February 2025

As the heavyweight division continues to shift, one potential matchup has captured the imagination of boxing fans: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Wladimir Klitschko.

At 38, Usyk remains at the top, having unified the WBO, WBA and WBC titles with his second victory over Tyson Fury. Yet, rumors of retirement persist, and speculation is growing around a possible farewell fight against fellow Ukrainian legend Klitschko. Should this clash come to fruition, it could be the biggest bout of 2025.

Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, has suggested that an all-Ukrainian showdown between the two would provide the perfect conclusion to the unified heavyweight champion’s career. Both men represent the pinnacle of Ukraine’s boxing legacy, making a potential fight between them a highly anticipated spectacle.

But while the matchup intrigues, uncertainty looms over Usyk’s future in the sport, with retirement still very much a possibility.

If he decides to retire, the heavyweight division could see a dramatic shift. Daniel Dubois, who has long been eyeing a rematch with Usyk, would be in position to take the mantle. After a stunning knockout of Anthony Joshua to claim the IBF world title, Dubois has cemented himself as one of the division’s most dangerous and ambitious contenders.

His victory over Joshua has revitalized his career, and the prospect of a rematch with Usyk now carries even more weight. Dubois, who faces Joseph Parker on Feb. 22 in Riyadh, sees the fight as a crucial step toward unifying the division himself.

A win over Parker would bring him closer to a shot at Usyk—or position him as the future champion should the Ukrainian retire.

Should Usyk continue his reign, a rematch with Dubois becomes increasingly likely. After their initial meeting in August 2023, in which Usyk emerged victorious, the potential for a second fight is heightened by Dubois’ newfound confidence and championship status.

His dominant performance over Joshua has set the stage for a much higher-stakes encounter, and the heavyweight world would be watching closely.

Meanwhile, looming over the division is Klitschko, now nearing 49 years old. The former heavyweight king is rumored to be contemplating a return to the ring, with hopes of breaking George Foreman’s record as the oldest heavyweight champion ever. Should Klitschko make a comeback, a fight with Usyk would be the most intriguing option, providing the ultimate Ukrainian clash.

However, Klitschko’s return is not yet confirmed. While he has shown a deep commitment to Ukraine amid the ongoing war, he has yet to decide whether to re-enter the sport. His potential comeback and the possibility of facing Usyk make for one of boxing’s most compelling stories in 2025.

With the heavyweight division on the cusp of significant change, the question remains: Is Usyk vs. Klitschko the superfight boxing needs in 2025? Regardless of whether it happens, the decisions of these two iconic figures will undoubtedly shape the future of the division.

BOXING

Usyk’s Reign Continues! What This Award Means for His Legacy

The Boxing Writers Association of America released the results of its annual awards naming the best boxer, fight, trainer and manager of 2024, as well as several supporting honors.

Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Tyson Fury twice in 2024, was named the BWAA Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year.
Usyk also took part in what may be the BWAA’s other most prestigious award, the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier Fight of the Year, which went to his first meeting with Fury, held on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Eddie Futch Trainer of the Year award went to Robert Garcia, who runs his boxing academy in Oxnard, California. In 2024, Garcia guided rising pound-for-pound super flyweight star Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and new interim super welterweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr., among others.

Egis Klimas was named BWAA Cus D’Amato Manager of the Year. Klimas manages the careers of Usyk and Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Other 2024 BWAA award winners include Bruce Silverglade (Nice Guy); Marv Albert (Broadcasting); Brad Goodman (Meritorious Service); Prichard Colon (Courage to Overcome Adversity).

BOXING

Money Mayweather Strikes Again—Why Mayweather’s Latest Purchase Has Everyone Talking

Floyd Mayweather is no stranger to extravagant car shopping sprees, and his latest purchase proves he has no plans of slowing down. With his 48th birthday still weeks away, the undefeated boxing champion decided to celebrate early by adding two brand-new Rolls-Royces to his already massive collection.

Mayweather, known for his over-the-top spending habits, reportedly spent $1.2 million on the pair, further cementing his reputation for acquiring luxury vehicles on a whim. The Rolls-Royces, both 2025 editions, were purchased from his go-to dealership, Champions Motoring.

One of Mayweather’s latest additions is far from standard. This Rolls-Royce features Mansory’s signature customizations, making it stand out even among the boxer’s already impressive fleet. The vehicle, finished in sleek black, boasts a Starlight Headliner, Charles Blue leather interior, and gloss black trim. The Mansory badge on the sills confirms that this isn’t just another luxury sedan—this one comes with a few performance and aesthetic upgrades.

