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On Sept. 21, Anthony Joshua will face IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium. Should Joshua, 28-3 (25 KOs), beat his fellow Londoner, he will recapture the belt he first won against Charles Martin more than eight years ago. Yet this is a much more mature and considered Joshua than the ultra confident wrecking machine who brushed Martin aside inside two rounds.
At recent editions of the Olympic Games, medallists from Team GB have stepped down from the podium to find professional promoters waiting with open cheque books. Things will be different this year and that will be as much down to the current state of British boxing as it is a disappointing return from the British contingent in France.
Liam Smith wants to use Josh Kelly as a stepping stone towards another shot at a world title but the former WBO super welterweight champion is aware that he will be fighting for his reputation when he meets the Sunderland man at Wembley Stadium on September 21st.
Mark Jeffers was at Oakwell on Saturday night to see local hero Callum Simpson win the British and Commonwealth titles by outpointing Zak Chelli. As 7,000 fans lost their minds around him, English champion Jeffers sat quietly watching events unfold.
European junior middleweight champion, Abass Baraou, paid more attention than most to the latest instalment of Riyadh Season which saw Terence Crawford step up from 147lbs and box his way to a decision victory over Israil Madrimov to claim the WBA title.
Rumors about Callum Simpson’s talent have done the rounds for years but on the biggest night of his life, the 27-year-old held himself together and comprehensively outpointed the best opponent he has ever faced.
Callum Simpson is the new British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion
Caroline Dubois comfortably earned a unanimous decision over Maira Moneo at Barnsley’s Oakwell Stadium to win the Uruguayan’s WBC interim lightweight title
Billy Deniz has wanted an invite to boxing’s top table for some time. He finally has one. The unbeaten light heavyweight fights Khalid Gradia on the undercard of the British and Commonwealth super middleweight title fight between Zak Chelli and Callum Simpson this weekend but although this will be his first time performing on such a large platform and in front of such a big crowd, don’t expect “The Turkish Tyson” to slope meekly into Barnsley’s Oakwell stadium, do his job, say his thank yous and disappear quietly back to the shadows.
As Callum Simpson autographed gloves, posed for photographs and picked out friendly faces in the crowd, Zak Chelli sauntered though Barnsley’s Glass Works shopping center and up to Thursday’s outdoor public workout almost unnoticed.