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Lawrence Okolie has been penciled in to make the first defence on his WBO cruiserweight title in the United States in August on a show that could also feature Dillian Whyte.
Anthony Joshua fight with Oleksandr Usyk has been pushed back to late September, according to Eddie Hearn. Hearn says Joshua’s fight with Usyk, the WBO’s mandatory contender, has basically been agreed, although it will not now take place, as had been expected, in August. Wembley Stadium or the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where he had originally been due to face Kubrat Pulev last summer, are the two possible venues.
Jeremias Ponce earned a shot at the IBF super lightweight title as he battered Lewis Ritson to defeat in the tenth round in Newcastle, in a fight that will be remembered not only for Ponce’s non-stop onslaught but for some hugely controversial refereeing by Steve Gray.
World ranked Thomas Patrick Ward boxed circles around Mexican featherweight champion Edy Valencia for ten rounds in Newcastle, recording a wide unanimous decision win.
Alen Babic invoked typical Savage mode as he stopped Damian Chambers with a big left hook in the third round in Newcastle to record a seventh stoppage in seven fights as a pro. Wild and reckless he may be, but Babic is certainly exciting as he went after Chambers in typical fashion.
Former quality GB amateur Cyrus Pattinson made easy work of Yoncho Markov in his professional debut on the Ritson-Ponce undercard in Newcastle.
Brutal honesty is what Lewis Ritson promises and that is what he gives. The former British lightweight champion has a final eliminator to earn the right to face Josh Taylor on Saturday. But ask if he would ideally fight the undisputed super-lightweight champion and the answer is ‘no’.
After a few days at home, the 11 boxers who qualified for the Tokyo Olympics will be formally unveiled as Olympians at a team media day next week. For the group, who all earned their spots via the European Olympic qualifying tournament in Paris this week, life is about to change.
Maiva Hamadouche says she has proved professional boxers should be part of the Olympics after booking her place in Tokyo. Hamadouche, the IBF super-featherweight champion from France, had been expected to be involved in a series of world title unification fights against the likes of Terri Harper and Mikaela Mayer, but decided to put her professional career on hold to fulfil an ambition of boxing at an Olympic Games.
by Ron Lewis - Daniel Dubois needed just 211 seconds to get back to winning ways, as he left Bogdan Dinu sprawling on the canvas in Telford from a big right cross. It was a night for rebuilding reputations and the 23-year-old – whose younger sister, Caroline, qualified for the Olympic Games less than five hours earlier - will enjoy being called a winner again. The trauma of his loss to Joe Joyce last November, when he took a knee after suffering an eye injury, might not be completely forgotten, but at least it will now not be the only topic of conversation.