Externally, the car features an exposed carbon-fiber rear wing, a quad-pipe exhaust system, and larger aftermarket wheels. While details about any engine modifications remain unclear, Mansory’s reputation suggests that the performance could have been tweaked as well.

The second Rolls-Royce Mayweather purchased is a black Cullinan with yellow accents (the picture above is a stock Cullinan), including the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament, wheel center caps, and front fender badging. The interior follows the same theme, sporting a bright yellow leather finish that isn’t offered in Rolls-Royce’s standard lineup.

Floyd Mayweather’s Garage Highlights

Nearly 20 Rolls-Royces
Three Bugattis
Two Ferraris
Brabus-tuned Mercedes-AMG G63
McLaren GT

With these latest acquisitions, Mayweather’s garage now reportedly holds at least 19 Rolls-Royces. His collection, estimated to be worth over $200 million, also includes three Bugattis, two Ferraris, and a Mercedes-AMG G63 modified by Brabus. Just last summer, the former champion walked into a dealership intending to buy a Rolls-Royce and ended up leaving with three cars—a Phantom, a Ghost, and a McLaren GT.

BOXING

‘Too much too soon’ – Floyd Mayweather $600m mega-fight named as reason for Conor McGregor downfall

Conor McGregor’s $600m mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather may well have ruined his career in the long-term.

McGregor took a break from his primary sport, MMA, in 2017 to fight boxing’s poster boy Mayweather in a monumental crossover bout.

The bout came only nine months after McGregor set UFC history by becoming the first fighter in the promotion to hold two of their titles simultaneously.

McGregor had knocked out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to win the UFC featherweight title in 2015 before doing the same to Eddie Alvarez in two rounds when they met almost one year later at UFC 205.

His subsequent fight with Mayweather was quite rightly billed as ‘The Money Fight’, as it generated more than $600milion to become the second most lucrative bout in the history of combat sports.

It was beaten only by Mayweather’s super fight with Manny Pacquiao two years prior, which also generated a similar amount as the former extended his record to 48-0.

And two UFC experts believe it might have been the wrong move considering his current plight.

“Is there a case for saying all that money he earned against Floyd Mayweather soon afterwards ruined him?” Gareth A Davies asked Ade Oladipo on talkSPORT MMA.

“Yeah,” Oladipo responded before Davies added: “Too much money, too much fame.”

“Too much too soon, too much too soon. It’s a shame isn’t it?” Oladipo said.

“You ask for these things, you dream about them, you beg for them. When they come, you don’t know how to handle them.

“He went from earning good money with the UFC to just life-changing money in one night.

“You ask for these things, you dream about them, you beg for them. When they come, you don’t know how to handle them.

“He went from earning good money with the UFC to just life-changing money in one night.

MMA fans around the world may be optimistic with their views on McGregor making a return one day, but Davies is certainly not.

“I don’t think he’ll ever fight again,” he said. “I really don’t.”

“It’s the Conor McGregor tour now he’s no longer a fighter. He’s involved with the bare knuckle and promoting that.

“He says he’s going to fight Jeremy Stephens, who was always going to be a good bare knuckle fighter.

“And I think Conor out of control is a good description, but he’s certainly on the road it looks like all the time enjoying himself, partying and you cant condone that behaviour [the spitting incident]…

“He’s 37 in July…four fights in the last seven years.”

He became a minority owner of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) in April 2024 and has been spotted at several of their events, including one in Newcastle last November.

BKFC hosted their biggest event to date, KnuckleMania V, in January, and McGregor told the promotion’s founder David Feldman to ‘make a date’ for his bare knuckle debut against Jeremy Stephens, who had just beaten former UFC star Alvarez in the main event.

BOXING

Canelo Names The Only Fighter Who Truly Deserved To Beat Floyd Mayweather

Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez suffered the first defeat of his impressive career against Floyd Mayweather in 2013.

The 34-year-old from Guadalajara, Mexico stepped up to face the all-time-great back in September 2013, putting his WBC light middleweight title on the line in what was his biggest test to date and an opportunity to hand ‘Money’ the first defeat of his career.

After 12 cagey rounds, the judges scored it as a majority decision in favour of Mayweather, although many felt the cards did not do the American star justice after he put on a sublime performance, comprehensively out-boxing and out-punching Canelo.

With experience in facing the former pound-for-pound superstar, Canelo has spoken out and revealed who he believes should have been given the nod in a fight against Mayweather, which would have added the first blemish to his perfect unbeaten record.

In a resurfaced YouTube clip, Canelo believes Oscar De La Hoya had done enough to defeat Mayweather when the pair fought back in May 2007.

