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WEEKLY BOXING NEWS ROUND UP - 22ND APRIL

It’s been another completely bats*it mental week in the world of boxing. From two-weight champions failing drug tests to legends of the sport calling out footballers, it’s really had it all. We’ll be taking a look through the hottest topics of the past week, starting with Ben Whittaker’s impressive win on Saturday night.

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BEN WHITTAKER: GLOBAL STARDOM AWAITS

In what was set to be Callum Smith’s homecoming against David Morrell Jr, Olympic silver medallist Ben Whittaker will now headline his second show on the bounce against the Argentine, Braian Suárez.

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ALL EYES ON AJ AS FURY PROVES JUST TOO GOOD FOR MAKHMUDOV

For most fighters, 16 months out of the ring could be detrimental to their career. Not for Tyson Fury, though. The former unified world champion returned to the ring on Saturday night with a dominant display over the dangerous Russian, Arslanbek Makhmudov, in front of 64,500 people at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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TYSON FURY VS ARSLANBEK MAKHMUDOV - FULL UNDERCARD PREVIEW

All eyes will be on Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this weekend as Tyson Fury makes his highly anticipated return to the ring against Arslanbek Makhmudov, but before that, there’s a stacked undercard featuring one of the biggest names in world boxing, along with two cracking heavyweight 50/50s.

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UNBEATEN BROWN TAKES ON DURABLE DUCAR IN MANCHESTER

Patrick James Brown… Quite comfortably, at the moment, one of the biggest prospects not just in British boxing but in world boxing, and this Friday night he returns to action against the tough, rugged, well-travelled Czech, Vasil Ducar, on home soil in Manchester.

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EIGHT FIGHTS THAT WE WANT TO SEE ON A QUEENSBERRY VS MATCHROOM 5VS5

It’s approaching the two-year anniversary of the first-ever Matchroom vs Queensberry 5vs5 and, with talk currently extremely quiet about a second fight card between the pair, we’ve taken a look at some fights that could feature on a card this year if Frank and Eddie decide to run it back.

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IFL TV’S JANUARY 2026 BOXING QUIZ

The first month of the year is out of the way and what a first month of the year it was for boxing.  From Amanda Serrano getting back to winning ways against Reina Tellez to Nikita Tszyu’s highly anticipated clash with Michael Zerafa ending in a no-decision to Shakur Stevenson putting on a 12-round masterclass to defeat Teofimo Lopez, it’s a month that really had it all. 

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FROM NEWCASTLE TO NEW YORK: FIVE WORLD TITLE FIGHTS OVER TWO ACTION-PACKED SHOWS

The world title action continues this weekend with not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE world title fights across two cards. Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez go toe-to-toe in a battle of the New Yorkers, whilst former Olympian Josh Kelly looks to become world champion at the first attempt against the hard-hitting Bakhram Murtazaliev — and that’s where we will start.

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JAKE PAUL VS ANTHONY JOSHUA - FULL FIGHT PREVIEW

If you’d told us back in 2016 that in just over nine years’ time we’d be writing a preview about the newly crowned IBF World Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua facing Disney star Jake Paul in a legitimate boxing fight, we’d probably have cried tears of laughter — hysterically.

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FOUR INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTS TO FOLLOW IN 2026

We’ve given you our four British prospects to watch in 2026, so now it’s time for us to go international, and we’ve picked out four future stars of the sport from outside the UK. First up, we head Down Under for one of the most exciting heavyweight prospects in the world.

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FOUR BRITISH PROSPECTS TO FOLLOW IN 2026

It was a year to remember for British boxing in 2025, and 2026 looks set to be even bigger and even better. As we do each year, we give you some prospects to follow over the next 12 months who we are predicting big things from. This year, we’ve picked out four.

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ONE FIGHT TO MAKE IN EVERY WEIGHT DIVISION IN 2026

2026 is quite literally just around the corner, so with the new year pretty much here, we’ve picked out one fight that needs to happen in every single one of the 17 weight divisions in men’s boxing.

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HEAVYWEIGHTS AND HEADLINERS: A MASSIVE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR BRITISH BOXING

British boxing returns to its domestic best this weekend — albeit on one night with two different shows — as Olympic bronze medallist Frazer Clarke looks to become the British heavyweight champion at the first time of asking, whilst Clarke’s Tokyo Olympics teammate and silver medallist Ben Whittaker makes his Matchroom Boxing debut in a tough test against solid opposition.

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