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Nina Hughes (6-1, 2 KOs) has called for a rematch following her controversial defeat to Cherneka Johnson (16-2, 6 KOs) in Perth, Australia, after the Brit lost her WBA world bantamweight title.
Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis has warned unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) to expect the best version of Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) when the pair meet at long-last in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The World Boxing Organisation has ordered Anthony Yarde versus Joshua Buatsi for their vacant interim light-heavyweight title
Ryan Garcia will still likely have to explain why banned substance Ostarine appeared in two separate drug tests on April 19 and 20 but subsequent studies from the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) could not confirm the presence of 19-Norandrosterone.
Former WBO featherweight champion Heather Hardy (24-3, 4KOs) is facing retirement after expressing concern regarding cumulative concussions.
Heavyweight Frazer Clarke has confirmed that he will be heading to Saudi Arabia to discuss possible opportunities but insists that a rematch with Fabio Wardley remains his priority following their British and Commonwealth heavyweight title fight at the O2 Arena, London, in March. Clarke (8-0-1, 6 KOs) and Wardley (17-0-1, 16 KOs) fought to a draw in a thrilling spectacle in the British capital. Clarke rose from the canvas and attempted to bludgeon a bloodied and swollen Wardley into submission to wrestle away the domestic titles from the Ipswich native. The ebb and flow of the fight instantly made it a fight-of-the-year contender as promoter Ben Shalom seemingly prioritized running the contest back as soon as possible.
WBC super-lightweight champion Devin Haney (31-1, 15 KOs) is no longer interested in a rematch with Ryan Garcia following the latter’s recent drug test failures after their April 20 encounter at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.