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Klitschko, 42, holds the WBC belt. He had been the subject of attempts to prevent him from standing because of his residency rights in Germany. He is head of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform political party. He stated his intention to the country's parliament on Thursday. "Everything that has taken place in parliament today with texts of laws, directly backed by ruling party deputies, does not intimidate me and will not stop me," Klitschko said....

Not unlike Walsh, Evander Holyfield’s son, Evan Holyfield, knows a thing or two about dealing with the pressure of carrying a legacy forward. Evan Holyfield has had six professional fights under his name, winning all six. It was recently confirmed that the two young fighters would fight on the same card on October 23 in Las Vegas. The card will be headlined by the championship bout between Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson for the WBO super-featherweight title....

Tyson Fury took on Deontay Wilder for the third and final time in October last year. The fight was an instant classic. Joshua training for his next fight with Fury vs. Wilder III playing in the background has raised a lot of eyebrows. Take a look at the video: Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury do not get on well. Neither fighter appears to have any love or respect for the other....

‘Tank’ is set to defend his WBA (regular) Lightweight Championship against 14-0 fighter Rolando Romero on May 28, 2022. Despite the 27-year-old showing a lot of loopholes in his last fight against Isaac Cruz, which could be exploited by ‘Rolly’, he walks into the fight as a massive favorite. Gervonta Davis is backed by many to get a knockout against Rolando Romero, including Errol Spence Jr. During a recent interview with Fight Hub TV, the Unified Welterweight Champion suggested that Davis’ power will be too much for ‘Rolly’ to handle....

Take a look at the video: ‘KingRy’ is finally making a comeback to the ring after more than a year away from. Garcia had a number of problems that caused him to take multiple breaks from fighting. It will be interesting to see if ring rust proves to be a problem for the Mexican American. His fight against Emmanuel Tagoe could set him up for bigger fights in the division....

Take a look at the tweet: Longtime rivals Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have an understanding of each other’s abilities following three grueling fights. Wilder is currently recovering from surgery and will likely look to fight again this year. Despite his losses to ‘The Gypsy King’, he is still the hardest hitting puncher in the entire division. He poses a threat to any heavyweight because of his sheer knockout power....

In the past seven years, 34 states passed laws or implemented executive orders penalizing boycotts of Israel. These laws are, in large part, the outcome of a close and troubling relationship between the Israeli and U.S. right-wing. Alarmingly, Republican state legislators have begun using these laws as a template to stifle dissent on other issues. Legislation has now been introduced in 15 states penalizing boycotts of the fossil fuel and firearms industries....

Indo-Romanian tennis pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea moved past the scratch combine of Andy Murray and Daniel Nestor to advance to the men’s doubles quarterfinals of the $1.5 million Washington Open. The third seeds took just over an hour to defeat the Scottish-Canadian pair 2-6, 6-1, 10-3 on the outdoor hard courts of the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Centre on Monday. Super tie-break After sharing the first two sets, it all boiled down to the super tie-break where Bopanna and Mergea’s net game proved far better than that of Murray and Nestor....

(Eds: Updating with men’s doubles results) Palembang, Aug 22 (PTI) Ankita Raina and top seeds men’s doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan assured India of at least a couple of bronze medals in the tennis competition by progressing to the semifinals at the Asian Games here today. World no. 189, Raina dispatched Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong 6-4 6-1 to enter the last four of the women’s singles competition....

RELATED: Borderlands 3 Will Retain Sense of Humor Without Being Insensitive In anticipation of Borderlands 3, here are the saddest characters death in the Borderlands series. 5 5. Handsome Jack Handsome Jack is a homicidal maniac throughout Borderlands 2, but Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel succeeds in showing a somewhat different side to him, and paints him in a less antagonistic light. Even so, Handsome Jack’s death in Borderlands 2 isn’t sad at all because it comes after he was directly responsible for killing some of the Borderlands franchise’s most beloved characters....

