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<p>Fabio Wardley is hoping to turn British titles into world titles</p>
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Wardley can reach the top of heavyweight boxing but faces risky fight

Wardley will fight Justis Huni at Portman Road this weekend, looking to move a step closer to a world title shot in the heavyweight division

<p>Devin Haney (left) with his coach and father Bill</p>
Boxing

Lopez won’t fight Haney due to ‘confidential personal reasons’

<p>Vasyl Lomachenko </p>
Boxing

Lomachenko announces retirement: ‘I am grateful for every victory and defeat’

<p>Ryan Garcia at an open workout before his overturned win over Devin Haney in 2024</p>
Boxing

Garcia faces fresh injury setback as De La Hoya gives bold advice

Latest

<p>Imane Khelif celebrates her Olympic gold medal with Algeria fans in Paris</p>
Boxing

World Boxing apologises for naming Khelif in gender rule change

<p>Kosei Tanaka after his victory over Wulan Tuolehazi in December 2019</p>
Boxing

Four-weight world champion Tanaka announces retirement at 29

<p>Manny Pacquiao during his time as a senator in the Philippines</p>
Boxing

Pacquiao shares realisation and ‘perfect’ news that inspired comeback

<p>Imane Khelif had been set to return to the ring</p>
Boxing

Imane Khelif must undergo sex testing, World Boxing says

<p>Mike McCallum has passed away at the age of 68</p>
Boxing

Jamaican boxing legend McCallum dies aged 68

<p>Badou Jack (left) during his majority-decision win over Noel Mikaelian</p>
Boxing

Jack vs Mikaelian rematch ordered by WBC after appeal from Don King

<p>Emanuel Navarrete and Charly Suarez at the weigh-in for their world-title fight on 9 May</p>
Boxing

Navarrete vs Suarez result overturned as rematch is ordered

<p>Delicious Orie has stepped away from professional boxing</p>
Boxing

Orie announces retirement from boxing after one professional fight

In depth

<p>Anthony Joshua en route to knocking out Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley in 2017</p>
Boom!

What it’s really like to get punched by Anthony Joshua

<p>Jake Paul started off as a Vine and YouTube star – and has gone on to trade the Disney Channel for the boxing ring </p>
exclusive interview

The hidden side of Jake Paul

<p>Left to right: Frank Warren, Frank Smith, Eddie Hearn and Ben Shalom</p>
Hearn, Warren and more

‘Forget where you are on the poster’: How big fights get made

<p>John Ryder, pictured, and his coaches put Indy Sport’s Alex Pattle through his paces </p>
in the gym

Sweaty eyeballs, bruised hands and the worst smell ever – training with a pro boxer

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<p>Chris Eubank Jr (right) with his promoter Ben Shalom</p>
Boxing

Shalom calls for changes to be made in Eubank Jr vs Benn rematch

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Boxing

Wallace ready to ‘shoot for the stars’ as he prepares for Colin fight

<p>Fabio Wardley (L) stands arms aloft during the weigh-in for his bout with Justis Huni (R) on Saturday, June 7, for the WBA interim heavyweight title</p>
Boxing

Fighters raring to go after Wardley vs Huni weigh-ins

<p>Lomachenko Lopez Boxing</p>
Boxing

Lomachenko’s five best fights as modern great retires

<p>Jai Opetaia after beating Jack Massey in October to stay undefeated</p>
Sport

Are Jai Opetaia and Justis Huni looking to fight each other?

Sport

Twenty years on, Ricky Hatton reflects on his signature victory

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Sport

Fight figure Victor Conte diagnosed with cancer

<p>Oliver McCall, pictured in 1994 here, is still fighting at 60 years old</p>
Boxing

Who are the oldest active professional boxers today?

