Let’s get straight to the point—boxing is a global sport with heroes hailing from every corner of the planet. Yet, the most prestigious honor in the sport, induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, is overwhelmingly US-centric. Sure, the Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, has celebrated some of the sport’s international greats, but the fact remains: many fighters from outside the US are often overlooked.

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.

Two of the sport’s most captivating stars fought on a night that will inevitably be dominated by Manchester’s Misfits circus.

The run of world title action continues this weekend as Janibek Alimkhanuly faces off with Vincenzo Gualtieri for the WBO and IBF World Middleweight Titles, whilst the exciting Tim Tszyu defends his WBO 154lbs crown against the hard-hitting Brian Mendoza in Australia.

After an underwhelming couple of days of boxing, it was down to Tim Tszyu and Carlos Ocampo to save the sport from a weekend to forget. Thankfully, Tszyu was in the mood to deliver.

Boxing continues its streak of back-to-back weeks of world title action this weekend as Regis Prograis defends his WBC World Super-Lightweight Title against Danielito Zorrilla in New Orleans, whilst Tim Tszyu looks to assert himself as the number one contender in the light-middleweight division when he takes on Carlos Ocampo in Australia.