What are heavyweight boxers like Dubois and Usyk really earning? Sport Business With athletes usually trading through a limited company, what are heavyweight boxers like Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk really earning? When we talk about greatness in sport, we usually talk about physical strength, mindset and sacrifice. We rarely talk about financial resilience: how athletes protect what they’ve earned long after they’ve stepped out of the [...]
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Ricky Hatton joins boxing’s comeback trail 13 years after retirement Sport British former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton has become the latest high-profile boxer to announce a comeback, 13 years after he hung up his gloves. Fan favourite Hatton retired in 2012, bringing down the curtain on a career in which he became a unified world champion at light-welterweight and won a world title at middleweight. [...]
Tyson Fury’s wealth almost doubles after Usyk bout June 30, 2025 The wealth of former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury almost doubled thanks to his unification title fight with Oleksandr Usyk, it has been revealed. The self-styled Gypsy King saw his wealth surge from £82.2m to £161.9m in the 12 months to the end of September 2024, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. [...]
Anthony Joshua will probably retire next year, says Eddie Hearn June 11, 2025 Anthony Joshua is likely to retire next year after three more fights, ideally including a double bill with Tyson Fury, says his promoter Eddie Hearn. The two-time world heavyweight champion is still planning his next move, having not fought since a damaging knockout defeat by fellow Briton Daniel Dubois nine months ago. A long-awaited showdown [...]
Wembley lined up for Usyk-Dubois undisputed heavyweight title fight April 15, 2025 London’s National football stadium Wembley is being lined up to host Oleksandr Usyk’s undisputed heavyweight fight with Daniel Dubois. The arch-topped arena has hosted eight headline bouts before and could stage one of Ukrainian Usyk’s final fights in July this year. Dubois has taken on Anthony Joshua previously at the 90,000-seater stadium in north London, [...]
Tyson Fury ‘will never fight again’, top promoter says April 15, 2025 Boxing promoter Bob Arum insists Tyson Fury “will never fight again” after the Brit retired from fighting earlier this year. The Gypsy King retired from professional boxing for the fourth time back in January, throwing into doubt the opportunity to see him take on Anthony Joshua in a highly anticipated Battle of Britain bout. But [...]
Wembley considered for Usyk undisputed heavyweight fight with Dubois March 12, 2025 Wembley Stadium could host the undisputed heavyweight boxing world title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois. Ukrainian Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis last May when he beat Tyson Fury in Riyadh but relinquished one of his belts when he couldn’t face Dubois due to a rematch clause with [...]
Daniel Dubois next fight: Brit mulls Usyk revenge mission and Joshua rematch February 24, 2025 Daniel Dubois is weighing up a rematch with either Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua after being forced to pull out of his £7m world title defence against Joseph Parker. IBF heavyweight champion Dubois was ruled out of the scheduled fight with Parker in Riyadh on Saturday at short notice after falling ill and his stand-in [...]
Tyson Fury turns back on £100m Joshua fight by announcing retirement January 13, 2025 Tyson Fury appears to have turned his back on a £100m windfall by announcing his retirement from boxing in the wake of a second defeat by Oleksandr Usyk. Fury, 36, made the shock statement in a short video clip posted to Instagram on Monday, just three weeks after he lost to Usyk in a controversial [...]