The Forum, Inglewood, California - Making his American debut, Olympic gold medal winner Oleksandr Usyk (11-0, 10KOs) scored three knockdowns to stop Thabiso Mchunu (17-3, 11KOs) in the ninth round to retain his WBO cruiserweight championship for the...
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs) weighed 199.6 pounds for the third fight HBO will televise Saturday night, a 12-round defense of Usyk’s WBO world cruiserweight title. Usyk’s opponent, South Africa’s Thabiso Mchunu (17-2, 11 KOs), weighed 198.6...
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Joe Smith’s message after he and Bernard Hopkins weighed in at 174 pounds apiece Friday was simple. “I’m just gonna show that I am common,” said Smith (22-1, 18 KOs), who works as a laborer on Long Island when he’s not training for fights. “But I’m g...
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In addition to Hopkins and Smith, Jr., co-main event fighters Joseph "Jojo" Diaz, Jr. (22-0, 13 KOs) and Horacio Garcia (30-1-1, 21 KOs) who will fight for Diaz, Jr.'s NABF Featherweight Title; and Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs) and Thabiso Mchunu (17-...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - For anyone else, it might be a traumatic experience. For Oleksandr Usyk, going 12 rounds for the first time in just his 10th professional fight after winning each of his previous nine by knockout was just another night at the offi...
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Newly crowned World Boxing Organization Cruiserweight Champion, Oleksandr Usyk, (10-0, 9 KOs) of Kiev, Ukraine will make his highly anticipated United States debut in his first title defense against world ranked contender Thabiso “The Rock” Mchunu, (...
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As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs) was hunting for a viable opponent for an undercard position on the upcoming event featuring a light heavyweight battle between Bernard Hopkins and Joe Smith Jr. - which takes pla...
