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We are constantly reminded that boxing is a business and the last few months have served as a strong reminder that money does indeed talk.

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We are constantly reminded that boxing is a business and the last few months have served as a strong reminder that money does indeed talk.

Whilst millions of people have spent the last couple of weeks overeating and underexercising, Callum Smith has been doing the exact opposite.

Two days before Christmas, Joe Joyce sat down at home to watch his heavyweight rivals do battle on the massive ‘Day of Reckoning’ show in Saudi Arabia.

John Ryder is entering his fourteenth year as a professional fighter. The 35-year-old Londoner understands how the business of boxing works and knows exactly why Jaime Munguia’s team have decided to fight him in Phoenix on January 27th.

Every fighter celebrates a big win differently. There might be a big night out or two - or three in some cases - with friends and a week of cheat days but it generally doesn’t take too long for the phone to stop ringing, the congratulatory messages to taper off and for life to return to normal.

We are entering boxing’s award season. Over the next week, almost every magazine and website will declare their own favorite fighter, knockout, upset, promoter, TV pundit or walkout song of 2023.

Ryan Garner may have to wait until next year to begin making headlines but his reemergence as a potential future star was one of the most pleasing British boxing stories of 2023.

The ‘Day of Reckoning’ is done and, by the following morning, the desert dust settled on a very different heavyweight landscape. Questions swirled around Anthony Joshua all week. Why was the two-time unified heavyweight champion uninterested in talking to the media? Why had he decided to work

He may be fed up with the constant media demands he is required to satisfy but Anthony Joshua doesn’t have long to wait before he steps into the ring with Otto Wallin on this weekend’s ‘Day of Reckoning’ card in Saudi Arabia.

Anthony Joshua has had a target on his back this week. The stars have gathered for the ‘Day of Reckoning’ card in Saudi Arabia but there is little doubt that Joshua has been the center of attention.