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Tyson Fury defeats Deontay Wilder to retain WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas
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BT promptly uploaded the fight in full, check it out if you haven't found this already.
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Joshua spotted with the Canelo camp!
New trainer?
New trainer?
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It would appear he has been on the hunt, rumour going around he could link up with Ronnie Shields; either way, it’s a positive move and as I suggested after his loss, he needed to get away from the one dimensional and extremely negative / overly rated Rob Mcracken. Ignoring the style and vision of each trainer, all need some basic common sense at the minimum, Shields would be a vast improvement in that regard given his resume.
In other news, Whyte pulls out of a fight with Wallin due to a ‘shoulder injury’
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Hearn is bigging up Whyte lately, smart man is spreading his bets. The main cash cow is without a belt!
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Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte talks underway, says Bob Arum: 'If he doesn't respect him, he'll be in a lot of trouble'
Bob Arum on Tyson Fury's meeting with Dillian Whyte: "Heavyweights throw bombs. If he doesn't respect him, he'll be in a lot of trouble."
Tyson Fury knows "you don't take a guy like Dillian Whyte lightly", says his promoter Bob Arum, who has revealed that talks have now begun for a fight in early-2022.
WBC heavyweight champion Fury was ordered by the governing body this week to open negotiations to defend his title against Whyte, who has been officially named as his mandatory challenger.
Anthony Joshua is therefore expected to go through with the second fight which he triggered against new IBF, WBA and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk, whose promoter Alexander Krassyuk told Sky Sports: "Talks occurred and they are in progress. The basic platform is the rematch."
Top Rank's Arum, who promotes Fury in the US, told Sky Sports: "Why wouldn't Fury respect Whyte?
"Heavyweights throw bombs. If he doesn't respect him, he'll be in a lot of trouble.
"Fury is enough of a professional, and a great fighter, and he knows that you don't take a guy like Whyte lightly."
Whyte was first at the pinnacle of the WBC rankings in 2017, and regained his status as interim champion by winning a rematch with Alexander Povetkin.
He is finally set to receive his first-ever world title shot.
"[Fury's UK-based promoter] Frank Warren talked [on Wednesday] to Tyson who wants to get in the ring in February or March," revealed Arum.
"We are talking to Whyte now to come to an arrangement to put the fight on in the UK.
"It will be a splendid fight and we are working hard to put it together."
Undefeated Fury told Sky Sports last month about his next opponent after back-to-back wins over Deontay Wilder: "Whoever is available, whatever makes sense."
The undisputed heavyweight championship fight could be staged in late-2022, Arum believes.
"Usyk will probably now fight Joshua which he is obligated to do," he said.
"If Usyk is successful against Joshua, there will be a massive fight - Usyk vs Fury."
Fury's previous five fights have been in the US - the trilogy with Wilder plus wins over Tom Schwarz and Otto Wallin.
Arum said about Fury's UK homecoming to fight Whyte: "It will be wonderful.
"He has made such a name for himself in the United States that people mistake him for being an American!
"He is Americanised. He has a home in Las Vegas. He is an open personality. People are attracted towards him, they love him.
"He has done a great job of capturing the American market."
Bob Arum on his 90th birthday
Veteran promoter Arum spoke to Sky Sports on his 90th birthday, a reminder of the legendary career he has built in boxing.
Arum promoted 27 of Muhammad Ali's fights, including 'The Rumble in the Jungle' against George Foreman, and now promotes the iconic heavyweight's grandson Nico Ali Walsh, who fights live on Sky Sports in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Arum has worked with Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Mike Tyson and many other legends.
His Top Rank stable today includes undisputed super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor, whose defence against Jack Catterall is live on Sky Sports on February 26.
Vasiliy Lomachenko's return against Richard Commey in the early hours of Sunday morning, live on Sky Sports, is Arum's 2,119th boxing event.
His ambition for next year: "I would love to promote an undisputed heavyweight championship fight.
"It would take me back to the days of Ali when the title was unified.
"The heavyweight division is the premium division.
"If there is one guy as the champion, rather than a group or two guys, it is good for boxing.
"Whoever is left standing.
"I hope that I can promote the fight where this happens."
https://www.skysports.com/boxing/ne...oesnt-respect-him-hell-be-in-a-lot-of-trouble
Bob Arum on Tyson Fury's meeting with Dillian Whyte: "Heavyweights throw bombs. If he doesn't respect him, he'll be in a lot of trouble."
