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All of the goodwill Tim Tszyu has both earned and attracted with his fighting heart and spirit will likely count for little today. It is a lonely place, being Roosevelt’s Man in the Arena. Rocked and dropped repeatedly by Bakhram Murtazaliev at the…

Keith Thurman believes Bakhram Murtazaliev has done enough to merit a chance with the big names at junior middleweight. Florida’s Thurman, 35, who held the WBC welterweight title in 2017, said Murtazaliev’s devastating third-round stoppage win over Tim Tszyu on Saturday night places him…

Anthony Yarde’s career has been one of feast or famine. For every Sergey Kovalev there was a Marko Nikolic. For every Artur Beterbiev a Stefani Koykov and for every Lyndon Arthur a Daruisz Sek. Yarde’s team have strictly adhered to their plan of…

Saturday, October 19 Tim Tszyu and those around him had been sufficiently confident of victory over Bakhram Murtazaliev that he had planned to make his first defense of the IBF junior-middleweight title back home in Sydney between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. Even…

Adam Azim has fired back at his domestic rival Dalton Smith following his victory over Ohara Davies at London’s Copper Box Arena. Azim produced a career-best performance to stop Davies in his biggest fight to date. Davies, now 32, was seen as a step-up…

Dominique Francis delivered a stunning body shot last weekend in Stockton, California. Like a lightning bolt from a blue sky it was unexpected and devastating.  The 23-year-old junior lightweight Francis from Miami floored Mexico’s Julio Carrera Lugo in the fourth round of their clash…

Cameron Vuong has been touted as one of British boxing’s future stars since before he made his debut last October. You might assume that a 22-year-old novice would be weighed down by the amount of pressure that has been placed on his shoulders. After…

Lots of fighters talk about making changes to their preparation after suffering their first defeat but, generally, that involves moving a few miles down the road to a new trainer or employing a new dietician or strength and conditioning guru. Campbell Hatton decided to…

Tim Tszyu struggled to remember what had happened in the ring with Bakhram Murtazaliev at the conclusion of what could prove the most damaging night of his career. The Australian was dropped four times by the IBF junior-middleweight champion at the Caribe Royale in…