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Ionut Baluta seems to enjoy boxing at York Hall and recorded perhaps the best win of his career as he claimed a unanimous ten-round decision over Brad Foster to claim the WBC international super-bantamweight belt.
Amir Khan said he realized his days in the ring were coming to an end when he started suffering a string of injuries ahead of his last fight with Kell Brook.
Denzel Bentley became a two-time British middleweight champion as he won a split decision over Linus Udofia at the Indigo in the O2, London.
Hannah Rankin made a successful first defence of the WBA super-welterweight title, as well as the IBO belt, as she stopped Alejandro Ayala in the tenth round at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow.
Josh Kelly believes a move up to super-welterweight will make the difference as he begins his second attempt to climb to the top of the professional ranks on Friday night.
Frank Warren says that Tyson Fury is under no pressure to decide on whether he will box again and says he feels we have not seen the best of him yet. Fury was adamant that he would retire after his win over Dillian Whyte last month, although few believe he will stick to it and even his wife, Paris, and father, John, have said they believe he will box again.
Hamzah Sheeraz, the unbeaten middleweight, has been voted Young Boxer of the Year. The 22-year-old from Slough was voted for the award by members of the Boxing Writers’ Club. He joins a prestigious roll call of former award winners that includes the likes of Randolph Turpin, John H Stracey, John Conteh, Frank Bruno, Naseem Hamed, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan.
The postponement of Zach Parker’s interim WBO super middleweight fight with Demetrius Andrade means it will not take place at Pride Park, home of Parker’s beloved Derby County football team.
Kell Brook, the former IBF welterweight champion, has announced his retirement from the ring 11 weeks after his win over long-time rival Amir Khan, admitting ‘it’s not there any more”. There had been strong rumors that Brook would step up in weight to face Chris Eubank Jr and Eddie Hearn said that he had asked for £5 million to face Conor Benn, while a rematch with Khan had always seemed unlikely after a one-sided first fight. A fight with Josh Taylor had also been mooted.
There will be no big celebration tonight for Paul Butler despite being elevated to being WBO bantamweight champion after the decision by the WBO to strip John Riel Casimero of the title. Butler already had plans, which meant he was at his old amateur club training youngsters.