TYSON FURY would opt to face Wladimir Klitschko over Deontay Wilder
Challenging the newly crowned WBC champion Wilder has also been raised as a possibly, although Fury insists hed prioritise fighting Ukrainian legend Klitschko. ���Its definitely a mouth-watering clash between me and Deontay Wilder,��� Fury told Sky Sports.
Which Tyson Will Emerge From Behind Bars?
For now, Mike Tyson is a convict, with the prospect of six years of prison time awaiting him. But with good behavior, that jail term could be reduced by half, and three to four years from now Tyson could be ready to return to the boxing business.
Kevin Johnson: TYSON FURY is a better boxer than Anthony.
AMERICAN heavyweight Kevin Johnson claims time spent in the company of Tyson Fury will serve him well ahead of a proposed April 25 collision with Olympic champion Anthony Joshua. Twenty-six-year-old Fury fights��.
Tyson Fury could face Anthony Joshua in heavyweight fight.
Eddie Hearn, Anthony Joshuas promoter, has said his man could fight Tyson Fury in London next summer.
TYSON FURY interview: All the money, all the women, the drugs, they cant.
Tyson Fury is a fighter who boxes only for money yet cares nothing for it, a special talent in his own estimation yet unfit for purpose when compared with the greats of the game, a God-fearing nihilist in a daily battle with the devil and the demons.
Hammer expects to KO Tyson Fury this Saturday
���Tyson Fury will not go the distance against me he will be getting knocked-out clean and left to pick up the pieces after the fight,��� Hammer said via Fightnews.com. ���He cannot hurt me with his punches because Im in the best��.
TYSON FURY vs. Christian Hammer: Live Stream, Final Predictions and Preview
Undefeated WBO International Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury may be on the verge of the biggest fight of his career, but he has a major obstacle standing in his way in the form of Christian Hammer. The Romanian-born Hammer rides a 10-fight winning .
Tyson Leaves Behind A Battered Ruddock
At the end of 12 rounds Friday night, Donovan (Razor) Ruddock was a badly beaten man. Blood was smeared across his lips and onto his mouthpiece. His face was puffy beneath both eyes, with the swelling more pronounced on the left. And as it turned out, his jaw was broken. But the fact that Ruddock was still vertical at the fights end was the curious twist on an evening that most experts had thought Mike Tyson would make a mercifully brief one.
Tyson and Tucker Stir Little Interest For Unified Title
LEAD: THE fight is for the unified heavyweight title, and ordinarily that sort of matchup would be a hot ticket.
Wladimir Klitschko will be an EASY fight, claims TYSON FURY
Tyson Fury claims he would have an easy nights work against Wladimir Klitschko as he and Christian Hammer had to be pulled apart during a heated weigh-in. Fury is the mandatory challenger world heavyweight champion Klitschko but must avoid a slip-up .
Kings Next Act: A Knockout With Pay-Per-View
In all his ebullient cacophony, Don King dubbed tomorrow nights rematch between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield The Sound and the Fury. He knew the phrase came from Macbeth, but Act V was hardly Shakespeares preamble to pugilistic noise and ferocity in a large Las Vegas, Nev., hotel. Lifes but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.. Fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield is reputed to be richest fight ever; it is expected to gross at least $90 million from pay-per-view domestic sales at $49.95 per subscriber, and $40 million more from live MGM Grand gate, closed circuit, sponsorships, and foreign pay-per-view and closed circuit in 120 countries (M)
Tyson Fury tapes mouth in protest against fine for.
Tyson Fury refused to speak at a press conference to promote his fight against Dereck Chisora next month after being fined ��15000 by the British Boxing Board of Control.
TYSON FURY ��� not ready yet for Wladimir - Boxing News
By John Stevens: All I keep reading lately is how Tyson Fury has his sights on Klitschko to the exclusion of all other fighters, including new champ Deontay Wilder. If this is really the case then it seems like hell have a long wait��.
TYSON FURY prefers Klitschko fight rather than Deontay Wilder
By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) says he still prefers to face IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko later this year rather than face WBC heavyweight champion��.