Billed as ‘The World Awaits’, De La Hoya and ‘Money’ Mayweather fought each other in one of the most lucrative contests in the history of boxing. Mayweather was declared the winner via split decision, dethroning ‘The Golden Boy’ of his WBC light middleweight title in the process. The judges score totals were met with a number of mixed reactions, with some viewers believing that De La Hoya had done enough to be declared the winner.

They were due to meet in a rematch one-year later, although chances of a second fight fizzled out for a number of reasons. De La Hoya fought on two more occasions before retiring, suffering a stoppage defeat to Manny Pacquiao in his 45th and final contest.

TENNIS

Are they coming BACK TOGETHER? Tiger Wood hug ex-wife Elin Nordegren

Tiger Woods has a lot to celebrate.
As the golf legend’s 15-year-old son Charlie Woods—whom he shares with ex-wife Elin Nordegren—scored his first-ever hole in one during the final round of the…

BOXING

AMAZING! The “GWOAT” Claressa Shields makes history and achieves what neither Usyk, Crawford nor Inoue have done

Claressa Shields (16-0; 3 KOs) became the undisputed women’s heavyweight champion after defeating Danielle Perkins (5-1; 0) by unanimous decision (100-89, 99-90, 97-92) in her hometown of Flint, Michigan. Although the size difference was evident, the experience of the two-time Olympic champion and the age difference (29 to 42) was more decisive.

In any case, Shields, who proclaimed herself the ‘GWOAT’ (Greatest Woman of All Time), made history by becoming the first female boxer to be crowned undisputed champion in a third weight category. Since there are four belts, in men there are three fighters who have been in two divisions: Oleksandr Usyk, Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford. Among the girls, Katie Taylor has ruled in two weights.

From the start, it was clear that Shields was going to take advantage of her speed. She is tough and was ready to get in and out quickly. The second round was really entertaining, as Perkins realized that her opponent was extremely effective, so in the final seconds she went all out despite the risks. In the third round there was again a lot of dynamite.

Claressa continued to dominate and even attack with the jab. In the seventh, adrenaline levels rose again. Although the result did not seem to be in danger if it went to the end, the contest remained interesting because Perkins threw punches with a lot of bad temper. However, Shields shone in the ninth and in the tenth she sent her opponent to the canvas just before the end. If there is one thing about women’s 10×2, it is that the fights are very intense.

According to the champion, she fought very depleted: “I think I’m going to have to have surgery on my left arm. I tore my labrum last week, so the fight almost didn’t happen. I didn’t want to disappoint my city, but I really couldn’t use my jab the way I wanted to,” she said.

His triumph comes just as a biographical film about his early years in boxing, entitled ‘The Fire Inside’ has been released

BOXING

Oleksandr Usyk Just Earn a new Recognition together with some of your fav. Check it out!

The Boxing Writers Association of America on Monday released the results of its annual awards naming the best fighter, fight, trainer and manager of 2024, as well as several supporting honors.

Lineal, unified and de facto undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Tyson Fury twice in 2024, was named the BWAA Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year.

Usyk was also involved in what may be the BWAA’s other most prestigious award, the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier Fight of the Year, which went to his first meeting with Fury. Usyk battled and defeated Fury over 12 rounds on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Eddie Futch Trainer of the Year award went to Robert Garcia, who runs his eponymous boxing academy in Oxnard, California. In 2024, Garcia guided emerging pound-for-pound junior bantamweight star Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and new junior middleweight interim titleholder Vergil Ortiz Jnr, among others, while helping construct the perfect game plan for Jose Valenzuela to upset Isaac Cruz in August.

Egis Klimas was named the BWAA’s Cus D’Amato Manager of the Year. Klimas manages Usyk and Vasiliy Lomachenko, who bounced back from a 2023 defeat to Devin Haney with a win over George Kambosos Jnr to win a lightweight title last May in Kambosos’ native Australia.

Full list of BWAA awards winners and nominees are as follows

Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year: Oleksandr Usyk

Additional BWAA 2024 awards winners include Bruce Silverglade (Good Guy); Marv Albert (Broadcast); Brad Goodman (Meritorious Service); Prichard Colon (Courage in Overcoming Adversity).

