The judge who awarded Juan Francisco Estrada the widest victory over Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez has been temporarily suspended by the WBA. Carlos Sucre’s scorecard was 117-111 in favour of Estrada, who won a split decision to unify the WBC and WBA super-flyweight titles on Saturday night. The other two scores were 115-113, one in favour […]

Shannon Courtenay faces Ebanie Bridges for the vacant WBA bantamweight title on the Conor Benn vs Samuel Vargas bill on April 10, live on Sky Sports. Courtenay was set to face Rachel Ball for the WBA belt, but Bridges has stepped in to replace the Midlands boxer, who is still recovering from Covid-19. The Australian […]

Dillian Whyte says Lennox Lewis remains Britain’s No 1 heavyweight of all time – and hopes to emulate the unified champion with a sweet revenge victory. Whyte has teamed up with Harold ‘The Shadow’ Knight, a former coach for Lewis, as he prepares for his ‘Rumble On The Rock’ rematch with Povetkin in Gibraltar on […]

Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter has implored the WBO to make “the courageous decision” to enforce his mandatory title shot – and delay Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury. Usyk’s negotiations to fight Joe Joyce for the WBO interim title have not progressed in two months, Alexander Krassyuk claims, but that has been disputed by Joyce’s representatives. Joshua […]

Tony Yoka pounded Joel Tambwe Djeko to a halt in the 12th round as France’s Olympic gold medallist continued his pursuit of a world heavyweight title fight. The unbeaten 28-year-old broke his Belgian opponent’s resistance in the closing minutes as Djeko turned away after a stiff jab, forcing the referee to wave off the fight […]

Kash Ali will “100 per cent” take a rematch with David Price as he plans to “shock a lot of people” by earning redemption for his disqualification defeat. The 29-year-old heavyweight contender has rebuilt his reputation with three victories since he was disqualified for biting Price, his sole defeat, as their bad-tempered rivalry boiled over […]

Filip Hrgovic intends to force “Adonis” Anthony Joshua into an inescapable world title fight, says promoter Nisse Sauerland. Undefeated Hrgovic will face the steepest test of his career against Michael Hunter in an IBF final eliminator with the winner becoming mandatory challenger to the belt. Joshua’s IBF, WBA and WBO titles and Tyson Fury’s WBC […]

Tommy Fury and YouTuber boxer Jake Paul have become embroiled in a war of words over a challenge to meet in the ring. WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was praising his younger brother on social media when he included: “Jake Paul, where you at?” Paul, the online influencer who has won both of his professional […]

Meet ‘Freezy MacBones’, an amateur fighter who has been branded as Britain’s new Mike Tyson after sending social media into a frenzy with a chilling knockout. Constant comparisons to America’s most fearsome puncher come naturally, and so they should be, it’s what he’s always wanted. “I like it. I’m happy they call me Britain’s Mike […]

Josh Taylor will fight Jose Ramirez on May 22 in a bid to become only the second undisputed super-lightweight champion of the four-belt era. Scotland’s IBF and WBA champion Taylor (17-0, 13 KOs) will take on WBC and WBO title-holder Ramirez (26-0, 17 KOs) at a location and venue to be confirmed. Taylor unified the […]