Tyson Fury defeats Christian Hammer as Chris Eubank Jnr gets the better of.
Unbeaten heavyweight Tyson Fury remained on course as mandatory challenger to potentially face Wladimir Klitschko for the World Boxing Organisation heavyweight title late this summer after defeating Christian Hammer at the 02 Arena, Greenwich.
Fury-Chisora Heavyweight Fight Set for Nov. 22
The all-British heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora has been rescheduled for Nov. 22 in London.
Christian Hammer hoping to obliterate Tyson Fury on Saturday
WBO International Heavyweight title challenger Christian Hammer says hell smash-up Tyson Fury this Saturday night at The O2 and leave him.
TYSON FURY defeats Christian Hammer by TKO to retain WBO heavyweight.
Tyson Fury retained his WBO International Heavyweight Championship with an accomplished display against Christian Hammer in London. The 26-year-old went into the bout with his eyes firmly on Wladimir Klitschko and surely he has now earned his .
Sports of The Times;Talking Turkey on 155th Street
SIX fifteen Monday morning. The sky is still dark, the air cold and heavy. Two women sit patiently on folding chairs in front of the Prince Hall Masonic Temple on 155th Street in Harlem. Cathleen Lee and Gwanetta Council arrived just after the truck carrying 1,200 10-pound turkeys was unloaded by the Shriners yesterday.
Tyson: Strong, Silent and Sometimes Scared
LEAD: IN 1982, a film maker named Michael Marton began shooting a documentary on an amateur boxing program in Catskill, N.Y., run by Cus DAmato, the septuagenerian manager and trainer.
TYSON FURY vs. Christian Hammer: Fight Time, Date, Live Stream and TV Info
Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KO) is on the cusp of a shot at WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. However, Christian Hammer (17-3, 10 KO) is standing in his way. Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, Fury and Hammer will headline a card .
Frank Warren column: As long as he avoids Hammer blow, Tyson Fury is ready.
Of course, all this depends on Fury coming through without mishap against the Germany-based Romanian, whom is no stiff. He is a rated fighter so this is a big gamble. But one of the things I like about Tyson is that hes prepared to take risks. I.
Backtalk; Good Mike, Bad Mike and the Anti-Mike
With Mike gone, only the Anti-Mike can save us. This is about our two Mikes, Jordan the Good Mike and Tyson the Bad Mike. You might also call them the Cool Mike and the Hot Mike, the Plastic Mike and the Iron Mike, the Angel Mike who is applauded for skipping out on us and the Devil Mike who cant even get credit for a clean knockout.. Robert Lipsyte opinion column contrasts images of boxer Mike Tyson and retired basketball player Michael Jordan; photos (L)
Wembley set for TYSON FURY v Wladimir Klitschko showdown
As the mandatory challenger for the title, undefeated Fury cannot be denied his opportunity but he will still want to give an impressive performance on Saturday night on the BoxNation bill, particularly with the president of HBO, Ken Herschman at.
Its Just a Replay of the Bite, Right? But Oh, the Sore, Sore Feelings
The deal was to be quiet, left unannounced until the right time. The secret: CBS would pay Showtime Networks $750,000 to replay last Saturday nights pay-per-view Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson rematch. The secret was not to be revealed until later this month, well after 2 million buyers paid $50 each for Showtime Event Televisions telecast of the Tyson-bites-Holyfield fiasco, and the Showtime premium channel replayed the bout three times, starting Monday, to its universe of 15 million cable homes.. TV Sports column on recriminations over quiet deal in which CBS was to pay Showtime $750,000 to replay Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson bout, during which Tyson bit Holyfields ear; Showtime, irked by news leaks, rejects deal, which was not to be revealed until some 2 million buyers paid $50 each for pay-per-view broadcast (S)
But Theyre All So, So, You Know, Common
Iron Mikes still in the slammer. Will Tonya skate in Lillehammer? And if da Bills should dont win the game Theyll go right in the hall of shame. Lunch-pail heroes rarely make it in American sports anymore because the Athletic-Industrial Complex requires middle-class values and behavior along with winning. Marketing megabucks cant be risked on someone who might wake up in the wrong bed or forget which brand he plays for. Nikes victory over Reebok at Barcelona was a modern middle-class triumph, enlightened self-interest over blind patriotism.
