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Joe Joyce has been forced into a last-minute opponent change. The Commonwealth heavyweight champion will be back in the ring on Friday. Joyce is an Olympic silver medallist and, after beating Lenroy Thomas inside two rounds at the O2 Arena in London last month, is set to come back to the capital to make his first defence.
Deontay Wilder has gone way to confirming reports about a fight with Anthony Joshua. The WBC world heavyweight champion had, according to reports, agreed to a two-fight deal to take on the WBA Super, IBO, IBF and WBO champion, 29, in the UK next.
Anthony Joshua looks set to fight Deontay Wilder after all. The 29-year-old unified world heavyweight champion appears to have agreed a deal to become the undisputed king. WBA Super, IBF, IBO and WBO champion Joshua, who is earmarked to return in the autumn, potentially on September 29 at Wembley Stadium in London, and his team have reportedly offered the WBC titlist a two-fight deal, with the first being in the UK.
Tony Bellew believes he can knock Tyson Fury out after watching the heavyweight make his comeback Fury ended a 924-day exile with a rather underwhelming win over Sefer Seferi on Saturday night. Seferi, a 39-year-old career-cruiserweight who had only previously had one fight at heavyweight, was pulled out by his corner after four completed rounds. That left a jubilant Fury celebrating after the win at Manchester Arena, exclusively live on BT Sport, while his promoter Frank Warren revealed that the next move was already nailed down.
Carl Frampton is back in just under 10 weeks’ time. The Belfast featherweight, 31, will fight at Windsor Park in the summer. Frampton, the WBO interim champion at 126 pounds, had hoped to fight for a world title at the football stadium in his home city.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Tyson Fury slammed Sefer Seferi for not turning up for a fight on Saturday night. The 29-year-old former undisputed heavyweight king, who came back from a 924-day exile with a retirement victory at the end of four completed rounds, had not fought since his win over Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf, Germany back in November 2015.
Maurice Hooker may well already have been confirmed as a world champion –– but there is set to be another revelation regarding his career very soon. The classy Texan outpointed Terry Flanagan by split decision on Saturday, exclusively live on BT Sport, at Manchester Arena.
Tyson Fury returned to the ring after more than two years out with an underwhelming win. The 29-year-old former undisputed heavyweight world champion took out Sefer Seferi on Saturday.
Jack McGann began his professional boxing career in sensational style. The 25-year-old former mixed martial artist boxed at Manchester Arena on Saturday. McGann forged a reputation as one of the hardest hitters on Russian MMA promotion EFN’s books, adding an impressive pair of knockouts to his 11-5 record during his time in the former Soviet state.
Anthony Joshua has received an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. The 28-year-old heavyweight world champion, who currently holds the WBO, WBA Super, IBF and IBO crowns, was honoured for his services to boxing. Joshua was rewarded with an MBE in 2013 after claiming a super-heavyweight Olympic gold medal at the London Games in 2012.