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Key points: Fury vs Joshua tickets ranged from £88.50 to £13,128 including fees, a 148-fold spread, with about 80,000 seats selling out in 40 minutes to an hour On resale sites, upper-tier tickets listed from £425 and ringside VIP seats at £73,645 Resale above face value isn’t yet illegal in the UK: the government announced […]
Key points: Olympic bouts are three rounds of three minutes, a maximum of nine minutes, against up to 12 rounds, or 36 minutes, in professional world title fights The Olympics have used the 10-point must system with five judges since Rio 2016, while professional world title fights use three judges Headguards were removed for men […]
Key points: Two title fights set for Tyne and Wear on Halloween Both belts are vacant – Northern Area and WBO International Four fighters collide in separate shows in the North East but only two can emerge as champions Jack Scott (21-3, 11 KOs) and Callum Walton (8-1, 1 KO) clash for the BBBofC Northern […]
Key points: Boxing is Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, with 19 of its 42 Olympic medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 10 bronze), and three of the four golds were won by women Aaron McKenna (21-0, 10 KOs) won the IBF middleweight title in Dublin on August 8, Ireland’s fourth world middleweight champion after Jack Dempsey, […]
Key points: Chris Billam-Smith (22-2, 14 KOs) fights Cheavon Clarke (12-2, 9 KOs) over 10 rounds at cruiserweight on Saturday, November 7, at the Copper Box Arena in London, headlining Zuffa Boxing 12 The card is live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, and on Paramount+ in the US, as part of Sky’s […]
Key points: The IBO release their October 2026 monthly newsletter The organisation provides updates on results and details of upcoming fights New world champion announced IBO Boxing – Honesty & Integrity The International Boxing Organization is an independent, transparent and respected version of the world title. In their monthly newsletter, the IBO report on all […]
Key points: Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker rumoured for January in either London or Manchester Dubois won and defended the WBO World heavyweight title in 2026 Parker was due to fight Dubois back in 2024 The reigning WBO World heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (24-3, 23 KOs) could be set to defend his belt to voluntary […]
Key points: Tommy Fury accuses Jake Paul for making impossible fight offers to avoid their rematch Fury defeated Paul on points in over three years ago Paul will fight on Christmas Eve but opponent is yet to be named Announced today, Jake Paul will fight on Christmas Eve in Dubai for the first time since […]
Key points: Professional boxers in camp typically train five to six days a week, often two or three times a day, with Sunday the usual rest day One professional’s camp built to nine weekly sessions over six days across six to eight weeks, while Tyson Fury’s camp, as described by his trainer Peter Fury, reached […]
Key points: Sugar Ray Robinson (173-19-6, 108 KOs) tops most all-time lists, including ESPN’s 2007 ranking and Bleacher Report’s, and gave boxing the term “pound for pound” Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs) is the only three-time lineal heavyweight champion and wins fan polls of the greatest boxing athlete Joe Louis (66-3, 52 KOs) made 25 […]
Key points: Jake Paul adopts new nickname, “The Golden Rooster” The YouTube star fights on Christmas Eve Hirs ring return comes exactly a year after his jaw was broken by Anthony Joshua Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced the return of global superstar Jake “El Gallo de Dorado” Paul (12-2, 7 KOs), who will headline […]
Key points: Benavidez aims to establish himself as King of the cruiserweights Cieslak claims he has been working towards this moment his entire life The 200-pounders battle it out for three world titles A slew of boxing stars competing on the David Benavidez vs. Michael Cieslak event previewed their respective showdowns during a press conference […]
Key points: WBO give Shakur Stevenson until November 16 to agree terms with Raymond Muratalla Muratalla is a world champion at lightweight, now ranked WBO #1 at super-lightweight Stevenson is now under pressure to defend his belt or move up to welterweight to chase bigger bouts The World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) decision to order Shakur […]
Key points: The WBA is the only major body that regularly has two world champions in one weight class, a “Super” and a “Regular”, with the Super champion treated as its primary champion The Super title was created in 2000 and can go to a WBA champion who also wins another major belt, to one […]
Key points: Joshua Buatsi (20-1, 13 KOs) and Willy Hutchinson (20-2, 14 KOs) fight for the vacant WBC light heavyweight title on Saturday, November 7, at AO Arena, Manchester The DAZN broadcast starts at 7pm GMT (2pm ET), with main-event ring walks estimated around 10pm GMT (5pm ET) The AO Arena opens its doors at […]
