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BIG-TIME BOXING RETURNS TO THE BIG APPLE FOR A BLOCKBUSTER WEEKEND OF ACTION

In terms of a double-header, from two different promoters, with two different broadcasters, over two days and in one city, it really does not getting much better in the world of boxing than this weekend.  One of the greatest rivalries in boxing will come to a conclusion at Madison Square Garden on Friday as Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano battle it out in what will more than likely be the big finale between the pair on an all-female card which features three undisputed world title fights and three more world title fights, two of those being unification clashes. Remarkable. 

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EL GATO AIMING TO POUNCE ON AN IN-FORM EUBANK

With this week's world title action already done and dusted by Thursday morning, the boxing world's beady eyes will all be on Manchester this weekend as Jack Catterall looks to bounce back from defeat against Arnold Barboza Jr when he takes on the undefeated Harlem Eubank on his return to welterweight.

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JAKE PAUL FACES ANOTHER FORMER WORLD CHAMP AS WILDER RETURNS

In terms of a random weekend of boxing action, it really doesn’t get much more random – but as randomly exciting – as this one. A super-middleweight ‘interim’ world title fight on Friday, followed by the return of a former heavyweight world champ. Then on Saturday, probably the best fight of the weekend in an all-British European title clash – and Jake Paul headlining a card that features a cruiserweight unification clash against another former world champ.

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YAFAI OUT TO TAKE ONE STEP CLOSER TO WORLD STARDOM

After a week off last week, big-time boxing returns to the shores of England this weekend as Olympic gold medallist Galal Yafai defends his WBC World ‘Interim’ Flyweight Title against Mexico’s Francisco Rodriguez Jr in what looks set to be a sold-out Resorts World Arena in Yafai’s home city of Birmingham.

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FULL WEEKEND BOXING PREVIEW - 06/06/2025

Five shows from five different cities across three days — big-time boxing is well and truly back this weekend. We’ll be taking a look at all of the major fights over the next few days, starting off in Newcastle, where the exciting super-welterweight Josh Kelly will be looking to take one step closer to a world title shot against Flavius Biea.

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THE TARTAN TORNADO RETURNS IN ANOTHER ALL-BRITISH BANGER

There’s only one Brit who has been undisputed world champion in the four-belt era, and that man is Prestonpans’ very own Josh Taylor. This week, he returns to the home of some of his greatest triumphs when he faces Ekow Essuman at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

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FISHER RETURNS TO THE COPPER BOSH IN HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REMATCH

When there’s high demand for a rematch in boxing, it usually means that the first fight was close or controversial. In this case, it’s both, as Johnny Fisher looks to make it back-to-back victories over Dave Allen — but this time in much more convincing style.

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WOOD RETURNS IN BLOCKBUSTER CLASH WITH CACACE

October 7th, 2023… That was the last time former WBA World Featherweight champ Leigh Wood stepped foot inside a professional boxing ring, and this weekend, he returns to action in arguably the toughest test of his career against the former IBF World Super-Featherweight champion, Anto Cacace.

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EUBANK EDGES OUT BENN IN A DOMESTIC CLASSIC

One thing that happens, probably too often in boxing, is fights with a load of hype failing to live up to expectations. However, on Saturday night, Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn most certainly did not follow that script, as they delivered arguably one of the best domestic fights in British boxing history.

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A RIVALRY REBORN - CHRIS EUBANK JR VS CONOR BENN

As far as rivalries go, they don’t get much bigger than Chris Eubank Sr vs Nigel Benn. Two fights with three years between them—the thought of a domestic rivalry being bigger than this one, at the time, was a crazy suggestion. However, over 30 years on, a rivalry has brewed that could well surpass it in terms of numbers and hype, and it’s between two men very close to home… their sons.

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OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR EUBANK VS BENN HAS BEEN RELEASED

The highly anticipated boxing trailer for Ring Magazine’s inaugural fight card, FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, has officially landed. Headlined by Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, the event takes place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday, 26 April.

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MAYER & RYAN AND ZEPEDA & FARMER GO GLOVE-TO-GLOVE AGAIN

March bows out with a bang this weekend with three top-quality shows from across the globe. Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan renew their rivalry in a highly anticipated rematch in Las Vegas, while the hard-hitting William Zepeda looks to make it two wins from two against former world champion Tevin Farmer on home soil in Cancún. But first, Olympian Pat Brown makes his professional debut in Manchester, and that’s the card we’ll be taking a look at first.

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BOXING TO REMAIN IN THE OLYMPICS AFTER IOC VOTE

Since it’s introduction back in 1904, boxing has been an integral part of the Olympic Games having being contested in every Games since apart from the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm due to Swedish law banning the sport at the time. 

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Boxing’s Global Power Shift: Has the West Finally Lost Its Grip?

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.

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