Prefight Rhetoric Pulls No Punches
LEAD: There was name-calling and general nastiness today - a rhetorical club fight, so to speak - in the final news conference preceding Mike Tysons heavyweight title defense against Tyrell Biggs here Friday.
TYSON FURY trashes Deontay Wilder, but in no rush to fight him
By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it didnt take Britains heavyweight Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) to come out of the woodwork and start dumping on newly crowned WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) after his fine��.
Chisora, Fury Fight for Right to Take on Klitschko
Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury will meet in an all-British heavyweight fight in Manchester on July 26 for the right to challenge Wladimir Klitschko for his IBF, WBA and WBO titles.
Sports of The Times; Tysons Aura Says a Lot, About Him and the Public
WE became starkly aware of Mike Tysons appetites when he chewed off part of Evander Holyfields ear three years ago. Now, Tyson says, he wants Lennox Lewiss heart, and craves to eat Lewiss children, too. Ones first impulse is to tell Tyson: Curb your diet. Try broccoli. But with Tyson, jokes soon become lame. And a sense of sadness, of ugliness, of dread, creeps in sickeningly. He is the closest thing we have to a national boogeyman.. Ira Berkow Sports of The Times column discusses Mike Tysons first-round knockout of Lou Savarese and Tysons bizarre, disturbing statements following bout (M)
Tyson Never Let Up
LEAD: Back in November, at the Larry Holmes Training Center in Easton, Pa., the man after whom the facility was named was standing before the speed bag, talking - riffing, really - as his hands beat a steady rhythm on the small bag.
Wladimir Klitschko multi-world title magnet beckons Tyson Fury
Tyson Fury stands poised on Saturday night between the pinnacle of a mega-fight with world heavyweight supremo Wladimir Klitschko and the abyss of absurdly premature retirement, at just 26. The giant Manchester traveller can nail down a multi-world.
Tyson Era Is Now
MIKE TYSONS vocabulary is often as violent as his fists. In discussing his second-round knockout of Trevor Berbick, the new World Boxing Council heavyweight champion talked about how I was coming to destroy him and every punch had a murderous intention. Those phrases reflect the flames of his fury. But his lispy, little-boy voice somehow softens their heat. Instead of being repelled, most of his listeners seem to smile at the savage charm of this 20-year-old man-child who has led boxing into a new era. His era. Tyson is much more than merely the youngest boxer to hold a share of the heavyweight title. Hes the glow of a new dawn, the heavyweight that the boxing public has been waiting for since Muhammad Ali stumbled into the sunset.
Tyson Fury vs Christian Hammer and Carl Frampton vs Chris Avalos LIVE
We have a boxing triple-header tonight from Belfast and London as Tyson Fury and Chris Eubank Jnr face their respective opponents at the O2 Arena and Carl Frampton defends his world title against Chris Avalos at the Odyssey Arena. Fury never looked in .
Wladimir Klitschko open to British showdown with Tyson Fury
Ken Hershman, president of HBO Sports, will be in attendance at Furys clash with Christian Hammer at the O2 Arena with a view to assessing the possibility of the heavyweight world title fight to be held in Britain since David Hayes victory against.
TYSON FURY vs. Christian Hammer: Weigh-in Results, Takeaways
Ahead of their anticipated clash Saturday at The O2 Arena in London, heavyweights Tyson Fury and Christian Hammer tipped the scales at Fridays weigh-in. The undefeated Fury will face a tough test in the form of his Romanian opponent, but he has a .
Staff Predictions: Carl Frampton vs. Chris Avalos and Tyson.
Check out Round By Round Boxings staff predictions for Tyson Fury vs. Christian Hammer and Carl Frampton vs. Chris Avalos.
