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Dmitry Bivol’s team expressed frustration with the judges' scorecards after he lost a majority decision to Artur Beterbiev on Saturday night at Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia, a result that crowned Beterbiev as the undisputed light heavyweight champion. The judges scored the bout 114-114,…

Sam Gilley will defend his Commonwealth title against Liverpool’s Jack McGann at London’s York Hall on Friday night. Until last week, Gilley, 17-1 (8 KOs) had been preparing to renew hostilities with Louis Greene but ‘The Medway Mauler’ was forced to withdraw due to…

British super middleweight champion, Callum Simpson, believes that Ben Whittaker found ‘an easy way out’ of his light heavyweight fight with Liam Cameron in Riyadh on Saturday.  Whittaker was in the midst of his most serious test as a professional when he and Cameron…

Each sport has its own set of unspoken rules, customs that are not to be violated lest you reveal yourself as a pretender or mere casual fan, but no code requires a morality check like that of boxing. With little regard for the sheer bravery…

Junto Nakatani, one of the best fighters in the world, retained his WBC bantamweight crown and stayed on course for possibly the biggest fight in Japanese history, against Naoya Inoue, with a sixth-round stoppage victory of Filipino Petch Sor Chitpattna. The defending champion, from Sagamihara…

In an excellent fight, South Africa’s unbeaten Phumelele Cafu won the WBO super flyweight championship, scoring a fifth-round knockdown on his way to a contentious split decision win over Kosei Tanaka. It was a brilliant battle. Tanaka looked heartbroken by the end, although he had…

British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion, Fabio Wardley, is developing quite the collection of hardware. When the end of year awards are handed out, Wardley, 18-0-1 (17 KOs), may need to clear yet more space in his trophy cabinet. In February, he and Frazer…

The WBO flyweight championship fight between Anthony Olascuaga and Jonathan Gonzalez at the Airake Arena in Tokyo, Japan ended after just 2:25 of the first round following a clash of heads. The action was warming up before the fighters leant into one another and their…

Raymond Ford is plotting a world title in a second weight class as he moves up to 130lbs to take on Orlando Gonzalez in Philadelphia on November 9.  Ford, who this year lost his featherweight strap to Nick Ball, will act as chief-support to…