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Chris Eubank Jr says that Roy Jones Jr. is the first trainer who has taught him to think in the ring, rather than just doing things on instinct. Eubank has his second fight with Jones in his corner on Saturday at Wembley when he faces Germany’s Anatoli Muratov. They first teamed up during the pandemic, Eubank staying with Jones on his farm in Pensacola. Now Eubank is returning the hospitality.
It has been a time since has mentioned the name Richard Riakporhe. The Londoner had a remarkable 2019, looked to be one of the breakout stars of British boxing and then vanished.
Fights were fixed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with gold medal bouts among those pre-determined by an elaborate plot involving corrupt officials and judges, as well as bribery, an investigation has found.
Chris Eubank Jr. says he believes an impressive win over Anatoli Muratov on Saturday will set him up for a big fight in December, which can get him the world title fight at middleweight that he has always wanted.
Oleksandr Usyk says he wants to unify all four belts at heavyweight after his rematch with Anthony Joshua, which he wants to be held in Ukraine.
By Ron Lewis - As Anthony Joshua made a hasty retreat from the ring at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the look on his face was total shock. Joshua has loved the idea that he is learning about boxing as he goes. But on this night he was shown up as a lost student, Oleksandr Usyk was the master and walked away with the WBA, IBO, WBO, IBF world titles.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham - Lawrence Okolie made predictably easy work of Dilan Prasovic in the first defense of his WBO cruiserweight title on the Joshua-Usyk undercard.
Lockdown, Anthony Joshua believes, was good for him. It took him away from the treadmill of preparing for defense after defense and allowing him to just work on getting better.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham - Lenin Castillo suffered a devastating second-round knockout at the hands of Callum Smith and was carried from the ring on a stretcher.
Florian Marku, who these days calls himself the Albanian King, kept his unbeaten run going at the expense of Maxim Prodan in a welterweight ten-rounder that promised to be a barn-burner, turned into a slightly frustrating affair and produced some wildly differing scorelines on the Joshua-Usyk undercard at Tottenham.