All eyes will be on Saudi Arabia this weekend when Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk put it on the line to become the undisputed heavyweight champion. Ahead of the headline act, however, stars of the past, present and future will showcase their talents on an action-packed undercard.

When Jai Opetaia stepped up to challenge Mairis Breidis for the IBF World Cruiserweight Title back in July 2022, many fans outside of the hardcore boxing circle didn’t really know who he was.

The two best heavyweight boxers on the planet will put it all on the line this weekend as the lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury takes on the former undisputed cruiserweight, and now unified heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, in a bid to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era.

The eight-week Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia saga ended with the unexpected hand being raised, leaving the boxing world open-mouthed and goggle-eyed.

It has been an unusual week in Brooklyn. In fact, it has been an unusual 10 weeks. So much so that the score Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia are about to settle seems almost trivial.

It might well have been the worst kept secret in boxing, but we finally have confirmation of the Matchroom vs Queensberry 5 vs 5 contests for June 1st.

Jaron Ennis’ multi-fight promotional deal with Matchroom stood boxing on notice this week, with his hotly anticipated ring return set to take place a year on from his last outing.

If there was one thing we were reminded of the weekend before last, it was that big British fights are like no other. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the three best domestic world title fights we could potentially see in 2024.

It was a wounding weekend of boxing as both Fabio Wardley and Tim Tszyu lost enough blood to sink a battleship - yet the pair will leave the Easter period in very different spirits.

They don’t come much bigger than in Britain. It might be a postcode, it might be something much more deep-rooted, or it might just be the sheer desire to be number one.

Frank Warren, Eddie Hearn and, of course, His Excellency Turki Alalshikh have announced the weight categories for the highly anticipated Queensberry vs Matchroom 5 vs 5.

It is undoubtedly one of boxing’s most overworked sayings. Yet it is one that will forever represent the most important moment in a fighter’s career.

On July 20th at Texas’ AT&T Stadium, Jake Paul will face Mike Tyson. No, really.

Anthony Joshua became the first man to nail Francis Ngannou to the canvas, dispatching the former UFC world champion inside a frantic two rounds in Riyadh with Tyson Fury watching on from ringside.

It is crazy that we are actually here though. Sure, Ngannou’s name had been flirted with in the past for Joshua, but never did anyone believe that if the pair were to meet, the ex-UFC world champion would be coming in as some sort of elite heavyweight gauge.

So, Canelo Alvarez’s three-fight deal with PBC has crumbled after just a single outing, and now it looks as if the Mexican will head back to Matchroom and DAZN.

There aren’t many - if any - rivalries forged in such disdain as the one between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall.

There were two big moves in the super-featherweight division this weekend, as both O’Shaquie Foster and ‘Sugar’ Nunez laid down mean markers.

When Saturday evening came around, boxing fans were doing everything BUT what they should have been because, as we all know, there was no undisputed heavyweight champion crowned this weekend. 

As British boxing finds itself sucked into the Saudi stratagem, it is time to look at the hollow lair that is our own domestic schedule, and how that might play out over 2024.