We’ve picked out our top five British stars of 2026 so far, so now it’s time to go global with our top five from around the world.

We’re over halfway through the calendar year and, with a huge five months for the sport approaching, where we look likely to see some of the biggest fights in the history of the sport, we’ve taken a look at the British stars of 2026 so far.

After a cryptic post was shared on social media last week by Oleksandr Usyk’s manager, Sergey Lapin, the boxing world was left guessing about the news that was to come. Would Usyk be fighting his WBC mandatory challenger, Agit Kabayel? Would he be rematching Rico Verhoeven? Could he even be retiring?

Finally, after years of back-and-forth between both teams, it’s been confirmed that Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will fight each other later this year, but with the announcement came no exact date and no confirmed venue.

Zuffa Boxing enters the UK market for the first time this weekend as former world champion Chris Billam-Smith faces the hard-hitting Canadian Ryan Rozicki on home soil in Bournemouth on Saturday night.

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.

Tom Aspinall — one of the nicest guys in combat sports but, without doubt, one of the most deadly. The 6’4” man mountain makes the first defence of his UFC Heavyweight Championship in Abu Dhabi this weekend against Frenchman Ciryl Gane — but could the Lancashire lad be set for a return to boxing in the near future?

Boxing is a sport built on moments—the knockouts that make headlines, the wars that turn unknown fighters into overnight stars. But while those moments are celebrated by fans, the fighters delivering them often leave with little more than a handshake and a pat on the back. Meanwhile, in MMA, standout performances don’t just earn applause—they earn cash.

For decades, if you wanted to make it big in boxing, there were two places you had to be—the United States or the United Kingdom. The bright lights of Las Vegas, the electric atmosphere of Madison Square Garden, the packed stadiums of London—this was where the sport’s biggest fights happened, where careers were made, and where the money flowed.

On Wednesday afternoon, Turki Alalshikh, UFC President Dana White, and WWE President Nick Khan announced one of the most breathtaking collaborations in the history of sport, let alone boxing. The trio are set to create a new boxing league under TKO Promotions, which is expected to change the landscape of the sport forever.