Turns out traveling to London & beating Anthony Joshua for heavyweight titles won't even come close to being the most admirable, courageous thing Oleksandr Usyk has done in just the last 6 months. We feel for you & your people, champ, really feel.
Keith Idec
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Keith Idec
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Senior writer/columnist for The Ring. Grateful for The Record/Herald News, Reeno Inc., CBS/Paramount & Yahoo! Sports/Uncrowned. Started from the bottom.
- Ryan Garcia just came in at 144.9 pounds for their 2nd-day weigh-in. Gervonta Davis weighed 144.1. They can now add as much weight as they want before they enter the ring tonight for their 12-round fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
- It is fascinating to hear people who don't regularly follow boxing explain how a 54-year-old Mike Tyson could become champion again.
- Mikey Garcia is about 50 feet away from where I'm eating breakfast right now at the fight hotel's restaurant. Signing autographs, shaking hands, treating everyone with respect. Just like always. A complete class act & credit to this sport. #SpenceGarcia
- Ryan Garcia just said that he wants Teofimo Lopez at 140 next if the Tank Davis fight can’t be made. #GarciaFortuna
- Frank Martin (16-0, 12 KOs) and Michel Rivera (24-0, 14 KOs) have agreed to meet in a fight between unbeaten lightweights December 17th. It’ll be the main event of a “Showtime Boxing: Special Edition” telecast. Props to both for taking it. Story coming soon to @boxingscene.com.
- Shakur Stevenson-Artem Harutyunyan was the most-watched boxing main event ESPN aired in 2024. Average audience on the network was 1,180,000. Peaked at 1,254,000. Those Nielsen numbers don't include ESPN+ viewership, only linear TV viewers. ESPN+ figures aren't released by ESPN.
- Been told that the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia fight generated just over 1.2 million PPV buys across all platforms, much more than most insiders projected. Ticket revenue was approximately $22.8 million, making it the fifth-largest gate for boxing in Nevada history. #DavisGarcia
- Lamont Roach is contractually committed to an immediate rematch with Gervonta Davis through TGB Promotions. A summer stadium fight in Baltimore, D.C. or anywhere in the DMV should be next. Right after the NYSAC addresses WTF happened early in the 9th round. #TankRoach
- P.S. Edwin De Los Santos will be paid his entire purse.The scheduled bout between Keyshawn Davis and Edwin De Los Santos is officially OFF after Davis was stripped of his WBO lightweight world title Friday due to missing weight by over four pounds. Ring ambassador Abdullah Mason will be featured as the main event against Jeremia
- Tyson Fury just told us this is the 1st time undefeated heavyweight champs have fought since Ali & Frazier in 1971. Weren't he & Wilder undefeated when they fought the 1st time? 🤔 #WilderFury2
- After warranted concern about the judging of Usyk-Fury 2 the past few days, judges Gerardo Martinez, Patrick Morley & Ignacio Robles got it exactly right. Keep them in mind for future assignments to high-profile fights. #UsykFury2
- Arum just said Don King called him last night & told him they've "screwed the world" by both making it to 90 years old. 😂
- Terence Crawford just said on IG Live someone from a hedge fund offered him & Spence $25M apiece guaranteed to fund their fight. Crawford said Al Haymon told him he wouldn't allow anyone else to "touch this fight." #CrawfordSpence
