
Joshua Buatsi: record, next fight and profile →


Purse bids for the interim WBO light heavyweight title between Joshua Buatsi and Willy Hutchinson will take place on June 24 at 11am Eastern.

If things had gone to plan, Joshua Buatsi would have been walking out at Selhurst Park for a long awaited fight with Anthony Yarde on Saturday night.

Dan Azeez speaks about his return from his defeat by Joshua Buatsi, and the wider picture of the light-heavyweight division in which he remains capable of again becoming a significant figure

The British Boxing Board of Control’s decision to order a British light heavyweight title fight between champion Joshua Buatsi and Anthony Yarde was the headline news of a busy championship circular.

Frank Warren has warned Anthony Yarde he faces legal action before resuming his career

Queensberry moved quickly to capitalise on Willy Hutchinson’s impressive victory over Craig Richards on Saturday night. Within 24 hours, Andy Ayling e-mailed the WBO to request that Hutchinson, who sits at number six in the WBO rankings, be considered to fight number one-ranked Joshua Buatsi for their Interim light heavyweight title. Ayling cited that Hutchinson would be “immediately available, ready, willing, and able” to take on Buatsi.

Seeking to arrange an interim light-heavyweight title bout, the World Boxing Organization moved Wednesday to clarify the dispute between light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde and promoter Frank Warren.


The World Boxing Organisation has ordered Anthony Yarde versus Joshua Buatsi for their vacant interim light-heavyweight title