilogy fight he is entitled to under his contract. But Wilder has been warned it would
Former four-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr. has warned Tyson Fury he must not lose his focus after defeating Deontay Wilder and says he needs to be at his best to beat Anthony Joshua. The Gypsy King claimed the WBC heavyweight title in empathic fashion on Saturday night in Las Vegas, dropping Wilder twice before the American’s corner finally threw in the towel in the seventh round. Wilder intends to
Every boxer wants a major world title. To win one is a lifelong accomplishment. That’s one of the reasons fighters put in the blood, the sweat and the tears for countless hours inside the gym. Another thing boxers want: to fight against the marquee names in the sport and having their hand raised in victory. Jessie Vargas has accomplished the first thing. The 30-year-old is a former two-division world champion, beating Khabib Allakhverdiev to win the
Boxing news – Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury prediction Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is adamant the unified heavyweight champion is more than capable of outboxing his WBC counterpart Tyson Fury. “You box him, you fight him, you fight him on the inside,” Hearn told Seconds Out when asked how Joshua would beat Fury. “You know what he’s going to do, you know he’s got the ability to do whatever
In his late 20s, Jayde Mitchell was 178 centimetres tall, working flat out running a concreting business, and weighed in at 130 kilograms. Six years later the Melbourne-based boxer is a svelte 76 kilograms and looking to build on a career record that stands at 20 wins, one loss, with 10 knockouts. Jayde Mitchell at training this week.Credit:Simon Schluter If he can beat Hungarian fighter Istvan Szili in Melbourne on
