Tyson Fury - report

British boxer (born 1988)

Tyson Luke Fury is a British professional boxer. He has held the WBC heavyweight title since 2020. Previously, he held the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles from 2015 to 2016, and the Ring magazine title twice between 2015 and 2022. With his defeat of Wilder, Fury became the third heavyweight, after Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali, to hold The Ring magazine title twice, and is widely considered by media outlets to be the lineal heavyweight champion. As of December 2022, Fury is ranked as the world's best active heavyweight by BoxRec and ESPN. He is also ranked as the second best active boxer, pound-for-pound, by BoxRec, sixth by ESPN and the Boxing Writers Association of America, and seventh by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

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WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury beat Derek Chisora on Saturday night. The 34-year-old is now undefeated after 34 fights. Wayne Rooney believes Fury deserves a knighthood from King Charles III. Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua are other potential opponents.
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Britain's Tyson Fury retains his WBC heavyweight title with 10th round stoppage of Derek Chisora. 'Gypsy King' challenges Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk for unification fight. Denis Berinchyk beats Yvan Mendy by UD to win the European lightweight title. Daniel Dubois defends his WBA (regular) heavyweight belt for the first time.
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Tyson Fury will defend his WBC heavyweight crown against Derek Chisora. The fight will take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 3. It will be Fury’s first fight since stopping Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium in April.
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Oleksandr Usyk beat Anthony Joshua to win the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. Tyson Fury watched the fight from the United Kingdom, having announced his'retirement' from the sport earlier in the month. Fury took to social media after the fight to malign UsyK and Joshua.
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Tyson Fury retains WBC heavyweight title, defeating Dillian Whyte in six rounds. Fury floored Whyte with a crushing right uppercut to the chin in the closing seconds of the round. The victory sets up the prospect of a unification showdown with either Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua.
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Tyson Fury takes on Dillian Whyte at Wembley on Saturday night. 'The Gypsy King' fights back in the UK for the first time since 2018. More than 90,000 fans are expected to pack into England’s national football stadium.