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a stunning statement

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.

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ANTHONY JOSHUA VS FRANCIS NGANNOU - FULL FIGHT PREVIEW

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.

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A BENAVIDEZ DUCK?

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.

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A RIVALRY RUNNING DEEP

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

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SUPER-FEATHER SCENES

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

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A HEAVYWEIGHT FIX

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. 

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A DOMESTIC HOLE

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.

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CONOR’S CONUNDRUM

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.

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AN UNDISPUTED DELAY

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

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FRIENDS BECOME FOES

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.

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A SUPER-MIDDLE CRACKER

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.

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BETERBIEV JUST TOO GOOD

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.

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THE PERFECT TIME?

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?

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