Joshua Primo is out in San Antonio. The Spurs announced on Friday night that they had waived Primo, who they used the No. 12 overall pick on in last year’s draft. “It is our hope that, in the long run, this decision will serve the best interest of both the organization and Joshua,” Spurs CEO RC Buford said in a brief statement. The Spurs did not elaborate on why they opted to waive Primo — who, now 19, was the youngest player selected in the 2021 draft. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich quickly shut… Source link
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Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk celebrates after beating Britain’s Anthony Joshua to retain his world heavyweight title at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Oleksandr Usyk stood in the pocket for the better part of 36 minutes on Saturday, daring one of the hardest hitting heavyweights in recent times to hit him. Usyk would duck his head, slide his torso to the right or glide a step to his left to evade the bombs being thrown by former… Source link
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With Tyson Fury out of the picture for now, Anthony Joshua has his next fight lined up. The WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion will face former unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on Sept. 25 in London, his promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole reported earlier this month that the two sides were planning for that date. Joshua was initially slated to face Fury, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champ, in a unification bout this summer, but a legal… Source link
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Anthony Joshua officially, firmly and finally put Andy Ruiz Jr. in the rearview mirror on Saturday. For most people, 2020 has been the nightmare year of their lives. For Joshua, the 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist, it was 2019 that was the disastrous year. Joshua was stunningly knocked out by Ruiz on June 1 in one of the sport’s biggest upsets. He regained the IBF-WBA-WBO heavyweight titles on Dec. 7 by outpointing a chubby and overweight Ruiz, but he fought timidly and… Source link
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