There’s nothing quite like a Saturday double-header and that’s exactly what we get this weekend, with a super-middleweight banger in Leeds for British, Commonwealth and European honours, along with a proper 50/50 between two undefeated fighters for a vacant world title in Dublin.

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.

Las Vegas…Famous for its bright lights, casinos, nightlife and, most of all, its combat sports, this weekend sees three HUGE shows take place all within a 10-mile radius of each other in this incredible city.

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?