Following this, Randy Pitchford, President and CEO of Borderlands 3 developer Gearbox Software, recently responded to a fan asking why Baker wasn’t brought back. Surprisingly, Pitchford painted a completely different picture of the situation, admitting that the Gearbox audio director did reach out for Baker to come back, but the voice actor turned the offer down. Pitchford then cryptically says that he ultimately doesn’t think any of this matters based on how Rhys appears in-game, prompting fans to judge for themselves once the game comes out....

Fans of the Borderlands franchise may already be familiar with the Infinity pistol, as it appeared previously in Borderlands 2. Manufactured by Vladof, the legendary Infinity pistol did not consume ammunition and ignored standard recoil behavior, instead firing in an infinity pattern. The Borderlands 3 legendary Infinity pistol behaves in much the same way, but the variant of the pistol detailed here comes with an added bonus for those that have selected FL4K as their Vault Hunter of choice....

The highly anticipated Mayhem 2.0 Update for Borderlands 3 completely changes the way the mode currently works. First and foremost, players no longer need to visit Sanctuary III in order to change or activate Mayhem levels. Instead, the options will be housed inside of the ECHO Device menu. Better yet, when playing multiplayer, the game will attempt to match players who are running a similar Mayhem level, though it will ultimately be determined by the host player....

Gamers often bring their favorite titles into the fray when it comes to the holidays, looking to everything from the cozy Animal Crossing to building Christmas trees entirely out of games. While the violence and general crass humor of Borderlands might not make everyone think of Christmas-time, any Borderlands fans would likely be thrilled to receive one of these boxes. RELATED: Gamer Shows Off Impressive 8-Bit Inspired Christmas Tree...

Borussia Dortmund come into this game on the back of a 3-2 win over Sebastian Hoeness’ Hoffenheim in the league. Goals from Norwegian superstar Erling Braut Haaland and experienced attacker Marco Reus and an own goal from left-back David Raum ensured victory for Marco Rose’s Borussia Dortmund. Goals from Croatian forward Andrej Kramaric and young French attacker Georginio Rutter proved to be a mere consolation for Hoffenheim. Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, beat Markus Weinzierl’s Augsburg 5-1 in the Bundesliga....

Karim Benzema and Casemiro scored a goal each in the dying embers to cancel out Marcus Thuram’s brace and earn a valuable point for Los Blancos. Despite the morale-boosting Clasico victory at the weekend, this was another average performance from Zinedine Zidane’s side, who were ruthlessly exposed on the break by the Foals. They were behind for a vast majority of the game but managed to produce a late comeback to save face....

In a viral post uploaded Sunday to the popular antiwork Reddit group, which can be seen here, now-suspended user Little_Rip_1193 shared several messages between her fiancé and her employer, branding the manager’s behavior as “disgusting.” The messages started with the woman noting that she was scheduled to work when her maternity leave started, but the manager said it was “never approved” as she apparently submitted it at “short notice” two months ago....

The event drew 7,000 fans and many of those fans were in the corner of the “local guys.” MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year The TD Garden transformed from the usual basketball and hockey arena for the Celtics and Bruins, respectively, to the boxing ring in the center of where the court or ice would be. “I first walked out … it was great," local fighter Mark “The Bazooka” DeLuca told Sporting News....

The fixture was supposed to feature multiple All-Star candidates, but Paul George and Jaylen Brown were on the sidelines. As a result, the contest turned into a competition between two of the best frontcourt players in the association, as Kawhi Leonard and Jayson Tatum went mano o mano. The game went down to the wire as Lou Williams made big plays down the stretch. That said, it was Kemba Walker’s night as he surged late in the game with a big bucket to give his side the advantage as the Boston Celtics were able to hold on for the victory....

Date & Time: Friday, 15th November 2019 (10:30 PM ET) Venue: Chase Center, San Francisco, CA Last Game Results Boston Celtics (9-1): 140-133 win over the Washington Wizards Golden State Warriors (2-10): 94-120 defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics Preview The Boston Celtics have made an excellent start to the season. There were concerns that their winning streak could end soon following Gordon Hayward’s injury last week, but Brad Stevens’ men have won nine straight games and are looking like a deadly force....