Fabio Wardley has booked his first heavyweight world title defence, a cracking match-up against Daniel Dubois. The champion from Ipswich beat Joseph Parker last year to take the WBO interim belt and was upgraded to full champion when Oleksandr Usyk decided to vacate. The Ukrainian was coming off the back of a stoppage win over […]

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Following reports, it has now been confirmed that Tyson Fury will make his ring return in a UK stadium. ‘The Gypsy King’ retired from the sport in January 2025 following two losses to Oleksandr Usyk. At the start of this year, he confirmed what many believed was inevitable when announcing his comeback. With his sights […]

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Former world champion Tony Bellew and top heavyweight David Price are set to support a charity boxing event that sees former footballers step into the ring on April 17 at the Titanic Hotel, Liverpool. Organised by Pro Project Promotions, the initiative was founded by former Arsenal goalkeeper Graham Stack and aims to provide ex-players with […]

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Eddie Hearn recently witnessed one of his major British stars, Conor Benn, call out perhaps the best defensive fighter on the planet in Shakur Stevenson. Stevenson moved up to super-lightweight last month to defeat Teofimo Lopez handily and become a four-weight world champion at the age of 28. Post-fight, he invited Benn into the ring […]

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Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing will crown its inaugural champion next month. The newest boxing promotion on the block has promised big things for the sport, looking to break the mould set by the four major sanctioning bodies, the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. While White may have recently dialled back on a previous promise not […]

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WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman has broken his silence on the decision to declare Shakur Stevenson’s WBC Lightweight World title ‘vacant’ just days after his career-best victory over Teofimo Lopez. Stevenson moved up from lightweight – where he won the WBC belt back in November of 2023 – to super-lightweight to challenge Teofimo Lopez for his […]

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Moses Itauma, guided by Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, is widely considered to be the heir to the heavyweight throne. Eddie Hearn is looking ahead to make sure he has a stake in the division in years to come. Itauma has done everything right as a professional, moving to 13-0 with 11 stoppages. Last time out, […]

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David Benavidez wants nothing more than to fight the best and, with his star power growing and the WBC Light-Heavyweight World title around his waist, he is becoming hard to ignore. ‘El Monstro’ is set to move up in weight again this summer, facing Gilberto Ramirez for the WBO and WBA belts at cruiserweight. He […]

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