
Moses Itauma Forced To Go Distance, Decisions Durable Dovbyshchenko
Teenage heavyweight starlet Moses Itauma was taken the distance for the first time in his career by teak-tough Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko in London.

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Teenage heavyweight starlet Moses Itauma was taken the distance for the first time in his career by teak-tough Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko in London.

DENZEL BENTLEY made a devastating return to the ring as he destroyed Kieran Smith in just 45 seconds. The 28-year-old has not boxed since he was outpointed by Janibek Alimkhanuly in what was his first world title shot in November.

Katie Taylor says she has been protected from the ‘chaos and madness’ back home in Ireland during her training camp in Connecticut. Taylor is preparing for her first ever professional fight on home soil on May 20 when she takes on undisputed super-lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron at the 3Arena in Dublin.

Hamzah Sheeraz is expected to return from injury in June before a ‘very significant fight’ before the end of the year. The middleweight contender has not boxed since he stopped River Wilson-Bent in two rounds in November due to surgery on his hand.

CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH has warned WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie that he is a changed man since they shared over 300 rounds of sparring in Shane McGuigan’s gym.

HEAVYWEIGHT prodigy Moses Itauma should be out eight times by the end of 2023, according to his promoter Frank Warren. The 18-year-old has raced to 2-0 as a result of winning his debut on January 28 and then his second fight on March 25.

Nick Ball is set to face undefeated Ludumo Lamati on the undercard of Michael Conlan’s IBF world title clash with Luis Alberto Lopez in Belfast on May 27.

Harlem Eubank is happy to play the role of the quiet man on the British super-lightweight scene while Adam Azim and Dalton Smith are being ‘built like superstars’.

Anthony Joshua has lifted the lid on his infamous in-ring outburst in the wake of his second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in August. After it was confirmed Usyk had earned a unanimous decision and therefore kept hold of his IBF, WBA, IBO and WBO titles in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Joshua openly lost the plot.

Jermaine Franklin has rejected the idea that Anthony Joshua should retire if he loses at the O2 Arena on Saturday night. Joshua, a two-time world heavyweight champion, is coming into the fight off back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk, who took his WBA, IBF and WBO titles in the process.