In combat sports, greatness isn’t always achieved inside the ring—sometimes, it’s carved out in the spaces between the punches. Fighters like Muhammad Ali, Tyson Fury, and others have become icons not only for their skills but for how they’ve dared to break the rules, challenge norms, and speak their minds, no matter the cost. The world demands more than just performances inside the ropes—fighters today are expected to entertain, agitate, or inspire from the outside too. But what happens when rebellion turns into revolution? And what role do these troublemakers play in keeping the sport alive?

If there’s one thing heavyweight boxing fans should have learnt over the past decade, it’s that writing off Derek Chisora is, more often than not, a foolish exercise.

There are not many finer sights in British boxing than an all-British heavyweight main event in front of a sold-out arena, where the winner will put themselves back into world title contention whilst the loser will almost certainly be looking down the barrel of retirement.

One.

That’s how many stoppage wins Anthony Joshua had in the last five years heading into his fight with Robert Helenius this weekend.

In what was meant to Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte, this Saturday sees AJ top the bill against former sparring partner and large, to say the least, heavyweight Robert Helenius.

If you’d told us a week ago that we’d be just around the corner from an Anthony Joshua versus Robert Helenius clash, we would have politely suggested you’d lost your marbles given the fact the Brit was preparing for a rematch with Dillian Whyte.

There’s never a dull moment in boxing and if there were ever five days to optimise that, then it’s most certainly been the last 120 hours.