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Katie Taylor has been at the forefront of the rise of women’s boxing but she believes she has plenty left to do and lots of improvements to make as she defends her undisputed world lightweight title for the second time in under three months.
Denzel Bentley became British middleweight champion after Mark Heffron was retired on his stool at the end of the fourth round at the BT Sport Studios in London with a badly swollen left eye and then said he would follow in the footsteps of Terry Downes and Lloyd Honeyghan, who came from the same south London amateur club as Bentley and won British titles on the way to becoming world champions.
If Kell Brook pulls off the upset this weekend and dethrones Terence Crawford in Las Vegas, he believes it will rank as one of the greatest wins by a British boxer in history. It is 3½ years since Brook lost his IBF welterweight title to Errol Spence and six years since his biggest win over Shawn Porter. He has not even made the weight since the Spence fight, so no surprise people are writing him off. Brook, too, knows the task he faces to try and claim Crawford’s WBO title.
Rachel Ball’s fight with Jorgelina Guanini at the SSE Arena, Wembley, on Saturday will now not be for the WBA bantamweight title after Guanini failed two weight check for the fight, although the pair could still be boxing for a WBA title at a higher weight.
Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight title defence against Kubrat Pulev could move venues as hopes of a crowd being allowed to attend begin to recede. Joshua is due to defend his WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles against the Bulgarian at the O2 Arena, London, on December 12, but with England in lockdown until December 2, the chances of any fans being allowed to get in seems minimal.
Zak Chelli gained some compensation for his Fight Camp disappointment as he won the latest super-middleweight BOXXER tournament at the BT Sport Studios in London. It was an easy night’s work for Chelli, as he comfortably beat Vladimir Georgiev on points in his semi-final before dropping Mike McGoldrick three times on the way to a second-round stoppage in the final.
The world heavyweight title defences for Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in December are unlikely to be affected by the nationwide lockdown for England, unless there is a further deterioration in the pandemic situation in the UK.
Oleksandr Usyk moved a step closer to a world heavyweight title shot as he outboxed Derek Chisora at Wembley, but questions remain about whether he has the size and power to mix it with the best heavyweights in the world. The former undisputed world cruiserweight champion only gave himself three out of ten for his performance, which seemed a harsh assessment. However, after the seemed to box Chisora to a standstill in the middle rounds, he failed to force the stoppage or subdue Chisora’s ambition.
George Kambosis Jr was as good as his word as he produced an impressive all-round display to claim a split points decision over Lee Selby in the IBF lightweight title eliminator at the SSE Arena, Wembley.
Savannah Marshall finally became a big name on the world stage as she won the vacant WBO middleweight title as she stopped Hannah Rankin in the seventh round at the SSE Arena, Wembley.