Artur Beterbiev

Daniel Dubois

Zurdo Ramirez

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez

Oleksandr Usyk

Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier Fight of the Year: Oleksandr Usyk W 12 Tyson Fury I

Raymond Ford KO 12 Otabek Kholmatov

Derek Chisora W 10 Joe Joyce

Vergil Ortiz Jnr W 12 Serhii Bohachuk

Kenshiro Teraji W 12 Carlos Canizales

Oleksandr Usyk W 12 Tyson Fury I

Eddie Futch Trainer of the Year: Robert Garcia

Don Charles

Freddy Fundora

Robert Garcia

Rudy Hernandez

Yuri Tkachenko

Cus D’Amato Manager of the Year: Egis Klimas

Keith Connolly

Egis Klimas

Vadim Kornilov

Brian Peters

Marvin Kohn Good Guy: Bruce Silverglade

Russ Anber

Sam Jackson/Andrew Roberts

Steve Pratt

Bruce Silverglade

Don Turner

Sam Taub Broadcast: Marv Albert

Marv Albert

Jim Gray

Dave Harmon

Mauro Ranallo

James “Smitty” Smith

Barney Nagler Long and Meritorious Service: Brad Goodman

Brad Goodman

Randy Gordon

Henry Hascup

Don Majeski

John Sheppard

John McCain & Bill Crawford Courage in Overcoming Adversity: Prichard Colon and family

Prichard Colon and family

Billy Dib

Vanes Martirosyan

Christy Martin

BOXING

See What Jake Paul offer Saquon Barkley if he is named MVP in the Super Bowl

Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, boxer and YouTuber Jake Paul has thrown down an unusual challenge to Saquon Barkley.

The Philadelphia Eagles running back, already one of the top players in the NFL, now has an additional incentive to shine on football’s biggest stage: Paul has promised to give him one of his Ferraris if he wins Super Bowl MVP.

While Barkley doesn’t need much motivation, given his incredible talent and the opportunity to prove himself on the Super Bowl stage, Paul’s offer of a luxury sports car is an interesting twist.

“If you win the Super Bowl MVP, I think you can do it brother … I will give you one of my Ferraris.” Paul declared.

It’s a gesture that underscores Paul’s confidence in Barkley’s abilities while offering a fun, high-stakes reward for an already highly motivated player.

Super Bowl and a birthday bonus for Barkley

This year’s Super Bowl is even more significant for Barkley-it falls on his birthday. Playing for a Lombardi Trophy and celebrating his personal milestone could provide the perfect backdrop for Barkley to cement his legacy.

The Philadelphia Eagles will be taking on the Kansas City Chiefs, and Barkley’s performance could not only change the outcome of the game but also earn him the MVP title that Paul has wagered on.

Despite being a Cleveland Browns fan, Paul and Barkley have a somewhat surprising connection. When mentalist Oz visited the Eagles, Barkley was seen wearing a sweatshirt from Paul’s personal brand, “W”. While their history is limited, Paul’s offer is clearly meant to spur on the Eagles’ star player, fueling the belief that Barkley has the potential to dominate in the Super Bowl.

While the Chiefs are gunning for a three-peat as champions, Saquon Barkley has become a fan favorite across the country, with many rooting for the Eagles to bring the title home. The added motivation from Paul’s offer could be the spark that helps Barkley reach the pinnacle of his career, not just with a Super Bowl win, but with the MVP trophy to go along with it.

As the big game approaches, all eyes will be on Barkley, with fans eagerly anticipating what could be a historic performance-and perhaps a shiny new Ferrari as a reward for his efforts.

BOXING

Finally You won’t believe!! Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford have reached an agreement to face each other

Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) got his guy and likely secured a serious bag in the process.

According to Ring Magazine, Canelo Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KO) and Crawford have an agreement in place to fight on September 13 at a yet-to-be-determined venue in Las Vegas.

The fight will be contested at 168 pounds and will be for Canelo’s super middleweight titles. Since Crawford began working with Saudi powerbroker Turki Alalshikh, the future Hall-of-Famer has made it clear that he wanted to set up a superfight with the Mexican legend.

After making his preference known for more than a year, it appears Canelo is on board for what could produce the largest payday in boxing history. Canelo, 34, is expected to keep with his tradition of fighting in May ahead of his September fight.

he prime candidate for the fight in May is William Scull. Following a unanimous decision win over Vladimir Shishkin, Scull became the IBF super middleweight champion. If Canelo fights and defeats Scull, he will once again be the undisputed super middleweight champion.

Crawford is the reigning WBA junior middleweight champion at 154 pounds, so he will be moving up two weight classes to face a fellow all-time great in one of the biggest boxing matches in the past 10 years.

The fight is expected to be the main event for an upcoming Riyadh Season event. It seems like the T-Mobile Arena, MGM Grand, or even Allegiant Stadium could be the landing place for the fight.

Also, based on the precedent Alalshikh and Riyadh Season have established over the past two years, it wouldn’t be a shock if the card was stacked with other intriguing fights to guarantee a mega event.