Here’s everything you need to know about the heavyweight title unifying fight in Riyadh. The long-anticipated world heavyweight title unifying fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk is to take place in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Fury, the 35-year-old British WBC champion, and his 37-year-old Ukrainian counterpart, Usyk – who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts – will …
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Australia's Jai Opetaia has devastated English fighter Ellis Zorro with a one-punch knockout in the undercard of Saudi Arabia's Day of Reckoning. Opetaia vacated his IBF title earlier this week, but was able to make a quick finish of his opponent in Riyadh, delivering the brutal blow in the first round of their encounter. Briedis, who is currently injured and …
Eddie Hearn has declared Jai Opetaia the cruiserweight king, worthy of hero status and blockbuster title fights in Australia, after a ruthless first defence of his world boxing crowns. Opetaia brutalised hometown hope Jordan Thompson inside four rounds in England on Sunday morning to retain the IBF and The Ring belts he won spectacularly last July. Legendary boxing promoter Eddie …