24 h. ago Derek Chisora sends Daniel Dubois mandatory title fight warning – but champ can avoid him

Derek Chisora has sent Daniel Dubois a warning ahead of their mandator title fight - that Dubois could still avoid if he pursues a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk

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3 d. ago Frank Warren claims Derek Chisora is mandatory challenger for Daniel Dubois’ IBF title

Chisora beat Otto Wallin in February in a bout that was eventually designated as an IBF title eliminator

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1 week ago Full Canelo Alvarez vs William Scull undercard revealed as Martin Bakole returns from KO loss

Canelo will put his unified titles on the line with the hope of taking Scull’s IBF belt

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1 week ago Premier League manager begins boxing after unlikely friendship with Chris Eubank's nephew

Boxer Harlem Eubank, a Brighton fan who played in the club's academy as a youngster, recently won the IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title and has inspired Seagulls boss Fabian Hurzeler

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3 w. ago Lauren Price dreaming of going ‘all the way’ to undisputed crown

Price added the IBF and WBC titles to her WBA crown with a unanimous points decision over Natasha Jonas.

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3 w. ago Price rises to occasion with glory in historic night for women’s boxing

Natasha Jonas has had an admirable career but could not match the Olympic champion’s fire On a night steeped in history, Natasha Jonas could not roll back the years as she was outfought and outclassed by Lauren Price who dominated their world welterweight title unification fight to add the IBF and WBC belts to the WBA bauble she already owns. Price, in her fighting prime at the age of 30, is 10 years younger than Jonas and she was just too quick, fluid and powerful as all three judges awarded her the decision by comprehensive margins of 98-93, 100-90 and 98-92.Jonas has had an admirable career and she was the first woman to be named as British boxing’s fighter of the year in 2022. But, in the end, time ravages every fighter and Jonas could not match the fire of Price whose poise as an Olympic champion was also evident. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Price rises to occasion with glory on historic night for women’s boxing

Natasha Jonas has had an admirable career but could not match the Olympic champion’s fire On a night steeped in history, Natasha Jonas could not roll back the years as she was outfought and outclassed by Lauren Price who dominated their world welterweight title unification fight to add the IBF and WBC belts to the WBA bauble she already owns. Price, in her fighting prime at the age of 30, is 10 years younger than Jonas and she was just too quick, fluid and powerful as all three judges awarded her the decision by comprehensive margins of 98-93, 100-90 and 98-92.Jonas has had an admirable career and she was the first woman to be named as British boxing’s fighter of the year in 2022. But, in the end, time ravages every fighter and Jonas could not match the fire of Price whose poise as an Olympic champion was also evident. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lauren Price takes torch and world titles from Natasha Jonas as new era dawns

The Olympic champion added Jonas’s WBC and IBF belts to her own WBA title, capping off an all-women’s card in London

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3 w. ago Lauren Price beats Natasha Jonas in women’s welterweight unification bout – live reaction

Jonas and Price meet to unify WBC, IBF, WBA 147lb titlesDubois retains WBC 135lb on points in co-feature boutBluesky Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email himCaroline Dubois has made her way to the ring for tonight’s chief support bout. Our ringside correspondent checks in:The extremely shallow pool of premium talent in women’s boxing is hard to ignore but such nights can only help attract prospective new fighters. As the Albert Hall fills to around 80% of its capacity it feels important to remember that women’s boxing was still banned in Britain in 1998.I also think British boxing has a clear future star. Caroline Dubois is the most gifted young female fighter in this country and the atmosphere is really starting to build as she prepares to showcase her vast potential against Bo Mi Re Shen, the supposedly tough and resilient South Korean. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Natasha Jonas v Lauren Price: women’s welterweight title unification – live buildup

Jonas and Price meet to unify WBC, IBF, WBA 147lb titlesCaroline Dubois defends her WBC 135lb title in co-featureMain event expected to start around 10pm GMT/5pm ETBluesky Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email himTonight marks the first night of boxing in four years at the Royal Albert Hall and only the fifth since 1999. But BoxRec’s exhaustive annals show the 154-year-old concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington has a surprisingly rich fistic history, with at least 470 cards staged here down the years going back to 1918 – exactly one month after the end of the first world war.Speaking of the great man, McRae wrote a piece for Sunday’s Observer on his latest book, The Last Bell: Life, Death and Boxing, out next week and published by Simon and Schuster.When I was a boy, living in South Africa, I fell for Muhammad Ali. As graceful as he was provocative, Ali amazed me with his uncanny ability, despite apartheid, to entrance black and white South Africans. He made us laugh and da...

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3 w. ago Massive brawl breaks out after boxing disqualification over controversial bell punch

The Limerick man knocked Crocker down twice in the eighth round of their final eliminator for the IBF world welterweight title, but was disqualified for punching his opponent after the bell

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