Fights

Artem DALAKYAN: “This victory belongs to the Ukrainians”

Published

2 months ago

January 29, 2023

Madelyn

Artem Dalakyan (22-0.15 KOs) commended his victory in the fight against Costa Rica’s David Jimenez (12-1.9 KOs) that enabled him to retain the WBA bantamweight title.

– I am very happy that this belt will return to Ukraine, to its homeland, as I promised. I am happy that I boxed and showed good boxing for the fans in Ukraine at this difficult time. This fight is dedicated to Ukraine. This victory is for the Ukrainians.

– How do you evaluate the work in the ring? Are you completely satisfied or do you think something is wrong?

– My personal opinion is no. I have completed 60 percent of what I can do. Maybe he went too far, the collection was difficult, the situation in Ukraine, relatives, friends. Many factors, maybe a little, and that wasn’t enough to complete 100 percent of what I could do.

Source: Sport UA

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Fights

Usyk’s manager: “Fury forgot that Sasha has three titles but she only has one”

Published

6 hours ago

March 22, 2023

Madelyn

Oleksandr Usyk’s manager, Egis Klimas, believes that Tyson Fury would not initially fight against the Ukrainian, so the parties disagreed.

“I don’t want to go into details, but if a boxer doesn’t want to fight, he makes unrealistic demands and knows that a fight is not going to happen. They forgot that Usyk holds most of the heavyweight titles and Fury only has one.”

“They say Fury will be the face of this fight, but let’s see the pay-per-view sales for Fury – Chisora and Usyk – Chisora,” Klimas said.

The fight was previously scheduled to take place on April 29. If the parties do not agree, Usyk will have to make a mandatory defense against Daniel Dubois.

Source: Sport UA

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Fights

Wilder promoter: Deontay will get Usyk fight instantly

Published

7 hours ago

March 22, 2023

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Shelly Finkel, who represents the interests of former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, reacted to the likely failure of the undisputed heavyweight title fight between Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk and Briton Tyson Fury.

“If the Oleksandr Usyk fight is present, Deontay Wilder gets it instantly,” Finkel said.

It has been learned that Usyk has closed the training camp to plan a mandatory defense of the titles previously held, namely WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO versions.

Deontay Wilder’s manager, Shelly Finkel, after seeing Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk be out of the match: “If an Oleksandr Usyk fight is possible, Deontay Wilder will take it in a heartbeat.” [@SkySports]

— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) March 22, 2023

Source: Sport UA

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Fights

It will be the bomb. Usyk’s coach offers Fury a new rival

Published

9 hours ago

March 22, 2023

Madelyn

Sergei LapinManager and coaching team member of WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Alexander Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) trolled WBC belt holder Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) who didn’t want to disagree with the absolute championship to fight for.

Instead of that fight, Lapin offered Gypsy King another fight with heavyweight veteran Derek Chisora (33-12, 23 KOs).

“This is the fight Belly Fury fans have been waiting for. It will be a bomb, ”wrote Lapin, posting a poster of the Fury-Chisora 4 fight on his Instagram page.

Note that Derek Chisora has previously lost to Tyson Fury three times (points, refusals and technical knockouts).

It was previously reported that there would be no fight against Fury, Usyk closed the training camp.