Tyson Fury is expected to make Deontay Wilder pay for forcing him to miss out on a proposed unification clash with Anthony Joshua. Wilder utilised a clause triggering a third fight with the Gypsy King and Oleksandr Usyk stepped in to claim Joshua’s WBA, IBF and WBO belts.
Anthony Joshua puts his world heavyweight titles on the line when he stars in the first boxing event at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Up against him in north London is fellow Olympics 2012 gold medallist Oleksandr Usyk after talk of a meeting with Tyson Fury had to be put on hold.
Manny Pacquiao can defy Father Time and a late change of opponent to claim a 63rd career victory versus Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas. Pac Man was scheduled to face WBC and IBF welterweight champ Errol Spence Jr, who was forced to withdraw because of an eye injury.
With the athletics in full flow and the action in other sports hotting up, we’re taking a daily look at the latest Olympics betting odds available to punters. There have already been lots of emotional triumphs in Tokyo but the best could be yet to come as track stars go for gold.
When the International Olympic Committee decided to push Tokyo 2020 back a year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it disrupted the carefully-laid plans of many established athletes who were aiming to peak at the Games. For some British competitors who have yet to reach their full potential though, the delay has provided additional time for them to prepare.
With Zlatan Ibrahimovic having signed a contract extension at AC Milan which will see him play Champions League football at the age of 40, we’ve looked through the annals of modern sporting history and picked out six other star athletes who defied the ageing process.
Tyson Fury gets a confident vote to beat Anthony Joshua in their much-anticipated heavyweight world title unification clash. One punch can change everything at this level but Fury is rated the better boxer, has the stronger chin and also possesses a bigger heart in our book.
Joseph Parker can put himself back in the heavyweight world title picture by edging out Dereck Chisora in Manchester on Saturday night. The New Zealander held the WBO belt for 15 months before being outpointed by Anthony Joshua in a unification clash and is keen to return to elite level.
Dillian Whyte will be gunning for revenge and the WBC interim heavyweight title when taking on Alexander Povetkin again in Gibraltar. The Londoner was left stunned when suffering a fifth-round knockout in their first clash last August, but is expected to learn from his mistakes in the rematch.
Canelo Alvarez gets his wish to stay active when facing Avni Yildirim in Miami and should enjoy a routine defence of his WBA and WBC super-middleweight belts. The Mexican great is one of the top pound-for-pound performers in boxing and arguably the biggest box office draw on the planet.
With several highly-anticipated fights across the worlds of boxing and MMA expected to take place in 2021, there could well be some new records set for the number of pay-per-view buys. We have taken a look at the biggest pay-per-view fights in the history of combat sports so far to set the standard that the next generation of super fights would have to reach.
Dillian Whyte returns to the ring knowing victory over Otto Wallin could pave the way for an all-British heavyweight showdown with Tyson Fury. It was long thought it would be Whyte’s former foe Anthony Joshua that would lock horns with the ‘Gypsy King’.
Anthony Joshua versus Tyson Fury predictably heads our list of the most anticipated boxing bouts of 2021, with the proposed heavyweight unification match set to break box office records. However, that isn’t the only clash fight fans would love to see this year and we’ve got five eagerly-awaited showdowns.
Luke Campbell’s hopes of finally becoming a world champion in the pro ranks are expected to be quashed by rising star Ryan Garcia in Texas. Olympic gold medal winner Campbell has twice come up short at the highest level and now takes on a precocious talent being tipped to become a box-office star.