In a division where rematches for world titles have become the norm, Zhilei Zhang heads to the UK again this weekend as he looks to defend his WBO Interim World Heavyweight Title in his highly anticipated rematch with fellow Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce.

One of if not THEE most competitive divisions in world boxing takes centre stage this Saturday and the IBF champ and Ring Magazine number one Luis Alberto Lopez looks to defend the 126lbs crown for the second time against the experienced American Joet Gonzalez.

The featherweight division has always held significant influence. Its icons inhabit the sport’s annals, which are bestrewn with barbaric battles of yesteryear.

Whilst there was little action inside the ring in the last week, boxing never sleeps, and two of its biggest fights are all the talk as the sport readies for a potentially monster schedule.

Despite previous meetings, the duo’s first official face-to-face elucidated what we already knew – Tyson Fury towers over his upcoming opponent Francis Ngannou. Almost like it is man versus boy.

It was revenge in Manchester as Chris Eubank Jr put an unforeseen beating on rival Liam Smith.

In most cases, 10 minutes of ring action will almost never warrant a rematch. Yet, even after January’s demolition job by Liam Smith on Chris Eubank Jr, here we stand.

Originally, it was a fight that we never thought we needed and now it’s a rematch we never thought we needed. Liam Smith’s rivalry with Chris Eubank Jr has lasted barely a year but it has already become one of the most captivating domestic rivalries in recent times.

Britain has a new heavyweight champion… is not the title you, I, or many others expected to read this Sunday morning. In fact, it isn’t actually true. Whether it should be, well, let’s talk.

It is fair to say that the task ahead of Daniel Dubois has been labeled as such. I get it. Yet somehow, some way, there is a formula to which the ultimate shock can be written.

Heavyweight world title boxing returns this weekend as Oleksandr Usyk fights in Poland for the first time since his first world title win back in 2016 as he takes on the hard-hitting Daniel Dubois for the WBO, WBA, IBF & Ring Magazine world heavyweight titles.

On a weekend with two prospect shows, it was a chance for some of the country’s future stars to enhance their growing reputations, and it turned out to be a very telling couple of days.

With Inoue vs Fulton, Spence vs Crawford, Joshua vs Helenius and Usyk vs Dubois all taking place over a 31-day period, boxing eyes have firmly been set on the current generation of stars whereas this weekend, we’ll get a glimpse into the future with two highly anticipated prospect shows in two nights.

One.

That’s how many stoppage wins Anthony Joshua had in the last five years heading into his fight with Robert Helenius this weekend.

In what was meant to Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte, this Saturday sees AJ top the bill against former sparring partner and large, to say the least, heavyweight Robert Helenius.

If you’d told us a week ago that we’d be just around the corner from an Anthony Joshua versus Robert Helenius clash, we would have politely suggested you’d lost your marbles given the fact the Brit was preparing for a rematch with Dillian Whyte.

There’s never a dull moment in boxing and if there were ever five days to optimise that, then it’s most certainly been the last 120 hours. 

On a day when the boxing world was rocked by the news that Dillian Whyte had returned ‘adverse analytical findings’ on a random drugs test with VADA, it was up to the heavily criticised Jake Paul versus Nate Diaz fight to shine a spotlight on the sport for all the right reasons.

As time ticks closer to Jake Paul and Nate Diaz’s fight in Dallas, it also ticks towards the inevitable collapse of the very scene it represents.

Terence Crawford carved his name into boxing immortality with a stunning performance against Errol Spence in Las Vegas.