Tyson Fury knows "you don't take a guy like Dillian Whyte lightly", says his promoter Bob Arum, who has revealed that talks have now begun for a fight in early-2022.
WBC heavyweight champion Fury was ordered by the governing body this week to open negotiations to defend his title against Whyte, who has been officially named as his mandatory challenger.
Anthony Joshua is therefore expected to go through with the second fight which he triggered against new IBF, WBA and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk, whose promoter Alexander Krassyuk told Sky Sports: "Talks occurred and they are in progress. The basic platform is the rematch."
Top Rank's Arum, who promotes Fury in the US, told Sky Sports: "Why wouldn't Fury respect Whyte?
"Heavyweights throw bombs. If he doesn't respect him, he'll be in a lot of trouble.
"Fury is enough of a professional, and a great fighter, and he knows that you don't take a guy like Whyte lightly."
Whyte was first at the pinnacle of the WBC rankings in 2017, and regained his status as interim champion by winning a rematch with Alexander Povetkin.
He is finally set to receive his first-ever world title shot.
"[Fury's UK-based promoter] Frank Warren talked [on Wednesday] to Tyson who wants to get in the ring in February or March," revealed Arum.
"We are talking to Whyte now to come to an arrangement to put the fight on in the UK.
"It will be a splendid fight and we are working hard to put it together."
Undefeated Fury told Sky Sports last month about his next opponent after back-to-back wins over Deontay Wilder: "Whoever is available, whatever makes sense."
The undisputed heavyweight championship fight could be staged in late-2022, Arum believes.
"Usyk will probably now fight Joshua which he is obligated to do," he said.
"If Usyk is successful against Joshua, there will be a massive fight - Usyk vs Fury."
Fury's previous five fights have been in the US - the trilogy with Wilder plus wins over Tom Schwarz and Otto Wallin.
Arum said about Fury's UK homecoming to fight Whyte: "It will be wonderful.
"He has made such a name for himself in the United States that people mistake him for being an American!
"He is Americanised. He has a home in Las Vegas. He is an open personality. People are attracted towards him, they love him.
"He has done a great job of capturing the American market."
Bob Arum on his 90th birthday
Veteran promoter Arum spoke to Sky Sports on his 90th birthday, a reminder of the legendary career he has built in boxing.
Arum promoted 27 of Muhammad Ali's fights, including 'The Rumble in the Jungle' against George Foreman, and now promotes the iconic heavyweight's grandson Nico Ali Walsh, who fights live on Sky Sports in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Arum has worked with Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Mike Tyson and many other legends.
His Top Rank stable today includes undisputed super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor, whose defence against Jack Catterall is live on Sky Sports on February 26.
Vasiliy Lomachenko's return against Richard Commey in the early hours of Sunday morning, live on Sky Sports, is Arum's 2,119th boxing event.
His ambition for next year: "I would love to promote an undisputed heavyweight championship fight.
"It would take me back to the days of Ali when the title was unified.
"The heavyweight division is the premium division.
"If there is one guy as the champion, rather than a group or two guys, it is good for boxing.
"Whoever is left standing.
"I hope that I can promote the fight where this happens."
https://www.skysports.com/boxing/ne...oesnt-respect-him-hell-be-in-a-lot-of-trouble
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It’s a potential banana skin for Fury in the same way Wallin/Cunningham were, Fury wont be motivated for an opponent he is expected to beat , he was injured in his last fight / overweight and is coming of a brutal trilogy; if this fight goes ahead as planned, Whyte couldn’t ask for a better situation to be in really. Which is why I am of the view that Fury should retire, has won every title in the division and fought the best of his era three times and also beat Wladmir at his championship peak, he fought home and dominated away (this tends to be overlooked), more importantly never lost the lineal title, claimed the coveted Ring Magazine belt and triumphed despited a number of unique obstacles.
As for Whyte and how he ‘deserves’ this fight, I would be inclined to agree but how does a fighter ‘deserve’ a world title when they turn it down for 5 million ? in fact Whyte could have been the bloke standing tall over AJ and not Ruiz in MSG. Whyte has also played down Usyk as a potential opponent and avoided a fight with the slippery southpaw Otto Wallin more recently for obvious reasons, fair to say Whyte is a victim of his own actions really.
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