1,010 stories on BoxingScene are published under the Ron Lewis byline.
Every story follows our editorial policy. To report a mistake, use our corrections form; for anything else, contact us.
Trevor Bryan has been ordered to defend his WBA “World” heavyweight title against Daniel Dubois before the end of July. Dubois was interim champion, but has since been placed at No 1 in their rankings and made mandatory contender as the WBA looks to fulfill a promise to reduce the number of boxers they call world champions.
Eddie Hearn says “the money is on the table” for a deal that would see Tyson Fury face Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed world heavyweight title next, but he says the main block to negotiations is that Fury does not want to face Usyk next.
Leigh Wood promised to knock out Michael Conlan when the two came together in Nottingham for the press conference ahead of their March 12 title fight.
John Ryder says he is not bitter about his defeat to Callum Smith in 2019, but says that those feelings might come back one days if he does not lift a world title one day.
The Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua rematch looks set to take place outdoors in London in April, according to Eddie Hearn, with a new trainer likely to be in Joshua’s corner.
Eddie Hearn believes that the purse bid for the WBC heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte could be delayed while Whyte’s legal dispute with the WBC is sorted out.
Lawrence Okolie will also make the second defense of his WBO cruiserweight title on February 27 in London against former WBC title challenger Michal Cieslak, from Poland.
Kash Farooq, the world-ranked former British bantamweight champion, has retired from the ring suddenly at the age of 26. The Scottish boxer’s retirement was announced by the St Andrew’s Sporting Club, which had been his promoter prior to Farooq signing with Matchroom in 2020, where he had his final three fights.
Mauricio Sulaiman says the WBC will work with the IBA (the new name for AIBA) to ensure boxing has a future in the Olympic Games. The WBC president has been a long critic of the amateur code’s crisis-hit governing body, but he believes it is most important for all people in the sport to work together to ensure that.
Boxing will resume in the UK in February with no ban on fans attending providing the government allows it. Robert Smith, the general secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control, says a meeting of the Board’s medical committee will take place this evening (Wednesday) to formally agree that boxing will get the go-ahead to recommence on February 1.