Both Fury and his cousin Hughie were accused of providing a sample containing the banned substance nandrolone in February 2015, and both men accepted the charge but denied consuming the substance “knowingly or deliberately”. Tyson was also accused of failing to provide a sample when visited by testers in September 2016. The two heavyweight fighters […]
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Anthony Joshua defends heavyweight titles as Carlos Takam is finally stopped in the 10th
The fight was dominated by an eye injury Takam sustained in the fourth round and the Frenchman did well to last as long as he did. But eventually, the relentless power-punching of Joshua was too much and the referee waved off the fight to the disappointment of 78,000 fans looking for the fight to end […]
Bill.com is the latest fintech heavyweight, with a $742.8 million valuation and big-name backers
Getty/Andrew Burton Investors are going crazy for financial tech companies, and on Tuesday Bill.com became the latest company to benefit from the feeding frenzy. The Palo Alto, Calif. startup announced $ 100 million in new funding, in a round led by JPMorgan Chase — the largest bank in the US — and Temasek, a private holding […]
Hughie Fury BEATEN by Joseph Parker in heavyweight title fight with Tyson watching on
Parker was the more active fighter through and Fury’s elusive style proved not enough to win the judges over. Fury’s camp celebrated the final bell as though it was a foregone conclusion but he did not win one card, losing a majority decision with one draw and two scoring him down by eight rounds. For […]
Parker stuns Fury to retain heavyweight crown
JOSEPH Parker has defended his WBO heavyweight world title belt with a tight majority victory over Hughie Fury at the Manchester Arena on Sunday morning (AEST). It was the New Zealand sensation’s second defence of his belt, having won the vacant title over Andy Ruiz Jr. in December last year (majority decision), then defended it […]
Anthony Joshua net worth: You won’t BELIEVE the heavyweight champion’s staggering fortune
The 27-year-old boxer, who grew up in Watford, is believed to have earned more than £15million after just 19 fights. In his 19th fight in April this year, Joshua defended his world title against Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium, and is thought to have earned a whopping £6.5million in the process. Now at the top […]
Wladimir Klitschko retires: Former heavyweight champion's career in pictures
Former heavyweight champion Klitschko has decided to call time on his 21-year career, ending with a professional record of 64 wins and five defeats. The 41-year-old’s last fight was against Anthony Joshua in April, with the British fighter knocking him out in the 11th round at a sold-out Wembley. Klitschko had a rematch clause in […]
Mike Tyson: Anthony Joshua is the new king of the heavyweight division after Klitschko win
Joshua, 27, climbed off the canvas to stop Klitschko last Saturday, winning the WBA to add to his IBF title in an explosive fight akin to those seen in the Rocky movies. And during an interview with ESPN, Tyson said: “Whenever there’s a new heavyweight champion and he’s explosive like that and wins the title […]
Joshua becomes the new heavyweight king as Wembley showpiece lives up to the hype
As the pandemonium finally calmed in the bowels of the national stadium, he considered what had gone on and posed a question to those with him. “Was it a good fight?” Not half. This was one of the great heavyweight duels and arguably the best ever to take place on these shores. Joshua continued to […]
Joshua batters Klitschko in heavyweight classic
Anthony Joshua has Wladimir Klitschko in trouble on the ropes. BRITISH fighter Anthony Joshua survived the first knockdown of his young career, coming back to drop Wladimir Klitschko twice before stopping him in the 11th round to retain his world heavyweight boxing titles. Before a boisterous crowd of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium, Joshua and Klitschko […]