Anthony Joshua

<p>While Fabio Wardley fights this weekend in Ipswich, a slew of European heavyweights are trying to jostle their way into the world scene.</p>
Sport

The Best European Heavyweights - That Don’t Come From the UK

<p>Anthony Joshua (left) with his promoter Eddie Hearn</p>
Boxing

Eddie Hearn “quietly confident” of Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury

<p>Tyson Fury doesn’t have much desire to return to boxing</p>
Boxing

Fury issues emphatic retirement update amid talk of boxing return

<p>Eddie Hearn is losing patience with Tyson Fury over a potential clash with Anthony Joshua</p>
Boxing

Hearn appeals to Fury to ‘put us out of our misery’ with Joshua fight

<p>Johnny Fisher (right) and Dave Allen in their controversial first fight</p>
Boxing

Fisher vs Allen 2 is perfect appetiser for supreme heavyweight summer

Anthony Joshua will undergo elbow surgery this month (Bradley Collyer/PA)
Sport

Anthony Joshua’s ring return delayed by elbow surgery

<p>Anthony Joshua is set for a medical procedure</p>
Boxing

Joshua to undergo elbow surgery after injury set-back

Oleksandr Usyk’s (left) faith was brought into question by Daniel Dubois’ trainer Don Charles (far right) (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Sport

Don Charles questions Oleksandr Usyk’s faith in God amid ‘conning’ accusation

Oleksandr Usyk

<p>Kubrat Pulev is the WBA regular heavyweight champion</p>
Boxing

Don King successful $1.1million bid for Kubrat-Hunter title fight

<p>Kubrat Pulev is 44-years-old</p>
Boxing

Kubrat Pulev to face Michael Hunter for WBA regular heavyweight title

<p>Mike Tyson once wanted to fight a gorilla</p>
Boxing

How Garcia, Usyk, and Tyson reacted to ‘100 men vs a gorilla’

<p>Oleksandr Usyk (left) and Daniel Dubois (centre) will clash for a second time on 19 July</p>
Boxing

The secret training tool behind Usyk and Dubois’ bulletproof shoulders

<p>Tyson Fury on the move with his father John</p>
Boxing

‘Incoming’: Fury in ‘business meeting’ as return rumours gather pace

<p>Oleksandr Usyk visited the destroyed power plant in central Ukraine on Monday</p>
Europe

Boxer Oleksandr Usyk urges Trump to ‘open eyes’ over Ukraine war

<p>Left to right: Oleksandr Usyk, promoters Egis Klimas and Frank Warren, and Daniel Dubois</p>
Boxing

Usyk crashes Warren interview as wild build to Dubois rematch begins

Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois, pictured at a London press conference in July 2023 (Yui Mok/PA)
Sport

‘Fresh chicken’ Daniel Dubois should keep needling Oleksandr Usyk – Amir Khan

Tyson Fury

<p>Cristiano Ronaldo is still enjoying football as he enters his fifth decade</p>
Sport

Ronaldo tops highest-paid athletes list as Fury moves up to third

<p>Tyson Fury speaks to the camera on social media</p>
Boxing

Fury says ‘you know what’s coming’ after reuniting with coach in gym

<p>Hopes are still alive over a Tyson Fury (left) and Anthony Joshua fight</p>
Boxing

Hearn says Joshua vs Fury can still happen: ‘This gets made over a DM’

<p>Tyson Fury retired from boxing in January.</p>
Sport

Promoter reveals whether Tyson Fury will return to boxing

Boxing promoter Frank Warren (left) and Daniel Dubois (Yui Mok/PA)
Sport

Frank Warren hopes Daniel Dubois faces Oleksandr Usyk in unification bout

<p>Tyson Fury retired after losing against reigning champion Oleksandr Usyk</p>
Boxing

Fury’s former promoter provides update on his future

<p>Frank Greaves (top left) treating Jake Paul during the YouTuber’s fight with Tommy Fury</p>
Boxing

Coach and cutman dispels Fury theory and reveals wild Jake Paul risk

<p>Tyson Fury (left) with his US promoter Bob Arum</p>
Boxing

Fury warned over retirement and urged to take on new role in boxing

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