Riches in the Public Interest
LEAD: The negotiations unfolded like a mini-series and should probably have been held in Geneva. Shirtless Butch Lewis, representing Michael Spinks, and the dynamic duo of Jim Jacobs and Bill Cayton, Mike Tysons managers, mostly haggled about money, how to divide a gate expected to gross more than $30 million.
The Years Champions;Of Mickey, Mikey and Our Demons
Of all the fouls I have committed this year, from describing how sports has lost its moral resonance to suggesting that whats-his-name take a day off before he broke Lou Gehrigs record, nothing has caused as surprising a number of flags and whistles as the simple mention of Mike Tyson and Mickey Mantle in the same paragraph about crossover sports figures. Oh, the calls and the letters, a veritable drizzle of disgust and fury. It is an affront to humanity, went the cant; the Mick is an American hero, Iron Mike is a thug.
THE TYSON-BIGGS COLLISION COURSE
He sat in the fourth row ringside, watching Mike Tyson differently than anybody else was. Lou Duva wasnt there Tuesday night just to see the 19-year-old gladiator justify his sudden stature as the youngest heavyweight to headline a Madison Square Garden card. And the longtime trainer with the face of a clenched boxing glove certainly wasnt there just to be seen. No, he was there to study. To find the flaws in the hope of the heavyweight division who has a 21-0 record after a 10-round pounding of Mitch (Blood) Green. Theyre fighting Tyson all wrong, Duva was saying. Theyre standing in front of him. You got to go side to side.
Deontay Wilder and TYSON FURY jaw on Twitter - Bad Left Hook
Tyson Fury is well-known for speaking his mind, or just speaking in weird outbursts, and now hes trying to start a war of words with WBC heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder, the unbeaten American won dominated��.
Tyson Fury targets Klitschko, Wilder - inflates his own ego.
Tyson Fury says hes not bothered by any heavyweight in the division, and discusses how great he is.
Mike Tyson Film Takes a Swing at His Old Image
Mike Tyson, his days as heavyweight champion long behind him, finds himself on an unlikely path forward as a new documentary about his life makes its premiere at Cannes.
Tyson Fury camp confident over potential world title fight.
Tyson Furys co-promoter Mick Hennessy expects the Manchester heavyweight to fight Wladimir Klitschko this year.
Blood is thicker than water for heavyweight Tyson Fury ahead of his Christian.
Seven years ago, on Dec 6, a few hours before Tyson Fury made his professional debut on ITV, on the night Carl Froch won the WBC title against Jean Pascal watched by five million viewers, I was sitting with Peter Fury, as he related the struggles of.
Tyson Fury: Ill fight Deontay Wilder next if the money is right
By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) says hell face WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) next if the money is to.
TYSON FURY may retire if he loses to Christian Hammer
WBO International Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury and challenger Christian Hammer came head-to-head today at the Cineworld in The O2 ahead of Saturdays big showdown, live and exclusive on BoxNation. Undefeated Furys risks his title and WBO .
Tyson Fury wants knockout win over Christian Hammer on.
By Scott Gilfoid: #1 WBO heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) isnt just content with going out and beating #3 WBO Christian Hammer (17-3, 10 KOs) in their fight this month on 2/28. Fury wants to score a��.
Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora ready for another explosive.
Kevin Mitchell: While Fury and Chisora have behaved themselves in the long leadup to their heavyweight rematch, neither walks on the side of the angels, each owning a hard-won reputation for indiscretion.
Tyson Fury is more scared of SPIDERS than WBO heavyweight champion.
I would like to fight Wladimir because, number one, hes my mandatory, number two, hes the best in the division and number three, because hes an easy fight, said Fury. To be honest, Im the man in the division to beat. Everyone wants to fight me.
Chisora-Fury Fight Is Off After Sparring Injury
Dereck Chisora has withdrawn from his European heavyweight title fight against Tyson Fury after fracturing his hand during a sparring session.
Tyson Fury to Deontay Wilder: ���Ill rip your heart out and feed.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former Commonwealth heavyweight strap holder Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) was standing on his hind legs today in yapping at WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) from the safety of his��.