He may be only 5ft2, but Nick Ball has been making a big impression on the world of boxing in the past couple of years and this Saturday, he gets his shot at becoming world champion against Mexico’s Rey Vargas.

Whilst all eyes are on Anthony Joshua, and understandably so, there are four other Brits who are raring to go in Riyadh, as the biggest night of their careers draws ever closer.

Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker are a blend of heavyweight that should well deliver us a first-rate fight. So, with the pair colliding just a few days from now, let’s talk.

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.

It has been 10 days since Conor Benn put a silencer on 'Pistol' Pete Dobson in Las Vegas, and every subsequent second has been stuffed with serious noise.

In just 11 days from now, and for the first time this millennia, boxing was ready to crown an undisputed heavyweight world champion.

Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez will sideline their friendship this weekend as they prepare to do battle in the city in which their boxing brotherhood blossomed.

Jaime Munguia dropped and stopped a valiant John Ryder inside nine in Phoenix, further strengthening his case as to why he is a worthy Canelo Alvarez opponent. 

John Ryder is in Phoenix this weekend, ready to take on the second Mexican of his career in the unrelenting, and so far unanswered, Jaime Munguia.

The Matchroom vs Queensberry 5 vs 5 clash has officially been signed and sealed, with bout announcements to land on the Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou fight week.

Artur Beterbiev dominated Callum Smith over seven savage rounds in Quebec to retain his WBC, WBO and IBF world titles, reiterating his position as the division’s number one.

Callum Smith travels to Quebec to take on boxing’s most feared man in Artur Beterbiev. Yet, with Beterbiev now 38-years-old, and with a backlog of barnstormers behind him, is time Smith’s best friend?

Having already given you our 10 British and Irish prospects to keep an eye on in 2024, now it’s time for us to select 10 international prospects to follow over the next 12 months.

Ohara Davies’ US debut ended in heartbreak - and a round - as he was dropped and stopped by Ismael Barroso, delivering the veteran his second crack at the 140lb WBA jewel. 

This year will mark 10 years as a professional for Ohara Davies. It has been a tough tuition both inside and outside of the ring, but finally, this weekend, he could well reap the rewards of a decade’s labour. 

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